Turn up the Music.

So I find that I'm normally am inspired to write a blog because of a song, which is funny given that I'm typically not drawn to music, other than I find it uplifting and good for my heart and absolutely beautiful. But I'm not one who chooses the radio over t.v. or a good book. And I don't even own an IPOD. :) Anyhow, tonight is no different. The "song of the blog" is "How You Live" by Point of Grace. I love this song because it reminds me to LIVE. Isn't it funny how sometimes we get so caught up in our daily routines of getting up and brushing our teeth, going to work and doing our jobs, coming home and doing our evening routine, which for me always means a yummy dinner :), and then getting back in bed just to get up to do it all over again.
It is a VERY big me to me to get up and LIVE. Not because, like everyone else, I don't know when tomorrow isn't going to come. Or because like everyone else, you only Live once so you may as well LIVE it. Or because I owe it to my heavenly Father to LIVE the Life He gave me with Purpose and Fullfill his desires for me - though this is VERY important to me as well. It also isn't important to to LIVE because I want to make a difference, though I hope in some small way I do.
But to me, the ulterior motive lies right in the middle of me. My ulterior motive lies with a set of unaddressed letters that have never been sent and an unamed family that I think of daily. A young child whose heart has grown greater inside of me and beats unyeilding as my own, the child who has lived on in me... who I get to LIVE for. I am grateful every morning for another breath. I have my Amazing God to thank for that. And I have the unnamed family to thank for their selfless gift of giving to me their child's heart almost 14 years ago. I have my own family to thank for bearing the burden of carrying their child through the years of painful medical bills (which by the way - they will tell you over and over that I am no burdern - but I know the hardship of bills and having piles of medical bills added on in anyway shape or form - out of the blue is a burden no matter how you look at it) :) and all the hours they spent with me and still do at the hospitals... a simple thank you isn't enough... but then again, NO words areor ever will be enough. Lets just say... they will get extra jewels on their crowns in Heaven. :) Alot of people have gone through a lot to keep me here. A child died, a family made a selfess decision and even though they knew they were going to live daily with out their son, daughter, sister, or brother they chose to give another family the life that they lost.
And for all these people, for the child that didn't live, I will. I will LIVE. I will spend my life not looking back wondering 'where has it gone and why didn't I...?' It's been a great passion of mine since the day I was transplanted, to live for those that took an effort to keep me here. So no matter how long God gives me, I'll LIVE. I'll "Turn Up My Music" as the song says on the days when I am forgetting to to truly live. Now is the time friends. All of you should live... for that one thing. Because we have one life, because we don't know when tomorrow isn't going to come, because God put you here with plan and purpose, because you can make a difference, because people care - whether you know them or not. I don't know the people that put the heart in my chest - who gave me life - but I know they care an awful lot.... or I wouldn't be here. It's that simple. Now, Go LIVE.







I learned how to post the video!! :) Check out the song I'm talking about if you have time!