...with all your soul,

For the past few weeks I've been using the book, Primal, by Mark Batterson to write a sermon series for the high school youth group at Western Oaks. Last Sunday was Soul Sunday. This was all about loving God with all your Soul.

"The average person looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feelings, eats without tasting, inhales without the awareness of odor or fragrance, and talks without thinking." -Leonardo da Vinci

Loving God with all your soul means that you see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and think. Loving God with all your soul means that you recognize God's creation and presence. Loving God with all your Soul means that you're in awe of what God has done and continues to do.

1 Peter 1:18 puts it this way-Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. (Message)

Have you ever really considered God's words in Genesis as he finished creating the universe? "...it was very good." Genesis 1:31 Even God himself was in awe of His creation! Are you? If you blow through life forgetting to see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and think, chances are you aren't in awe of God.

Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God:
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,
The rest sit round it, and pluck blackberries.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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