Why?

Why do I read the Bible? Why has faith become such an important part of my life? What has it done for me?
Every day I go through motions, I live my life–I wake up, I brush my teeth, I eat breakfast, I go to class, eat lunch with someone if I'm lucky, I work at the coffee shop or babysit, then I work out or go out with friends. All day long I interact with people and I experience so much. I could choose to live a black and white life, with maybe a few grays here and there, or I could actually paint with color and live to the sounds of a symphony.
Through my faith, I have found my significance. I have a reason for living every day that requires all of me yet nothing of me. By GRACE I have been set FREE and I have been made NEW. I don't have to continue living in dullness, in pain, in suffering; I now live whether its in dying or in living, I live for Christ.
"If we live, we live to the Lord; if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we are living or dying we belong to the Lord." Romans 14:8
"To LIVE is Christ, to die is GAIN." Phil 1:21
"I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God. Who loved me and gave himself for me." Gal 2:20
Without Jesus my life means nothing & all I do is nothing.
"The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stand forever" Isa 40:8
Amidst all our every day activities may we hear the voice of our shepherd carried by the wind, May we hear and come running to Him knowing He will comfort us & provide us with all we need.
Have you ever heard a song so beautiful you never wanted it to stop or seen a sunset you never wanted to go away?
These are temporary sweet reminders of Jesus' faithful presence beneath it all, He is calling us to remember Him, but it is a soft whisper...its in the songs around us, quiet burst of a blossom, the babies hatching, even the sound of our own heart beat beckoning us to remember there is a reason we are here...