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Today’s lesson is about calling out for love, support, and happiness. Today’s lesson is inspired by my oldest daughter and I told her I would give her credit where credit is due.

This morning we were watching videos, singing, enjoying each other’s company while waiting for school. During our sing-a-long, one of your favorite videos came on. It’s a Pixar short called “Lava”. It’s about a volcano, who is all alone in the ocean. He sings every day for someone to lava. He gives his soul (his lava) in prayers to the earth, sea, and sky for someone to love. Unbeknownst to him, there is another volcano, just below the surface of the ocean who hears his song and can’t wait to meet him. Finally, when the female volcano rises up, she is facing away from what is left of the male volcano and can’t see him. Then he sinks underwater and is sad. Finally, he erupts out of the ocean and they are together.

Seems like a great analogy for many of us in Christ. We cry out for love. We cry out for support. We cry out for someone to lava, I mean, love us. And while His love is always there, surrounding us, we may not see it. It is just out of reach for us. Too many go through life without knowing that the love of Christ is there for them, they just have to believe in him and seek is love.

“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul” – Deuteronomy 4:29

“Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.” – Jeremiah 29:12-14

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” – Matthew 6:33

Our volcano cries out and prays for someone to love him. His love is rewarded after many trials and tribulations. He almost loses himself while waiting. We don’t have to go through all of these trials and tribulations by ourselves. We don’t have to expend all of our energy to find Christ. We don’t need to be on the brink of extinction to finally find God. Many of us do go through horrific experiences that lead us to God. The funny thing is, we don’t have to. We can just seek him out and he is there. We can be added to his family, through our prayers and belief. We can ask forgiveness for our sins, and we get it. No lava flow necessary. No money. No intervention. We seek him out with all our heart and with all our soul and we will have someone to lava and someone who loves us no matter what we do.

Are you willing to seek out the Lord? Are you willing to see that he is always there, always protecting you? Are you willing to help others find him so they aren’t lead to extinction?

I am willing (with the help of God)