"Held together"

A video I watched in church today, by Louie Giglio, mentioned a protein in our body:




Laminin is a VERY important protein in the body that "holds us together". It holds our membranes together. It is the glue of the human body. It holds together our skin, our organs, you name it. Laminin is like, the steel structure within the concrete that holds a building together.
Just as laminin suggests, Christ is a VERY important figure in our lives. Christ, as part of God, holds us together, literally.
Ever wondered why you don't hear me yell out vulgarities? Why I refuse to drink? I could if I want. I could rebel if I want. I would love to get into fights. I'm one of the stronger girls anyway. It would feel good to punch someone. I could yell out vulgarities to get rid of my frustrations. I can show my impatience if I wanted to.
But no, I didn't. Although I did used to when I was younger. It didn't matter if that person was hurt. I thought she deserved it anyway, for being irritating. But because of God, that was the furthest I've gone to being too much. God held me together when I was about to blow.
Now that I know God so much better since I returned to church, I was held together in all situations. There is more to life than studies, bowling, and my social life, whatever. Living for God's purpose for me is so much more important.
I just bought a book yesterday, titled "When God Writes Your Life Story". Lemme tell you first, my dream has always been to work with Disney's animation. But slowly, I was starting to settle for an average, realistic life.
However, along the way in my life, there is always someone who asks me about my dream which makes my dream alive again. I thank God for that. God has given me a gift to draw. But I have never been to art class and seriously learn. So my ability is limited for the time being.
In this book, it mentions that when we watch a Hollywood film, and the character ends up in an impossible situation, we trust the movie director to somehow turn it into a happy ending. But "we melt with fear when we find ourselves in an impossible situation in life, because we don't trust God as our life's Director to come through for us and create a triumphant ending."
"As little kids, we dream of a bigger-than-life existence. But eventually we grow up. We lose our 'oomph' to keep aiming high. We settle for everyday mediocrity. We finally accept being average. We loosen our grip on our dreams and pitch our tents in a land where everyday humans dwell."