drunk girl.

so last night i was talking with some friends out on the street... and this girl walks up (well, more like skips up to us)... she has a huge smile on her face... and she just starts hugging and laying all over us... not to mention she has a lipstick kiss mark on her cheek!  she then proceeds to tell us her name while she's hugging us a second time.  by this time, i'm pretty convinced that she's drunk.  she is just absolutely goofy happy.  but when we inquire about the lipstick... she says "why not?!".. but then goes on to say that she just got back from her community group (some sort of group that gathers to talk about how incredible jesus is).... then i notice that she is wearing a cross around her neck.  and suddenly it hits me... this girl isn't drunk on alcohol... shes drunk of JESUS!!  joy is spilling out of her heart and overflowing onto us.  and she simply cannot help it!

there's a name for what that girl was doing... WORSHIP.  she was worshipping our Lord.  i think we probably hugged 4 or 5 more times within those 5-10 minutes and i was bummed when she left... i had just encountered Jesus in that girl.  it was beautiful.  and encouraging as heck.  

me and a friend had been talking about worship about an hour before our encounter with our new friend.  we were discussing how worship is something you just cannot contain... worship is our response to what Jesus has done for us... a response.  our actions should reflect this.  we should lift our hands and stand on our tip toes because we want to get closer to Him.  we should fall to our knees in awe of this Mighty God because we are so undeserving yet so loved.  we should dance and sing and yell out joyously from the depths of our soul.  

we should bear hug people we don't even know.

because jesus is that sweet.

"and the cry of my heart is to bring You praise 

from the inside out, O my soul cries out Lord."