What's Your Cause?
"We live in a generation where girls are taught to
be the complete opposite of a God girl, so hearing how precious her heart was
stood out to me, and I knew I needed to share her story, if but briefly."
Those were the words sent to me by NRT
contributor, Sarah Fine. Sarah had just reviewed
Jamie Grace's new album, Ready to Fly. And she made me cry. In her review, Sarah wrote about Avery. Why? Because the incredible Jamie Grace has included a very special song on her album:
It's all about God.
Avery loved God more than anyone I ever knew. If you
had known her, had truly known her, you would have been able to watch her walk
down the hall holding hands with Jesus. You would have seen her pull out a
chair and sit next to him at lunch. You would have heard her talking to him,
telling him about her day, laughing at all the goodness, crying into his
shoulder when she was sad. I cannot explain how real and how present Christ was
for Avery. He wasn't just a sometimes reference; He was her ever present, all
day, every day, seeped in every single second love. 
As much as my shattered Mama Heart craves to see Avery's name in print and hear
her being remembered - I need everyone to understand that the
real story about Avery is that she was put on this earth and
died way too soon all for God's Glory.
And while Avery lived on this earth with us, she wanted each and every single person she met to understand that they, too, could have a real and ever present relationship with Christ. That they needed that real and present relationship with Christ.
Sarah Fine wrote this in her review about Ready to
Fly, the song Jamie Grace dedicates to Avery, in her review: And while Avery lived on this earth with us, she wanted each and every single person she met to understand that they, too, could have a real and ever present relationship with Christ. That they needed that real and present relationship with Christ.
"The original version, written about Jamie
coming of age, was played at Avery's funeral, and takes on a whole new meaning
as the lyrics now represent the frailty of our lives on earth and how we need
to seize the one chance we're given at life to soar for a greater cause."
Read that again:
we need to seize
the one chance we're given at life
to
soar for a greater cause.
Avery understood something I didn't. Or couldn't. Or wasn't ready to understand.
She knew what her Greater Cause was.
She knew that who we are in heaven is who we ought to strive to be on earth.
If, when in heaven, you are thanking God for everything and everybody that
touches your life, then you should thank God on earth for everything and
everybody that touches it today.
If in heaven you are driven by kindness and
compassion, then on earth you strive to be driven by those same qualities.If in heaven you are patient and giving, then be patient and giving here on earth.
Because you are here on earth for an indeterminate amount of time and it's up
to you to make that time mean something big. It's up to you to live your greater cause today.
Avery understood you don't wait. 
You don't wait to love God.
You don't wait to praise God.
You don't wait to thank God.
You don't wait to glorify God.
You don't wait to have a relationship with God.
Avery understood it is in the here and now that our
relationship with Christ should begin. She wasn't afraid to walk the walk and
talk the talk. She wasn't afraid to live her love for Christ out loud, big
and proud. And that is the legacy Avery leaves behind.
"I'm praying like crazy that God would use it [Avery's story] to draw
attention to how bold her life was, and encourages girls her age, and both
younger/older, to live life loud and with purpose." - Sarah Fine
Check out Jamie Grace's new song, Do Life Big,
available TODAY on her new album,
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