Life....to the Fullest

 Sneak peak into one of my updates from my 3 weeks in Guatemala... I wanted to share this song that I stumbled upon early this week. It is so beautiful. And it is what my heart is singing right now.  The Lord likes to wake me up in the night...in the wee hours of the morning when all is quiet. He meets me hear. Sometimes he speaks and sometimes he just pulls me close. It makes me feel "like a child mystified". Feeling so full this morning. I haven't felt his nearness since being at Casa. Whether it is pride, business, or something else hindering me from it I'm not sure. But he awakens me out of the fog on his own anyway cause he wants me to be there...Like a child all in his space.  He reminds me why I am in love....I just want to be here. I never want to loose my wonder. Hope you enjoy this song as much as me.... Wonder by Bethal

I love my lists! So much comes to life when I simply make a list of everything I learn from a key word in a passage of Scripture. I call them my "awe-ful" lists, because what could seem boring(just listing) turns into amazing riches, leaving me in AW. Some of you know what I am talking about. Those moments when the Spirit reveals a mystery/something new...when things known become "known"....when all I can do is lay on my back, say "wow" and be in wonder of the vastness, unsearchableness, unfathomableness 🤗of YAWEH. Just been soaking in the reality of these magnificent truths in Ephesians this summer. This is who I am and some of you are...Remember. In Christ ... Ephesians 1:3~ Blessed with every spiritual blessing 1:4~ Chosen before the foundation of the world 1:6~Given Grace 1:7~ Have redemption 1:9~ Purposed to make known the mystery of His will 1:10~All things will be summed up 1:11~ We have an inheritance 1:12~ We first hoped 1:13~ We we...

I've been reading a lot from Elizabeth Elliot again. As always she puts quite perfectly into words what I so many times feel deeply but can't find a way to express. Here is a devotion that spoke to may heart the beginning of this week.... What do you do when you've been hurt and feel sure you didn't deserve it? Any who long for holiness must learn that that quality cannot be merely "bestowed" on us. Holiness is a lifetime process which requires suffering. Our human response is to avoid it in any way we can. James, "a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ," writes in his epistle(James 1:2-4): "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." If you think of those who have most deeply influenced your spiritual life, you will discover that ev...

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Frodo:"I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened." Gandoff:"So do all who live to see such times. But it is not meant for them to decide. All we are meant to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo besides the work of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring just as you were meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought."  I love this part of the movie. I used to think that God's good and perfect gifts were things like that were always pleasant like provision for our needs, friends, family, safety, comfort, healing, etc. His good is not always defined the same as mine but it is true. Elizabeth Elliot has been a major influencer in this area of my life. I have learned that things ...

Help me to live this day quietly, easily; To lean upon Thy great strength trust fully, Restfully; To meet others peacefully, joyously; To face tomorrow confidently, courageously. ~Unknown

The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask- Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer to God.                                      John Keble "He does not need to transplant us into a different field...He transforms the very things that were before our greatest hindrances, into the chiefest and most blessed means of our growth. No difficulties in your case can baffle Him...Put yourself absolutely into His hands, and let Him have His own way with you." Remembering that He is always preparing me for what He has prepared for me. He knows to place me where I may learn lessons that would be impossible for me to learn elsewhere. He does not displace or misplace.

My sister forwarded me this song and wow...I am sure many of us could say this song expresses a place we all have been before. It certainly does for me. To view the music video click her: Thy Will