IN THE PRESENCE OF LOVE

I was reading Luke 12 and Romans 12 today. As I read, I was being strongly reminded that I must be bold in proclaiming Jesus name, unashamed to make Him known, and determined to know Him with all that I am. Willing and aware that it will cost me everything to follow after Him.

The second part of what I was reading encouraged me to be very mindful of how I go forward and what I put my trust in. Where my treasure is there my heart will be also. What is there to fret about if my Heavenly Father knows what I have need of and He is faithful to His word?

And finally, thank God for a friend that sticks closer than a brother. In the presence of love I am not afraid to fall, to fail, to be imperfect, to not have the right words, to be who I am, and to still be learning that without love... I am nothing and I have nothing.

OPEN UP

ALL SUFFICIENT ONE

GOD ALMIGHTY IS THE ALL SUFFICIENT ONE. WHAT IS THERE THAT I COULD POSSIBLY HAVE NEED OF THAT GOD HIMSELF HAS NOT ALREADY PROVIDED? NO THING. ACTIVITIES SEEM TO MEAN LESS AND LESS TO ME AND THE WORD OF GOD MORE AND MORE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST AN AVENUE TO SHARE HISTORY. I AM VERY THANKFUL...FOR THE COLD, SNOW, WIND, AND DAYS THAT ARE NOT ALL SUNSHINE AND FLOWERS. THE LORD HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH THROUGH HEARTACHE AND PAIN AND STORMS OVER THE YEARS. HIS LOVE IS UNFAILING. I BELIEVE HE IS DESIRING TO TEACH US ALL HOW GOOD HE IS AND WHAT A RESCUER AND FAITHFUL FATHER HE IS WHEN WE ARE FACING THE MOUNTAIN OF UNCERTAINTY, THE DUNGEON OF DESPAIR, AND A FLOOD OF UNWILLINGNESS IN OURSELVES. SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL FOLLOW US ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AND WE WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.

GOD IS WITH YOU

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE

AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING!!!

All praise to the King of Kings! Healing has come! So thankful to God for all my friends that have stood in the gap for our friend and brother Will. The day after I had received word of him being in a 'dangerous way' I wrote down on a sliver of paper, "THE SUN WILL SHINE FOR YOU AGAIN WILL." Having full confidence that the prayers of the Saints were prevailing regardless of the dark near hopeless reports.

So the word on the street is it will be weeks before he's fully recovered. I would like to personally address that remark and defy that observation. It is good not to believe every report you hear eh? The report is speculating two months before he's "out of the woods." I have been informed by the Highest Order THE KING OF KINGS, that those particular woods have already burned to the ground and are dust under his feet. HE IS FREE! He is redeemed, delivered, rescued, and preserved. Death is swallowed up in victory!

To quote the Kingsman himself, "Not once has He ever let me down."
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CHASE JESUS

These are some nice pictures of my ten year old friend, Chase. Some of these pictures took very little time to make. You can fit alot into one day if you try hard enough.

Knowing how little time we actually spent doing any of those activities in the picture, makes me think how we all can use a reality check. When we must be careful that we are not giving an appearance that we are chasing after Jesus (if we are really not), or doing something for his glory, if we are just doing it to say "that we've been there and done that and got the t-shirt." It can seem real if we take pictures and tell all kinds of stories. But the truth shines through in the lessons that we learn in a day.

I hope we stop being so busy all the time, acting like everything's okay even when it is not, and truly begin to chase Jesus.