I AM HERE WITH YOU MY DAUGHTER
I have been told that I got saved when I was three years old. I believe this due to the close relationship I have always had with God. His presence a constant in my memories, my reality. I no longer wanted my salvation to be based on someone else’s memory. I wanted to remember. I wanted clarity. I wanted a day to remember. That day was 24 years ago today. At the age of 16, while serving at the Word of Life island summer camp in New York, I got saved (again😉). My name was not rewritten in the Lamb’s book of life, but my heart beamed in the newness of my walk with my God.
I HEAR YOUR PRAYERS
Do your prayers jump around as much as mine? Everything and nothing swirl around as I sit at His feet. And … he gets it. I love talking with God! There are no rules. No walls. No apprehensions or holdbacks. It’s safe.
I HOLD YOUR HEART
Ohmygosh! How we treasure this truth! To give our heart to a human is vulnerable and scary because of the damage someone else had done to it. So our trust in another person falters. But God! Oh, how steady are his hands! Delicate. Confident. Faithful. Steadfast. Our heart is safe and secure.
I SEE YOUR TEARS
The Psalmist declares that our tears are held in a jar. That is so enduring! Jars come in different shapes and sizes. I am pretty for sure my jar is the shape and size of a room. I just know God has a glass room in heaven full to the tip-top with my tears. Tears of all kinds, happy and sad. Oh, how he sees our tears. As if He knows each drop with a deep and pure intimacy.
I AM HERE TO HELP YOU OVERCOME
Again with those mountains! Without them, how boring the scenery of our lives! Not all mountains are awful. I’m learning that. Some are seasons of life that call us higher to enable us to see the valley with sweeter clarity.
GIVE ME YOUR ALL
All what? I think this differs so greatly for each of us. As I said before, I got saved when I was three. All I have ever known is that God has me. And being in his arms, that means all that I had was in his arms. All my sadness, all my confusion, all my dreams were curled up with me in his arms. As I grew into adulthood, this truth grew with me. My happiness, my joy, my heartaches, my struggles, my victories, my dreams, my fails, my losses, my thrills, my giggles all sit with me in the full presence of my God.
I’VE GOT THIS
Yeah, He does! No doubt. Do your thing, Daughter of the King, and let Him do his.
✨Psalm 145:16✨
The “loud” statements above were text to me this morning by my dear friend, Jenn. I am so spoiled each and every time she graciously shares her photography, wisdom, and prayers with me. I HAD to share her truths with you today!!
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