Wake up my Heart!

By now, you should know I like songs. I like Christian songs because their words don't put any "yuck" in my head and I don't have to worry about what little ears are taking in when they are on! Some touch me deep and here are the lyrics to part of a new favorite: Reckless Love by Cory Asbury There's no shadow you won't light up, Mountain you won't climb up Coming after me... There's no wall you won't kick down, Lie you won't tear down, Coming after me... Friends. Focus on that last point: There's no lie God won't tear down. What is your lie? What lie, or even lies, do you believe about yourself? What lies run over and over in your head until they don't feel like lies anymore? What hurts have you told yourself you deserve? What unkindness have you accepted as your due? What actions have you justified for others? What fault have you accepted that really isn't yours? What forgiveness have you felt unworthy of? I'm...

I feel like you know the story will be good when it starts with, "I've got this tattoo..." :) Just kidding...but I DO have this tattoo...on my left shoulder blade and it says "What God has joined, let no man tear apart." I've been struggling with those words in recent years because in my life, what God has joined, man DID tear apart. And yet, I have never wanted to cover up those words because I still believe them. Wholeheartedly. And until a little epiphany at church today I didn't get it... Why don't I want those words laser removed? Or changed? Or covered up? Because those words apply to anything and everything that God has joined together. Those little gems are from this site: https://www.studylight.org/commentary/mark/10-9.html. Thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, in our lives, what has God joined? Himself and yourself. And what can no man tear apart? Himself and yourself. I think there you have it. The words are true. And truth, once...

Well, this is a few days late, but I didn't take the time to write over the holiday weekend! Last Friday I attended the "Last Seven Words of Christ" service. I love, love, love this service! Every year in Bloomington, Illinois, seven different preachers (from seven different churches) speak for seven minutes (not a second more) on one of the last seven phrases of Jesus Christ. The last time I attended, I was very pregnant. And man, did I have outlook on life at that point! I went into the service Friday with a crazy anticipation of expecting to find hope. And the Lord did not disappoint! :) I'm going to delve a little into the 1st, 4th and 7th phrases of Christ here: 1: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. Luke 23:33-34 4: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46-47 7: Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. Luke 23:46 Here's my favorite nugget from the service. At the beginning, on that cross, Jesus was still w...