About once a month I just need to take an entire day to myself to do things that fill me up, leave me feeling at peace and satisfied, today was one of those days. Life just has a tendency to get busy (as if you didn't already know that) and at times mine is so busy that I miss Jesus. Not like I miss Him as in we just keep passing by each other but, I miss Him, in my heart I long to be with Him, to talk to Him, to hear His voice.....
Right, so today I spent the whole day with Him.
Throughout the day I consumed a french press full of coffee, made some salad to eat for lunch during the week, answered some long overdue emails, prayed for many things, did some of a Beth Moore study on James that I haven't touched in weeks (months?), wrote in my journal, listened to Rita Springer almost nonstop (a bit old skewl, I know) and listened to two sermons. Now, I'm writing this as I make macaroni and cheese and get ready to go watch the Muppet Movie with a friend. Such a GOOD, FULL day!!
One of the sermons I listened to was preached by my dear friend Amy, it was from a while ago as most of the sermons I have are on my iPod and have been downloaded, I don't usually delete them. In this particular sermon she spoke about Joel 2:25, "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten...". This is exactly what I needed to hear today.
I love the promise of redemption. I've experienced quite a bit of "locusts" eating things. My first eight years of life were the most "normal" and I have some good memories from them. I was an only child until I was almost 9. I had my own room and almost every toy I ever wanted, had extravagant birthday parties, at holidays everyone always came over to our place and my mom was the "cool mom" on school field trips. When I turned 9 however is when the locusts began eating things that didn't belong to them. We'll just suffice it to say that the next decade or so of my life was much less than ideal.
As a result I LOVE the promise of redemption and I've been able to see it being fulfilled in my life as an adult. Not only do I love it about my own life but as I've begun to think about the boys at our center and how much redemption is in store for them....oh my gosh, I get so EXCITED!!!
So, tonight I'm speaking out dreams of life, joy, abundance, victory, peace and SO MUCH MORE for little ones who have had horrendous things happen to them in their very short lives. I feel so privileged to be part of their stories of redemption.
Who do you get to come alongside and claim the promise of redemption over their life?
Right, so today I spent the whole day with Him.
Throughout the day I consumed a french press full of coffee, made some salad to eat for lunch during the week, answered some long overdue emails, prayed for many things, did some of a Beth Moore study on James that I haven't touched in weeks (months?), wrote in my journal, listened to Rita Springer almost nonstop (a bit old skewl, I know) and listened to two sermons. Now, I'm writing this as I make macaroni and cheese and get ready to go watch the Muppet Movie with a friend. Such a GOOD, FULL day!!
One of the sermons I listened to was preached by my dear friend Amy, it was from a while ago as most of the sermons I have are on my iPod and have been downloaded, I don't usually delete them. In this particular sermon she spoke about Joel 2:25, "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten...". This is exactly what I needed to hear today.
I love the promise of redemption. I've experienced quite a bit of "locusts" eating things. My first eight years of life were the most "normal" and I have some good memories from them. I was an only child until I was almost 9. I had my own room and almost every toy I ever wanted, had extravagant birthday parties, at holidays everyone always came over to our place and my mom was the "cool mom" on school field trips. When I turned 9 however is when the locusts began eating things that didn't belong to them. We'll just suffice it to say that the next decade or so of my life was much less than ideal.
As a result I LOVE the promise of redemption and I've been able to see it being fulfilled in my life as an adult. Not only do I love it about my own life but as I've begun to think about the boys at our center and how much redemption is in store for them....oh my gosh, I get so EXCITED!!!
So, tonight I'm speaking out dreams of life, joy, abundance, victory, peace and SO MUCH MORE for little ones who have had horrendous things happen to them in their very short lives. I feel so privileged to be part of their stories of redemption.
Who do you get to come alongside and claim the promise of redemption over their life?
