WHO IS THIS PERSON?

Have you noticed the new picture on my sidebar? Pretty cool, huh? It's not a childhood photo of me though. I don't even know who it is. But it does perfectly capture the state of mind (no, I think soul is the better word) I've come to in the past six months or so. An enraptured sense of freedom and abandonment to God that I've never known. I'm not walking on "cloud nine" every day, but there is a freshness there that has only come as I've let go of a lot of things - performance, reputation, etc. A whole world of difference from the person I used to be at the beginning of my walk with Him almost 17 years ago.

"HOW PRECIOUS IS YOUR STEADFAST LOVE, O GOD!

THE CHILDREN OF MANKIND TAKE REFUGE

IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS.

THEY FEAST ON THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR HOUSE,

AND YOU GIVE THEM DRINK FROM THE RIVER OF YOUR DELIGHTS.

FOR WITH YOU IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE;

IN YOUR LIGHT DO WE SEE LIGHT."

PSALM 36:7-9

I will write more specifically in subsequent posts about what God has been teaching me and doing in me. I will never be a completed work this side of heaven, but the eyes of my heart are being opened wider and wider and I just cry, "More!" We were made for so much more than this sin-stained world and yet He gives us glimpses of the glory all around us. Open my eyes to the vastness of Your majesty here, Lord, and let it spark my faith and drive my pursuit of You.