October 23, 2008

Thank You for Your peace. Please let it guard my heart and mind completely, so that no doubts or guilt come in to steal my attention and trust from You.

You’ve got my attention. I am taking You completely seriously. I am not boxing You in- I can’t afford to. Move in whatever way You will. You said it would be a wild ride, and it is. You said You had a surprise, and You did. I believe You have more to surprise me with, something beautiful and blissful. I need to believe that. I need to believe in Your goodness, care, and power. I need to believe in Your grace, love, and healing. In Your heart for redemption and restoration. You comfort me beyond words. I am so in awe of this place You have brought me to.

Back to today…

Wow. That seems to be my word lately. What is it about that word that compels us to say it when we are in awe? I’m certainly in awe. God is speaking to me all over the place. In stinking Barnes ‘n’ Noble, for crying out loud! It’s beautiful. I am so excited. I bought “The Message//Remix: Pause” today, a cool unconventional Bible I’ve been desiring for about a year now. I can’t wait to dig in.

It’s funny how He works and relates to us on our level. He is speaking to me in exactly the ways He knows I will hear Him: through words of knowledge from a new mentor, through hidden meanings in everyday experiences, through sudden perfect opportunities. He has hedged me in front and behind, drawn me into the wilderness, and now speaks comfort to me (Hosea 2:6, 2:14).

I want to turn all of these experiences into some substantial writing, but I think I’m simply too in shock and would have to dig deeper into my heart than I am prepared to do in the middle of the MiraCosta library.

Soon, soon. I always deliver, dear Reader.