'Making last minute preparations for tomorrow before heading to bed and I just can't stop thinking about the love of God ...seriously ... I don't always "feel" Him but there's something about KNOWING that He's always with me ...As I approach my 32nd birthday, I reflect on the last 32 years of my life ...I've grown, I've struggled, I've laughed, I've cried, I've taken large steps, fear has paralyzed me, His Word has moved me ...I've gone off course ...and I've been guided back on course ...I've gained friends, I've lost some, and I've let some go ...but in the end, God has remained faithful ...
So today, I'm thankful for the journey, and the desire to KNOW HIM!! I'm thankful for a heart that seeks truth and one that desires the fullness of God's purity and love. Today, I'm overwhelmed by God's patience and LOVE for me. Thanks be unto God whose love isn't predicated on my performance ...
To KNOW Christ in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings means to be willing to experience weakness, to suffer loss, to be misunderstood --- but to also experience victory, peace, and the manifestation of God's power in my life --- to be willing to die on a daily basis, be willing to be used by God, willing to be persecuted, be willing to take a stance, be willing to be broken, and made conformable ...To know Him is to know PEACE, to have ASSURANCE, and to experience FREEDOM ... LIFE in Jesus ...
This is my heart's desire ...
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;" (Philippians 3:10).
Pursuing Truth,
D.
“Everything that I am, is because of Jesus Christ. All that I ever do, I do it only to bring Him glory.”
