Revelation of the Spirit - #27 Finding Rest in Him

Come unto to me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28

After a long day of school, pit band rehearsal, homework, packing for Disney, and getting ready for rehearsal tomorrow I am thoroughly exhausted. It is always nice to know the Lord has his arms open wide for me to rest in. That verse and a picture of the Lord with arms open wide are by my computer. I found such rest in reading that just now (the first time I've had to sit down tonight).

I pray you can find rest in the Lord.

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #26 Changed in the Twinkling of an Eye

When I came home from school today I was feeling quite destroyed by sin. I felt I had just sinned far past forgiveness. My soul was in anguish. I found myself once again praying Psalm 6. How long Lord? I am in agony, have pity on me. When I got a text message from my dearest friend Erin informing she could go to STI (Summer Teen Intensive) at IHOP, which I was planning on attending but I wasn't allowed to go unless I was traveling with someone I knew. Praise God it was an answer to both our prayers. But it was amazing that in " the twinkling of an eye" I was changed. I went from feeling such agony in my soul to feeling the joy of the Lord fill my heart.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Listen, I tell you a mystery; We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

The Lord is amazing and you must perservere through the suffering. I felt like I was in the truest sense the words, wasting away. I felt as though my sins were eating away at me.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far out weighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

This is the prayer of my heart today. That I would not grow weary and lose heart. Though I may feel as I am wasting away, the Lord renews my strength everyday. These troubles are only momentary and the glory that awaits me in heaven. I fix my eyes on You, Jesus. Heal my broken and weary heart and prepare me for the glory you want to give me. May my life be a living sacrifice.

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #25 How long?

This is the cry of my heart this day...

O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in anguish. How long, O Lord, how long? Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. No remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave?I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes. Away from me, all who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping. The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer. All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
Psalm 6

Revelation of the Spirit - # 24 Let Thy Music of His Promises Be Heard

I started a new devotional book. It's a book by Elisabeth Elliot called The Music of His Promises and there's a daily devotional for a whole year and I didn't realize that at first, so I kind of cheated and read like three months worth of devoitionals tonight :). But I decided to go back and do them everyday now. So most likely most of my posts for the next year will have to do with this book.

Today's devotional just really talked about the music of His promises. As I have not really discovered even in the slightest bit what it means to hear the music of His promises, I am very excited to find out what it may be like. But today as I read the devotional a certain verse came to mind. I have truely been struggling with God's will for my life as the whole and have a hard time trusting him. But today when reading this devotional Jeremiah 29:11 came to my heart.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord,"plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

I never had that verse mean so much to me as I did today. It brought such comfort to my heart. It was like God whispered to me those words. I truely believe this day that the Lord has great things in store for my life. To bless me eternally and give me things I could never imagine.
All I have to do is trust him, love him and serve him with all my heart.

Hear the music of His promise this day.

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - # 23 A Cry For Our Generation

I was searching on Iwillworship.com where I get all my sheet musci for worship for free I might add :) when I came across the song Give Us Clean Hands. It's definitely one of my favorites. But I never realized the power of these words until tonight when I sang it during my time of worship.
If you don't know them here they are..

We bow our hearts, we bend our knees
O Spirit come makes us humble.
We turn our eyes from evil things
O Lord we cast down our idols.

Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another.
Oh God let us be a generation that seeks,
that seeks your face O God of Jacob.


Such power reeks in these words. To bow our hearts and bend our knees to make us humble before God. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (Prov 3:34). Turning our eyes away from the things of this world.

It is the cry of my heart tonight that myself and this generation ask God for clean hands and pure hearts. That only one thing would fulfill the longings of our hearts. For us to be a generation that seeks the face of God. That seeks his beauty and that we will not rest until we have seen the Lord in his beauty and dwell there for all our days.

One Thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life; to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
Psalm 27:4

This is the cry of my heart tonight and I know and have firm faith that the Lord has heard that cry. My request of you all tonight is that you join in this cry and that you would seek him and not rest until you have met the Lord face to face. That you would not look to the things of this world. That you set your heart, minds, eyes and every part of you on things above this world. There is more to this life. Do not rest until you see the Lord in his beauty, in his temple. I promise the reward is more than you can ever imagine.

This is my prayer for you all tonight that you would seek the Lord with every part of your entity. That you would understand the reward of seeing the Lord in his beauty and dwelling there all the days of your life.

Lord mark hearts this day. Give them a taste of your love that they maybe hooked on you and never look to anything else to satisfy their hearts. That only one thing, your love, will satisfy them.

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - # 22 The Crown of Righteousness

I have often found in scripture that life is referred to as a race. In Hebrews 12:1 it is refered to as the race marked out for us. For me this understanding is a great one. The Lord has just stressed on my heart so much this race he has marked out for me. While reading in 2 Timothy I came over a couple verses that made apparent that this race doesn't continue forever and that we have a prize at the end.

" I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day- and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing."
2 Timothy 4:7-8

Much is being said in this verse that makes me happier than I can ever express through words or mere human actions. I want more than anything on judgement day that I have fought the good fight, that I have finished the race the Lord marked out for me and kept faith of seeing him. And my mind cannot even begin to imagine the joy to overcome my soul the day the Lord crowns me with the crown of righteousness. I cannot imagine what the crown of righteousness exactly is but what my heart hopes for is his love, glory, beauty and holiness to the fullest I can recieve them.

But the good news is this is not just for me. It is for you all to experience. It is for all of God's children whethere believers or non believers to run the race marked out for you. And to live faithfully to him and to recieve the crown of righteousness. Accept his offer of love and righteousness.

He promises it will not be easy.

"In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted."
2 Timothy 3:12


But the crown of righteousness is your prize for running the race. The reward of living with God forever. Having his beauty and glory and love bestowed upon me. To live with him in heaven. That is our prize.

My challenge to you is to run this race with faithfulness to the Lord. Fight the good fight. Love him with all your heart, mind soul and body.

Blessings to all who read!


Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #21 I am Ruined by the Love of God

As I lay my heart of the altar I cannot help but feel his love. At OneThing I believe truely tasted the love of God for the first time. When I tasted that love I was ruined. My heart was no longer satisfied by the love of any other. No longer loving music, playing cornet, singing, loving family, friends or anything else truely fill the desire of my heart for love. One thing fills that space for love...that is the love of God.

Many churches today believe that they read scripture, spend time with the Lord, and do ministry out of their duty for God. "Oh he died so I guess the least I can do is read something once a week, do some outreach ministry and tell others about him." It becomes such a burden when looking at the Lord that way.
1 John 5:3

This is love for God: to obey his commands.And his commands are not burdensome.


His love was not meant as a burden for us to carry as he did the cross. His love was meant for us to enjoy and to truely live by having our hearts desires fulfilled through his love.

Once you experience God's love you are determined to live a life of holiness to experience that love again. To be pure and blameless and to live out his commands is what the Lord asks of us, but you have no idea it is all worth when you experience the love of God.

Song of Solomon 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-
for your love is more delightful than wine.


His love is better than wine. Better than the material things of this world.
Today I feel so lovesick for the Lord and I long to experience his love the way I experienced it at OneThing. But whether or not I experience it the same way I always feel it with me. Every part of my day I feel the love of God with me. For me it serves as a reminder that I need to be pure, blameless and holy so I can someday experience the love of God to it's fullest extent. My heart yearns for that day.

My prayer for you all is to have the Lord set before you, with the reminder of his love be your motivation to live a pure blameless and holy life.

In His Love..

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #20 Upon thy altar I lay my heart

I don't I've ever had a more serious matter of the heart than out that what I've done today. I'm currently reading Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot. This book is basically the book that put her on the map so to say as a writer. Her story is one that I have to admit, I fall in love with everytime I hear it. This book I'm reading now is about her falling in love with her future husband Jim Elliot but waiting on God for the right timing. They come to a time when they are graduating college but both feel as though it's not God's time to seek any further relationship. They often go on long walks and talk for hours, but when it came closer and closer Elisabeth realized maybe they should "cool it" so to say. So Jim making a reference to Abraham when he offered up his only son to God, said he was to sacrifice his love for Elisabeth. "So upon the altar I lay you" are the words he says to her.

I realized that God was calling me to lay something upon his altar. My heart. My hopes, desires, fears and dreams. I offer them to the Lord. I offer them up as a sacrifice that they may be used for his Kingdom. I am pouring out my heart to him as Mary of Bethany poured out her ointment on the Lord's feet. With all my heart, soul and mind I desire to serve the Lord.

I know I am sharing a deep part of my life with the Lord but I feel as though it is necessary. I feel as though someone who doesn't believe in the Lord or doesn't know how serious the Lord is about offering our everything to him needs to know that there are people out there living and running hard for the Lord. I don't know if I'm the best example but this is my life and the real fact of all our lives is that we are not perfect.

My prayer for this post is that when someone reads it they would feel the conviction of the Lord to lay upon his altar that last part of their life the enemy has a stronghold on. Whatever it maybe, your love life, your addiction to food, internet, masturbation, pornography or whatever part the enemy still has a stronghold that when you read this you would feel the conviction of the Lord on your heart. That you would pour out your heart, soul, body and mind to the Lord and serve him with every inch of your entity.

I pray for each and everyone of you that read and I pray the Lord's grace upon each of your lives.

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #19 Grace Greater than all our Sins!

I have to say this has to be one of my favorite revelations of the Spirit so far. I'm reading Quest for Love by Elisabeth Elliot (my favorite author :)) Today I read Chapter 27 Grace Greater than all our sins. This chapter was basically about a couple people who had wrote to her about how when they were younger, were foolish and given away there virginity but through God's amazing grace still recieved amazing spouses and realized in the flesh what it means to be truely forgiven by God.

This chapter couldn't have come at a better time :). About a year ago I started dating someone, I hadn't dated for about three years and was pretty excited. I must admit I fell pretty hard for this guy and he for me as well. I guess you could say we got carried away with our feelings. Thank God we never did anything physically compromising for either one of our standards but I still knew I sinned. It's been a slow and painful recovery but today I read in this chapter a verse that I think completely healed my broken and sinful heart.

"Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."
Hebrews 10:22-23

Not only has the Lord forgiven me but he has washed my heart and body with pure water so that I may remain pure in His sight. This is verse is exactly what I need. The funny thing is I just read it last night in my devotions. I underlined, which means it caught my attention but when explained further through the eyes of a woman who had been through something similiar as I, it opened my heart to God's healing through His words.

God has forgiven me, and I think i've forgiven myself also. I don't know if the boy I dated will ever forgive me but that's not the point. I pray he will but he has moved on and it's time I did too. The Lord is the focus on my life and I need to "throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and run with perserverance the race marked out for me (Hebrews 12:1).

My eyes are fixed upon Jesus the author and perfecter of my life and will be set there all the days of my life. He gave his life for me so nothing is acceptable except my entire life. I give all to him, I surrender all to Jesus.

Through Jesus grace you can be forgiven, washed clean with a clear conscience and move on serving the Lord to the fullest of your hearts desire.

I challenge you today that if you are struggling with past sin whatever it may be. Be washed with the pure water of Christ and start over and live for Him and only Him.

In God's Amazing Grace...

Amen.

Just to let you know :)

I just want to let you all know that I cancelled my facebook and myspace accounts. I don't know whether this is temporary or permanent but I need to completely focus on the Lord and both were becoming addictions that were hindering me from serving the Lord to the best of my ability. You can always email me at KatL014@gmail.com.

Love and blessings to all who read :)

Kathryn :)

Revelation of the Spirit - # 18 Faith like Abraham

So I've been reading through Hebrews in my devotions and today I came to chapter 11, which if you're familiar with Hebrews, speaks about faith. I was amazed by how many examples there were of mostly men through out the the bible whom God commanded them to do very dangerous and selfless acts, and only through faith obeyed. In verse 17 it talks of Abraham.

"By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had recieved the promises was about to sacrifice his only and only son, 18 even though God has said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." 19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did recieve Isaac back from the death."

So stirred by this passage I went back and read the story of Abraham. Wow was I astonished. Abraham had such faith in God. He obeyed him even when he believed God might take away one of the people he loved most. Talk about surrending all to God.

Tonight my prayer is that I can have an ounce of the faith that Abraham had. My prayer for you is the same.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
Hebrews 11:1

Lord I pray tonight for one ounce of the faith Abraham had. To just trust you with my future, my hopes, my desires, my entire life. I pray for those who read this blog. That you will give them faith as I ask for.

Blessings to all who read.

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - # 17 He is Lord of my Sinful Heart

This song was sung in the prayer room.

Sing to Jesus
The Lord of our Shame
Lord of our Sinful Hearts
He is our Great Redeemer

Sing to Jesus
Honor His Name
Sing of His Faithfulness
Pouring his life out on us

Lord of our shame, Lord of our sinful hearts...I don't about you but those words rend my heart each and ever time I hear this song. My heart is rended because though sin and shame surround and attack my heart He is Lord of my heart. He is my Great Redeemer, He is faithful and poured out His life onto each and everyone of us. I can't explain the power I feel in my heart right now. The Love I have has never been strong and I wish I could share it with each and every one of you in person. The Lord loves your shameful, sinful heart. Offer it to him. Although it maybe broken, grief-stricken what ever the case maybe, offer it to Him and He will heal your broken heart.

Sing to Jesus
His is the throne
Now and for ever
He is the King of Heaven

Sing to Jesus
We are his own
Now and for ever
Sing for the Love our God has shown

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #16 Jesus is the Ultimate Interecessor

At IHOP they emphasize interecessory prayer alot. It's really great and i'm learning what it means.

You are standing in the gap for a country, a person, or a group people. I really believe great change has been made and will be made in this world through intercessory prayer. But in saying this, I realized while reading scripture a great intercessory has already come and gone and will be coming back.
"Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."
Hebrews 7:25

I've known as long as I've been a believer that Jesus died for me on the cross. But here is the only place i've heard it called intercession. We are saved completely through this intercession. And Jesus has become the Ultimate interecessor for all time. He stood in the gap for us. On the cross he said

"Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing."
Luke 23:34

That's the ultimate prayer of interecession and the ultimate sacrifice was offered up that day.

I just find that mind blowing. Praise God that Jesus set the example for interecessory prayer and that we may stand in the gap for those who do not know what they are doing.
I challenge you to try intercessory prayer in your daily devotions. It doesn't have to be for another country but it could be for your best friend, or mother, father, sister or brother. Just try it, you will be connected to the heart of God in way maybe you haven't experienced yet.

Blessings to all who read!

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - # 15 Although it may not be apparent now I am sowing seeds for the Lord!

I am not sure of how many people actually read my blogs and I'm not sure how many of my blogs make sense. But I do know that everything I write is what I am learning of God's Spirit. Last night while doing devotions the Lord truely brought reassurance to my heart that although I may not see the the purpose of this now He is using this blog as a seed for His kingdom. He is using me to sow seeds that one day reap of great glory for the kingdom of God.

I offer my own prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord that I have been chosen as a vessel for him. I challenge you all to find how the Lord wants to use you. More than likely it's in more than one way :)

One of my favorite songs from the prayer often sung by Justin Rizzo talks about sowing seeds..I'm not exactly sure of the title but here are some words...

I will not despise the sowing of seeds...For I know in due time I will reap..
I will not despise the sowings of seeds...For I know in due time I will see..
The fruit of my labor for all of eternity..
The fruit of my labor so I give myself holy to thee...

Not much can be said after that..

Blessings to all :)

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #14 God's Word is living

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and amrrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."
Hebrews 4:12

In case you haven't noticed by a couple of my last scripture references I am studying Hebrews. I thought it wise to study a book of the bible a little more achievable for my spiritual maturity. I tried Psalms but I think I need to wait a bit on them, not that I didn't fall in love with them though :)

Boy, I am feeling so lovesick for the Lord today. I love the feeling. But today I had a bad day at school. Nothing big to make it a bad day but just one of those days. But what I found so helpful is when you're falling under attack of satan, you have a sword. I read this verse after school but I realized that through my struggles today I was referencing some verses I had read earlier. And what a joy it was to read when I came home that God's word is my sword against sin. When someone is putting you down, think of a scripture that gives you strength. Often there are worship songs that are scripture as well and they help to sing them.

But Praise God that he has equipped us with a weapon against sin. God's living word which was true 2000 years ago is still true and 2000 years from now it will still be true. He is with us through his holy spirit always and through his word he is always with us.

My challenge to you today is when you having a rough day at work or school or wherever it maybe just recite your favorite scripture verse or your favorite worship song that helps you feel as though the Lord is near you.

Blessings to you all!

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - # 13 There's a mansion in glory waiting for me!

Today in church we sang one of my favorite hymn tunes. Number 990 Victory in Jesus. My family used to sing this alot and I love it. My favorite is the third and final verse.

I heard about a mansion he has built for me in glory, and I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea;
And some sweet day I'll up there the song of victory!

There is a mansion in glory waiting for me in which God built for me. I can walk the streets of God. There's is a crystal sea of beauty waiting for me to gaze upon. And some sweet heavenly day I'll sing to God my song of victory. The victory I will have over the sin and shame of this world. The victory is mine!

O Victory in Jesus my Savior forever!
He sought me and bought me with his redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew him, and all my love is due him-
He plunged to victory beaneath the cleansing flood.

The victory is in sight. Cling to Jesus for the victory and just wait for our mansion in His glorious kingdom.

Blessings to all who read!

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #12 He's been there already

This upcoming week is the second anniversary of my father's death. It was a rough experience but I got through it with God at my side. But one thing I really hated was when people would say " Oh I'm sorry, I know how you feel" or "I understand exactly what you're going through". After so many remarks I just want to get up and yell you have know idea what i'm going through! I hated people saying that it just didn't make sense how they knew how I felt or how they understood what I was going through.

I feel often like that when i'm with God. Like how can God expect us to be sinless? He hasn't been there He doesn't know. But He does. For He sent his son to this earth to understand and endure more pain than we will ever have to.

"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are- yet was without sin."
Hebrews 4:15

That's right. Jesus was here and the devil tempted Him with sin just as he does us. But Jesus knew that His life was to be an example that sin is not the way. That is Father is the way and sin is not easy to be resisted but can be.

Isn't that great? He knows what we're going through. He knows exactly what we're going through, He does more than sympathize with us. He takes our burden, our struggles and died so that we wouldn't have to bear them. I'm sooo happy he did that :)

Praise God that He knows what we're going through!

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - # 11 God wins our hearts through the little things :)

In the last week we've been in the process of getting a new youth pastor at corps. It's the first one we've had in like three years. Last week she finally started. Her name is Trish and she's a really great person. She's a super good singer and piano player and today in church she led worhsip. We've been singing to tapes and as much as I love a tape just as the next person it was sooo good to have a live piano playing and a real person standing in front me singing. The Lord truely wooed my heart this morning. Just listening to the people in my corps praising the Lord all in one accord. It made me think of the day Jesus returns when the whole earth will sing to Jesus. I can't wait.


Blessings to all who read :)

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #10 When You Live Whole Heartedly for God there is No Such Thing as Spiritual Boredom

I can't say I've actually had a revelation of this yet. But more what I've realized is that I'm not living whole heartedly for God. As you've probably all noticed I haven't done one revelation a day. As I am human I struggle. At this time in my walk I feel very alone, I feel very far from God. I remember in one of my past posts saying that when you struggle you're going back to the person you were before you were reborn in Christ. I feel as though I am hanging on to the Lord by a string. But I learned why I am spiritual bored so to say. Just a little bit of God cannot satisfy our souls. We need all of Him and without all of Him to satisy us we get bored.

I often find myself doing the minimum in devotions anymore. But the Lord does want the minimum of us He wants all of us. In 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Pauls says,
"For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."

Christ died so that we may die of ourselves, and so that we may only live for him. Only living for him means living whole heartedly. As stated in 2 Corinthians 11 He requires pure and sincere devotion. God has promised us to one husband. And the best one I should add. He needs our full undivided unattention and affection.

This is really hard. There is so much that God ask us of us don't you think? Well yes He does because He paid the highest price for us. But God also says one thing will set all of these in place. God's first commandment.

Jesus said to him, " You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Matthew 22: 37-40
Loving God with all our heart, mind, soul and body makes everything else fall into place. I guess what I'm trying to get across is try to get sometime in your day as busy as you are to spend time with God letting him know you love him with all your heart. As the writer of the Seven Longings states " People who love God whole heartedly are happier and more cooperative." So maybe make it first thing in the morning so He can help you cooperate with others. Whatever it maybe. Love God with all your heart. It's my prayer for each and everyone.

P.S.
I'm trying to figure out a good devotional life for myself and haven't found one that works yet. I was wondering if those who read could email me some suggestions or examples of what you do in your own devotion life so I can find something that works for my heart to commun with God. Thanks. Email is KatL014@gmail.com

Blessings to all who read :)

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - #9 Becoming a Woman of God can mean many different things!

When I think of some of the great women of God in my life I think of their obedience to him. How they read his word, obey his word and love him with all their hearts. But what I love most about God is his great sense of humor and just sometimes his randomness to help do things we never thought we could.

One desire of my heart has been to be able to cook a decent meal haha. I want to be able to eventually be able to cook for my husband and family. I never thought of it before but the Lord said to me "this desire to cook is part of the desire to be a woman of my word". And I was kind of in awe when he said that to me because I thought it foolish to cook was part of his will for my life :) Awesome isn't it?

Well today I took on my biggest cooking endeavor and made meatloaf, mashed potatoes and peas. My nan said it was pretty good! What do you think?

Blessings to all who read :)

Amen.

Revelation of the Spirit - 8# God fascinates our hearts better than any electronic :)

So yesterday I spent all day at a trumpet fest at WCU. It was so amazing. Although I didn't know it would the whole experience went along with my devotions very well. I've been reading in the book the Seven Longings of the Human Heart how God created our hearts to long for fascination and so that the only thing that would truely satisfy that longing would be fascination from him. In the world we live in there is so much artificial entertainment there's tv, cell phones, video games, computers and much more. But as I watched these trumpet players play their fast runs and high licks God truely fascinated my heart. They may not all know that their talent is from God but the Lord gave it to them and I saw his beauty in a secular world of music and my heart was captivated and truely fascinated.

My challenge to you, on the biggest day of the year when everyone is planted on their couches watching tv, to focus your heart on the Lord and be entertained and fascinated by the one gave us such a longing.

Amen.