in the love of Christ

My mind is on a hamster wheel right now. It is constantly trying to catch up. I asked God to guide me to a reason for my desire to just reach out and touch, spiritually, certain people. God has definitely led me to a few new friendships recently that I am so very excited about! There is a fire in my heart to have deep conversations and delve into the lives of these new friends. This is where my Father led me: “Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’” Luke 5:31-32 I love it when God just lays the perfect verse in my lap (which He often does when I am honestly seeking Him and His will). This, for me, showed me exactly why it is that I desire such deep friendship with these new friends and also why I feel the need to communicate with God about them constantly. I just want to lock myself in the closet and pray for my friends all day long! Each and every one of them is at a different poin...

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well .” Psalm 139:13-14 (emphasis mine) This morning, God planted this verse in my devotional and I truly was reminded, and am still reminded, of how amazing my Father is. I have been struggling with physical appearance and also some personality traits of mine that seem a little… weird to me. But, it is no surprise to me that God reached down to pat me on the back and remind me that I am talking and feeling poorly about His creation. The truth is that God did create my inmost being and He did none of it on accident. God did knit together all of my parts, proportions and all, in my mother’s womb and none of it was on accident! I am fearfully made because if I were to sit and think about all of the intricacies that went into my creation or a...