God wants us for himself right now. There is a time to go into the jungle and the forest and fight the good fight but sometimes, like now, the Lord calls us to regroup, to see clearly again who the goal is and what love means.

I recently heard a talk that Mark Hart was giving. It was entertaining and deep and he made a point that I never really thought of.

Being comfortable isn’t a bad thing. Actually its kinda nice! I recently just ordered a mattress. I did SOO much research before I bought one. Sometimes I’m indecisive but whatever, I did my due diligence ;). So I didn’t want to pay a ton for it. I mean, I saw some really really nice ones for $2,000 and I was tempted to pay payments but I was like, nah, maybe when I’m married.  But I really love a good bed. I mean, I can appreciate the comfort and styles of one and to a certain degree tell the difference. Well, I ended up buying a spa sensations memory foam and gel mattress. Oh Yea! I did, I went for it!

How do we know if Christ calls us specifically? How do we know we are one of his chosen Ones? 

In the bible, God called Samuel verbally 4 times. Samuel was sleeping next to the arc of the covenant, where God’s presence was. Samuel responded to God with guidance from Eli. Eli helped Samuel listen to God when he was calling him. Do you notice that God doesn’t stop calling Samuel until he understands what’s going on?

One day at a time, ladies, one day at a time. This can be a rough day. 5th day in. We are talking about this love of Christ and freedom and facing our sins and that is overwhelming. That is hard. But remember, baby steps. This is worth it. We have a goal in mind and lets keep our eye on the prize of living this freedom with Christ.

Yesterday we saw how it can be difficult to come to Christ in prayer because we see more of who we are in his great light. But this is a great thing! By this we know we are actually closer to Christ and not further from him. It’s so important to have that deep center of prayer life within.

We know we want that next big thing that we talked about yesterday. We also talked about that next big thing being Jesus, so that whatever is in our lives, can all fall into place. Say you have a great prayer life or you have a regular prayer life and you’re getting closer to Jesus and your life is pretty good and your following him the best you can. That’s Amazing! Keep going! If not, keep inviting God into your life and yes, keep going! We can do this!

You are walking along and you are in the forest, you are coming to a clearing and that clearing is a desert. You start to walk into it, not thinking anything of it. All of a sudden you see a girl.  She is wearing a dress, but a dress that has been worn for a very long time and now looks like rags. Dirty rags. The dress has holes in it but the girl is not dirty and she’s covered enough. She is actually healthy and her skin is glowing.

Hey Ladies. So its that time of year again. Where we all in a way groan and sigh and start thinking of things to give up to take away our happiness and its time to be in a state of sorrow where Joy isn’t allowed.