So its been a long time now that the Lord has been teaching me about how much he loves me. I didn't really know until recent months how much I hadn't been receiving his love well. It has taken making mistakes and needing forgiveness on my part and prophetic words from friends to really drive home the point that no matter what I do or don't know- God's love for me does not change. His love never decreases and His love does not increase. His love for me today is the same as it was the day He died for me on the cross. That concept will always blow me away! But its true. Our God changes not.
So I was listening to Chris Tomlin's version of "How Marvelous" this morning and the words of that song are so sweet: "He took MY sins and MY sorrow and made them His very own... He suffered and died alone... How marvelous and how wonderful is my Savior's love for me"!!
Praise God.
And not only that lesson, but I have also been challenged and inspired by the book, The Tangible Kingdom. As I've been preparing to make the transition to move to south Texas and be a part of LifeHouse I wanted to know more about the vision that God has given their leadership and the things that they were passionate about so that I could pray and ask God to give me the same heart. Well... in that search I was directed to this book and as I have been reading it my heart has been coming more and more alive at the prospect of living my life in such a way that I am available and involved in the lives of the people right near me. I want to be a part of their lives and connected with them so that I can demonstrate how Jesus would treat them, love them, care about them... I definitely feel like going to this new place, Donna, TX to be exact.. is going to stretch me and require that I get out of my comfort zone and learn how to love a new culture and people who are in a lot of ways very different from me. But not different in the ways that matter- they need to be deeply loved, they need hope, they need truth. The things that I also desperately need and that a relationship with Jesus will give them. So as I am putting down a deposit on an apartment I have begun to think about what kind of people will live around and I'm imagining what God will want to do with me in their lives. :)
Habakkuk 1:5
Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.
