a few nights this week i have stayed up until after three talking to my roommates. I have been encouraged. Not just by their words...but by what the Spirit is doing within my heart. What God is reminding me of... what he is pushing me to remember and understand. Oh...how sweet to remember and believe in the LOVE he has for his children. and...i am one of his children. For a long time i had not contemplated on the specific time when God revealed his love to me in a near tangible way. it was one of the moments in life that are exteremly special. when God is near. when you can identify with Isaiah 6. when God revealed himself to Isaiah in a extremely extraordinary way. it was something he could look back at and recall throughout the rough times to face him in the future. when he questioned why the heck he was doing what he was doing....he could look back and remember that time when he saw God in his glory and when his lips were cleansed. i am not saying my experience was even close to this...but, i am saying that i feel God was close to me during a specific period in my life...and i had forgotten how that had changed me and my life. incredible.

we have to know and believe that God loves us....before we can ever truely serve him. you can argue with that... b/c.... dang, you can DO things for God. but...you probably don't have the right attitude. it'll be like what is described somewhere in the NT when you come before the throne and Jesus says he doesn't even know you. that's gotta hurt. let's stop trying to earn something we've already gained!!

FYI: i'm most likely going to start a new blog... so if you want the link to that.... email me or leave a comment.