Good morning
divamoms and gents,
This space
is becoming quite the place where I’ve been sharing glimpses into my faith
walk. Today is the second day of my winter break. Shout out to all the teachers
resting themselves and relaxing! Yesterday I ran two errands and spent most of
my time in bed and the majority of that journaling and writing to Jesus. Yes,
Jesus! He’s becoming more and more the center of everything I do. ACTUALLY HE
IS MY CORE! This past year has moved me from seeing the Savior as someone who
is in heaven to someone who is so close and available anytime. James
writes in 4:8 Draw
near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and
purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Sometimes I
wake up with a song, scripture or word in my heart that moves me so heavily.
This morning it was Jesus is calling. Now before you start to think I’m crazy
you must first have a personal relationship with Christ to receive the message
in this post and it has to be intimate. #nojudgement #noshade One thing I wanted to be able to do
during my break is spend time with God unrushed. So I’m up with my journal, a
cup of tea and a banana. I read through the entire 4th chapter of
James and made notes. That’s a bonus for me. I will read my Bible and usually
it is my favorite chapters or scriptures (mostly in the book of Psalms). One
reason for that is because I really like the book and secondly the Bible is
well boring. #FixitJesus Not the stories that read like novels but the instructions
part. Prolly because I wasn’t in a place to fully understand and change.
Now I enjoy
studying the Bible. When I read I use my bible app, biblegateway.com, the
Amplified and Message versions of the Bible. This has helped tremendously with
me understanding the text. So now when Jesus calls, I’m eager to get in His
presence. Stephen Hurd has worship song, ‘Zion is calling’ that I begin to hum
as I was brushing my teeth preparing to come to a space (right now my dining
room table) where I could spread out my Bibles and journal whilst sipping tea.
It brought tears to my eyes just thinking about Jesus being so in love with me
that He would wake me up from my beauty sleep to come and learn of Him. That
made me feel special. It made me feel secure in my relationship with Christ.
As we
approach Christmas remember the whole point of this holiday is to remind us that
Jesus is calling. He always is and has been. He called out from the precious
throne of heaven and because some didn’t want to hear, He decided to come not
as a King or royalty that He is but in a way that we would understand so that we
would approach Him humbled by His self-offering. Someone who would give up so
much for us. I don’t know about you but I don’t like sleeping outside. I hate
barns and the smell of farms. Ha that rhymed...giggles. So that in and of
itself makes me grateful He took on that role. Listen for the cry of the sweet
baby Jesus and now the call of a loving, faithful God who has called you
friend.
Enjoy the holidays.
1 comment:
Thank you for this Kerissa! This post came just in time
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