created to love Him...

I'm American. It's in my national, cultural DNA to rebel against this dirty word. The "S" word. Dare I speak it? SUBMISSION! Oh how we hate that word! Especially as a woman, I have this engrained inner diva in my spirit that, with hands on my hips, highly wants to refuse to acknowledge this word. I'm American. Ain't nobody gonna tell ME what to do or how to do it. Nope.  The truth? You are not a worshiper of Jesus without submission. Without submission, you are a worshiper of self. You have so placed yourself higher than God, expecting God to bow His ways and thoughts to yours. This is our culture. And sadly, this is growing in the Western church culture. Without submission, we can simply scroll through the Bible and pick out the verses we like or agree with and throw out the ones we don't like. Submission is the right approach to God's Word...even the verses we don't like, we don't understand, we don't agree with, or that we deem only to b...

  Psalm 16 (Fullness of Joy) - YouTube The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;  You hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;  indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night my heart also instructs me.  I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. THEREFORE, my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let Your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.        ~Psalm 16 The Lord is my CHOSEN portion...I HAVE SET the Lord ALWAYS before me... This is an intentional lifestyle that goes down to the core of conviction deep within me. I have a choice. Not a one-time choice.  God gives us the gift of choice and every moment of every day is a new opportu...

Here's where the dead things come back to living I feel my heart beating again God is in the waiting. He's in the silence and unknown. He's in the place where my feet are frozen, unsure of which way to look, think or move. He's in the place where either way could be the way, or no way at all. He's in the places we assume He's not, where our logic and reason take up more space than His infinite self. He's in my successes and my failures, simply because He is a Father ready to celebrate, ready to restore. Always there. Every moment holy because He is the maker of days and the giver of breath.  We are returning.  God is calling the church away from issues, agendas, debates and back to His very self. Away from the grandstands to the humbled place at the feet of Jesus. Away from the fight the world wages and back to obedience and marching orders springing from the peace beyond understanding. Communion. Common union...shared union. Christ in us and us in Him. So c...