I am so excited right now that I could do cartwheels! This is a time when I come alive! This is my season (in life) when I become so full of energy and overjoyed with everything that's happening. I was like this back in January when there were a bunch of "new" things happening in my life. I was becoming involved in Crossroads and started serving at CharlotteOne and was meeting a BUNCH of new people! A bunch of really awesome people that God placed in my life for a reason! It's so incredible to see the weaving of God's tapestry come together! He is making one beautiful piece of work in each of us!

I went to Gardner-Webb for orientation today- for the Divinity School. It was great meeting all the faculty and meeting new friends. Some people whom I feel I will be really close with and have solid relationships with. Divinity School could not be any better of a fit for me! And I chuckle at the fact that I didn't realize that AT ALL until God began calling me towards this new journey! It's just crazy how His word stands true that He knows me better than I even know myself!-- And one thinks, "How is that possible? I feel like I know myself pretty well. I've only spent x amount of years with me." But then you come to see how the One who created you knows the desires of your heart and what is best for you. God has the BIG picture; we only get pieces.

It's like putting together a puzzle! There's a goal in sight, a picture that's being put together. We might not know what the picture looks like but I do think that God shows us the BIGGER picture in the fact the He has shown each of us what our purpose is here on earth...and that is to bring glory to Him in all we do! That looks different for each of us. Each of our own pictures look completely different and as we journey through life physically and spiritually, God hands us a new piece to put in place, a new piece for our puzzle. Have you ever been putting together a puzzle and it seems like you can't find a single piece to fit in that one spot?...and you try all these other pieces but they're all wrong and you get so frustrated because you come to a standstill with continuing the puzzle? And then, you finally find that one piece that fits perfectly and assists other pieces to fall into place. All is well and you continue on. - Life is exactly like that!
God is handing us pieces of a puzzle. And there are times we are at a standstill because He's working out new things in us and for us in order to hand us new pieces.

And I get so excited during these times. Papa just handed me a new piece and said, "See my child, look how perfectly that fits!" - and I stand back in amazement because I never realized I would be where I am today.

"The hope of the resurrection does not rest in the promise of escape to heaven. The resurrection shows us that Jesus has broken into this world, crippling the powers of darkness and making it possible for us to live- yes, live- as unshackled citizens of his Kingdom. Jesus doesn't merely make bad people good. He doesn't merely make sick people well. He raises the dead to life. He is outrageous and inventive, subversive and ingenious, wild and creative. He liberates us from the powers of darkness and calls us into marvelous light. He teaches us to shake off our chains and use them as jump ropes. The resurrection reminds us it is here, it has started, it is always but coming. Our groaning creation can begin to laugh again. Jesus lives, and so can we. And it begins right now."

-Jack Legg
Conspire Magazine
Spring 2009

A very challenging and inspiring song that is singing through my life right now....

What Do I Know of Holy? - Addison Road

i made you promises a thousand times
i try to hear from heaven
but i talk the whole time
i think i made You too small
i never feared You at all
no

if You touched my face
would i know You?
looked into my eyes
could i behold You?

what do i know of You
who spoke me into motion?
where have i even stood
but the shore along Your ocean?
are you fire?
are you fury?
are you sacred?
are you beautiful?
so what do i know?
what do i know of holy?

i guess i thought that i had figured You out
i knew all the stories
and i learned to talk about
how You were mighty to save
but those were only empty words on a page
then i caught a glimpse of who You might be
the slightest hint of You
brought me down to my knees

what do i know of You
who spoke me into motion?
where have i even stood
but the shore along Your ocean?
are you fire?
are you fury?
are you sacred?
are you beautiful?
so what do i know?
what do i know of holy?

what do i know of holy?
what do i know of wounds that will heal my shame?
and a God that gave life its name
what do i know of holy?
of the one who the angels praise
all creation knows Your name
on earth and heaven above
what do i know of this love?

what do i know of You
who spoke me into motion?
where have i even stood
but the shore along Your ocean?
are you fire?
are you fury?
are you sacred?
are you beautiful?
so what do i know?
what do i know of holy?