Woke up

with this song in my head.

When Heaven Invades Earth

I love to read, yet the past few months I just haven't been in the mood.  It took me a few months to read this book, but because I haven't felt like reading, not because it's slow or not worth the time to read it.  Bill Johnson challenged me to get off my butt and really trust God to work.  We really can experience so much of heaven on earth: worshiping the Lord, people being restored to full health - physically, emotionally, spiritually, and just being in awe of the God that created us all, died for His people, and longs to be in a relationship with us.

Lent

I read this question the other day and it stopped me in my tracks:


When I wake up on Resurrection Sunday morning, how will I be different? 


I want to be different on Easter than I am today.  I want to know Jesus more than I do right now, I want to have a deeper understanding of His sacrifice for me, and I want to be more grateful for the freedom I have only because Jesus conquered death for me.

I'm not giving anything up this year for lent.  Too easy for me to pick something with an ulterior motive -- sweets and maybe I'll drop a pound, too, etc...  Too easy for me to get caught up in what I'm doing rather than caught up in my relationship with my savior.

I'm not necessarily taking anything else on.  The very thought of taking something else on in my life makes me more tired.  But, I want to remember that the tomb was found empty.  That after Jesus died, He rose.  Him rising makes him more than a good man, more than a teacher, more than a prophet.  Him rising makes Him God.  God that wants a relationship with me...and with you!  Out of His grace and mercy, Him rising has given me life.  Yes, that's what I want my next 40 days to be about: the relationship, the life, I have with Jesus.

DA craziness

Leigh sent this to me the other day...Saturday...when I became obsessed with Downton Abbey.  O'Brien is less than nice and certainly not a favorite of mine.  But, boy, does she clean up nice!

Progress!

I've been feeling pretty good and doing pretty well with my interval training for the bridge run.  I have to say, the podcasts help so much!  The music is pretty peppy and it really helps having someone else tell you when to run and when to walk.  Last Thursday I did my longest run yet -- a straight 20 minutes!  When the gal first told me I was going to do that, I assumed I'd heard her wrong an started the pod cast over.  No, I had not.

While the first five minutes were a bit painful, I got into a decent grove and by God's grace made it the entire 20 minutes!  The Bridge Run will be here before I know it.

Downton

Are you looking for another TV show to get hooked on?!  Look no further than this.  So well done.  So easy to get sucked into the stories.  So worth it.

Deliverance

Most of you have heard of Beth Moore, but have you heard of her sister, Gay?  I read about her this week and loved hearing her story of redemption.  Her candid words share of being brought low via alcoholism, yet also of the grace and passionate love of the Lord God.

Check her out here.  And continuing here, here, and here.

For great is your steadfast love toward me, you  have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.  psalm 86:13