Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it

       "Moses answered the people, 'Do not be afraid.  Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.  The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.  The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still.'"        "The the Lord said to Moses, 'Why are you crying out to me?  Tell the Israelites to move on.  Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.'" --Exodus 14:13-15 I'm reading what I wrote before leaving on my "book adventure" last year.   I am almost embarrassed about my lack of emotional control a year ago.  It's not like I've been the perfect stoic now (and I hardly think stoicism is something to be exalted either) but I think one part of this journey is learning to take emotions under Christ's control. I cried at work on Friday while making lattes.  I grieve...

I wrote this in a journal entry dated November 26th, 2010.  I feel it's a good reminder, and I pray God would bring me back to this simplicity: “Learning, Learning that Christ is sufficient in Himself. If I never get a degree, get a job, get a husband. If I never see the next sunrise, Christ at this very moment will suffice. I know this full-well by His overwhelming patience with me. To teach me now to trust, and walk, and cry with Him. My hip is torn from the socket. I want to deliver all limbs to submission. The greatest being my own arm that has held tightly to my own heart. Help me to understand what you are doing, Lord. I cry out for understanding...I believe your word has promised hope through Christ (Romans 4). It’s awesome! I long for that to be my only boast (Galatians 6:18)" "And I--in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be  satisfied  with seeing your likeness."--Psalm 17:15

It's 8:40am on Easter Sunday morning.  Normally I don't write in such haste, but today I just wanted to think upon the resurrection for a second.  I was watching the History Channel's discovery on the shroud of Turin.  Now even if that isn't the real linen that wrapped Jesus' body in the tomb, I believe it's a great depiction of what Christ actually went through.  One of the archaeologists on the show was magnifying the blood stains with the help of technology.   The man gasped at the scene and said under his breath, "He was beat to hell."  Literally.  Jesus was beat to hell, but he OVERCAME it!  I pray you understand this morning to a greater extent what Jesus did for us. "I am the living one. I died, but look--I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the  keys  of death and the grave."--Revelation 1:18

"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  "--Philippians 1:6 I wish I could explain what He has been doing in my life in one blog post, but let's just have coffee instead sometime.