Sitting on my back deck, in my spot, hearing the wind and the drizzle come down, hearing the cardinal sing his amazing song - it all reminds me that the whole earth is full of his glory. I couldn't have had a clearer picture of it than what i saw in Michigan. Not only seeing the beaches and the Great Lakes, but being in them. Stepping into the waters, being apart of the creation, it started to overwhelm me at one point. How could I, this man of unclean lips, be allowed to have my eyes opened to understand.I also can honestly say that the beauty of the whole creation and the overwhelming feeling was significantly increased because of the beauty of the one I was with.
Looking back on my life, I have been SO freaking blessed to have been through fire to be refined as well being apart of events and situations that changed the course of my life. I can look back to a few nights that have radically changed my life and one of those was March 9, 2011, Ash Wednesday service. There was a naked, bare tree in the middle of the sanctuary, not ready to bloom. There was a purpose for that. God showed me that He had me in a period of dormancy for a reason, reasons that are being revealed to me now. I get to grow now because of my time spent in dormancy! It's a beautiful place to be.
I'm so grateful for the the revealing of who God has called me to be in his word. "Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." I've been holding onto things that have brought guilt and fear into my life for too long. It's time to be a new man, to live in the freedom of truth and love. It's gametime.
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