So I came across this gem in Isaiah last week:
And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]! -Isaiah 30:18
Now read it once more. Isn't that incredible? He's earnestly waiting for me! For you! I got stuck meditating on that verse last week.
I love the Word. I'm reading through Matthew right now and I'm being wowed all over again by all the cool stuff Jesus does. Today I was reading about how Jesus crashed a funeral. Such a punk! Love it. Anyway.
There's a shifting here on base atm. In 5 days students start arriving for the snowboarders DTS and Bible Core Course. I love changing seasons. It's a whole new beginning and God does new things. In Isaiah it says "behold I am about to do something new. Do you not see it? Do you not perceive it?" (43:19). Here at base we can definitely feel something in the air. God is going to do something powerful this season.
Especially this morning. We had base worship and it was funny cuz there was miscommunication, so it wasn't really "properly organized" or anything. But sometimes that's the best. There was dancing, hakas, laughing, crying, thanking, singing, lying still....it was just an all around good time.
There's a real shifting going on in people's hearts. People are falling more and more in love with Jesus left and right and wanting to go back to the basics and spend our days not just listening to talks or sermons (which are great and definitely have their time and place) but spending some serious time reading the Word and worshipping Him. It's sooo good for the soul.
Like this week one afternoon 3 lovely sisters and I decided to read through 1 Corinthians. And my friend welcomed Jesus to our apartment and to our Bible study and boy could you feel the presence. I couldn't even read through a whole chapter, I was laughing so hard. And I don't even really know why - 1 Corinthians isn't really that funny. But I think God just knew I could use a super dosage of joy that day. Something about scripture I tell ya. For me alot of the times it bypasses my head and just goes straight to my heart.
Anyway. Enough reading my blog. Go spend time with Abba.
And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]! -Isaiah 30:18
Now read it once more. Isn't that incredible? He's earnestly waiting for me! For you! I got stuck meditating on that verse last week.
I love the Word. I'm reading through Matthew right now and I'm being wowed all over again by all the cool stuff Jesus does. Today I was reading about how Jesus crashed a funeral. Such a punk! Love it. Anyway.
There's a shifting here on base atm. In 5 days students start arriving for the snowboarders DTS and Bible Core Course. I love changing seasons. It's a whole new beginning and God does new things. In Isaiah it says "behold I am about to do something new. Do you not see it? Do you not perceive it?" (43:19). Here at base we can definitely feel something in the air. God is going to do something powerful this season.
Especially this morning. We had base worship and it was funny cuz there was miscommunication, so it wasn't really "properly organized" or anything. But sometimes that's the best. There was dancing, hakas, laughing, crying, thanking, singing, lying still....it was just an all around good time.
There's a real shifting going on in people's hearts. People are falling more and more in love with Jesus left and right and wanting to go back to the basics and spend our days not just listening to talks or sermons (which are great and definitely have their time and place) but spending some serious time reading the Word and worshipping Him. It's sooo good for the soul.
Like this week one afternoon 3 lovely sisters and I decided to read through 1 Corinthians. And my friend welcomed Jesus to our apartment and to our Bible study and boy could you feel the presence. I couldn't even read through a whole chapter, I was laughing so hard. And I don't even really know why - 1 Corinthians isn't really that funny. But I think God just knew I could use a super dosage of joy that day. Something about scripture I tell ya. For me alot of the times it bypasses my head and just goes straight to my heart.
Anyway. Enough reading my blog. Go spend time with Abba.
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