God is Here

God is here

:::right now:::

Today I'm searching what it is to seek God with all of my heart.

For if He is my only and ultimate pursuit, I will find Him. And if I find Him, I have everything.

He's here, He's found me, I've found Him...but there's so much more to find.

There's so much more.

Today I enjoyed an easter egg hunt and a celebratory dance party in honor of the risen Jesus. :) On Thursday's we meet in small groups, but today all of the female small groups joined together in the church. One of the mentors taught about the resurrection in Jesus, bringing up that during Easter we so often focus on His death-- but He's alive! We served each other communion and celebrated His resurrection.

The Body of Christ is so powerful. And so messy. But how it ministered to my heart to have a sister look at me with sparkly eyes and offer me a representation of Jesus. This morning I was reading in John 17, where Jesus prays for His disciples and then for all believers. Out of all that He could pray for, He prayed again and again that "they may be one as We are one" -- that Jesus would dwell in us as the Father dwells in Him. Oh that the Body would be joined together under the Head of Jesus Christ!

On another note, it's been really cool to be apart of the Admissions department here at BCOM. We're hosting a campus visit weekend next week of which I've been a part of putting together. We've been improving the aesthetics of the campus in preparation for that, so I've also been able to offer creativity and help in that process- it's been fun! I look forward to posting pictures soon. We've had tripple the applications for this next August as we've ever had, so it's really exciting to see this school grow! I'm SO thankful and delighted to be here and apart of what God is doing!

I’m learning what Jesus’ yoke is.

I’m learning what boundaries are…how to say no, how to say yes and to fulfill my yes, fully engaged, with all of my heart.

I’m learning how much I depend upon myself to love God, to follow Him, to figure out and control my life...I'm learning the soul's sigh of relief when it realizes that God is God and I am not.

I’m learning what it means to let go.

I’m learning to rest in God.

I’m learning how big God is, how sovereign He is, how good He is, how gracious He is.

I'm tasting and seeing that the Lord is good.

I always wondered if knowing God could truly be good, even enjoyable. I wondered if I could actually feel something for Him. I'd read the Psalms and be baffled that David could be so ardent and consumed in his love for God.

For me, being a Christian was more often than not burdensome, exhausting, full of obligation and even harsh.

I'm so glad that following Jesus isn't like that.

Because His yoke is easy and His Kingdom is of righteousness and joy and peace in the Holy Spirit.

I like this God I follow. In fact, I love Him. I enjoy Him. And He likes and enjoys me.

Rain or shine, He will never leave. And His presence is all I need. For real.