a mop bucket and a midnight trip to walmart.

In the name of Jesus...

Sometimes when I don't know what to pray, I just say the name of Jesus. There's so much power in just His name. I've stood in His presence and still even His name changes things.

I'm truly at a loss for words.

in the words of David Crowder:
Take my heart, I Lay it down
At the feet of you whose crowned
Take my life, I’m letting go
I lift it upto You who’s throned

And I will worship You, Lord
Only You, Lord
And I will bow down before You
Only You Lord

Take my fret, take my fear
All I have, I’m leaving here
Be all my hopes, be all my dreams
You're my delights, be my everything

And It’s just you and me here now
Only you and me here now

You should see the view
When it’s only You


I sit here, amazed, at the goodness of God.
I remember the bold prayers of a teenage girl.
I don't want to live on the faith that once was, but on the constant discovery of the God I serve.
I want to pursue His heart.
I desire to seek His face and know the voice of the living God.
I will rejoice, and even dance, in the uncertainty that life brings, because I am held in the hand of the living God.
I will sing of His goodness and rejoice in the darkness because of the clarity of His promise in the light.
I will be confident in my approach to His throne, sure of the grace that I've received.
I will not live on the experience of my past, but live with complete expectancy of what's to come, knowing that I can only go deeper in His presence.

To my husband Ryan:
I listened to that podcast. I get you. I really do. I admire your heart and your passion to know God on a completely different level. How do you become like Tommy Barnett? You obey God one day at a time. You walk in faith and obedience, every single step. You expect greater things than you could create on your own. You pray passionately for the heart beat of God. You don't quit. You expect more. When you think you've had enough, go for more. You shut out the voice of the enemy, giving no room for anything except what God has in store. You grow in your ability to love and to lead by surrounding yourself with people who do it better than you do. You serve the people who God has placed above you. You give even beyond what you know you have. You love the unlovable and you do whatever it takes to tell the untold. You claim what you know is yours and you walk in confidence because of the grace that you have been given. You live your life with excellence, giving no room for accusers. You hold your head high in the company of naysayers. You push on and make forward motion. You allow God's dreams to flow in your life and explode in your heart. You stop asking the questions of "how" and "why me?" and begin saying things like "Let's do this, God... it's all you." You develop a testimony daily by allowing Him to come through. You allow your character to be developed, by any means necessary. You allow time in your walk with God. You open your life to those who are around you. You put the dreams of the ones you are serving above the dreams in your own heart. You make their dreams come true. You give Him credit every single time, no matter what part you play. These are just a few of the things that God said to me when I asked what I needed to do to be "one of the greats of the faith". Let's do this. I love your heart and I love your passion.

Time for bed. We have church tomorrow.
Just one more,
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