I saw a baby wake up in his dad's lap. His eyes caught his daddy's and there they stood. Through blinks they stood. Fixed and comfortable. I was shocked. I was watching love fall into place. Shaken, I remembered Jesus' eyes. What would they tell me? Resolved; hope, daddy. Contentment daddy. Trust daddy. Love, daddy.

San Diego sing Him a hymn,
write me a poem,
welcome me,
write new memories,
anything to uncuff my mind from then.
Amen

Dissolving

A note to her;

We need to die before we die. But what happens when the person who died comes back to life?

Repent, repent, repent.

Turn and take.

"One day He did not leave after kissing me."-Rabia

He does not kiss and go away. When He kissed us with His grace He stayed and He is with us now.

Salvation. Sanctification. Pursuit. Patience. Un-condition. Freedom. Security. Choice.

We do have a choice in the matter--to come to him or not. But why would we choose anything else? His grace is so irresistible.

May we continue to dissolve in the grace of God.

Landon

Grieving the Spirit

One of the attributes of God is his unconditional consistency in his love. He is steadfast. Over and over again he says it.

As believers we have the Holy Spirit. If we do not have the Holy Spirit in us we are not believers. Also, as believers God promises to give us a new heart. To sanctify us. This does not mean we will be perfect once we trust in Jesus. We will still sin. And here is where it all ties together, whether we are sinning or not we still have the Holy Spirit in us. Our sin therefore carries a new weight of proximity because the very God we sin against is in our presence at all times.

The beauty is however, his grace. Though we may grieve the Spirit, sin against him ect he will never leave us. He seals us, guarantees that we are saved AND will sanctify us. We must lean on his mercy, we have nowhere else to go but there. Let us also repent quickly, coming back to our loving father who sees all that we do so that we might be forgiven and healed. Let us be teachable as the Spirit desires to prune us and grow our roots deeper in truth and freedom.

Begin Again

I just read my friend's blog. I think I may blog again.

MONSTER SOCKS

I want these MONSTER

Slavery

I have been reading through John Piper's exposition on Philemon and its relationship to slavery. I have never seen slavery as the backdrop or reason for Paul's letter to Philemon. It was incredibly interesting.

Philemon