Satisfied

He never ceases to amaze me with his attention to details.

He arranges the smallest of encounters or events to lift my brow heaven's way. As the girl that the Lord has made me, I am prone to keep my eyes downward and inward. My mind picks itself apart and pries deep down into self.

It is those times that I lose heaven's vision and begin to see through the world's eyes. I judge myself according to the rules of the world...and that only leaves my heart sick with discouragement and misery.

One day I feel unimportant, another unwanted, and the next unknown. Other days I am frustrated with my lack of personal style or lack of fitness ability. I can't run a mile. I don't have the cutest clothes. I don't have a trendy hipster Prince Charming. I don't have a Range Rover. I don't have an amazing six-figure-salary job. I don't have 2,000 friends on facebook. I just don't.

And I am ok with that. I am ok because I know where my identity comes from.

Mark Driscoll said it well, "The whole world lives for their identity. An identity in the world must be achieved, Be it beauty, success, income, grades, dating relationships, athleticism, clothes, car, neighborhood, the world lives to produce an identity.

But if you are a child of God, your identity is not achieved, it is recieved. We don't work for our identity, we work from our identity. Only a Christian can live from their identity" (Esther: Jesus Gives a Better Identity).

The world must work to create for themselves an identity. Some seek to be the stylish one, athletic one, smart one, rich one, extravagant one, loved one, etc. Nothing is wrong with the listed things, but when we seek to find our identity in them, it will always end in misery. Either we achieve the identity and become proud, or we fail to achieve that identity and become depressed. But when you are a child of God, you have nothing to do to achieve an identity. You simply receive it.

You are loved. You are important. You are forgiven. You are renewed. You are redeemed. You are chosen. You  are blessed. You are favored. You are God's beloved child. All because of Jesus.

It was just before listening to this sermon, that I went into the spiral of self-analysis. Who am I? What do people think of when they think of me? What defines me?

The Lord led me to this sermon in a round-about yet very direct way. It was exactly what my soul needed.

And then, he led me here.

"When I'm looking at the ground
It's an inbred feedback loop that drags me down
So it's time to lift my brow
And remember better days
When I loved to worship you and learn your ways
Singing sweetest songs of praise

Let my sighs give way to songs that sing about your faithfulness
Let my pain reveal your glory as my only real rest
Let my losses show me all I truly have is you

Why am I down?
Why so disturbed?
I am satisfied in You."

You see, as a child of God, I will never have an identity in this world. When the world looks to define me by my clothes, car, success, relationships, etc., they will have nothing to pin me with. I have not poured into the things of this world, and therefore I cannot be defined by them. I have none of that because I can truly only be defined as "Daughter of God."

"I am satisfied in You."

When was the last time you said that? "I am satisfied in You." It is such a simple revelation when you realize how much freedom lies in those 5 simple words.

For if I am satisfied in my sweet Savior, I need nothing of this world. I have it all. Come failures or frustrations, none can shake a soul who is satisfied in Jesus.

All I truly have is Jesus. And for me, that is enough. He is enough.

To the Pastors and Churches of America

Over the past year, I have come to see, more than ever, the two sides of Christian theology.  I have been to churches that love the Word and speak directly from it week after week. I have also been to and seen online churches that supplement the sermon with Scripture, but mostly go by what the Spirit leads them to discuss.

The two have differing views, but both, I believe, truly do seek the Truth of God; their methods are just different.

But the struggle I face with both of these is that there is a lack of balance. It seems as though if the love of the Word is there, the Spirit is quenched. Or if there is the love of the Spirit, the Word is forgotten.

Before I continue, I realize there is no perfect church. We are a bunch of imperfect people, and when you get a bunch of imperfect people all together…it will create a big imperfect group.   I am not seeking to criticize any church theology or beliefs. I am simply writing about an observation I have made, and wish to discuss.

In my experience, both sides believe they are more correct in their theology. There is this huge division between the two sides and both view the other as being “extreme” or “misled.”

So this is what I want to say:

Pastors and churches of America,

            I am tired of having to pick a side of theology. I am tired of hearing about what you think. I want to know what the Bible says. I want to hear about my Savior. I want to worship in a place where the Word is loved and studied, yet the Spirit is free to move and lead. My soul longs for the Bride to be balanced as the Word tells us to be.

            I don’t need the musical productions, the entertaining jokes, or the trendy creative videos. I don’t need a comfortable laid-back atmosphere. I don’t need fun social events so I can meet other people my age. I don’t need tips on how to save money or get healthy. I don’t need a nice building with comfy seats.

            I need my heavenly Father. I need Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I need the Holy Spirit.

            That is what we are seeking. My generation doesn’t need anymore of our culture than we already get. We need our Savior. We need to be read the Word, reminded that we are not entitled, righteous, or worthy. That nothing we do could ever be enough. We need to be reminded to repent, daily. We need to be reminded that the ONLY reason we can be called righteous or worthy is because of what JESUS did. Not what we do.

            I don’t need you to make me feel good about myself. I need to feel and realize the total depravity of my soul without God. I don’t need to be coddled and comfy. I want to be challenged and convicted. I don’t need to be swooned or entertained.

I need to be taught.

I may feel loved and special after a sermon…but that feeling won’t get me through the valleys of depression, anger, sorrow, or defeat. I need to know His promises in the WORD. I need to know TRUTH. What does God say about me? Show me in scripture and then I will believe you. Don’t tell me what you think about me, or what you think God thinks about me. Show me. Because when it boils down to it…that’s the only absolute truth I can believe in.

            But I don’t just need the Word. I need His Spirit. I can read Scripture over and over, but if I don’t have the Spirit of God in me, I will grasp nothing. Show me how to draw near to God. Show me how to not quench the Spirit with my constraints and fears. Show me how to not put the Holy Spirit in a box, but warn me against trusting my feelings and thoughts. Teach me how to discern between the Spirit and false spirits that come to destroy distract my soul.

            Show me how to live in the Spirit by example. Show me that you don’t put God’s Spirit on a time schedule; that you trust the Holy Spirit enough to forgo your 90 minute service constraint. Show me that you are willing to put aside traditions and routines to allow the Spirit to move in your congregation. Show me that the Spirit is not to be toyed or joked with. Show me reverence for the Gospel and His Spirit.

            Teach me how the Spirit will never speak or teach something that is not already in Scripture. Teach me that God does not contradict himself. Ever. Show me that whatever the Spirit does or says is in direct correlation with the ministry of Jesus and the Father, shown in Scripture.

In John 4:23-24, Jesus says, “Yet a time is coming, and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and His worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

            This is what we are hungry for! I long to see the Bride worship together in spirit and in truth, with the Word and the Spirit.

            The two should go hand in hand. You cannot understand one without the other.

            I want to worship my God in a place of freedom. No more constraints, no more distractions. I don’t come to church to encounter a good show or emotional entertainment. I come to church to stand beside my brothers and sisters and worship at the feet of my King.

            My generation is hungry, starving, for the presence of God. Nothing else. We are looking for a place where we can put aside the trends and distractions of our culture, and simply pour our hearts out to our God.

            We don’t need anything else. We just need our Savior. We simply need his Word and his Spirit. It is not complex theology.  

            It is Him. 

Who Has Your Heart?

Who is the first person that comes to mind when you are asked that question?

Does that person treasure the fact that they have your heart? Do they know that they have it? Who do you want to say has your heart?

There have been a few instances in my short life that the person whose name would come to mind with that question, did not in any way deserve to have my  heart. And yet, I wanted to give it to them regardless of their treatment of me. I wanted so badly for them to treasure my heart, but instead they didn't care.

Proverbs 4:23 says, "Above all else, guard  your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."

That is such a powerful statement.  It's a statement that goes deeper when you look at it.

It doesn't say, "Guard your heart except when it would hurt someone's feelings" or "Guard your heart except when dating" or "Guard your heart except when you are making friends." It says above ALL.  More important than everything, GUARD YOUR HEART!  No matter what.

Guard in the original Hebrew context means "to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey,etc.) 'A verb meaing to guard, to keep, to preserve, to hide.'"

The word refers to "people maintaining things entrusted to them...our hearts ought to be maintained in a right state."

I love how it says "people maintaining things entrusted to them." God has entrusted our hearts to us. He desires us to take care of them until he calls us back home. He has given us our own hearts in complete desire that we offer them right back to him.

How much do you think it hurts him to see us offering our  hearts to anyone that will take them, only for them to toss it to the ground when He desires it with every fiber of his being!? He died, giving his life in hope that we would see his complete love and desire for us, and in turn give him our heart.

We are what he wants! We are his inheritance, his reward, his glory!(Ephesians 1:3-23)

He wants to love us, cherish us, give us joy and satisfaction. We so often are out looking for the person who will fight for us, who wants nothing but our heart, who will give us an everlasting joy and satisfaction. Why then do we look at this earth?? Christ is what we are seeking! Look up! Look up!

HE is what you desire. He is everything you could ever possibly want and more!

He is crying out for your heart. Look around you. He made this earth to swoon you! He made the birds to sing to you, the trees to whisper to you, the sunrises to inspire you. He created all of this for you. He is trying to get your attention! He is vying for your affection!

OH HOW HE LOVES YOU!!!

Walking Past Jesus

This week I was thinking about why so many in the church still do not KNOW God. Many know about Him, but from recent observations and conversations, few truly know God intimately.

And so I began to ask myself, well why do we not know God as we ought? And the answer came down to this:

We don't care about God until we need him. 

Once we need Him, that's when we finally start to search after him and seek after his truth and comfort. The irony, however, is that every single person on this earth is in need of God, not just a select few.

But how do we show people their need for a Savior? You can't. That is solely the work of the Holy Spirit. But what is beautiful is that God has called us into his work, and by our prayers and love we can be used to help lead people to this place of receiving.

People must come to a place of utter brokenness, knowing there is no other hope for them. No one is going to care about God or his Word until they come to a realization that they are sick, sick with sin.

Jesus said in Mark 2:17, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

The righteous will see no need for God, but those who are sick will realize the absolute necessity and glory of knowing God.

The irony of it all is that "there is no one righteous, not even one;" and if no one is righteous then we are all sinners.  And sin is what makes one spiritually sick.

As believers, on this earth you are being healed day in and day out. I HAVE NEED! I am sick. I struggle with fear, anxiety, pride, selfishness, the list goes on. I am sick with sin, and I realized that my nature is in polar opposition to Jesus Christ.

He says love, I'm prone to hate.
He says to wait, I'm prone to rush.
He says go, I'm prone to stay.
He says no, I'm prone to say yes.
He says repent, I'm prone to pride.
He says mourn, I'm prone to laugh.
He says grace, I'm prone to judge.

I was sick and dying.

But all it took was this sick sinner walking into the throne room of Jehovah Rapha and falling on my face, confessing my illness.

And instead of condemning me, do you know what he did? He stepped down from his throne, came and lifted my face, and held me close forgiving all that I had done against him. For with every sin, I was spitting on his cross, dishonoring all that he had done.

But there is no condemnation in my Savior's eyes. He gave me his Word to bring Life back into my soul.

God's Word is the Life, that has since that day, brought spiritual health back to these bones.  But it is the Word that so many neglect. The neglection of the Word is why so little of the church truly know their God.

John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Therefore, the Word is Jesus Christ.

Neglect the Word, and you neglect Jesus Christ.

People are not being healed because they are seeking healing from everyone except the Healer. The Word, Jesus Christ, WILL HEAL YOU. Whether it be from spiritual or physical sickness.

Every time we pass by our Bible with the thought of reading it, but the excuse that we don't have time, we are passing by Jesus.

The Word of God is the avenue of how the church will become the Church. People know little of scripture, and therefore they know little of their God.

We have got to bring back the Word into our daily lives. If Jesus was in your home, physically, would you pass by him day after day? Heavens no! If we know him. we would run to his side and never want to leave it!  But if Scripture tells us that Jesus is one with the Word, then why do we disregard the Word so much?

Brothers and sisters, I pray that a new found hunger and thirst for God and His Word would come upon us. That we would be starving for HIS Truth, not the world's. His Word is Life.

You are beloved, you are special, you are chosen. But you will never fully understand that until you understand what all He has done for you in the past. He talks about you in His Word, he makes incredible promises to you in His Word. It is hope, peace, rest and healing.

In Him is truly all that we need.

Is this what Church is supposed to be?

On the news this week they had a poll that said 3.4% of Americans are LGBT. (And before some of you get all hot headed and red faced...this is not about people's lifestyle choices. Just keep reading to see my point). I was shocked at the number being so small because they have such a loud voice in American politics and policies.

3.4%

That is such a small number. So then I wanted to see what the percentage of Christians in America is.

78% (according to NPR).

LOL!!! Literally....that number made me laugh.

I am completely shocked and at the same time horrified. If that is a fact...which I assume it is, that 78% of people in America consider themselves Christian or mostly affiliated with Christian beliefs, WHAT IN THE WORLD is going on here in America?!!!!?

If only 3.4% of people are LGBT and they have such a loud voice in our culture and government, then why is a group that is 23x bigger have little to no say at all in this nation?

It's because that 78% of Americans who call themselves Christians don't have half the passion about their beliefs as that 3.4%.

That's what I believe it boils down to.

So where is this passion for the God that is believed in by 78% of Americans?

Why are we not shifting our own country with this passion, that when seen and heard is so contagious!?

There is a disconnect somewhere...Our country is about 236 years old this year...and yet the country has only drifted from our foundation of faith. If even half of 78% go to church (39%)...why are we not seeing generations rise up and stand up as what God has called us to be? L.R. Shelton says, "Seemingly everybody seems to be 'born again'; but where are the fruits of the new birth?...Where is the Christ-like life?...those whom the Lord Jesus Christ is precious and a living reality?"

I'm going to step into the line of fire and say the disconnect comes in the church.

Something is going wrong in the church. If we can call it that at anymore. Now, I know this may sound harsh, but just follow me here.

Firstly I do want to say that the Bride of Christ is to be loved. I seek everyday to love the church, the bride of Christ, with all of its imperfections because Jesus Christ loved the church first. There are many churches who are the true Bride of Christ, so please know that I am not speaking of every church in America.

But what many Americans have begun to call the church, is in fact no church at all. Paul Washer  said himself, "I believe alot of churches in America are not churches." The church is meant so serve as an ignition, a fan to the flame of fervor and passion for our Savior. But instead...millions leave church every Sunday feeling no different then when they entered.

"The majority of what calls itself Christianity today is a circus. You've got a bunch of people chasing health, wealth, prosperity; chasing a good time, chasing the social club, chasing where the action's happening, chasing the good music and the good times. But few people are out there chasing God, and truly going hard after Him, and truly making the sacrifices in their life and cleaning their hands in such a way and working to have a pure heart that they might actually ascend that hill of the Lord and they might actually commune with God in a way that few people do and few people know about." ~ Tim Conway

It breaks my heart, but it is what I have begun to see. Charles Spurgeon's prophecy has become largely true, "A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats." - Spurgeon (TruthSource)

How did this happen? How did this happen when we were on watch? My heart literally aches to think that while I have been on watch, in the church, for 23 years, this has happened.

I feel like David when Goliath was running his mouth about the Living God. Davide stood in shock amongst the Israelites, saying, "Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?" (1 Samuel 17:21). 

Who are these men and women coming amongst the Bride of Christ looking for fame, wealth, favor of men and ease of living? Who are they that they should dilute the Gospel of God and seek to simply entertain people? 

I do not go to church to sit in a comfortable chair, amongst pleasant well-dressed people, and get a good laugh. I go to church to be convicted and challenged in my faith, to experience the presence of God Almighty, and to feel refreshed and filled by the Word of God.

Can you only imagine the sorrow of our Savior to see what has become of many of his Bride's homes? May it not be so! May we not grieve or quench the Spirit of the Lord any longer!

But what has happened, how did this happen? 

We began to let our flesh speak over our spirit. We began to notice the nice huge churches, and all the fun things they brought into the temple. We liked convenience, and media, and tech savvy presentations. And before we knew it, we were overcome with a love for the culture in our very own church. We welcomed in the world's entertainment and pleasures, forgetting that the bride is only meant to be about Christ. 

"The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity." ~ Leonard Ravenhill

My soul is devastated. We must deliver the bride from such an illness by standing up and saying church is about JESUS. I don't want to laugh at a good joke or story in church, I want to laugh with overflowing joy of the Lord. I don't want to socialize at church, unless it is with the Living God. I don't want to judge those around me at church, I want to search my own heart and repent for my own shortcomings and failures. I don't want to beg God for more, I want to thank him for his unending blessings he has already given me.

Now there is absolutely nothing wrong with jokes or stories at church, or socializing with fellow believers or asking God for things, but when it takes over the focus of Christ...then it has no place in the church.  

I want to see the Bride be the bride. Not some masked painted face joyfully loving people to hell by deception and distraction. It sounds so so harsh, but don't you see it, don't you see what is happening? We are trading the Treasure for counterfeit. 

People are believing they are truly saved, but "Most people today in our churches are lost, and they demonstrate that they are lost because their entire Christianity is nothing more than, 'They made a decision.'" ~ Paul Washer

This cannot remain so. The GOSPEL must be taught, shouted from the rooftops. People must know the TRUE Gospel, the Gospel that CHANGES people, that makes them look entirely different from the world around them. 

So what is to be done? How do we begin this shift? Pray. 

"The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." - James 5:16

The Lord longs infinitely more than we do to see his Bride restored. 

And love. Love the church, love them as Christ loved the prostitute who was about to be stoned, who instead was saved as Jesus said, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her" (John 8:7).

Cast no judgement or hatred towards those who are wolves. But rather love them to Heaven. Speak truth, yet know that you will be opposed even by those in the church. Speak the truth, and SEEK THE LORD. 

"Watch that you do not lose your own spirituality while trying to make others spiritual. The great point is to live near to God." - Spurgeon

In the end, we are not here to save the lost, or rescue the dying. We are here to glorify our God, Jesus Christ. HE is the Great Rescuer. The Great Healer. When you draw near to him, and grow in your relationship with Him...THAT is when you will see the heavenly realm shift. He is once again RISING UP the ARMY of the LORD. And as you rise you SHINE. And that is the light that others notice. That is the light that sparks Life, and brings them to ask life of the Living God. 

My prayer is that from this blog post what you take away is an awareness and an awakened fervor for the Lord. I want to see God's children step out of the shadows of complacent sleep, and say "No more." To stand up and say, "I will no longer settle for counterfeit gospel. I want to know the TRUTH, the GOSPEL, JESUS CHRIST." To shout from the rooftops the goodness of our God, and be a voice in the wilderness shining forth God's holy passion for his people.

Let us pray for a revival of the Gospel, the True Gospel. People are hungry for the Real Jesus. May you be blessed in your journey to know God more and more everyday. He is faithful to redeem and restore, for he is Love.

(I welcome your thoughts or questions about this topic or on any other that presses on your heart.) 

Less Than 1%

In high school my Bible teacher led us through the book of Romans. This study was the first time that Scripture truly came alive to me.

I had grown up in the church, feeling as though I had known Jesus since even before I was born. I accepted Jesus into my heart when I was 7, and I truly believe that I then received the Holy Spirit, but I believe that I quenched it. But it was when we read Romans 7:15-25, that I felt the first real spark of the Spirit.

I had always loved Jesus, and done what was expected and desired as a young Christian girl. I never got into drugs, alcohol, swearing, etc because I just knew it was wrong, pointless, and would not make my parents too happy. But what I did struggle with was focusing on God and serving him out of true love.

I was in a season of extreme distraction and frustration with a relationship that I knew was probably not ever going to be God-glorifying. It was a relationship that I knew was just a tool of the enemy. In my heart I knew the guy was not something the Lord would want for me, but man oh man did I fight it.

So it was reading Romans 7:15 that I felt the Spirt open my eyes, and for the first time I saw my exact self in Scripture.

"I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. ...For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing." (Romans 7:15,18-19)

"OH MY GOSH!!!" Were my exact thoughts, "THAT'S ME!!! I do the exact thing I don't want to do!"

And it was with those thoughts that the Lord woke my sleeping soul.

My Bible teacher then told us some days later that less than 1% of people who claim to be Christians have actually read the entire Bible. Pretty sure my jaw literally dropped, as well as my heart. I was not one of those people...

I was one of that 99+ % that had not read the book that I base my entire faith and LIFE on. I didn't even know myself what all was in the book I claim to be 100% true. How do I know it is true if I haven't even read it!?!?  I was just going off of what everyone else told me.

It wasn't until my Sophomore year in college that I actually did something about this conviction. I had tried those "Read the Bible in one year plan" but I always felt like I was reading out of obligation. Looking at the daily assignment with "ugh...3 chapters??" didn't feel so God-glorifying. So I finally decided to just read what I wanted and when I wanted.

I started with the New Testament because I wanted to be able to see all that was foreshadowing Christ in the Old Testament and already be familiar with the prophesies Christ fulfilled.

And so every morning I would get up and read as much as I felt like. Somedays it was 1 chapter, others were just a few verses. I felt no guilt in only reading a little some mornings because I had no set plan. It was just whatever I felt led to read. ...but then something shifted. The more and more I read the more and more I wanted. I started to read entire books in one day because I couldn't get enough!!

My spirit yearned for more and more.  I felt so alive, energized, and satisfied. It took me 1 1/2 years to finish the Bible, but it was the most wondrous, amazing, and invigorating endeavor I have ever taken.

I discovered hidden treasures, stories that I had never heard of in my 21 years of being a Christian, verses that spoke my soul's exact feelings, and so much Life!

Scripture came to life in this year and a half journey. When I finally finished in Malachi, my heart felt SO full. It wasn't easy...oh boy...Leviticus, Numbers...those were so hard. But I sought the Lord for the purpose of books that I struggled through. And He was so faithful!

When I read the last words of Malachi, my heart skipped. And then came the "Wait...what do I do now?" I thought to myself.."Now what?" And the Spirit spoke..."Read it again." Of course! Why would I stop??

And so I read the New Testament again. Did you know there is a special blessing for those who read Revelation? (Revelation 1:3)...but Revelation is not for the faint of heart ;)

Alllll of this to say:
I challenge you, if you have not already, to start your journey through the Bible. You don't have to take notes or even study. Just read it. Simply read through the Bible...the studying, note taking,etc, that can come later. Just start in Matthew and read however much you want whenever you want. Keep a bookmark, just like you would in any other book. Your life will never be the same.

It won't be easy, if it was, everyone would have already done it. But it is honestly the most rewarding thing in life that you could ever do. I pinky promise that the Lord will do something in you. It may not seem like He is when you first start off, you may struggle through the first couple books...but then...one day, something will shift. I have no doubts about that fact. Something WILL shift in the depths of your soul, and you will become so hungry for the Word of God that you will amaze yourself with your love of Scripture.

Brother or sister, I pray that you will choose to start this endeavor today. Right now. It doesn't matter how long it will take you, it may take less than a year, more than a year, even 3 years. But it doesn't matter. How incredible will it be that on the day we see Jesus face to face, we are able to say, "Lord! Lord! I read  your letter to me. I read every word! I read it over and over again, and it was life to me! I love your Word, my sweet Jesus!"

I want to be able to say that. :) And I pray that you be able to say that too.
All His love,
Sophia

The Girl On Fire

Move over Katniss Everdeen, I want to burn with a different kind of flame.

This morning on the way to school I discovered a song that should very well be our anthem as a His Church.

"For the sake of the world, burn like a fire in me. Light a flame in my soul, for every eye to see."

Immediately the Lord gave me a vision of driving along a highway and seeing a big smoke cloud coming from a fire. When you drive by those things you immediately notice it and it pulls in your curiosity. You instantly wonder, "Whoa, I wonder what is going on over there? Why is there so much smoke?"

Just like when people see smoke rising and their curiosity is sparked, people should see the fire in Christians. We should be that beacon, that smoke signal calling people's attention and focus to what is burning in our souls.

Why is it burning? What is causing such an unusual large flame?

WE are to be that attention grabbing fire, a fire that grabs people's attention near and far.
We are to grab their attention by the fire in our souls for our Savior.

I want to be so in love, so passionate, so infused with love and awe of my Savior that I am a tenacious fire affecting everything in my path, forcing people to wonder what in the world is going on with her!? Why is she like that?

May we be on fire for the LORD. May be we live to bring HIM glory.

Burn like a fire in me my Sweet Blessed Gracious Savior!! Burn in me, burn me up. May I be a beacon that calls all to wonder and question what is feeding the flame in my soul.

All it takes is one question to get people thinking...one question. one thought. one Spark. That's all it takes to begin a fire.

Burn like a fire for HIM.