walking in freedom

Living in freedom is an amazingly awesome opportunity to drop the masks we wear and allow the love of God and others reach who we truly are rather than the person we have created ourselves to be. When we do that, then and only then the craving our soul has for love and acceptance will be met and we will truly be satisfied. You see the mask is just there as an attempt to fill that craving our soul has with something that is outside Jesus. Until we give that up, the craving cannot be satisfied forever. Now you might say, how do we live in freedom? That's a good question that I have yet to answer. But, I am on that journey and here is what I have so far...

1) The lives we live whether in secret or public are completely there to give glory to God.
2) We need to drink deep of the water that Christ gives for it is the ONLY source that will truly satisfy.
3) We need to walk in the LIGHT and keep nothing hidden.

That is what I have so far as I walk down the road of freedom and be all that Christ as made me to be.

the grace of God...

its amazing and to be honest i really don't understand it all that much. the more i think i do, the more i realize i don't!

Running on Empty...

So, were supposed to be "overflowing Jesus" wherever we go...or at least that's what I heard yesterday at church anyways. What happens when we screw up? What happens when we are "running on empty" rather than overflowing? I know the love of God instantly restores us and stuff like that but that's not always the easiest thing to put into practice. I feel so bummed out and horrible when I screw up yet God promises to restore us and He forgives us the second we ask for it. How is that possible? How does that work? As hard as I try to forgive and forget it just doesn't happen. Yet with God it does...crazy!! So, last night I screwed up, so what now its time to move on and forget about it. God has restored me to my rightful place and I am once again able to overflow! Fortunately for me its free to fill up to overflowing when it comes from God! We just need to get God and the oil companies on the same page!

so, here we go...

this morning at church we were challenged to "overflow JESUS" wherever we went and in whatever we did. so, that is my challenge from this day forward. what does that have to do with this blog you might ask, well, this is where i am going to keep track of all the overflowing that is going on. so feel free to check in periodically and see how JESUS is overflowing through me!