Fire for HIM

Wow!  Although I have written many in my head, it has been a while since I last blogged.  These last few weeks, I have been learning to get my feet back under me.   It has been a wonderful time of soul searching and character building, but I was not so sure at the time.  On this side, it is refreshing to hear, "You look really great.  Your countenance has changed."  After the work put forth, that is quite a nice echo in the ears. My blog prior to this was very candid (to prevent redundancy, see last blog for details).  Needless to say, I felt I was at end of myself.  I began writing the following blog, while helping my daughter learn that she can somersault.  This particular daughter is very tactile and has been since she was very, very young.  When we watched, Herby: Fully Loaded, she would somersault over and over again all over the room with excitement.  She was more entertaining than the movie, even thought the mov...

I am at a place where I do not REALLY have anyone that I can vent to.  I used to.  But now, my problems seem so insignificant in comparison to those around me.  It would just sound like a pity party.  Mostly, it boils down to my expectations of myself, others, and circumstances.  I have found that this 'season' of my life demands me to go to God or go crazy.  I am left with the choice to drink of the Word or eat dirt.  Which would you choose?  Sometimes I find myself chowing down on a big piece of sod.  Suddenly...or sometimes not so suddenly, I stop and and ask myself what am I doing?  I know better.  Chewing on the trials in life does not bring sustenance!  At the end of that meal, I find myself embittered, weak, and still starving for goodness. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28 NIV) However, His love is always there.  He has the answer, and He com...

Immersed:  this is a word that keeps tumbling around in my heart and mind.  Webster's defines "immerse" to mean, "to plunge into or as if into a liquid; to baptize by dipping under water; to involve deeply, engross, as in thought."  What is we "immersed" ourselves into God's love?  According to the definition, it is not a toe-tipping sample of an experience.  It is rather a "baptism" of fluid: to deeply ponder and let it swell over you.  When I visited Hawaii almost two years ago, David and I went to a beach with gigantic waves.  To get out into the water, one had to wade through t he waves.  Almost instantly, they were up under your arms and still so clear that you could see your feet.  Before I knew it, a wave crashed into me and splashed over my head and into my nose.  Hours later, salt water was stilling pouring from my sinuses.  I do not mean to gross you out.  I use this story to help paint the pictu...