Personal conviction...I don’t get out of bed before 7am 😉Except when the time changes, I’m wide awake at 6am 😳 And now that colder weather is here, it’s hard to get out of the warm bed and dark room.But then I remember that what I don’t have is what I want and what I want is downstairs in a pink leather-bound book. So I pull myself out of bed and stagger downstairs but not without first donning 65 layers of warm clothes. I turn on some worship music and ask God to meet me. And He does, every time. He’s so faithful - He can’t not be faithful.
What I write in this space isn’t any magic formula. It’s simply writing what God is teaching me. It’s sharing the - f r e e d o m - He’s brought to my life. And His freedom is for everyone, which I why I can’t not share it. To keep it inside would becoming a crippling burning within me.
Nor is what’s shared in this space for believing I’m better or more forgiven than the next person. I’m so much more aware of my shortcomings and the places I need grace and mercy than I ever used to be. Sometimes the Lord brings something to the surface that I just do not want to deal with. But in His ever kind and loving way, He “leads me beside still waters and restores my soul” (Psalm 23:2-3) so in the quiet morning hours we go there. He convicts, He heals, He restores, He frees.
Today, I encourage you to create the space for Jesus. It doesn’t have to be pretty or perfect. It just has to be you and Him. He will honor the time you spend with Him. He’ll lavish His love on you. And He’ll restore to you everything that’s ever been taken from you. He is freedom.
