Let Him dwell within me, ALL of my days. He is my and the only source of real JOY! The world is a liar. Only YOU can decide who you want to be, your identity is either in the world or in Jesus. If it's in Jesus then you are perfect because He is perfect. He atoned for all of our real imperfections. If sin leads to death, why do we chase it? Why do we chase the grave instead of His grace? Me too, it's a daily surrender of my desire for the world. Daily, hourly, minutely. The pull is intense and the struggle is real. Literally. No matter what happens to me, you know your mother's heart chases after Jesus Christ Himself. It is not the path of least resistance. On the contrary. I live my life for Him and through Him because I have already experienced the contrary. It was a state of darkness and death. Absence of light and of love. Of course I want to spare you the suffering of that course but sometimes we must walk through that mire to appreciate Him as he washes it off of us s...
They really make you believe that they are saying (in their heads) "hey mom look at what I am going to get into, what are you gonna do about it??" This picture totally captures that:) It's amazing how fast children grow, it seems like only yesterday that she was just a little peanut!! I was watching Maddie at her ballet class lastnight (without her knowing) and I got all teared up because she looked so graceful and BIG!! It was like that need for me every minute was no longer there....tearing up again sorry. Great pic's:)
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