Oh man. My heart is full. I hardly know how to put in words all that God is doing FOR us. Yep for us. I just responded to a dear friend back home in Michigan while here in Seattle on text that "I really think He is just loving us!" When asked if God is talking to us. I do , I think He's LOVING us. I sense a season coming and upon us that is giving us freedom to be okay with just being loved. Restored. Poured into. Rejuvenated for the next and the new.
Talking about being loved , yet another dear friend sent affirming words today of POSSIBILITY & PURSUAL ... again just felt like a hug from Jesus himself.
THEN.....we went to a chapel service today where they sang No Longer Slaves and yep you guessed it How He Loves! Tears flowed as I felt warmth within and new breath in my lungs. These 2 songs just happened to be on my last set at Naz on Sunday with amazing , unforgettable friends...my heart soared in worship.
And the kicker was really this morning as Tim and I compared notes of our quiet time together. We both read about being CRUSHED. Tim read Oswald Chambers today .... here is a little bit:
If we are ever going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed—you cannot drink grapes. Grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed. To be a holy person means that the elements of our natural life experience the very presence of God as they are providentially broken in His service. We have to be placed into God and brought into agreement with Him before we can be broken bread in His hands. Stay right with God and let Him do as He likes, and you will find that He is producing the kind of bread and wine that will benefit His other children.
While I read that an olive must go through a lengthy process which includes washing, breaking, soaking and waiting to be prepared for usefulness. Recognizing that it's in the crushing that the most value comes, the oil.
Embracing being loved and crushed today. Wow. I'm exhausted and it's only 2pm here. Lol. ❤️
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