i truly didn't intend to go this long without blogging... and then it became overwhelming to think about writing all that's been going on.
HOWEVER, even if it's short, i want to begin blogging my thoughts about greece and israel before i get wrapped up in life again.
i think that's why i couldn't sleep last night... i'm afraid the further away from the trip i get, the more i'll forget. and i don't want to forget a moment of it. i was insanely blessed to be surrounded with people that love the same God i do- so if i never see them again, i will spend eternity in heaven, worshipping alongside of them.
which makes me even more glad that my identity is in Christ. i don't need to make a pilgrimage to israel to experience God or to be close to Him. and i think that's what i want to really process through. i was surrounded by a group of people that didn't know anything about me, so who did they see? as i was tempted to believe insecure lies about myself, where did i run? and as i see people clinging to religion, is my faith living, active and humbly dependent on the the grace of the God?
i'm grateful that God's been patiently showing me that i am His precious daughter and that alone pleases Him. being at the jordan river where Christ was baptized, made me think about God the Father saying "this is my son, with whom i am well please" and yet Jesus hadn't done anything yet.
before i went to israel, i had no idea what to expect. and in my mind, all i pictured was dry, dead, old things. and quite honestly, that's much of what i saw!
praise Jesus for the abundant life He has given me.
I am His and He is mine...
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