Encouraging Words

http://www.setapartgirl.com

Is the most encouraging online web magazine that I've ever read. Leslie and her husband, Eric, are all about cheering young men and women down the narrow way of the cross. The truth they speak is a breath of fresh air in a world that desperately needs the love of Christ. Leslie's ministry, Set Apart Girl, is a ministry where young women are transformed more and more into the lily-whiteness of Christ by their commitment to totally abandon themselves for the sake of Christ. Nothing could be more beautiful.

I hope you enjoy it :)

Song of the Season

Sometimes I'll hear a song that perfectly matches the song of my heart. Love never fails by Brandon Heath has been stuck in my head for the past three weeks. It's a simple song about the great love the Lord has for us.

I think this song registers with me because of the uncertainty that life brings. I feel like I am in an uncertain season where I am confident that the Lord is working, but I don't quite know what He is doing. I only sense that I'm on the edge of something great. It's that feeling you get when you've reached the clearing at the top of a mountain and see the landscape below you for the first time.

It's that amazing place of wonder and awe where you feel like you are looking God fully in His face. Where everything else falls to the wayside because you're seeing the Father and He's seeing you. Of this I am certain, His love never fails. 

A Season of Singing

"Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land." Song of Solomon 2:12

As the Spring season is past, many of my friends have found themselves lost in the whole idea of Ring by Spring. I'm sure you've heard of it. Wedding bells seem to float on the breeze wherever I turn. Being a romantic, myself, I love going to weddings. They are most beautiful when there is an atmosphere of holiness that rests over the ceremony.

I know some say that when they hear a friend is engaged they have to fake their happiness and are inwardly groaning, wishing that it could be them who could give such news. I'm convinced such thoughts are wounding to our heart and spirit. We certainly are not taking every thought captive. So that brings me to why I am writing this blog.

I've decided that I don't want to miss the things the Lord is bringing into bloom in my life by being distracted by rings and wedding bells and bridal showers. While I rejoice with my dear friends who find themselves in this place, I do not want to find that my heart is ravished by envy, jealousy, or any sort of wishing.

Instead of turning my eyes to things I wish I had, to the right or to the left, I want to set my eyes on Christ and to His purposes. So my blog is a way for me to give voice to the beauty of the flowers the Creator is bringing into my life.  To relish in His goodness and to move my eyes from a place beyond myself and to the God who sings over me. I look forward to stepping into a season of singing.