Glow

You know, it's not only from God liking me or loving me, but from God delighting in me - in every detail of my life?!!!
Everything everything everything flows from Him..."for from Him and through Him and to Him are ALL things, to HIM be the glory forever!"

A few different people commented today how I have a "glow," or "look refreshed like you just came back from vacation"........must be the furnace that God is putting my heart through. hallelujah, GLORY to His Name!

There's just...no doubt in my mind that God IS faithful to fulfill His Word! Yes, He is able (and sometimes that's as far as our faith can stretch, just the knowledge that He's big enough to handle whatever we're going through). But then, He'll bring things to pass that just leave me weeping - He's not just able, He's going to do it. *catcher - He'll do it in HIS timing* A man's steps are from the Lord, how then can anyone understand his own way? (We can't! Isn't that great!) What a blessing that we get to face life one day at a time...

Seen more fruit this week from 'considering the lilies'...ahhhh, how MUCH MORE does He care for us?! Completely humbled right now, in Jesus' Name this is gonna stick with me...keep me low, lift You up.

Glow - Hillsong United

Lost and stranded empty handed
Broken down and all alone
Your mercy it entered into darkness
And enfolded us in love

We give You all we are for the glory of Your name
We give all we are for Your praise


Just a glimmer of Your glory
And the Earth falls to its knees
You level the mountains with a whisper
And You calm the raging seas


Let the Earth come to life
In the light of Heaven's glow
And the streets sound with joy
As the shackles lose their hold
You laid down Your life for one and all
So we give all we are to You alone


This means freedom for the captive
And good news for those in need
You message is justice and compassion
God of Love and Prince of Peace


With one voice we sing Hallelujah
All the Earth cry out Hallelujah
With the angels sing Hallelujah
Jesus Christ is King

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ahhh, that's where the GLOW is coming from!! God's Love Overwhelming (me) Wholly...
Also, verse I'm expecting to keep seeing played out this week:
(Proverbs 17:3, ESV)
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and the LORD tests hearts.

(also like how NLT phrases it)
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.

hm, purity...
"the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc....freedom from foreign or inappropriate elements; careful correctness"

And in His great mercy, God even tells us how to hang onto this purity!

(Psalm 119)
⁹How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
¹⁰ With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
¹¹I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
¹²Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes!
¹³With my lips I declare
all the rules of your mouth.
¹⁴In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
¹⁵I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
¹⁶I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.


Ah, be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!!!
He knows, He knows, He knows our deepest (& even shallowest!) needs/desires.
Please just dare to trust Him....He is always worth it, He is always working things together for good. (in. His. timing.) Get in His Word and stay there...let go and give Him everything, for without Him we are nothing, have nothing...grab His hand every day and experience His abundance!!! Our King is surely sovereign!