Surrender

oh hay
I like your beard.

de de de de.

I had to get that out. This strange beat has been stuck in my head. It's not part of a song or anything I can think of..I can only describe it as four splat-like beats one after the other. It's a cool kind of splat though, quick and snazzy and hip. I promise I'm not crazy, just weird.

God is doing some incredibly awesome things in my life as of late. He is always doing amazing things, but either I'm too blind/stuck in my own world to see it or I have never prayed that God would stick me there at the right place and right time. So much of it has to do with obedience. Go where you're called to go, talk to the people the Holy Spirit is nudging you to talk to, and so much can unravel. It can only be described as a miracle. To be honest, in the past talking to people, even friends, could feel like a burden. I was in a strange catch 22 where I did not want to be around people because it was just easier, but when I was alone it was lonely. These past two weeks have been filled with this desire, not of my own, to talk to people and my eyes have been opened to how much people really need to hear about God's love and grace and most of all, what was accomplished with Jesus dying on the cross.

As I surrender to Christ, I hope not to be puffed up with pride but to walk (or even crawl if need be) to greater degrees of glory, not because I am competent but because Christ is more than competent. Could it be that I can reflect the image of Jesus more and more as his love and glory is revealed to me? According to 2 Corinthians 3, it is so, and I am so so thankful and overjoyed that I am forgiven and continually restored. Restored! Oh, bliss.