Depth & Height

To sit and behold all the wonders You've created holds my eyes fixed upon the changing of the tides. O Lord, how is it that You created such beauty that traps my gaze? To see Your creation is to have a small window to the depths and heights of Your love for me. To see a father play with his son is to see You playing with me, in the vast ocean of Your love. Desperately I seek You to find my purpose with which You have chosen me. I struggle to understand and to see all that You have planned for me. O that I might be teachable and easily molded to all that You have planned; may I lay down all my preconceived ideas. O Lord, what is it that You want from me? As I hear the waves crashing upon the shore, I am reminded that they clean the sand, just as the waves of Your Spirit wash and cleanse my mind, body, and my spirit. O Lord, show me that which I need to see and show me Your will and desire for those whom You love. Continue to teach me to love as You have loved, both the depth and the height of Your passion for those whom You have chosen! O Lord, how long...?

When Heaven Dances

I found myself today wondering what the dance of Heaven would look like to us. There are so many dances that are done all around the world that on some level must mirror Heaven. This made me think even deeper about what happens when the Spirit hovers over us. When the Spirit moved on David, he danced in all joy and abandon with nothing holding him back. David gave his all and humbled himself before the Lord and the people. He was willing to sacrifice his reputation in the sight of others just to be pleasing to the Father.



I'm so curious on how we choose to hold back because of pride(fill in your own word). I know I hold myself back so that I wont offend someone, but the only person I am offending is the One who created me. It is important that I don't lose sight of the big picture of doing what I was created to do, worship. There is a song that I find myself sing a lot lately. A few of the words are as follows:



The stars in the sky bow to You. The flowers of the field dance to Your song. I am not ashamed to lift up my voice, I am not ashamed. I run to the edge of Your love, close my eyes, fall in to You. As I rest in Your arms I know I'm free, I know I'm free. (Josh Young)



To be free and to know that I am free is a release, but to not be ashamed is to know who I am. Intimacy is created when we abandon our own will and lives to the Creator. In the picture of my close friend Pam (above) shows how much we need to ask to participate in the dance of Heaven to be pleasing to the King. Do not let pride(fill in your own word) stop you from living on the edge of His love, close your eyes and fall in deep!

Fire in the Sand

I was captured by this picture taken this summer on a family retreat to the beach. We spent a few nights out late listening to the ocean and watching the fire dance.

As I look closely at the flames I am reminded that not only does He, the Creator, know every hair upon my head, He also knows each grain of sand that I tread upon. It seems that the sands and the stars have a few things in common, they both were created and travel large distances. Sand travels by water and stars by light, so what comes in the wind?

To be refined is to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. You do all of these things while sitting on the beach with the Creator of the Universe. (I'm also grateful He told us about "Smore's.") I find that lately I am captured by the thought of using all of my senses both in the natural and the supernatural. So I'll leave each of you with this thought, what does the Creator taste like?

Intimacy with the Creator

It is important that we spend time with the Father. He created us to have relationship with Him and the more time we spend with Him the more He gives us His heart. As I was deciding what to put on my blog today I was drawn to a close friend who has a heart to worship the Creator in spirit and in truth. The picture was taken during an intense time of worship and dance at "The Bridge" in Kennewick, WA. When we press in and listen to the Holy Spirit and what He is doing we see the heart of the Father to the inner most thoughts. It is very important that we spend time inviting the Holy Spirit into every situation, after all didn't Jesus say He had to go so another could come? A lot of times we invite the Holy Spirit, but we have an agenda that will stop Him from moving. After all He loves us and is gentle and kind and will not interrupt our agenda's, but if we allow Him to move without hindrances or limitations, then the question becomes more of an anticipation to see Him move over us.

Could you imagine if we allowed Holy Spirit to do what He did in the beginning? In Genesis 1:2 it says, "The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the the face of the waters." The word, hovering, means to dance over. So if the Holy Spirit were to dance over you, what would that look like? Just maybe the picture above gives a glimpse into what it is to be danced over by the Spirit. So the challenge has begun for each of you who read this to ask the Holy Spirit to come without any limitations on what He will do in your midst. Challenge yourselves to use all your senses to know what His heart is for you and those around you. Let us no longer leave Him outside wanting to be with us, but invite Him in and see what He will do. If you are not sure about the Holy Spirit I encourage you to do a study on who the Holy Spirit is in relationship to the Father and the Son.

Quick Trip Home

Well, for the first time since I arrived on this beautiful side of the state I had the opportunity to go home for a quick weekend. So off we went (that is Preacher and I) to the dry side of the state, funny thing is the rain followed us there. On the way over I drove through fog, snow, and rain, then I hit the sunshine. The weekend was packed with spending time with those that I love. My brother, sister, nephew, had come for a visit so I had a lot of fun watching my nephew start walking more than the three steps. It was so much fun! I spent time with my cousin (more like a sister) and her two boy's (my nephews). Also out of the blue one of my dad's cousins happened to be in the area and called and we met up with them. I enjoyed my parents a lot and was able to share with them more about how things were going and it was good to get hugs too. It was a very enjoyable time and then on Sunday I was able to spend time with my church family. Oh, how I missed them all. But, isn't this God - Saturday night He gives me a dream for the church and it was awesome and I got to share it with them and it just gave them more instruction. God is good! Then early Monday morning I drove back to Aberdeen and went to work at 2pm. Needless to say I had a whirlwind trip that was totally worth it. I was pretty tired last night after work so I went to bed and told myself that I would write about the trip today! I came back and the rain is coming down in buckets!