I literally just had the best morning of my life,
if not at least in the top 10
Last night I was talking to God - pouring out my heart,
telling Him all my struggles.
He told me to get up early and watch the sunrise with Him.
"But God, it's SO early! I don't have class until 1?
Can't I just talk to you at 11?"
Finally I sighed and agreed to get up at (gulp) 7:25 to watch the sun rise.
My goodness. It was breathe taking.
To sit in silence with the Creator of the world,
listening to the birds sing,
watching this glowing orb rise from behind the trees,
lighting up everything in existence.
Oh, the beauty of Creation!
God whispered to my heart,
"isn't it beautiful? Isn't it breathe taking? Isn't it splendid?"
And I nodded, no words could describe this moment.
My heart stopped beating. I stopped breathing. All was silent and peaceful in the world.
Then God told me.
"Look at it. I created it all. For you to delight in. But the best thing of all - is you. You are beautiful because I created you, you are beautiful because I made you in my image - look at the birds, you are even more lovely than them. I delight in you, my beautiful daughter, I delight in your happiness and your splendor. Because you are my adopted child, and I created you to represent my beauty on earth. You, my child, are breath taking as well."
My heart stopped for the second time. I took a deep breath. Wow.
God is good. The things I've been trying to teach myself, to find my worth in Christ, He spoke to me in that quiet moment. When all the world was still, and it was truly just Me and God.
Seriously. Best. Morning. Ever. Coffee, God, a blanket, 30+ degree weather with no snow in January, a field all of my own to watch the sun rise, my bible, and a smile.
I felt God's smile this morning. Through the sun, the trees, the birds, and the gentle breeze.
I felt His power in His gentleness.
I felt His love in the warmth He gave me through the sun.
I can't wipe this stupid grin off of my face.
I can't stop shaking.
My heart is beating a thousand miles an hour.
God loves me.
I am a child of God.
And I am beautiful in His sight.
WOW.
The song that popped into my head this morning was an old hymn.
So I sat in my field and sang to the Lord.
"Then sings my soul, my savior God to thee - how Great Thou art, how Great thou art!"
Wow. What an opportunity. To Praise the Lord with all Creation! To watch the world wake up, to watch everything come to life.
He truly restored my heart this morning.
I'd been struggling all week with past pain and trying to forgive and move past things that I'd pushed down for so long - the Lord restores.
He stitched up my broken and aching heart this morning, and filled it to the brim with His warm love and truth.
I feel like a newly wed. I'm glowing.
I can't stop smiling.
I want to laugh, cry, or anything to somehow express the depth of my love for my Savior.
I talked to God in my field this morning.
Expressing my gratitude.
The depth of my sorrow for my sin,
and my unworthiness at my chance to spend the morning in His presence.
Wow. What a morning.
Sometimes I sat in silence, sometimes I read His word, sometimes I just threw my head back and laughed - filled with the Joy that only God's love can provide. Oh my, I was so blessed by the Lord this morning.
I want to just run around campus and hug everyone. To shake those that are hurting and tell them the troubles of this world don't matter because Jesus loves us! To dance with those who are joyful because the joy of the Lord is just that wonderful.
Oh Lord, how I love thee.
I read 2 Samuel and Romans.
So, so good.
"The Joy of the Lord, is my strength."
Just a few passages that stuck out this morning:
Romans 8:15-17
Romans 8:32-39 -- NOTHING can seperate me from His love. Nothing can take this away from me. "No power of hell, no scheme of man, can ever pluck me from His hand."
Romans 11:33-36 --To Him be the glory forever!
Romans 12:10-17
Romans 12:21
Romans 13:11-14
Romans 14:4
Romans 14:7-8
Romans 14:21-23
"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound."
:) So incredibly joyful with you, my sister! He is good and He loves us. I have been going through very similiar experiences: seeing the indescribable beauty of our Lord... Ah, rejoicing with you today. :)
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