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Deep Love & Bubbling Joy

Published on 10:18 AM By Aunica
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I want everyone to experience this.
Freedom.
I've never been so free in my life.
I've never been so aware of my sin nature, but never have I been able to use it to point me to God and draw me deeper into an understanding of His grace.

I can't contain this. Whenever I think about God's love and grace, I start giggling or crying - usually with no control.
I probably look like a freak. That girl who's crying during worship again. That girl who's giggling into her scarf. But I don't care. It's because of Jesus that I am filled to the brim with joy that bubbles over.
Every night I fall asleep smiling, cradled in the arms of my Savior. Each morning I wake up to the renewal of new mercies and grace - a new day to love my sweet Jesus. A new day to learn about Him. New opportunities to relish in the beauty of what He's done for me.
I hate that i missed this for so long. I hate that so many Christians live under the heavy burden of works based righteousness instead of the freedom of grace.
I hate that we miss the point. I hate that we make our walk with Christ about us and what we can do instead of focusing on what He's already done.
Christ is sufficient. There is nothing I can do to add to the gospel. There is nothing I can give Him that he doesn't already have. Nothing I do can make Him love me any more or less.
I revel in the beauty of His grace. I bubble over with the Joy that comes only from Him. I'm amazed by His grace daily, and dumb founded by His love for me.
All I want to do is praise Him. All I want to do is talk about what He's done.
I understand so much more the urgency of the gospel, when before I felt I was subjecting people to a life of struggle and chains I now understand that those chains were of my own creation. Christianity isn't following the rules and being good; going to church and reading my bible for 10 minutes a day; Christianity is falling deeper in love with Christ each daily and waking up in the blessing of His grace and mercy. Christianity is living in the freedom that It is Finished.
The battle is won. We are victorious through Christ.
I no longer live under the chains of pharisaic legalism, but in the freedom of the cross.
In daily looking to Christ and seeing Him in His glory, and wanting desperately to know Him more.
Instead of viewing reading my bible and praying as a burden, I long for it. I long for daily communion with my Jesus. I revel in my conversations with Him. I live each moment connected to Him, abiding in Him moment by moment. I desire to read my bible because i gain a deeper understand of who God is. It's no longer just a check on my list. It's no longer a burden. It's no longer something I do to appear holy, it's something I do for the joy of knowing who my Jesus is - the joy of growing deeper in my understanding of the God I love deeply and serve.

I am loved deeply and cherished by the Creator. I get to participate in His plan. I am eternally and deeply blessed. My gratitude can't even begin to be expressed. I daily struggle for words to describe the works and transformations He is doing in my heart - I can only say that He is good, and that daily I fall deeper in love with Him. May I live long that I may grow to know Him more and then be welcomed into His embrace.
Aunica

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