This is the start of my second month in Africa. Now I was worried a lot about Africa, in that all I knew was that there was lots of desert and it would be very hot. Now I don’t like the heat and it makes me grumpy really fast. So needless to say I was worried how this was going to affect my doing ministry here. God knows the desire of our hearts even the things we just like or want to have so we are more comfortable.
God decided that in this season of romancing me that He would give me one of my hearts desires. He has blessed me and in turn my team in that we were in the mountains last month, and again we are in the mountains and the coolest part of the country this month according to our contact.
I feel very loved and pursued by God. He has been taking me through Song of Songs. This book is all about love, the love that God has for me and what He is saying about me, to me. When God first started taking me to this book I had no idea why or what He was trying to say to me. Then one morning during some prayer time God started speaking to me. LOL. I started to underline like a crazy person. I began to understand that I’m special and worthy to be loved and pursued. In chapter 5:2 and 6:9 I am called His perfect one and in 7:1 He calls me His princess. These are just a few of the things He has been speaking to me through this book.
I have started this new deeper journey with God in letting Him romance and Love me at the core of who I am and I hope that this is a journey that never ends. I want to encourage all of you to seek God but to also let Him love you wherever you are now. You do not have to be what the world considers perfect before you can feel His love. He already calls you perfect and that means WAY more than anything anyone else can say about you.
During our debrief a few days ago we had a night of prayer and worship and I want to share with you what God was speaking to me.
God is doing something new, He is shaking the ground, there is a shift a great moving a stirring up. The shadows are lifting, fleeing, running away. The color, oh the colors, the brilliance beyond description, nothing can compare to what God has in store. It’s breathtaking the newness of this deeper part of God where He wants us to be a part of His heart we have yet to experience. He is out in the open, arms stretched out yearning to draw us in. Heart pounding, feeling dizzy, extreme ecstasy to be found in His arms. Love overwhelming, over taking, flooding, spilling over, bringing life and joy. A place I’ve never been and yet want so desperately to be.
