It’s 2016. The ball has dropped. The peach has dropped, and maybe our hearts dropped as we realized how quickly 2015 passed. How we may have left the year with words unsaid, dreams unrealized, and unfulfilled hearts. Maybe you were glad for a new year. 2015 may have scarred, and a new blank page is exactly what you need. Whatever may be, here we are.
However, as I lay in bed this first day of the New Year, I can’t help but think that in the realm of eternity, it’s another moment. There was no midnight confetti in heaven, because eternity isn’t constrained by time. And although I jubilate on earth, and prepare to begin this pilgrimage around the world, eternity is set within me.
The clock strikes midnight, the numbers change, and my spirit whispers to me, “I am no concubine.”
It is a phrase I heard from Dan Mohler a year ago, and I didn’t remember it until I read it in a poem I wrote around the same time. The poem says,
“I am no concubine that brushes against the King for only one night
No, I am His bride
I spend all my days in His presence.”
If I choose to do nothing else this year, but commit to spend my days in Jesus’ presence, then I have done everything. I am His wife, and His affections are set on me. Why do I allow distractions, worries, or anything to make me play the concubine?
His intentions for me are clear. He came, He died, and He took my sin upon Him. He called me righteous, and He empowers me with His grace. He’s not ashamed of me. He’s not angry at me. He’s not embarrassed by me. He answered the question of loving me a long of time. And He’s coming for a bride.
So, if I am to write a goal, claim a resolution, it is only to be obedient to two words I hear Him speaking in my spirit, “Come closer.”
One more thing..
I leave in two days to begin the World Race. Please pray for me. I continue to raise funds for the remaining amount, and I have created this awesome chart below. I am asking people to sponsor a box and choose to give the amount toward my race. It will surely help me get much closer to being fully funded. The $70 and $30 boxes have been sponsored. As always, thank you for your support, prayers, encouragement, and love..jpg)
