Words seem so inadequate to describe what happened this past week.
Last week I showed up at training camp in the woods of north Georgia ready for a week of practical preparation for the Race. Little did I know all of what God had in store for me over the next 8 days. God showed up in a very tangible way and wrecked my life for the better. He brought me to a place of brokenness more than once so that He could rebuild me into His image. He revealed areas of my heart and life that I had not surrendered to Him and had kept Him out of.
One of these areas was the part of my heart and life that allows me to receive love. Over the past several months God has revealed this area of my life and has shown me the walls I have built around my heart for protection. I had built walls around my heart that allowed me to love others, but did not allow others in to love me. God began showing me all that I had missed out on because of these walls and how by tearing down those walls I could be loved in new ways. He showed me that these walls have even kept Him from loving me to the fullest. It was this realization that broke me. I prayed and asked Him to break through my walls and knock them down the way the He did with the walls of Jericho. To overwhelm me with His love to the point where the walls are forced down. And on Sunday night that is exactly what He did. He tore my walls down and showed me the fullness of His love. He showed me the love of Abba. He showed me that by allowing Him to tear down those walls and love me fully, my heart was even more protected than with the walls I had built. He is my Protector. He is my Defender. He is Yahweh Sabaoth (The LORD of Heavenly Hosts {Angel Armies})! And HE LOVES ME! I am loved by ABBA! I am a daughter of the KING!
Another thing that God did that night was provide physical healing. I was not aware of it in the moment, but God came in and healed my knee completely. Four weeks ago now, I dislocated my knee. Up until that Sunday, I had pain daily, was wearing a brace, and did not have full range of motion. At 3 a.m. Monday morning, in the freezing cold, I realized what God had done! He had restored my knee! I have not worn my knee brace since then and have done everything imaginable on it. I have swam, hopped around, ran (first time since January), hiked, and all without pain or discomfort! God used the activities throughout the week to build my confidence in my knee and show me the full extent of His healing power!
Be looking for my next blog to continue sharing the work that God did in my life this past week.
