I use to be a good blogger. I was able to organize my thoughts
down in writing form. Compared to how I use to write, I think I have been
having trouble expressing my heart in all of this.
May 2008 “I know there is one way out. I don’t have to
mention His name. I don’t have to tell you what to do. I can tell you to find
that hope, that redemption. Find Him.”
I use to be totally in love with Jesus. There was a major
shift in my life in 2007-2008 and I learned so much about myself. I came to
love Jesus more than I had ever before.
January 2008 “I think that you have to really realize how
much that He loves you before you actually fall in love with Him.”
I use to be able to really question things in life. I could
really think deeply about things in my life. To find meaning in the small things.
Maybe I don’t have so much time to myself anymore.
Oct 2007 “To adopt the eternal perspective. Living life as
it will effect your eternity. Why have Christians everywhere forgotten this
simple truth?”
Nov 2007 “I stand broken…a mess hurting for those who do
this.
                   I stand crying…killings in the hearts.
                   I stand up…wanting to change the hearts of the victims.
                   I stand guilty
of genocide.”
I really use to be content with myself. Until now, I don’t
know. Maybe it is the point of life I am currently in. But I have trouble
finding the positive things in life. Living as this missionary seeking Christ
but so hard on myself.

Dec 2007 “Contentment, can only come through trust in God
and wrapping you mind around what he truly thinks of you.”

I use to be consumed with His presence. Now I have trouble
even hearing from the Lord. I don’t even feel like I know what it means to just
BE in His presence.
April 2008 “Those moments when you feel surrounded….by Him.
The creator of the universe. The evidence of His creation is all around me. I
hide behind my glasses because my eyes begin to well up. I am in awe of the
things all around me. I begin to slow down because I feel His presence and I
don’t want this moment to fade. I feel His love. I look at His people and see
God. I see His likeness whether they may believe or not. I see the image of
God….it surrounds me. I can’t begin to express with words how it made me felt.
I saw a crow and yet in its mystery and physical evidence of something that may
be considered ugly, I find beauty. I find God. I see His hands in the creation
of things all around me. Have you ever felt surrounded? Feeling as though
everything may be alright as if all of things were perfect and God is standing
right there telling you, ‘I made this for my creation, enjoy’. And you just
want more of it, and more of it and more of it. Oh how surrounded by His love I
felt. Oh how blessed I felt. Oh how in awe of this big and mighty God. Oh how
He still surrounds me.”
 
Oh, how I want to be totally sold out for Jesus.
I want to
feel the rush of feeling and joy from a simple song and beautiful view.

To
write again as if no one is reading, raw thoughts from my head.

Let me ponder
the deep things of God again without trying too hard.

Let me seek.
 
 
This is how I use to write: beautysolitude.wordpress.com