Through These Ashes We Rise...

"You are NOT a sinner struggling to love God

You ARE a lover of God struggling with sin."

-David Perkins

Oh how these words wrecked me this morning in church. This is something God has been trying to re-write, re-configure, and etch onto my heart since I began this journey with Him. Please go to iTunes and download/listen to the podcast from New Life: NLC iTunes Podcasts

I could say so much more but then I'd just be preaching on what he so passionately and eloquently already has. So I'll leave you beloved with these incredible words:

"Just as you'll never understand the mystery of of life forming in a pregnant woman,

So you'll never understand the mystery at work in ALL that God does...

Follow the impulses of your heart.

If something looks good to you, pursue it.

But know also that not just anything goes;

You have to answer to God for every last bit of it...

There's no end to the publishing of books, and constant study wears you out so you're no good for anything else. The last and final word is this:

FEAR God

DO what He tells you."

- Ecclesiastes 11:5,9, 12:12-13 (The Message)

Praying for and loving you all,

Ray