man i feel ridiculous, but i guess i can breathe a sigh of relief...
at the beginning of this weekend i was getting pretty desperately frustrated. i wanted so badly to know what God wanted me to do with my weekends. i really felt that He wasn't too keen on my going back to kansas city every single weekend, missing opportunities with people when they actually have free time. however, i had no idea what staying in town meant in His mind. what did it look like? i was getting no answers and grew more distraught by the moment. i decided to go home for the weekend to help me de-stress from the first week of school and kind of have some time to focus on what God might be wanting for this year (as far as weekends are concerned).
coming home, in some ways, was a certain breath of fresh air. i have such a loving church family back there that cares about warrensburg and what God is doing up here. i am so thankful for everyone. and on sunday, after a nice weekend home, God opened my eyes to something interestingly profound. i feel like such a fool now that i've come to this realization, and i'm sure many have grasped it before me, but God really gave such great peace and mercy through it.
to focus on myself is to miss God's plan and intentions for my life.
when it's "all about you," what difference does your life make? you're dead. it's all about Christ. what is His heart? what is He excited about? find His heart where you're at.
in all my frustration, even though the general idea was "God, what do You want?" the focus of "for me" was added on the end of that every time. not that i shouldn't ask what God wants for my life personally, but i have been doing that since the beginning of this summer. this sunday, God opened my eyes to His grace and freedom. find My heart wherever you're at. His heart is everywhere. He has a heart and vision for kansas city. He has a heart and vision for warrensburg. to Him, it doesn't matter which ministry i am involved in; either way, i am sharing and plugging into His heart and passions. however, since i'm in warrensburg, why not "find His heart where i'm at". and what has He been doing this summer but giving me a general vision and burden for the things He wants this year at cmsu! this is when the profound epiphany came.
i still cannot stop smiling at how ridiculous i must have seemed to Him. such a child i am. hah. maybe it's okay to ask "God, what do You want?" and just stop there! this whole time i've been so frustrated to tears just wanting to please Him down to the tiniest detail. i was following the "straight and narrow," if you will, but i was genuinely to tears asking God which part of the path - which perfect "alison size 6 shoe spot" - i should tread to do what He wills. God just looked down at me and tried to hold back chuckles as He said:
alison, it's all My will! that whole path, it leads to Me. you can walk on it anywhere you like! that's freedom in Christ! I have given you this whole path. yes, it may be narrow, but you have all of it to freely tread on.
that's when i realized, as long as i plug into God's general heart for this campus and city, He will take care to direct me even further if it's needed. for now, all of it is okay! all of it.
we have godly passions for a reason. i believe they are little pieces of His heart that we each, differently, take to present ourselves a full and complete community that depicts His entire heart. there are parts that we all have, but there are many parts that are divvied up, if you will, depending on the desires He's given us as individuals. how amazing. what freedom! i am so glad that my God is so loving and gracious.
28.8.06
19.8.06
the mustard seed
so i went to this bible study a couple of nights ago. nothing else was going on, so i figured it a good use of my time. but i think i underestimated God's moving and purpose. it was so random for me to go to that, but God specifically placed me there that night to put a voice, words, form to the passions He has recently given me.
i sat last night hardly unable to talk. i had just finished reading a book that has, i believe, fueled an entire transformation in my life from the beginning of this summer to present. God, in the most random series of events has pieced together a huge chunk of His heart for this year inside of me.
---------
what i wanted - what i want - is you. to know beyond doubt that i am seizing the moment, sucking the marrow from each day, right at the center of your plan...so i've got nowhere left to go, but to get down on my knees and wait for you to speak.
"there is no other place where the heart should be so free as before the mercy seat. there, you can talk out your very soul, for that is the best prayer that you can present. do not ask for what some tell you that you should ask for, but for that which you feel the need of, that which the Holy Spirit has made you to hunger and to thirst for, you ask for that."
- c.h. spurgeon -
...intercession is impossible unto we allow the things that break God's heart to break our hearts as well...
---------
i had a passion - the above. i wanted nothing more than that, but i just didn't know what God's heart was exactly or how to get there. i just knew i wanted it, so i began to pray. first, God took me to new york. He showed me that in each place of ministry, in every country, in every state, every city, every borough, He had a plan and a heart. He fueled larry with His heart for the fulani and arabic immigrants of brooklyn and queens. wherever God places You, He is powerful enough and faithful enough to piece together His heart for that area inside of You. while i was in new york, He did that. not because that's where He wanted me to start ministering, but because He wanted to make a point: where fervent prayer and serving is, going, doing in His name, He will bless it...with a glimpse of His heart. at the beginning of the trip, i just wanted to know God's heart for what i was doing back home. at the end, God showed me that His heart comes through prayer, serving, and action - waiting on His word but not waiting. as my pastor said a couple weeks ago to our group of counselors at high school camp, waiting in the sense of a waiter or waitress. serving in God's silence with great anticipation for His word.
with this in mind, slowly but surely God began to reveal His heart for this year to me in the context of my own life and ministry.
---------
"we are the light of the world, but no one wants to stare at the bulb. we are the salt of the earth, but a whole plate of the stuff will make you sick. the people of God are called to scatter and mix, to mingle and move, to influence from a position of weakness, like a small child in a large family, like yeast in a loaf, like a mustard seed beneath a pavement."
"and he said, whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? it is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: but when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it."
- mark 4:30-32 -
---------
and there it is. as i read that yesterday, i felt like i had just passed the incline of the highest hill on a roller coaster and was now going down, fast. not only did i feel like these two excerpts were direct hits at the ministry God had led me to with my sorority sisters, but there at the end, only a day after we had the bible study, God had set it right in front of my face making a point out of all my indescribable feelings.
each one of us is a mustard seed in God's plan. at each place we are serving, He has an intricatly vast and mind-blowing plan to fulfill. as the seed, we are an intrical part, but the smallest, humblest part - necessary yet feeble. God infuses us with the dna of His plan and desires, most of which we are blinded to that we may constantly assume our position of humility and desperation for Him. then, through us, He carries out His divine plan. a plan that we help with but have no control over. He gives us pieces of His heart and sets them into action through us, but as the picture grows bigger, we realize that what He has done is so much more immaculate than we could have ever imagined, and we would be seriously mistaken to think the whole result could have been anything that sprouted from our own doing.
as God sends me into this year, here is a revised explaination of His heart in me, my mindset. i know that God has an amazingly vast and mind-blowing plan, and for some reason He has picked this year and ordained dave and i to start one of the many branches. i can hardly fathom this concept. it just brings me to awe at God's glorious majesty and power.
and then, as if that wasn't enough, God of course had to answer my question to complete the picture. what are the birds? the birds that find refuge in the shade of these branches, this Kingdom that God builds here on earth. as i saw the purpose and heart of 24-7 unfolding in this book, God threw this at me:
---------
God began to make it clear that He was calling us to establish...redemptive communities at the heart of people-groups.
live and pray among the lost in such a way as to journey with them into the likeness of Christ together.
---------
now cmsu, and more specifically in my case, the greeks, are not people-groups persay. however, these ministries we are beginning, the community that we have and the sub-communities that we are forming are, among many other purposes and responsibilities, redemptive communities, places of refuge - peaceful yet mighty. they are alluring in their protection and difference from the world the Enemy and our flesh has created. the birds in my case are the greeks who are seeking. maybe not every one of them, but the ones who are seeking something more appealing than this life. God's desire, i'm thinking, is to use this ministry as a light and a refuge to them. a place some will desire to go and will, through coming to us in that manner, understand and be shown who Christ is. i know that the concept in and of itself is pretty...duh!...but this particular illustration paints it a little bit differently in my heart, i guess.
so i wrote all of the above this morning before our first day of the bsu retreat and it's funny how the entire thing was conveyed and talked about throught our whole time together. during our prayer walk this morning i couldn't help but marvel at how God had in so many different ways and fashions given us all, as a bsu community, the same hearts and mindset about ministry this year. He truely is an amazing God. i am so very excited for all that He has in store.
i sat last night hardly unable to talk. i had just finished reading a book that has, i believe, fueled an entire transformation in my life from the beginning of this summer to present. God, in the most random series of events has pieced together a huge chunk of His heart for this year inside of me.
---------
what i wanted - what i want - is you. to know beyond doubt that i am seizing the moment, sucking the marrow from each day, right at the center of your plan...so i've got nowhere left to go, but to get down on my knees and wait for you to speak.
"there is no other place where the heart should be so free as before the mercy seat. there, you can talk out your very soul, for that is the best prayer that you can present. do not ask for what some tell you that you should ask for, but for that which you feel the need of, that which the Holy Spirit has made you to hunger and to thirst for, you ask for that."
- c.h. spurgeon -
...intercession is impossible unto we allow the things that break God's heart to break our hearts as well...
---------
i had a passion - the above. i wanted nothing more than that, but i just didn't know what God's heart was exactly or how to get there. i just knew i wanted it, so i began to pray. first, God took me to new york. He showed me that in each place of ministry, in every country, in every state, every city, every borough, He had a plan and a heart. He fueled larry with His heart for the fulani and arabic immigrants of brooklyn and queens. wherever God places You, He is powerful enough and faithful enough to piece together His heart for that area inside of You. while i was in new york, He did that. not because that's where He wanted me to start ministering, but because He wanted to make a point: where fervent prayer and serving is, going, doing in His name, He will bless it...with a glimpse of His heart. at the beginning of the trip, i just wanted to know God's heart for what i was doing back home. at the end, God showed me that His heart comes through prayer, serving, and action - waiting on His word but not waiting. as my pastor said a couple weeks ago to our group of counselors at high school camp, waiting in the sense of a waiter or waitress. serving in God's silence with great anticipation for His word.
with this in mind, slowly but surely God began to reveal His heart for this year to me in the context of my own life and ministry.
---------
do you want to look for my fullness?
do you want to make history with me?
do you want to count for my Kingdom?
do you want tosee miracles and stand for justice?
do you want to see reconciliation and people set free?
do you want to see nations transformed by the power of prayer?
then come follow me,
and i will show you where to go.
it's not to the platform and the spot-lit speaker.
it's not to the conference, the meeting or the camp.
come with me to the darkest places
come to the hurting, the howling, hollow faces,
come with me to the addicted, convicted and caught
come with your light, run with your salt,
come to the sorrow; the suicide tree
come to the stable
come follow me.
do you want to make history with me?
do you want to count for my Kingdom?
do you want tosee miracles and stand for justice?
do you want to see reconciliation and people set free?
do you want to see nations transformed by the power of prayer?
then come follow me,
and i will show you where to go.
it's not to the platform and the spot-lit speaker.
it's not to the conference, the meeting or the camp.
come with me to the darkest places
come to the hurting, the howling, hollow faces,
come with me to the addicted, convicted and caught
come with your light, run with your salt,
come to the sorrow; the suicide tree
come to the stable
come follow me.
"we are the light of the world, but no one wants to stare at the bulb. we are the salt of the earth, but a whole plate of the stuff will make you sick. the people of God are called to scatter and mix, to mingle and move, to influence from a position of weakness, like a small child in a large family, like yeast in a loaf, like a mustard seed beneath a pavement."
"and he said, whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? it is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: but when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it."
- mark 4:30-32 -
---------
and there it is. as i read that yesterday, i felt like i had just passed the incline of the highest hill on a roller coaster and was now going down, fast. not only did i feel like these two excerpts were direct hits at the ministry God had led me to with my sorority sisters, but there at the end, only a day after we had the bible study, God had set it right in front of my face making a point out of all my indescribable feelings.
each one of us is a mustard seed in God's plan. at each place we are serving, He has an intricatly vast and mind-blowing plan to fulfill. as the seed, we are an intrical part, but the smallest, humblest part - necessary yet feeble. God infuses us with the dna of His plan and desires, most of which we are blinded to that we may constantly assume our position of humility and desperation for Him. then, through us, He carries out His divine plan. a plan that we help with but have no control over. He gives us pieces of His heart and sets them into action through us, but as the picture grows bigger, we realize that what He has done is so much more immaculate than we could have ever imagined, and we would be seriously mistaken to think the whole result could have been anything that sprouted from our own doing.
as God sends me into this year, here is a revised explaination of His heart in me, my mindset. i know that God has an amazingly vast and mind-blowing plan, and for some reason He has picked this year and ordained dave and i to start one of the many branches. i can hardly fathom this concept. it just brings me to awe at God's glorious majesty and power.
and then, as if that wasn't enough, God of course had to answer my question to complete the picture. what are the birds? the birds that find refuge in the shade of these branches, this Kingdom that God builds here on earth. as i saw the purpose and heart of 24-7 unfolding in this book, God threw this at me:
---------
God began to make it clear that He was calling us to establish...redemptive communities at the heart of people-groups.
live and pray among the lost in such a way as to journey with them into the likeness of Christ together.
---------
now cmsu, and more specifically in my case, the greeks, are not people-groups persay. however, these ministries we are beginning, the community that we have and the sub-communities that we are forming are, among many other purposes and responsibilities, redemptive communities, places of refuge - peaceful yet mighty. they are alluring in their protection and difference from the world the Enemy and our flesh has created. the birds in my case are the greeks who are seeking. maybe not every one of them, but the ones who are seeking something more appealing than this life. God's desire, i'm thinking, is to use this ministry as a light and a refuge to them. a place some will desire to go and will, through coming to us in that manner, understand and be shown who Christ is. i know that the concept in and of itself is pretty...duh!...but this particular illustration paints it a little bit differently in my heart, i guess.
so i wrote all of the above this morning before our first day of the bsu retreat and it's funny how the entire thing was conveyed and talked about throught our whole time together. during our prayer walk this morning i couldn't help but marvel at how God had in so many different ways and fashions given us all, as a bsu community, the same hearts and mindset about ministry this year. He truely is an amazing God. i am so very excited for all that He has in store.
13.8.06
reverencing the power
God has done so much in me, i don't even know how to explain it all to people anymore. my friend adam is trying to convince me to write a book. i told him the project would surely result in a series of novels just to describe this summer. ha!
over this past year, God has successfully answered my prayers for His wisdom and understanding, showing me as much of the bigger picture as possible and slowly piecing together His will for my life...right in front of my eyes. the questions i'm currently posing:
why has Jesus brought me through the course of this summer's events?
why has He taken away everything comfortable?
why has he instilled in me a fear for Him so great that passionate prayer has become my only logical response to it?
i love that God always has a plan and purpose, and i love that He is ever willing to lead me to it. looking back on my summer, God has fully prepared my heart for His plan. Jesus is continuously giving me all the tools and means necessary to fulfil His will. that's a given. the question is, will i rise to the occasion?
i am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of egypt: open thy mouth wide, and i will fill it.
- psalm 81:10 -
i have spent the past few weeks in a serious search for God's heart in the context of this year at cmsu. two weeks ago i was with our high school group at youthfront south, and it never fails. every year, camp forces me into a serious and continuous desperation for God's presence and direction - a place i struggle to get in my daily life but seem to find most easily at camp. but this time, God moved like never before.
these hands are Yours; teach them to serve as You please,
and i'll reach out, desperate to see Your greatness, o God.
show me Your heart. show me Your way. show me Your glory...
i walk in the light in victorious sight of You.
i have full confidence He will overcome, He will move, He will bless, He will guide us this year at cms. my whole heart is in this ministry dave and i are starting. it seriously is. i am confident that if i am faithful in doing my part, God will bless beyond comprehension. but first, He had to take me to oriented times zero...
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. my heart panteth, my strength faileth me: in thee, o Lord, do i hope: thou wilt hear, o Lord my God. for the Enemy is lively, and he is strong:
- psalm 38:9-10,15,19 -
zero is brokenness, humbleness, surrender.
zero is full sacrifice, coming to God empty of self .
where is zero?
luke 7:37-48 - falling down at the feet of Jesus, washing his feet with your tears, becoming humbly undignified, willing to humiliate yourself in exchange for his touch, his glory, his presence.
where is zero?
mark 10:46-52 - zero cries out in desperation for a chance to see the unseen.
am i willing to be broken and spilled out for my Savior...as he was broken and spilled out for me? is it too much?
the Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, o Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
- psalm 138:8 -
i can't begin to explain what God has shown me this summer, namely what he showed me two weeks ago. however, i really can't help but try...
imagine a community of believers, hurting and desperate, long overdue for God's presence and righteous judgement. as they come together hoping to be beaten over the head by some sermon that will force them to reconcile, they are shown Christ's presence and hand in a life fully and dangerously lived. it wasn't what they expected. their hearts yearn for freedom from all the baggage they have been reluctant to deal with. as many secretly cry out in frustration, the leader stands. tonight is God's. he is moving. and the only way to let him move freely is for me to stand back and give up control. music begins, lights are off. fire, fall down. fire, fall down on us we pray, as we seek You, Lord. it is their corporate prayer for literally an hour and a half. one by one the crowd's shape changes, two-thirds of the believers lay prostrate, tears streaming down their face. another much smaller group sits or stands, hands raised, belting out their heart cries to the Lord of hosts: show me Your heart. show me Your way. show me Your glory. as the hours pass, God continues moving - each heart touched, each life shaken. a slow stream of people begin to flow among the body of believers. they mull about passionate and solemn. from one to the next they beg God to do a work in specific peoples' lives, many of whom they have never seen before that night. the hardest hearts, broken. every person communes with their Savior in whatever way touches most their current situation. and at this same time of personal intimacy, a community is forged. a strong city of believers for whom there is no match...because they are God's. four hours later, it is finished.
and what of this city, this community? picture it, if you will, as mount zion.
beautfiul for situation is mount zion, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. For, lo, the kings saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. fear took hold upon them there, and pain as a woman in travail. as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. selah. we have thought of thy lovingkindness, o God, in the midst of thy temple. let mount zion rejoice, let the daughters of judah be glad, because of thy judgements.
walk about zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. mark ye well her bullwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. for this is God our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- psalm 48 -
Lord, beautiful for situation is this city of believers you have formed! You are known in our "space" as a refuge. those who don't yet know you marvel at the rest who do. they are troubled and run away in fear - fear of You, of Your glory, of Your unmistakable power in this place. they cry out in pain. they cannot bear the sight of Your glorious presence here, because they do not know or understand it. all we have heard of, Lord, all Your promises, Your faithfulness, Your power, the powerful tenacity of the Enemy, have we seen, Lord God, in this place. You will establish this city forever. we have meditated on Your lovingkindness here. we have seen You break down...and restore anew. let us rejoice in Your great judgements.
help us to take in this city of believers, Lord, this "space." let us mark Your workings, the strong towers, warriors, You've formed. let us walk around and soak in the works of Your hand in this place, that we might be a witness to the following generation like jeff adams has witnessed to us. for THIS is God, OUR God, our guide, even unto death.
like i said before, i can't even begin to explain, but i pray that as you read this, your eyes are opened to the power of God and His willingness to visit those who desperately seek Him. as i come into this school year, this is the situation that sticks in my mind. this is the God i call upon daily. this is the God i picture when i call on his presence. this is the God whose will i want fulfilled on our campus.
over this past year, God has successfully answered my prayers for His wisdom and understanding, showing me as much of the bigger picture as possible and slowly piecing together His will for my life...right in front of my eyes. the questions i'm currently posing:
why has Jesus brought me through the course of this summer's events?
why has He taken away everything comfortable?
why has he instilled in me a fear for Him so great that passionate prayer has become my only logical response to it?
i love that God always has a plan and purpose, and i love that He is ever willing to lead me to it. looking back on my summer, God has fully prepared my heart for His plan. Jesus is continuously giving me all the tools and means necessary to fulfil His will. that's a given. the question is, will i rise to the occasion?
i am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of egypt: open thy mouth wide, and i will fill it.
- psalm 81:10 -
i have spent the past few weeks in a serious search for God's heart in the context of this year at cmsu. two weeks ago i was with our high school group at youthfront south, and it never fails. every year, camp forces me into a serious and continuous desperation for God's presence and direction - a place i struggle to get in my daily life but seem to find most easily at camp. but this time, God moved like never before.
these hands are Yours; teach them to serve as You please,
and i'll reach out, desperate to see Your greatness, o God.
show me Your heart. show me Your way. show me Your glory...
i walk in the light in victorious sight of You.
i have full confidence He will overcome, He will move, He will bless, He will guide us this year at cms. my whole heart is in this ministry dave and i are starting. it seriously is. i am confident that if i am faithful in doing my part, God will bless beyond comprehension. but first, He had to take me to oriented times zero...
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. my heart panteth, my strength faileth me: in thee, o Lord, do i hope: thou wilt hear, o Lord my God. for the Enemy is lively, and he is strong:
- psalm 38:9-10,15,19 -
zero is brokenness, humbleness, surrender.
zero is full sacrifice, coming to God empty of self .
where is zero?
luke 7:37-48 - falling down at the feet of Jesus, washing his feet with your tears, becoming humbly undignified, willing to humiliate yourself in exchange for his touch, his glory, his presence.
where is zero?
mark 10:46-52 - zero cries out in desperation for a chance to see the unseen.
am i willing to be broken and spilled out for my Savior...as he was broken and spilled out for me? is it too much?
the Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, o Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
- psalm 138:8 -
i can't begin to explain what God has shown me this summer, namely what he showed me two weeks ago. however, i really can't help but try...
imagine a community of believers, hurting and desperate, long overdue for God's presence and righteous judgement. as they come together hoping to be beaten over the head by some sermon that will force them to reconcile, they are shown Christ's presence and hand in a life fully and dangerously lived. it wasn't what they expected. their hearts yearn for freedom from all the baggage they have been reluctant to deal with. as many secretly cry out in frustration, the leader stands. tonight is God's. he is moving. and the only way to let him move freely is for me to stand back and give up control. music begins, lights are off. fire, fall down. fire, fall down on us we pray, as we seek You, Lord. it is their corporate prayer for literally an hour and a half. one by one the crowd's shape changes, two-thirds of the believers lay prostrate, tears streaming down their face. another much smaller group sits or stands, hands raised, belting out their heart cries to the Lord of hosts: show me Your heart. show me Your way. show me Your glory. as the hours pass, God continues moving - each heart touched, each life shaken. a slow stream of people begin to flow among the body of believers. they mull about passionate and solemn. from one to the next they beg God to do a work in specific peoples' lives, many of whom they have never seen before that night. the hardest hearts, broken. every person communes with their Savior in whatever way touches most their current situation. and at this same time of personal intimacy, a community is forged. a strong city of believers for whom there is no match...because they are God's. four hours later, it is finished.
and what of this city, this community? picture it, if you will, as mount zion.
beautfiul for situation is mount zion, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. For, lo, the kings saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. fear took hold upon them there, and pain as a woman in travail. as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. selah. we have thought of thy lovingkindness, o God, in the midst of thy temple. let mount zion rejoice, let the daughters of judah be glad, because of thy judgements.
walk about zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. mark ye well her bullwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. for this is God our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- psalm 48 -
Lord, beautiful for situation is this city of believers you have formed! You are known in our "space" as a refuge. those who don't yet know you marvel at the rest who do. they are troubled and run away in fear - fear of You, of Your glory, of Your unmistakable power in this place. they cry out in pain. they cannot bear the sight of Your glorious presence here, because they do not know or understand it. all we have heard of, Lord, all Your promises, Your faithfulness, Your power, the powerful tenacity of the Enemy, have we seen, Lord God, in this place. You will establish this city forever. we have meditated on Your lovingkindness here. we have seen You break down...and restore anew. let us rejoice in Your great judgements.
help us to take in this city of believers, Lord, this "space." let us mark Your workings, the strong towers, warriors, You've formed. let us walk around and soak in the works of Your hand in this place, that we might be a witness to the following generation like jeff adams has witnessed to us. for THIS is God, OUR God, our guide, even unto death.
like i said before, i can't even begin to explain, but i pray that as you read this, your eyes are opened to the power of God and His willingness to visit those who desperately seek Him. as i come into this school year, this is the situation that sticks in my mind. this is the God i call upon daily. this is the God i picture when i call on his presence. this is the God whose will i want fulfilled on our campus.
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