Job Hunting..

I've spent several hours over the past few days looking for jobs on the internet. It turns out all that I am doing is figuring out what I wouldn't enjoy doing! Which I guess is good.. just exhausting. I'm so over it.

The Return

New days. It seems paradoxical to enjoy the warmth of the sun with the glow of the white snow on the ground. One can destroy the other or both can be simultaneously enjoyed. Personally I'd love to be enjoying both skiing, but I will certainly settle for a day off beginning with Jesus and coffee- two of my most favorite things.

This morning I woke up with the eager excitement and anticipation of spending some sweet time with my savior. In fact it has been this small nudging that has aroused me from sleep these past several mornings. Normally I am known to hit the snooze button (who invented that by the way... I don't know whether to thank that person or be mad at them!). Anyway, I want to note quickly that this desire to be with God, in His presence, is a desire that I myself could never muster up. It is a gift.. a grace of sorts from the same creator that has covertly sustained my life these years. Praise be to this God whom I serve. May He ever be lifted up and glorified. How beautiful it is to trust not in thyself but in Christ, the very foundation of our faith. I have been in this pattern of self-trust for so long and God is exposing this in my life. He is beckoning me to come to Him; to let go of all my attempts at strength and control and to simply trust him. He is good, and He is sovereign and He has called me His. I am a daughter of the King. He has ransomed me back from the enemy. A life for a life. This was the price. One of my favorite quotes comes from a stewardship talk a fews years ago; it goes like this, "something is worth how much someone is willing to give for it." Makes since right. Think about in terms of your worth... something (you) is worth how much someone (God) is willing to give for it. God stopped at nothing to buy you back. He gave his only Son to pay the debt that you and I owed. Do you see the scandal? I do. That God, the creator and sustainer of the world, would count me of greater worth than His son. Man I don't deserve that. Let that sink in for a bit. We are great sinners.. but we have a great Savior.

Provider

Welcome to my blog! My hope and prayer through this blog would be to point to the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel that says that we are broken, messed up people in need of a savior. A gospel that communicates the truth of God's plan for each of us; a gospel that isn't fluffy, or pretty, or even well packaged but a gospel that is tragic and messy; a gospel where God, through His son Jesus, paid our penalty of sin by being nailed to a cross. It was not pretty.. it was not pleasant to look upon. However it was necessary. In God's economy the price for sin, our sin, had to be paid, and because of his great love for us, He paid that price with the blood of His very Son. He is my God. He is crazy in love with me even though I am a broken, messed up person. I have been purchased through the blood of the Lamb:) It is in His strength that I write.