Waking Up Me!

Waiting. UGH! Totally not one of my strong suits. I am a woman of action. I am a doer. I had a former boss who used to say, "It's not going to happen by itself. You have to make it happen." Now, that is a plan I could get with. One that makes sense to me. One that I LIVE! But there is another voice that tells me to "wait". That the best is coming. That there are some things I won't or can't do on my own. It is something more than I can ask or imagine. And it is worth waiting for. Love. Real love. Perfect love.  It is given freely. Available to all. Waiting. Expectant. Until it becomes irresistible. Until HE becomes irresistible.  He initiates. Pursues. Woos. Captivates the heart. Who would think it possible? In this world? Right where we are? Hoping. Wanting. Needing. Expecting, even. And then, there it is. An answer. A revelation. A heart broken into. Walls broken through. The lies repealed. The Truth revealed. All is as it was supposed to be. I ...

Jesus the High Priest. Huh. Hmm. Interesting. For me, that is a name that doesn't normally come to mind for Him. I related to Him in so many other ways: my Redeemer, my Deliverer, my Support, the Prince of Peace, my Comforter, my Rock and my Salvation, my Refuge and my Strength. My everything . He is the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings, and, yes, the High Priest. None man can say that of himself for we all fall short of His glory. Jesus became the High Priest , the Intercessor between man and God, when He became sin and died for us on the cross. He tore the veil that had separated us from God. Only the priests were allowed beyond the veil and inside the Holy of Holies. Jesus never sinned, yet He  became sin  for our salvation. He is Holy and set apart from the rest of us due to His sinless nature. His death was the one time in all His life--a life that spans to the beginning of all things--that He was removed from God. In that brief moment of being "forsaken" by God wh...

Do you have those times when words are not enough? When they are hard to find and tough to come by? When you are so overwhelmed by emotion that you feel void of it? That is where I am right now. Too full and too empty all at once. In Romans 8:26, Paul tells us that, "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words ." (ESV, emphasis mine). The Spirit groans to God when my soul is full of whispers of things I cannot make sense of... Yearnings that I don't quite understand. Dreams that seem far fetched. Emotions too big for me to comprehend or reconcile within myself. A future too big for today. Worries that have no place because prayer is the only answer. Questions for which I have no answers... Yet, the answer is that my Father does. He has the answers. He has the ability to give me hope, and peace, and the promise of tomorrow--not for m...