Love Came Down

Today I celebrate my Savior's birth. I admit it's easy to get caught up in all the commercialism and materialism of the holiday season.

But this year my thoughts circle around how I remember how God came down to our world many years ago in the form of a baby. He walked among us so we could have life.

Love came down.

That statement humbles me beyond anything. The God of the universe, who created sky, oceans, stars, came down to our dark world so we would be made right with him.

A perfect example of how love came down in the form of human flesh.

This gets me thinking about the love of God which surpasses all my knowledge.

No matter what I do or what I'm learning in my relationship with God, it always comes back to love.

Love is the most precious gift the world has known.

Love changes everything.

Love came down to us. Will we open our eyes to see how love is everywhere around us?

All for His glory + always <3

Profound

I can breathe again.

*Sigh*

Finals are over and I have been officially on Christmas break for a week. Yay!

I want to be honest. When I am at IWU, there are other students who inspire and encourage me to dig deeper and find a faith that defines my life. Over the past 3 1/2 years, I have seen students' model faith that I want desperately. I think to myself, "If only I could have the type of faith they have. It would be amazing."

Now after much searching, prayer, and pleading, God has finally given me the type of faith I have been after for so long. And now that I possess it, I want everyone else to reach the point in their spiritual lives that faith they have wouldn't have to be sought in their friends, pastors, etc., rather it would live deep within them.

I confess getting to this point is hard work and doesn't just "happen."  One of the passions of my life is to see people grow into a type of faith that can't be contained, that isn't safe. It consumes who they are and they won't stop until everyone around them has witnessed that faith.

My prayer for IWU for the Spring semester is that we, as a student body, would move into a crazy passionate faith.

All for HIS glory + always <3

Everything I'm Striving for I'm Not Seeing

Up until this point, I lived in a way that reflected my heart and the desire to seek God, to truly live with Him.

Now life has gotten in the way. Finals week has approached and I make myself be busy to distract me from the call of God, to continue spending time with Him.

Everything I had, everything I wanted, is it gone? Beyond my reach?

I lived in the presence of God. It was intense. Have I lost it all because of fear? Fear that God has called me out of a mediocre life, out of everything I have ever known.

I don't know what any of this means but I just want to push everything out of the way so I just spend my life, daily, in pursuit of a passionate lfe, for His renown.

I want to get everything out there so that it's not in me any longer.

I want to be truly free to go with God: no matter where He's leading me.

All for His glory + <3

Passionate Faith

I wrote on complacent, mediocre, and convenient faith on my previous post.

God has shown me alot lately what it means to be passionate for Him. The more I spend with Him, the more passion grows in me to the point of overflowing.

What is more,  the passion for God has become the driving force of my life. One thing is for sure. Passion isn't an emotion. When someone is passionate, it shines from their life. They don't have to say a word.

It radiates from their life.

That is what I cling to. Right now. Today. It's all I have.

All for His glory

3 Types of Faith

Lately God has been calling me out of a life of comfort. He has revealed to me 3 different types of faith that may serve as hinderances in my relationship with Him.

The first one is complacent faith, which is essentially being satisfied with where I am in my relationship. It's stagnation: not wanting to move farther but not wanting to move closer either. It's just staying in the same place because it's comfortable.

The next one is mediocre faith which is just average and common faith. This faith just kind of blends in with everyone else's. There is nothing special about mediocrity. It's just getting by.

Both complacent and mediocre faith God has brought me through. It's the last one that God just revealed to me tonight.

And that is convenient faith. If I am busy with homework, friends, etc. I put a halt to my growth. I don't go out of my way to make spiritual growth a priority.

God doesn't call me to any of these types of faith. But rather one that not only can change my life, but the people around me as well.

That's the topic for my next post...

So check back!

All for HIS glory + Always <3