With the fire behind me, and the river before me, running strong, crystal clear water with pure white rapids. I enter into the water one step at a time with old tattered clothes from my past, my body covered in scares and wounds from battles he’s lead me through. I sit down and the water envelops me. As fast as the water is pulling I stay planted where I sat down. Jesus from the shore enters into the water and I am suddenly aware of all my dirtiness that He sees. All fear leaves me, as he loves me perfectly and wipes away my tears and touches every single wound and scar on my body with tears in his eyes and compassion seeping through his expression. Then he baptizes me in the pure water, and I am immersed completely in all that he is. My body is made new, every scar every cut is gone without a trace, as if it never existed before. When I am lifted back up out of the living water my clothes now consist of a beautiful white dress…. (The most beautiful wedding dress I have ever seen in my life…. ) I fall into my lover/ saviors arms and weep as tears fall from my praises and the fragrance is that of a sweet perfume. In that moment I know as I rest in His arms I am sweetly broken and in a holy surrender. I also am aware that I am loved completely by my God and that I am exactly what He is looking for and exactly what He has been desiring in a bride.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Sweetly Broken
Earlier I mentioned the holy 2x4 that the Lord hit me with while my Brazilian Mom was here. Part of that was he gave her a vision about how my walk with the Lord has been ever sense I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior 6 ½ years ago. It was hard to swallow and to hear that I had not fully submitted all of me to him, and that I needed my life to truly be sanctified more and more for him everyday. Honestly, I thought my life was sanctified…. Apparently not. I also need to soften my heart completely before the Lord and allow him reign completely over all that I am. Those things are good to hear, but at the same time the accountability factor comes in and I am required to do something about it… The day after I was hit with all that I was talking with the Lord about it and wrestling with it, and confessing that I desired to do all that he placed before me I just did not know how to go about it. While I was sitting in the calm of the quite, before him He gave me the most intimate vision and it’s what I remember everyday when I wake up and it is what I call on in times of my struggles. The Lord has placed on my heart to declare what He has shown me and to share it:
With the fire behind me, and the river before me, running strong, crystal clear water with pure white rapids. I enter into the water one step at a time with old tattered clothes from my past, my body covered in scares and wounds from battles he’s lead me through. I sit down and the water envelops me. As fast as the water is pulling I stay planted where I sat down. Jesus from the shore enters into the water and I am suddenly aware of all my dirtiness that He sees. All fear leaves me, as he loves me perfectly and wipes away my tears and touches every single wound and scar on my body with tears in his eyes and compassion seeping through his expression. Then he baptizes me in the pure water, and I am immersed completely in all that he is. My body is made new, every scar every cut is gone without a trace, as if it never existed before. When I am lifted back up out of the living water my clothes now consist of a beautiful white dress…. (The most beautiful wedding dress I have ever seen in my life…. ) I fall into my lover/ saviors arms and weep as tears fall from my praises and the fragrance is that of a sweet perfume. In that moment I know as I rest in His arms I am sweetly broken and in a holy surrender. I also am aware that I am loved completely by my God and that I am exactly what He is looking for and exactly what He has been desiring in a bride.
With the fire behind me, and the river before me, running strong, crystal clear water with pure white rapids. I enter into the water one step at a time with old tattered clothes from my past, my body covered in scares and wounds from battles he’s lead me through. I sit down and the water envelops me. As fast as the water is pulling I stay planted where I sat down. Jesus from the shore enters into the water and I am suddenly aware of all my dirtiness that He sees. All fear leaves me, as he loves me perfectly and wipes away my tears and touches every single wound and scar on my body with tears in his eyes and compassion seeping through his expression. Then he baptizes me in the pure water, and I am immersed completely in all that he is. My body is made new, every scar every cut is gone without a trace, as if it never existed before. When I am lifted back up out of the living water my clothes now consist of a beautiful white dress…. (The most beautiful wedding dress I have ever seen in my life…. ) I fall into my lover/ saviors arms and weep as tears fall from my praises and the fragrance is that of a sweet perfume. In that moment I know as I rest in His arms I am sweetly broken and in a holy surrender. I also am aware that I am loved completely by my God and that I am exactly what He is looking for and exactly what He has been desiring in a bride.
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2 comments:
can't wait to see the 2x4 in action. :)
yeah it should be exciting!!! Growing pains hurt but the end result is always amazing!
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