Getting to know you...

Have you ever had the experience of thinking you know someone, only to find that you don't really?...I mean-- have you ever been a part of a circle of friends and assumed you had so n' so all figured out, only to feel you've met a stranger the first time you actually spend time together- one on one.

 ...Have you ever thought you had a relationship with God because you run in circles of Godly, church peoples and regularly attend worship practices and bible study groups? Have you ever come into the presence of God only to find you had the wrong idea about Him for far too long? 

Have you come to find you've completely boxed in The Almighty God, who is way far too immense for any type of box or human container or mindset or moral code? Could it be that God is far more gentle then this voice inside your head, you've dubbed, "Jesus?" 

Or maybe you've encountered the Holy Spirit and had a revelation->" He's actually Holy!" And so... different. He is different; set apart from ANYONE you've ever seen or heard or known. 

Hey, I've found myself in this place...more than a couple times! I'm starting to realize and/or re-realize some that God is God and His character is beautiful in every way. 

His standards are grace-filled and outstanding. His love is indescribable and absolutely unearned. He's more gentle than a whisper, while stronger than demolition bulldozer. He's in tune with what's going on everywhere with everyone at anytime. He's not hard to contact. His gift of relationship is free free gratiz free!!! ...If you only you'll believe.

 He desires to talk, to listen, and to guide His children. He is God. He is who He is. He will be who He will be. He will never change. He is Love. He is Savior. He is Father. He is faithful even when I am faithless. And even with the best vocab, he is beyond human description. 

He is Holy. 

I believe God wants me taking risks because he's not about playing it safe, like ever. He is dangerous. He is wild. He is free. And again, He is faithful. 

Isaiah 41:10 "Do not be afraid, I am with you..."

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.  My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”

 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

God, grant me courage and help me trust you in my walk. I need you, Jesus. May I come to know you more in 2013. May I walk abiding in you. May I become humbly reliant and in love with you.

Yours,

 Grace