I love March. Here's why: 1. My birthday, 2. March Madness, 3. Spring (or the end of winter), 4. St. Patrick's Day (it's fun to pinch people), 5. Mardi Gras/Easter, depending on how the calendar falls. I mean seriously, it's by far the greatest month of the year. Tons of great things to celebrate, and usually the weather starts to get nice outside! So let's all pay homage to the month of March, our dear friend who brings joy to the masses.
I am finally starting to feel like myself again after being sick with bronchitis for 2 solid weeks. It was rough, but I am back! Can't wait to start Zumba again this week and eat something more than chicken noodle soup. Seth is on Spring Break this week, so he'll get to sleep in everyday, which will make me very mad. Grrr. Oh, well, he'll get payback the first week in April when I'm sleeping in and he's the one getting up at 6 am! Let the countdown begin.
The book I am reading right now, The Sacred Romance by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis is absolutely fantastic. God is so good about giving us what we need when we need it. If I had read this book a few years or even a few months ago I don't think I would've understood it the way I do now. Life is just not easy, and it's not simple. Well, it is and it isn't. It should be simple, but because of sin, we complicate everything. We stay so focused on our little "me-world" and try to manipulate the world around us to fit how we see it and want for things to be. All the while trying to please 15 people and be who we think they want us to be, including God. We adapt to our surroundings. But God created us very intentionally, specifically, and purposefully. Life is the journey of becoming that person. The first step is to get to know God in an INTIMATE way, because how can we know who we are without knowing our Creator?? He created us for love and relationship and glory, and He is soooo good! When we spend quality time with Him every day, we have a better understanding of who He is, which helps us to understand who we are. We are after all, a reflection of Him. To truly know ourselves, we must first know Him. I am just now, after many years of being a "Christian", really getting to know Him on an intimate level. I have known about Him for a while, even talked to Him a lot. Didn't do a while lot of listening though, and never really sat at His feet in awe of who He is. It is so beautiful to sit at His feet.
I will leave you tonight with a quote from The Sacred Romance. "The Spirit has come to empower us to continue the invasion of the kingdom, which is primarily about freeing the hearts of others to live in the love of God." Now THAT'S purpose.
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