Good Friday

Mmmm. Good Friday. I just came home from the Good Friday service at my church. How great and amazing our Jesus is. My heart broke tonight a hundred times over for what my Jesus did for me- the anguish, the unspeakable pain, not only physically, but the incredible spiritual pain and sorrow of being separated from the Father. My Jesus drank my suffering and my humanity to the dregs. My Jesus took the blows of betrayal, the taunting, the loneliness, all because of his love for me. All because he loved his children so much, he was willing to be crucified alongside of us, and to be crucified with us every day. It blows my mind. How do I even go about thanking him for what he's done? This is all I can do: I will give him my life, my very being is his. And though its not enough, my Jesus looks on me with pride, and with a deep love in his eyes. He is delighted with me; he says, "My darling, how could I do any different? There was no question about what I would choose- oh, how I love you." Good Friday. Good, good Friday, the day my Jesus saved me.

Ah yes... it's that time of year. I have yet to understand the concept of Senior pictures :/ but my annoying tendency to freak out about explaining age-old traditions aside, my good friend Sunny Walker took these and I think she did a fantabulous job.

Spiritual Hunger

Tonight and tomorrow is the 30hr famine during which I and some of my church family literally fast for 30 hours until later tomorrow afternoon. The great thing about the famine is that as I physically hunger for food, I get this super-connection to the Father, and I feel the hunger pains I have for him just as acutely as my physical tummy-rumblings. It's really a fantastic anomaly because the more I feel the consequences of depriving myself of physical food, the more I find my soul being filled to the point of bursting with all the good and wonderful things God has for me, and his Word and Presence. It's such a beautiful time. Praise the Father, who feeds the hungry with living food and water that gives everlasting life!

Come My Beloved Summer.

So, um, I am soooooo excited for this summer. So very excited. The Holy Spirit tugs and pulls, and his kingdom is like a massive cumulous cloud, hovering over my heart. I anticipated the downpour, I thirst for it, I want to drown in it.
Some kingdom stuff that's happening in the nearish future: FOUR LEGACY CAMPS!!!!! Potential art retreat to Tammy's in Texas! AFRICAAFRICAAFRICA next fall! Oh Boy! I'm so ready to be employed by the Kingdom of Heaven-- updates to follow...