Another Journal Entry

Feb. 2, 2013
"He's a lot more interesting that us, but He never gets bored with you.  He is fascinating beyond imagination, but we get bored with Him." - Mike Bickle

"Keep your silver and your gold, your riches untold, 'cause all I want, all I want is Jesus." - spontaneous worship

"You are the Vine and we are the branches...come prune these branches inside of me that steal from Your glory." - spontaneous worship

"I can speak Spanish and read the menu at Taco Bell at the same time!" - some random guy at FCF

Feb. 3, 2013
"My friends, my 'good Christian' friends back home are like, 'Dude, dial it down.'  I'm like, 'Dude, I'm not even on yet." - random guy at GPR

My core group just spent about 15 minutes praying on the lifelines.  Right at the end, as I kept repeating, "Fight for Your children," I got a mental "video" of a person holding a baby in one hand and a raised knife in the other.  A sword was hacking at the knife and blocking it, but the person was still trying to kill the baby.  Finally, Jesus snatched the baby away and held him close, then passed him on to a family that would love him.  The person with a knife would get a new baby each time, but Jesus did the same thing with each one.  May He do the same for each child facing abortion now and forever.

I've always loved Psalm 45:10-11, "Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear: forget your people and your father's house.  The King is enthralled by your beauty; honor Him, for He is your Lord."  But I've always focused on the first part of verse 11 and sort of skimmed the rest.  The rest is what we're supposed to do.
It's saying, "Listen to this advice and consider it: forget the opinions of your family, your friends, and those you grew up with.  Why?  Because Jesus is enthralled (delighted to the point of distraction) with you.  With you!  He deserves your honor, 'cause He is your Lord."
Those two verses aren't just a compliment; they are an invitation.  I, for one, am accepting.

Feb. 11, 2013
"All my favorite people are in the bathroom!"  Oh, the random things I hear during prayer room bathroom breaks.

Oh, BTW, life is when your heart is trying to beat out through your chest to get to Jesus.

Feb. 12, 2013
I don't care what anyone else tells me.  God is beautiful.  He's so beautiful!

So...I'm going to be an equally-yoked bride.  With Christ.
Okay, read that again.  And again.  And again, but think about it this time.
IS YOUR MIND BLOWN YET?!?!?
Seriously, equally yoked with Divinity?  I will never fully grasp it this side of eternity.

Filler post

So, this is just a pathetic little filler post while I wait to remember to bring my journal for a real one.  Consider this a promise of a better post to come sometime this week.

I'm now on spring break through the 21st, so I'll be catching up on rest and having some Jesus time.  Not that I don't get Jesus time during this internship, I just don't get much quiet, one-on-one Jesus time.  It's pretty much a choice between as much Jesus time as I want and as much sleep as I need.  I've been compromising and not really getting either, but during break my time is my own.  *happy dance*

Okay, I have to go.  Rabbi is driving Lindsey to the airport, Maria is going so they don't break the no one-on-ones rule, and I'm going along so Maria and Rabbi don't break it on the ride back.  Later, I promise!

Praise God

(Pardon the shouting.  I had to emphasize this somehow, and I bet most people still won't really get this.)

The blood Jesus shed on the cross was the human blood of the incarnate Deity.  Jesus died for me.  That means that I am worth more to God than the life and blood of Deity incarnate.  MY VALUE EXCEEDS THAT OF THE LIFE AND BLOOD OF DEITY INCARNATE.

Top that.

Top that?  No problem.

Because I have entered by faith into a relationship with Deity through Deity incarnate, I have been given the fullness of God, Holy Spirit, to live inside of me.  INSIDE OF ME.  GOD.  INSIDE OF ME.  And that's just a down payment on my eternal inheritance.  THE FULLNESS OF GOD DWELLING INSIDE OF ME IS ONLY A DOWN PAYMENT ON WHAT HE WILL ULTIMATELY GIVE ME.

With Holy Spirit inside of me, I have everything required to live in total perfection.  But because of my broken flesh, I can't.  However, because I have entered by faith into this relationship with perfect Divinity, the perfection of Deity incarnate has been given to me.  God sees me as perfect.  He sees me as equal to the Christ.

SERIOUSLY.  I AM AS PERFECT IN GOD'S EYES AS JESUS IS.

But it gets even better.

Because God sees me as perfect (Song of Solomon 4:7, if you don't believe me), I will spend eternity in heaven with the Almighty Deity instead of in the pit of hell I deserve to be in right now.  I am worthy and deserving of hell, but the blood of Deity incarnate has made me worthy and deserving of Himself.  He doesn't just see me as worthy of Himself; He has actually made me worthy of Deity.  GOD HAS MADE ME WORTHY OF HIMSELF.  GOD HAS MADE ME WORTHY OF HIMSELF.  GOD HAS MADE ME WORTHY OF HIMSELF.

Ain't no way to emphasize that enough, yo.  And there's only one thing I can say to that:

Praise God.