Dance

I went home this weekend to watch my little brother sing and play the cello in three different performances for choir and orchestra.

Sunday morning my pastor mentioned how some people are trying to perform their way into favor with God. He said these people are living a works-based salvation because they have not embraced the fact that Christ has already won God’s favor for us.

Immediately God began to fill my soul with images and whispers He developed throughout the sermon, and even into communion. After taking the elements with my family in remembrance, I touched both hands to the altar and quietly cried to God, “It is finished!”

Several influential friends and family members have spoken the same message to me throughout 2011: Don’t be so hard on yourself, Meghan.

I heard their kind words and appreciated them, but my behavior remained the same. I tried to set myself free from my habit of striving to earn favor with God, and reprimanding myself for robbing Him of His glory or causing Him displeasure.

Do you see the problem with those “solutions”? Oh, I pray you do.

My eyes have been fixed inward instead of upward through all of this. It’s not about me. My salvation was not earned, but given. I have been covered by the blood of the Lamb – that means when God looks at me, He sees my forever High Priest: Jesus Christ – on whom God’s favor lies.

I cannot earn favor with God, nor can I displease Him. It is all finished in Jesus Christ. There is freedom in the cross.

I pray I never forget these precious words the Lord whispered to my soul Sunday morning:

I’m dancing on the stage of an empty auditorium when I hear my Father say, “The show is over, Meghan. My Son has brought it to completion. I am inviting you to step off the stage and dance with me through life into eternity. I know you don’t know the steps, but you do know the rhythm. Listen to my Spirit. Let me lead you in the dance. Freedom is here. Come, dance with me.”

Endure

“Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” -2 Timothy 3:12

Following Christ does not guarantee safety.

Following Christ does not guarantee happiness.

Following Christ guarantees danger.

Following Christ guarantees suffering.
Following Christ guarantees persecution.
Following Christ guarantees attacks.
Following Christ guarantees a constant battle.
Following Christ guarantees struggles.
Following Christ guarantees a fight.

But following Christ also guarantees salvation.
Following Christ guarantees forgiveness.
Following Christ guarantees redemption.
Following Christ guarantees hope.
Following Christ guarantees peace.
Following Christ guarantees joy.
Following Christ guarantees purpose.
Following Christ guarantees everlasting life.
Following Christ guarantees truth.
Following Christ guarantees love.
Following Christ guarantees His strength in our weakness.
Following Christ guarantees we will never be alone.
Following Christ guarantees He will forever hold us by the hand.

Following Christ is costly, but it is the only way.

“So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.” -2 Timothy 2:10

Am I willing?

Right Now

I have a world map hanging on the wall in my apartment next to my dining table to help remind me to actively pray for the nations. Today, while I was studying over my finance notes, I looked up at the map for just a moment, but my gaze was frozen. All of a sudden my heart beats quickened, my breaths deepened, and the tears began to rain down my face. My mind was immediately filled with images of people from every country in the world. Usually, when I pray for a country, I specifically lift up any local believers and missionaries that are present in the nation. I pray their light would shine bright in the darkness. Today was different. Today my heart broke for the dead: those who will die today who lived their whole life dead in their transgressions. Today I mourned over those who have not heard what I have heard - those who have not seen what I have seen: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. God is just. God is fair. God is sovereign. God is good. God has shown grace to me, a girl who deserves death. I pray He uses me to display His grace, rather than hide it in my heart. This is the word the Spirit led me to write in my finance notebook as I wept over the souls represented by the map of the world:


This world is dying
and I’m studying finance.
I’m reading about risk and return.
But I am not taking risks.
I am not living knowing Christ will return.
What if He came back today?
What would He find me doing?
Right now. Right this second.
I’m studying finance.
Right now. Right this second.
There are people
of all colors
of all nations
dying
never knowing the name
above all other names:
Jesus.
That all the world
will know
His name.
For all who call upon the
name of the Lord
shall be saved.
This world is dying
and I’m studying finance.

Help

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

Has the Lord redeemed you?

Then speak out!
Tell others He has redeemed you
from your enemies…

Some wandered in the wilderness…

“Lord, help!”

they cried in their trouble,
and He rescued them from their distress.
He led them straight to safety,
to a place where they could live.
Let them praise the Lord
for His great love and for the
wonderful things He has done for them…

Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,

Imprisoned in iron chains of misery…

“Lord, help!”

they cried in their trouble,
and He saved them from their distress.
He led them from the darkness
and deepest gloom;
He snapped their chains.
Let them praise the Lord
for His great love and for the
wonderful things He has done for them…

Some were fools; they rebelled and

suffered for their sins…

“Lord, help!”

they cried in their trouble,
and He saved them from their distress.
He sent out His word
and healed them,
snatching them from the door of death.
Let them praise the Lord
for His great love and the
wonderful things He has done for them…

Some went off to sea in ships…

“Lord, help!”

they cried out in their trouble,
and He saved them from their distress.
He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.
What a blessing was that stillness
as He brought them safely into harbor!
Let them praise the Lord
for His great love and for the
wonderful things He has done for them…

The godly will see these things

and be glad…

Those who are wise

will take all this to heart;
they will see
in our history
the faithful love
of the Lord.
                        -Psalm 107

Father,

I have been selfish.

I have turned away from your commands

and turned toward my selfish ways.

I am hurting.

My heart cannot long for you

whilst longing for what you
have already given.
My mind cannot contain
your visions from heaven
along with my world-centered thoughts
and self-centered ambitions.
 
I am lost.

I cannot hear your voice

when my whole self is
working so hard to listen
to the voices around me,
specifically, the voices above me.

I am wounded.

I cannot pick up my cross

and follow you
when my hands are reaching
for what is no longer.

I am desperate.

My deepest need for you

has surfaced
after I have sought sustenance
from nearly everything
apart from you.

Lord, help!

I am crying to you
in my trouble.
Rescue me from my distress.
Let all that I am praise you
for your great love and for the
wonderful things you have done
for me.

Thank you Lord,

for you are good.
Your faithful love
endures forever.
                        -Meghan

Nothing to Lose

"For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with Him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead...
You have died with Christ, and He has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world."
-Colossians 2:12, 20

Can you imagine what life would look like if we grasped that we have already died with Christ? That we have already been raised to new life by trusting in Him? That through Christ we have conquered the grave and now experience life everlasting?

I imagine we would take more risks, pray with faith beyond measure, and dream BIG for the glory of His Name.

Let's live a life worthy of the calling God has placed on us. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Praying His Word becomes our reality,
Meghan

Trust

Over the past few weeks the Lord has opened my eyes to see so much revealed truth – I could write a book about it (and maybe one day I will). But for now, all He is leading me to share with you is the prayer His Spirit laid on my heart as soon as He woke me up this morning. I pray God uses this prayer to draw you nearer to Him in unhindered adoration:

Wow Father, Psalm 105 is such a powerful testimony of your sovereign will and your care in every detail of your perfect plan.

Following you in obedience is sure to come with struggles and persecution, but your hand will guide me and protect me every step of the way.

You go before me and you follow behind me.

Your Spirit is with me wherever I go.

There is no place I can escape from your presence.

There is nothing that can separate me from your love.

You send your chosen people before me to accomplish your purposes.

You will send your chosen people behind me to further fulfill your plans.

God, I was orphaned in this world, alone in my sin, and you picked me and adopted me into your family when you called me your daughter.

You have chosen me because of your grace.

So out of your grace, I ask, Father, that you will send me as one of your chosen children to fulfill a piece of your greater purposes for your glory.

I want the rest of my life to be committed to one thing: TRUSTING YOU FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME.

Whether my life concludes today, or if it extends further, I ask that out of your great wealth of strength and mercy, that you will reveal to me in every moment how to exist solely to TRUST YOU FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME.

God, I believe that if my every breath brings forth that belief – all else will follow.

I will worship you.

I will tell of all the things you have done.

I will pray to you with faith.

I will daily pick up my cross and follow you.

I will love you, and therefore, love the world.

I will live justly, in a right relationship with you, and therefore, spread justice through righteousness in all I do around this earth.

When others see me – they will see Jesus.

When you see me – you see Jesus.

May my every step serve to TRUST IN YOU FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME, meanwhile pointing others to you.

May the face of Christ, and the definition of grace – the Cross – be written all over me and all I do, speak, sing, pray, write, think, dream, and believe.

I am your masterpiece created in you to do good works which you have prepared in advance for me to do.

I want to forever trust in you with all my heart, and lean not on my own understanding. In all I do, speak, sing, pray, write, think, dream, and believe, I want to acknowledge you – for you alone make my paths straight.

You are the way, the truth, and the life – no one can come to the Father except through your Son, Jesus.

For it is by grace I have been saved, through faith, and this is not of myself – it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.

I was bought with a price. I am no longer my own. I am yours.

SO HERE AM I. SEND ME.

I trust you Father,

Meg

Identity Christ Is

“For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God Himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband – Christ. But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.” -2 Corinthians 11:2-3

This week has been filled with questions, and the Lord has pruned my soul with each one.

A week ago I made myself sick with stress as I broke into tears beneath the burden I so quickly loaded on my shoulders.

I was taking 21 college credit hours and working a job on campus while maintaining my extra-curricular responsibilities. God never asked me to do that. But I did. Why?

It is both humbling and disturbing to realize sin manages to creep into our lives each day. I think the worst part is that so often we are oblivious to its stronghold in our lives.

“You put up with it when someone enslaves you, takes everything you have, takes advantage of you, takes control of everything, and slaps you in the face.” -2 Corinthians 11:20

In over 16 years of schooling, I have never put significant focus on my grades. I usually tried my best, but never stressed about making that A – until I realized I could make all A’s my latter-half of college.

Being a perfectionist to the core, the double 4.0 GPA boost, my name on the Dean’s List, and the “honors” student title not only enticed me, but they each combined to fuel a new personal addiction.

Whether you want to call it a struggle, an idol, a secret sin, a stronghold, or an addiction – my latest is simply this: performance.

Knowing academic perfection was becoming within reach, I formed a tight grip on my new resume additions and was not letting go.

“How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?” -Galatians 3:3

I got permitted to take 21 hours this fall, forced into the classes I needed to be in and hired for the job I applied for. With every door that opened, I felt like I needed to walk through it. God never asked me to do that. But I did. Why?

My new 4.0 standard was quickly permeating my relationships as I found myself easily angered with my innocent family members when they did not view extensive studying as a crucial part of my day.

This performance mentality immediately translated into my spirituality.

“You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth? It certainly isn’t God, for He is the one who called you to freedom.” -Galatians 5:7-8

Each day I would examine myself and analyze whether God was glorified in me that day. Each day I fell short of my expectations, and I did not let myself forget it.

“More of you and less of me” categorized my prayers in a twisted way I am sure Paul never intended.

God never pulled out a measuring stick for my faith, and He certainly never asked me to. But I did. Why?

Somewhere in the midst of the last nine months I have spent desiring for the Lord to be the ONE I worship, I have lost myself in Christ. But this is not the sentimental Christian radio tune about losing myself in the unending love of Christ kind of lost – I lost myself and I did not know how to find me again.

All I could think about was Jesus. In every situation of every minute in the day, all I could see was Jesus. No matter the question, the only answer I could imagine was Jesus.

We are called to live in the world, but not be of it. As followers of Christ, we are called to make disciples. One basic requirement of that divine call is to be able to relate to those still stumbling in the dark.

I had lost touch with my ability to relate with those who have yet to believe the Good News of Jesus Christ.

“Meghan, these days it seems like someone has to love Jesus to be able to love you,” a wise and precious woman told me. “I don’t believe Jesus ever wanted to be a fence between us and relationships.”

I believe the Holy Spirit used this woman to speak a mighty truth into my soul yesterday.

I have been so adamant about pursuing my relationship with Christ, that I have slowly stopped fervently pursuing His people in this world whom He is waiting to redeem.

The more I stared into the face of Christ, the more He turned my eyes to see His people crying out for a Savior. But every time He shifted my focus from upward to outward – I shifted it right back up, and ultimately, right back in to myself.

I have dedicated far too many prayers to repeatedly requesting the Lord’s presence would shine through me to the degree that when people meet me, they would see Jesus. How selfish and unbelieving can I be?

As a daughter of the Most High King, the Lord has my heart – all I am is His. Of course He is going to make Himself known through me – and there is nothing I can do on my own to make that happen.

All I can do is trust in the Lord’s faithfulness with open hands and a surrendered spirit.

“Rather, I am a sinner if I rebuild the old system of law I already tore down. For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law – I stopped trying to meet all its requirements – so that I might live for God. My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.” -Galatians 2:18-21

This story is not about me. It is all about HIM.

Praise God He opened my eyes to the burdens He never asked me to carry this week. Praise Him for encouraging me to let go as I dropped a class, dropped a job, and finally dropped my performance analysis.

Today Christ set me free from my sin I had become such good friends with. Christ set me free from worrying about myself, so I can see the needs of those around me that Christ longs to meet.

I can only preach freedom to the degree in which I have experienced it. Praise God for His unending grace He lavishes on His children at all times! The Lord is good, and He is forever worthy to be praised.

“So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.” -Galatians 5:1

God is molding us each day for His glory. What is keeping you from fully experiencing the freedom of what has already been done in Christ today?

I pray you would join me in learning how to find joy in living a life of freedom in the Lord. The more we love Him, the more He will love His people through us. So let us embrace love. Let us embrace CHRIST.

Praying for you as we intentionally pray for this world,

Meghan

Mystery Uncovered

Tears streamed down my face beneath the veil of black sunglasses as the Holy Spirit invaded my heart on a mission: to take captive and destroy the idol well on its way to becoming more precious to me than my King Jesus.

I am so weak. In times like these the Lord reminds me of just how powerless I am.

God blesses me in countless ways, but rather than giving those blessings back to Him for His namesake, I allow those blessings to posses my heart - over time diluting whatever glory they were designed to bring the Lord.

I felt a war waging in my soul as my flesh fought with all its strength to hold tight to my idol I have found such temporary delight in. But there is none like Jesus.

Almost as if someone slammed into my chest, inevitably knocking the wind out of me, I felt my Strong Tower demolish the walls I have been building around my idol, higher and higher, as if to hide it from the eyes of God and protect it from His cleansing power.

"He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; He brings light to the deepest gloom... What He destroys cannot be rebuilt." -Job 12:22, 14

Scripture says, for those of us whom Christ has redeemed, He has called us out of the darkness and into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9).

So let us live in the light!

Easier said than done. As we walk in the flesh through a world of darkness we crave the things this world has to offer. Not only do we crave them, but we cling tightly to these idols.

But for those of us who have been redeemed, Christ has called us to walk in the freedom and power of His Spirit.

It has been easy for me to assume that if I seek to walk in the Spirit, then I will not bow down to idols. Oh, but how pride does come before the fall!

So how do we not fall prey to our idols? How do we not return to our wicked ways? How do we not be like dogs who return to their own vomit (2 Peter 2:22)?

Scripture instructs us to seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness. As followers of Christ, we are to hate what is evil and cling to what is good. But how do we do that?

I cannot tell you how to live in the light of Christ today. However, I can share with you how Jesus is leading me to live in His light on this day.

1. Allow Him to shine His light in the darkness I tend to gravitate toward.
2. Welcome His destruction of anything and everything competing for His absolute reign in my life.
3. Be willing to endure the pain of His purification.
4. Faithfully anticipate and receive His restoration.
5. Pray. In my waking and my sleeping, in my gladness and my weeping, let everything I am come before the Father in prayer, submission and praise.

While reading a novel beside the Florida waters this morning, the Spirit had me write this honest and vulnerable prayer in the margins:

"Father, help me to let go and no longer be possessed by this dream, but rather be possessed by your Spirit. I don't know how to surrender. I have lost myself in this dream. Help me to lose myself in you. I want to let go of this world, pick up my cross and follow you. No matter the cost. Show me how to surrender, not just for today, but for always. Make my heart eternally YOURS. Help me to let go and trust in you alone. Show me how to love you and find all my love in you."

All glory to God: our Father, our Everlasting and our Deliverer,

Meghan

Brevity of Life

"Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom." -Psalm 90:12

As I waltzed into Cafe Brazil this morning asking for a table for three, I was giddy with anticipation about the 1 John Bible study about to take place. After my first sip of my beloved bottomless cup of coffee, I realized our 1 John study brunch was, in fact, not going to take place this morning.

Thanks to a giant miscommunication, I found myself sitting at an empty table with three menus and a cup of coffee I wanted to get my money's worth out of. Instead of sheepishly asking for a check and leaving, I pulled out my Bible and dove into Psalm 90.

Have you ever taken the time to ponder how brief our life is? When we experience the passing of someone near to us, it always seems to serve as a reminder that we are not guaranteed tomorrow, but that is not what I am talking about. Have you thought seriously about the progression of our lifetime?

"For you (God), a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning. In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered." (vs. 4-6)

Granted, when someone we know dies, we remember we know not the number of our days. But Scripture says, "Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble" (vs. 10).

When I read that, all I could think about was my life and the lives of my peers. At 21 years of age, many would say I am in the midst of the best years of my life. Why is it, then, that so many of us young adults are drowning in our addictions to alcohol, drugs, sex, pride, envy, greed, lust, lies, status, accomplishments, possessions, anger, depression, selfishness, and all else apart from Christ?

Verse eight says, "You (God) spread out our sins before you - our secret sins - and you see them all."

When I think about it that way, it is easy to see why the psalmist wrote that even the best years of our lives are filled with trouble and pain. With life seemingly hinging on the decisions we make in these "glory days", it is easy to lose sight of seeking first the Kingdom of God, and instead seek first the Kingdom of self.

I believe if we are truly honest with ourself, we will be unable to ignore the self-gratification that permeates our each and every day. Why is that? Because we are a fallen people living in a world filled with billions who have ALL fallen short of the glory of God.

I never understood fully why I cannot just "go and sin no more". Christ saved me. In Him we are more than conquerers. He has given me victory over sin and death, so why, then, do I fall prey to temptations time and time again?

By no means do I think I will ever come to a complete understanding of this dilemma, but this I do know: I still live to worship God in my flesh as I live in a world ruled by the enemy. Until I see Jesus face-to-face, perfection will never be achieved in me, but it will be desired.

As I finished my second cup of coffee at Cafe Brazil, I realized I have been desiring to please God by my own strength and discipline. No wonder I fail! And no wonder I feel ashamed when I do!

If I desire to live out 1 John 2:6, which says, "Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did", then I must call on God the Father, fall into Jesus the Son, and rely on the Holy Spirit to do so!

I realize this may come across as supremely basic, but lately I have noticed the deepest truths God is instilling in me are the bare basics of faith.

Verse two says, "Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God."

The Lord alone holds all power, wisdom, and honor.

"Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve." (vs. 11)

But even in the face of the fierce storm of God's fury, the first verse says, "Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!"

May God be my home in the morning and in the evening. I know I am prone to flourish in the morning, wither in the evening, and live the best years of my life in pain - but I ask, from the depths of my soul and in genuine humility, that God will lead me on a different path.

I pray verse 14 unto the Lord, "Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives."

Whether God gives me fifty more years to breathe, or just enough breath for today - I long for my life to sing the sweetest notes unto my Heavenly Father and into the world.

As I feel myself falling in love with my King more with each step of this wild journey of faith, to Him be the glory both now and forevermore.

Learning to live as one who has been brought to life by Jesus Christ,
Meghan

Breath of Life

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Lately I have been journeying through the Psalter, and after reading Psalm 67 today, the Spirit compelled me to read through the book of 1 John.

Don’t you love how the Lord works all things together – every single detail – to draw us nearer to Him and His love? I am grateful I have been saved so that I might rest and live in that unending love of God in every moment.

Friends, as I read through 1 John, I could not help but be hit harder with a truth the Spirit began lay on my heart this morning before I even opened His written Word.

As I tried to ease my way into Saturday morning, I listened to a CD I got late last night from an amazing South African band, Harbourlight, we took our teenagers to go see at a youth worship event. God used several of the lyrics to speak to my soul, but the song entitled, “Jesus Breathing” was a catalyst for spiritual growth today.

Not only do we find life when we receive Christ, and not only do we live in Him, but friends, JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN US.

I cannot tell you how many times I have heard that spoken on and off stage, sung in huge congregations or in my car, read in Christian living books or in the living Word of God, or prayed over me or someone else. Too many times to count. But today was the first day the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see the truth: JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN ME.

If you have called on the name of Christ, Scripture says you are adopted into the family of God. For all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved. The moment we receive the saving grace of Jesus Christ, we are also given His Holy Spirit who lives in us and reigns over us. JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN YOU. JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN ME. JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN US.

Though Christ breathed His last 2,000 years ago, as He hung on the cross of Calvary, paying the debt of our sins, He rose – and JESUS IS STILL BREATHING.

14 years ago I surrendered my dead life to find true life in Christ. When I was 7 years old I gave all of me to Jesus so He might be all of me. I belong to Jesus. I am His. And Jesus is mine. JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN ME.

No matter how dark this world may seem to get, no matter how much I feel I have gone astray – JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN ME. In all I do, my Master leads me into the light of His love, His truth, His life – Himself. The same is true for all those who have called on the name of Jesus Christ to set them free from the slavery of their sin and the evil one.

As I wake in the morning and take slow, deep breaths - JESUS IS BREATHING.

As I meditate on God’s Word, and quietly wait before Him because my hope is in Him – JESUS IS BREATHING.

As I step into the day and walk by the will of the Father, fulfilling all He has ordained for this daughter of His that day – JESUS IS BREATHING.

As I wash the day off, and reflect on what the Lord has done that day in thanksgiving – JESUS IS BREATHING.

As I fall to sleep in the evening and take slow, deep breaths – JESUS IS BREATHING.

JESUS LIVES. I AM ALIVE BECAUSE JESUS LIVES IN ME.

JESUS LIVES IN THE LIVES OF HIS CHILDREN ACROSS THE EARTH.

Have you ever thought about that? I had not until the Spirit wrote His thoughts on my soul today.

In my 21 years of living, the Lord has shown me His face each day in our time together – and our time in the world. Friends, we are surrounded by the many faces of Christ as we interact with our brothers and sisters who share the same Holy Spirit that dwells within us. JESUS IS BREATHING.

2,000 years later, JESUS IS BREATHING in the lives of His precious creation all around the world.

But can you imagine living in a place where you are not surrounded by the many faces of Christ each day? What if you lived somewhere where the only breath of Christ you felt is His breath within you? JESUS IS BREATHING.

People are suffocating in places throughout the earth without the breath of Christ.

JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN ME. JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN YOU. JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN US. JESUS LIVES IN THE LIVES OF HIS CHILDREN ACROSS THE EARTH. JESUS LIVES. I AM ALIVE BECAUSE JESUS LIVES IN ME. JESUS IS BREATHING.

May we breathe in the breath of Christ until He brings us home to Heaven,

Meghan

“No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and His love is brought to full expression in us. And God has given us His Spirit as proof that we live in Him and He in us… All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God… God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face Him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world… We love each other because He loved us first.” – 1 John 4 (just a taste of a book full of rich truth and wisdom from God)