I'm in love with Jesus :)

I am so in love with Jesus.

I could just blog that one sentence and be done for today.

Today God gave me the humble privilege to speak to an amazing group of people at Kirkland Foursquare Church. I had so much fun. God blew me away. I was able to share my testimony, talk about the fact that we are God's masterpiece no matter what has happened in our lives, and share how God brought me out of captivity. I am so in love with Jesus!

I was able to pray with some precious women and hear their hurts and darkness. It was such a special time for me to be praying for women looking for freedom. Let's just say God met us all there today!

The church that I go to is doing a 21 day fast. Some people are fasting from food...and you will be happy to know God did not approve of me fasting from food. I went to God in prayer and asked what He would like me to fast from. There were a few things. The first is coffee...oh I will miss my coffee in the morning...I think this is more of an obedient issue than it is if I drink too much coffee. I believe God is looking for me to fast from it, as another step to following His direction. One of the other things is a fast from................wearing make up......I definitely went back to Him on that one...I know~vanity~I have worn makeup since I was 12....and I am 43. But I am doing it. The great thing is that the fast started today. The day I spoke in front of people I didn't know.

I love God...the fact that I was talking about finding our value in Christ and not in the world and knowing that He asked me to stand there in front of this group of people, with no makeup was a great part of being able to share that it doesn't matter what we look like. It only matters what our heart looks like. That was fun. I was vunerable and stripped. Just where God wants us!

If you could pray for my sweet daughter Megan. She is getting a root canal tomorrow, but last night she was in excruciating pain. We were up most of last night. It was heart breaking to watch her be in so much pain. We tried so many things to stop the pain but nothing helped. Finally after a second pain killer, she fell asleep at 5 am. But she was so sweet and got up at 8 so she could come listen to me speak. I pray that she is free of pain tonight and gets to sleep in peace.

I can't even express in words tonight how amazed I am with God. Romans 8:28 is so true...."And we know that god causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." Today in my morning devotions I was reading Oswald Chambers. He said "We should more frequently allow our minds to meditate on these great massive truths of God." The bible is full of promises. What if we believed them with all of our hearts? What if we really understood what those promises could mean to us?

I encourage you to meditate on His "great massive truths" this week.

And I also encourage you to look in the mirror and see what an awesome masterpiece you are. Because I know for a fact that you are because God's "great massive truth" says it in black and white and that is a promise.

I am tired tonight!

Love, Teresa