Sunrise

Good morning, world! Good morning, Galveston! Wake up your sleepy head! See the love of Jesus flowing to you as He brings out this beautiful morning star!

It has been 5 days now since we arrived in Galveston to move this life sojourner into the apartment by the beach. It feels like a year has passed already! God is so wonderful! I cannot even express the joy and blessings He decided to send down to me. Just in the past couple of days, doors have been opened, hearts have been changed and strengthened, and most importantly, my Lord Jesus has been beautifully glorified! Even through my fear, my anxiety, my uncertainty, His Holy Spirit has given me confidence. He gave me resolution. He gave me peace. He gave me love. Totally undeserved. Completely indescribable. Absolute grace. Thank you, Lord.

I'm sitting in a coffee shop by the beach, just watching the sun come up. The waves are softly petting the sandy shore. It is a love pat from creation to creation, sweetly whispering, "Peace. Let's obey our Creator this day...and forever. Wait upon our Maker. Let's show the world His majesty."

That is my heart's desire this morning: to show this earth His majesty. I'm reading from my anatomy book right now...well, trying to as I find God's beauty so distracting. :-) But I also read in Galatians this morning. 1:11-12 "But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ."

How glorious that we, man, cannot save ourselves. We cannot make our own Gospel that is true and transforming. The works of our hands are dead. Any life-giving power is provided only through the Holy Spirit of Christ. Wow! I am so grateful! I am so glad that Jesus is the one who reveals Himself to us! And I don't want to make up my own rules of righteousness! It will lead to death! I do not want to lead any one down the path away from the purity of Christ's love.

So, this morning, as I seek to bring the Good News to my fellow medical students, to the people in this coffee shop, to the travellers of the globe, I pray that my thoughts be in submission to the authority of Jesus. That His honest and compassionate love flow through the vessel He has created and called in service. I pray this for all of you, my Brethren. May the Lord open our hearts to His absolute truth. And anything that we learn from man, may it be filtered and corrected and edified by God's Spirit and Word.

I love you with all of the love of Christ. Let's be like the waves today and obey...like a sweet melody to our King.

Tomorrow...you're only a day away

Today has been a most wonderful as well as wonderous day. The past evening contained a series of events that inevitably kept me awake into the wee hours of the morning. These events consisted of crying, talking, crying some more...and with a special man in my life...my father. I am so grateful for the moments of honesty and declaration shared with him. He is such a man after the Lord's heart and I'm overwhelmed by the fact that he loves me the way he does, with such conviction, purity, and truth.

Nevertheless, I woke up this morning with burning eyes and a tired body. I suggest not being emotional before you go to bed.

But today was still beautiful. And the Lord is really stretching me to have faith in Him....because I want things to be a certain way instantly and that simply is not how living life governed by a righteous and loving God.

So, I am just waiting for tomorrow...waiting for the right things to happen, praying for the Lord's grace and love to shower down like the rain we had today. All I truly want is to please the Father, and to do that well by being obedient. Only He truly holds everything I am, past, present, and future, together. I trust Him to lead me down the path of goodness and victory! to be able to use every bit of knowledge learned to give back to the spreading of Light and truth (the Gospel).

Can't wait for tomorrow! The sun will come out, tomorrow! I'll love ya tomorrow, you're only a day away!