Look up.

Look up. Stop shuffling your feet. Quit pouting over these disappointments. Cease your empty thought, oh downtrodden spirit.

Stop. Raise your eyes. Look ahead. Do you see what I have in store for you? Do you see what your future holds? The wonders, the victories, the fullness of life in Me? Bursting with newness and fresh air, with Me, you will find purpose like nothing else! You will find triumph beyond compare. You will find strength you never knew you had in ME. You will experience trials and hardships where you dependence on Me will break your last hold on selfish loss. You will be fully exposed to my glorious divinity as I work in beyond your imagination. Do you believe me? It's true. Let me prove it to you.

So stop being distracted by the little things here in front of you, the small distractions of the moment. What was behind you is done, gone, forgiven. If you look up, breath in, you will see My work accomplished in you.

Now, Run towards Me, and don't you dare let up.

Moving on.

Sometimes life demands we grow up, be big kids, and say goodbye to the way things used to be.

No looking back. No tears. Hold your shoulders back and keep a steady gaze to the road ahead of you.

Change is inevitable. Change shapes and challenges us constantly to be in movement towards holiness. First, the old skin must be slowly peeled away in order to feel the wind, to touch the sunlight.

The question is, what will become of these gaping holes waiting to be filled?

"What I have ahead for you will not disappoint. In fact, it is unimaginably better than what was once important to you. Simply trust Me, let go, and allow your heart to be free in Me. But whatever happens, do not be afraid. Fear extinguishes the beauty found here, found now in the journey, and most certainly will distract you from My relentless gaze. Stop and look into My eyes. Don't look away, get comfortable with this. Captivated? I'm captivated by you.

Be. With. Me. Now."

Wake.

Good morning. The night lasted far too long.

Leap.

What would happen if this thinking stopped, and I took a radical leap of faith into the arms of the faithful one?

Oh, what could happen! What could be done! What walls could be broken and barriers destroyed! In the arms of the Faithful One.

I cannot see what is waiting for me off this mountain top, but I can taste it, I can smell it. I can feel it.

Fear, be gone. You will be blasted away by the rays of Christ's glory.

Go ahead, take a step. It may hurt at first, but He will not let you hit bottom. He can't.

Come back when you're ready.

I am far too easily distracted by you. Like a puppy bouncing about in a new home, but in a much more negative light. Bad sign, newbie. Bad sign.

Inadequacy.

Can there be something made from this mess? I stand here, in the dark, with a whelm of hopelessness taking my breath away.

I have dreams, but they are unattainable.

I have goals, but I am incapable.

I have desires, but pride awfully taints their potential.

What am I good at? Where are my gifts? What am I here for? I seem to be coming up blank, and it is gnawing at my composure.

Please, meet me here. I do not know what to do. I will not run to others to get find assurance. I need you now, will you be here?

Pause.I turned to the word because I do not know where else to go, and His word grants this peace.

2 Corinthians 12:9 "My grace is sufficient for you. My power is made perfect when you are weak."


2 Timothy 1:9 "...Who has called us and called us with a Holy calling, NOT according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Jesus Christ from all eternity."

Conclusion. I am desperately weak. He is able. I must learn to believe this.