Everlasting Arms

Last night I had a dream that I woke up in the morning and it was September 20th and I still had so many wedding 'to-dos' still to-do! Even when I realized that it was a dream, I still felt anxious and uneasy as I started my morning routine. Then I got in my car and headed to the house of prayer where I listened to Jon Thurlow sing all the right things that I needed to hear.

"I have a testimony about Jesus

He carries me through my worst storms

I only call on Jesus

I'm leaning on His everlasting arms!"

I wrote those words down and carried them in my pocket the rest of the day. While I stood in the elevator with a cart full of laundry at work I sang them and reminded myself of how faithful God has been! I need only look to Him and He will put things into perspective. My charge is to abide in the vine, to stay connected to my power source, to live in continual prayer. Things get so skewed when they stray from simple and pure devotion to Jesus Christ. It's really not a mystery. 

The summer is going so fast. It feels like so much is going on! One of my closest friends, McKenzie had her first child this weekend, my housemates Ryan & Noelle graduate from Bethany College of Missions this Saturday, went to a Paurus family reunion and got to meet some of my future family, and there is less than 2 months till I get married!!! My main focus right now is to keep a steady lifestyle of devotion to Jesus in the midst of such a whirlwind. After much suggestion from Jake, I recently purchased the book "7 Commitments of a Forerunner" by Mike Bickle and I'm diving into that. It challenges the reader to live wholeheartedly for Jesus in 7 different areas of life and I'm looking forward to the extra motivator.