I’m back

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last wrote.  You know what they say: time flies when you’re having fun.  Our trip to FL was wonderful, if a little cold.  The kids so enjoyed seeing their Grandma Jules, and their two uncles, …and Shamu, again.  O and I had two date nights — one of them included probably the best meal I’ve had in about 10 years at this place called Seasons 52.  And we’ve even been keeping up with the date nights since then — not every week, but about every other, which is much better than we were doing before.

Other than that, I’ve thrown myself into the discipleship program at our church, and we’ve been celebrating early holidays, new babies, and more with friends and family.  My job has also been very busy.  I just helped launched a brand new social network for people with diabetes, and it’s pretty cool if I do say so myself.  So I guess it’s easy to see how I let the writing slip for a few weeks…

But now that we’re caught up, I’m going to be writing more than ever.  My pastor has been teaching a lot lately about the importance of getting alone with Yahweh and asking Him for instructions.  It’s so important to know exactly who He created you to be and where you fit into the larger vision/plan for the Body of Moshiach (Messiah).  Although I’ve received plans from Him before, I always like to check back in from time to time as I grow to see if I’m still hearing the same things and to get more specifics on exactly what I should be doing for this particular season in my life.  Yahweh has so much more in store for us than we can even begin to fathom, so He can only show us small pieces at a time in order to not freak us out.  Sometimes the pieces may not even seem to fit together, but the larger our view point becomes with time and steadfastness, the more it all begins to make sense.

Wow, I’m psyching myself up for that alone time with Him even now as I’m writing this.  I just noticed as I was reading in Luke yesterday that Yahshua spent entire nights in prayer alone with His Father — not just at the very end of His mission, but throughout.  Doesn’t seem like that huge a revelation, but knowing my own great love of sleep, I feel pretty convicted and challenged by that knowledge.  More amazing yet is that even after those sleepless nights, He still never sinned!  Yes, He got angry w/the Pharisees and Sadducees, and exposed their hypocrisy publicly, but He still was able to master His tongue and His anger and refrain from sinning.  He remained compassionate for the leaders and the people they were misleading even in the midst of His anger.

That same love and self-control has been given to me.  Righteousness actually means mastery, so Yahshua has been made unto me mastery, along with wisdom, holiness, and redemption.  I’m accountable for all of those things.   I am wise, grateful, anointed, and increasing.