Delight

Thoughts, Prayers and Words of Encouragement: After a few days on the road, it is good to sit and ponder the events and the blessings of this journey. Today my scripture is from Zephaniah 3:17 "The Lord your God....will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

The journey in my personal like of believing that the Lord takes GREAT DELIGHT in me has taken time. The more I allow Him to quiet me with His love, the more aware I am of His delight. I was able to see so much of it this week. Yesterday I had the privilege to speak at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Crisis Support Team training in McKean County PA. When I arrived, I was not sure what I had gotten myself (and Bonnie :) into. I did not know all that God had planned but believed that there was an assignment there....and it was SO cool!!

Just like in the book of Esther, where God's name is never mentioned but He is evident in the whole book...that was yesterday....we did not have to mention His name...but He was evident in all that was shared.....it was wonderful to watch God soften hearts, turn on light, salt poured freely from the shaker...and in the midst of it I saw His delight in me. He had called me and given me gift to speak and preach. The past couple of years that gift had fallen to the ground as a kernel of wheat to die so He could bring it back to life....now to yield more. It is so amazing...as I sit with tears streaming down my face with the JOY of HIS great mercy...I will never quite get my arms around His great love for me and every human being. SO MUCH LOVE....

So I sit this AM, listening to His singing, rejoicing in what a wonderful Daddy I have and pray that around the world the message of His great love will be poured out. I am thankful that He has called me to be a conduit of His love. Today also I was reading again one of my favorite JESUS stories of Forgiveness....she who has been forgiven much, loves much....AMEN