Rapid Movements

Everything seems to be going by so fast the last while. Since the Freedom Immersion in Washington I've been able to really see everything with new eyes and I'm wondering if these new eyes see everything in fast forward! It's true that, when you're having fun, time flies by!

I have to admit that for a while I wasn't having fun, I wasn't enjoying life. I was living in this gray colored world that I let myself fall into...when I think about it, it seems like a very hopeless situation. BUT redemption and true freedom have brought the color back into my life! It's amazing how someone can live knowing redemption and freedom their whole life, but never truly lets them clear the ugliness of their flesh. It's like having an Oncologist for a best friend, struggling with fatal cancer your whole life but never letting him treat you. That isn't even the best example...because redemption and freedom cover EVERYTHING. Since my eyes have been opened and things seem to be moving faster I am finding that it is very easy to get back into the "normal" mindset from before. Redemption and freedom of us is an every day thing. Though Christ's blood covers everything we as fallen beings tend to get into patterns and have a hard time getting out of them. I have to wake up every morning and declare that I am redeemed and that the patterns of old aren't part of who I am. Through that is a deeper relationship with Christ that really makes the long term difference, that will make us Christ-like in the end.

2 Corinthians 3 has really got me passionate about being like Christ and truly seeking Him out. We are unveiled and glowing God's glory...but there is an action that we are to take. We are to "turn" towards the Lord. I don't have the exact Greek translation of what "turn" in that verse really means but to me it means seeking Him, it means letting everything He has done for us truly resonate in us so that it can be revealed through us. Being a Christian is a relationship journey and turning towards Christ is the biggest part, knowing that every day we have to say we are living for Him and seeking after His heart. Turning towards God is living in relationship with Him and letting Him lead us...knowing that nothing we do is pointless or a small step when He has told us to do it.

It's amazing how the same concepts that I have been learning about my whole life have completely new meaning when I see them through open eyes and a truly transformed heart.

Here are some pictures from my trip to Washington!