Isaiah 58:11 & 40:11

Let me infuse my peace into your innermost being. As you sit quietly in the Light of My presence, you can sense Peace growing within you. This is not something that you accomplish through self-discipline and willpower; it is opening yourself to receive My blessing.

In this age of independence, people find it hard to acknowledge their neediness. However, I have taken you along a path that has highlighted your need for Me: placing you in situations where your strengths were irrelevant and your weaknesses were glaringly evident. Through the aridity of those desert marches, I have drawn you closer and closer to Myself. You have discovered flowers of Peace blossoming in the most desolate places. You have learned to thank Me for hard times and difficult journeys, trusting that through them I accomplish My best work. You have realized that needing Me is the key to knowing Me intimately, which is the gift above all gifts.

The Priesthood

I really love taking a second to sit and see where God has brought me in the flow of His love the past year. I have never been through so much heartbreak and experienced so much love all in one year. I feel like my walk with God has been extremely transformed from thinking I knew everything about cultural religion to realizing that I know absolutely nothing and thats actually the best place to be.

A year ago I was a basket case, completely emotional and had no idea what I was going to do with my life and why God seemed to be ignoring me (which he wasn't). I was completely unwilling to be broken down anymore, especially on the one thing I thought I knew all about.

Through the next 8 months all I did was get broken down, down down down. Its funny how painful it is to let go of what you think you've got under control when it was never yours to begin with.

Sometimes I really wish I could convey to you what God has done for me, not what I have taught myself or "life lessons" or self-help books, but what my Father has taught his Daughter because he loves her, and longs to be gracious to her (Is 30:18). My God LONGS to do good to me, and continually keeps my best interest in mind (Jer 29:11).

I have gone from feeling so lonely and lost to now understanding this: because God loves me He brought me out of the depths of despair, He equips me with every good thing I need to be a part of the royal priesthood, that has the honor in working alongside Christ in his priestly work.

I encourage you, brother and sisters in Christ, that YOU are a part of this priesthood! You have been given the honor of working alongside Christ! And that every time you completely screw everything up (because you will) God has given you endless amounts of mercy and is SO patient with you! So take His hand and start running!!!!