God, the inventor of love

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you
that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit
should remain, that whatever you
ask the Father in My name He may give you.
-John 15:10

i've got a River of Life flowing out of me

right before i received the Holy Spirit the Lord said to me,
"My light will outshine all your darkness."

little did i know in psalm 18 David says,
"The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness."

one day a friend of mine asked the Lord,
"am i hearing Your voice?"

He replied to her,
"of course you hear My voice. you're My best friend"

my heart and my flesh cry out for You. my soul longs, yes even faints for Your courts

breath Your breathe of Life into my soul
i'm having a hard time, Jesus

God, the inventor of mercy

i'm thankful my Father forgives me and has patience with me. the heart is a place of great love and evil things. so quick to fail yet so eager to be strengthened. i am so in need of the patience, grace, and mercy of Jesus. i fail time and time again and slander and gossip and hold bitterness. but the Lord pulls me out of the pit. He saves me and rescues me from the evil that tries to kill me and convince me that He doesn't love me. i am thankful for who God is. He is light (1 john). He is pure light. and Hallelujah! the truth is He loves me. You love me. when men hate me You love me. when i sin He is merciful and compassionate and loving enough to correct me and not leave me in my current place to die. when man can't forgive me and his patience has run out the Lord is still standing with arms wide open to me. I am thankful for who You are, God. my heart is refreshed when i'm reminded of Your love and the intimacy You desire with me.

"And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, 'The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin..."
-exodus 33:6-7

Jesus. Amen

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
-Psalm 51:12

oh yea (as in the "i remember now" kind of "yea")! the joy of salvation!

He will finish His work in me. He hasn't put me aside. The story is still being written...