the blog you're about to read!

Well, after a long pause in blogging I have returned to the blogosphere...

Out of a lack of creativity, I have called this blog "The Blog You're About to Read!"...so we'll see how this goes...

I am currently taking a Theology Overview class and I'm learning quite a bit...actually most of it are things that I had already learned, but I am being reminded of things and they are becoming more real to me than ever before.

Have you ever had that weird occurence where you know something, a basic truth of some sort, but all of a sudden, after perhaps reading something or remembering something, that basic truth becomes crystal clear as though it were the first time you had ever heard it; almost as though it became real at that moment for you? You probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but I had one of those moments...that kind that bring you back on your knees when you were least expecting it.

I was reading about the process of sanctification and how it is a process that occurs after salvation over your entire life span, through which you grow more and more to be like Christ. And...it hit me...of course I've heard it a thousand times, but...God has been so gracious and merciful to begin a work in me and unlike any human being, who would grow impatient or angry after I fail the first few times, He's going to complete that work in my life. God didn't only show His grace and mercy through the cross; He is consistently, everyday, revealing that to me. His mercies truly are new every morning. And for a wretch like me, that truly is great news.

I know that this basic truth seems so simple, but it's so monumental in my life. It's not like Christ forgave all of my sins after conversion and got me to a neutral point, a point where I then had to earn my way to Him. He forgave even the sins that I have yet to commit. My sins are paid in full! What joy that gives my heart!

This song by Ginny Owens has really just been the prayer of my heart...that God would sanctify me and mold me to be more and more like Him.

Own Me

Got a stack of books so I could learn how to live;
Many are left half-read covered by the cobwebs on my shelf.
And I got a list of laws growing longer everyday;
If I keep pluggin away, maybe one day Ill perfect myself.
Oh, but all of my labor seems to be in vain;
And all of my laws just cause me more pain;
So I fall before you in all of my shame;
Ready and willing to be changed

Own me
Take all that I am,
And heal me!
With the blood of the lamb.
Mold me with your gracious hand;
Break me till Im only yours-
Own me!

You call me daughter,
And take my blame;
You run to meet me,
As I cry out your name,
So I fall before you in all of my shame,
Lord, I am ready to be changed