SIMPLY THE BEST

I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING DRAWING THIS PICTURE FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS.
I PICKED THE PICTURE RANDOMLY OUT AT ART CLASS.
AT THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF SEEING THE ORIGINAL PHOTO OF THIS PICTURE I JUST WAS DRAWN TO IT AND COULD NOT WAIT TO DRAW IT.

THE MOST OUTRAGEOUSLY COOL THING HAPPENED RECENTLY. MY FAMILY PLANNED A TRIP TO PALM SPRINGS. MY DAUGHTER SPENT SOMETIME RESEARCHING THE AREA AND CAME UP WITH AN ITINERARY OF THINGS TO SEE WHEN WE ARRIVED. I NEVER QUESTIONED THE ITINERARY FOR I SIMPLY LOVED THE IDEA THAT I WOULD JUST GO WITH THE FLOW AND SHOW UP AT EACH ADVENTURE. FIRST UP, JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT AND DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PARK. WHEN WE ENTERED THE PARK MY EYES WERE DRAWN TO THE THOUSANDS OF TREES ALL AROUND ME, JOSHUA TREES. THE TREES IN MY DRAWING!  COME ON THIS IS A COINCIDENCE, RIGHT?

MANY WILL HAVE THERE OPINIONS ABOUT COINCIDENCE BUT I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE IT IS NOT ONE. YOU SEE I HAVE BEEN ON A JOURNEY TRULY SEEKING THE LORD WITH MY HEART, SOUL AND LOVE. I KNOW JESUS IS GOD WITH ME BUT I JUST NEED TO SENSE HIS PRESENCE. I PRAY THAT PRAYER LORD I TRUST YOU. YOU PROTECT AND GUIDE ME AND PROMISE TO BE THE ONE TO SUSTAIN ME.

FOR ME THIS REPRESENTS THE WHISPER WITHIN ME. CALLING ME SOFTLY TO HIS HEART. SOFTLY STATING "I AM HERE WITH YOU, I TAKE THE WORRIES OF YOUR DAY. I'M HERE. I'M REALLY HERE. TO GIVE YOU FAITH, HOPE, TRUST AND MY LOVE." MY ABBA FATHER WANTS TO DO THIS SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS TO SHOW ME HIS LOVE, HIS DESIRE TO BE MY COMFORTER FOR EVER. IT MEANS HIS SPIRIT WALKS WITH ME GUIDES ME AND TALKS TO ME. IT IS VERY PERSONAL.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THOSE IN THE HALL OF FAITH FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS HAD ENCOUNTERS LIKE THIS. THEY KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT JESUS WAS EVER PRESENT IN NATURE, IN FACT ALL AROUND THE RANDOM APPEARANCES OF GOD HELPED THEM TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN TIME OF PAIN. WITHOUT THE ENCOUNTERS MY TRUST IS SKETCHY. YOU KNOW LIKE A WAVE I WOULD BE TOSSED TO AND FRO.

THIS ASSURANCE MAKES ME STEADY. MAKES ME STRONG. IT'S REAL. IT'S GENUINE. IT'S VERY PERSONAL. IT'S COURAGEOUS. IT'S BOLD. IT EXCITES MY WALK AND ENERGIZES ME TO GO ON.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN EQUAL THE POWER OF THE WHISPER. THE INTIMACY OF CONNECTION WITH AN ALL KNOWING GOD WHO CARES FOR ME. IT TAKES AWAY THE WORRIES OF THE WORLD AND REASSURES ME THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.

OH HOW I NEED THAT.
OH HOW I CRAVE IT.
I AGREE WITH THE PSALMIST DAVID WHO DECLARED "IT IS BETTER THAN LIFE." THE EVIDENCE THAT GOD EXISTS IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING. IT IS FREEING. IT FILLS ME WITH HOPE.

I CARRY ON TODAY WITH THE MEMORY OF THIS APPEARANCE. THE ADVENTURE.
I WRITE BECAUSE MY HEART TELLS ME TO.
I WRITE BECAUSE MY HEART IS FULL OF DESIRE FOR ALL OF GOD'S CREATION TO EXPERIENCE THE LOVE AND THE POWER OF GOD. TO SHOUT IT FROM A MOUNTAIN TOP WOULD BE SO COOL.


FROM MY HEART TO HEAVEN JESUS IS THE CENTER. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
LIKE THE ISRAELITES FOR EVER HAD THE PICTURE OF THE PARTING OF THE RED SEA, I HAVE THE PICTURE OF THE MODERN DAY MESSAGE TO ME THROUGH THE JOSHUA TREES.

IT IS SIMPLY THE BEST. IT'S THE STRENGTH FOR MY JOURNEY TO CONTINUE. HIS PRESENCE HELPS ME. GOD PERSONALLY GOES WITH ME. HIS PRESENCE IS MY DAILY DESIRE. IT DIRECTS MY FEET ON A PATH THAT IS SWEET. IT IS FULL OF PEACE.
PEACE A WORD THE LORD KNOWS I NEED.
PEACE DOES NOT MEAN EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE IS PERFECT, THEREFORE I HAVE PEACE. NO, IT MEANS HE IS CARRYING ME. HIS PRESENCE IS HEAVEN TO ME.

WHEN I WRITE THIS IT IS LIKE I GOT A SHOT OF TRANQUILITY.

MY FATHER IN HEAVEN I PRAY FOR THE SOUL READING THIS RIGHT NOW. MAY THEY EXPERIENCE GOD IN A NEW WAY THAT GIVES THEM SATISFACTION IN LIFE SO THEY TO CAN CARRY ON. THANK YOU FATHER FOR BRINGING THIS PERSON TO THIS BLOG. HOLY SPIRIT PLANT A DESIRE IN THE HEART OF THE ONE WHO READS THIS. LORD SHOW THEM YOUR HOLY PRESENCE IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING. IT IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS PERSONAL REMINDER OF HOW SWEET YOUR PRESENCE IS TO ME. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO GENTLE AND HUMBLE WITH MY HEART AND SOUL.