I’ve been having one of those weeks where I am flooded with God’s Goodness; it seems like I am swaddled in His love. Of course I have frustrations, I still live in a broken world, but His love is so evident and real and everywhere. 

On Christmas Eve, we had the privilege of worshiping and celebrating the birth of Jesus with music and feasting and listening in a way that I don’t know that I ever have, outside of my home. It was pure joy and I am so grateful for those that came and shared in this experience. That night, it took a while for me to fall asleep because of the excitement in my heart, but when I did finally sleep, my sleep was deep and my dreams were sweet. When we woke up early Christmas morning, we had to get moving because Bobby preached at a little country church. As we drove, watching the sunrise and the snow and ice sparkle, I remembered the sweetness of my dream from the night before; it was a sense of being deeply and profoundly loved. I can’t rightly define the source of this love as from a person, but it was all encompassing and unfailing. In the dream I was also surrounded by great addictions and troubles, but they were nothing compared to the Love… the troubles, this world, were peripheral. Praise Jesus!

All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence. -Ephesians‬ ‭1:20-23‬ (msg)

(Pic: ND and I have been drawing together)