When I read about or experience God’s Goodness and Love in scripture or  in any True form, I feel like I could burst, as if His Goodness is simply too much for me to bear… It’s almost as if I am vibrating from the inside. It sounds completely backwards that His Love would unsettle me, but I am finding that it is not His Truth and Goodness and Love, but trying to maintain the old way while being filled with His Truth and Goodness and Love that is causing the bursting sensation.

 “He went on, ‘No one cuts up a fine silk scarf to patch old work clothes; you want fabrics that match. And you don’t put your wine in cracked bottles.’” -Matthew 9:16-17

It is a lack of obedience on a much deeper level. As His love pours in, it must pour out. The inside, the ‘new wine, or new life’ must match the outside, our actions and words in the flesh… or we will burst, we must receive, submit to, and pour out His Love. – and I can guarantee this is not limited to our understanding… or our previous way of doing things – maybe even our previous way of doing anything… and that very much leaves me with a “what now” feeling. His consistent response has been, “Be Mine.” But more recently, He has added to ‘Be Mine’ with, “Peace child.” See, I want to shout His Goodness from the rooftops, and I desperately want people to see how Good He really is. I keep think, “if they only knew.” But I am finding, that isn’t the case. It’s not about knowledge… Each one of us must “taste and see that the Lord is Good.” -Psalm 34:8 

For me personally, it is so much easier to talk or write about God’s Goodness then to stay present, wherever that may be, and not let the fears and worries of this world eat away at me. If I am writing or singing or reading or dancing or talking about/for God’s Glory, the rest of the world can’t get a word in edgewise… seemed like a solid strategy until it isn’t anymore. Until I realized the “*thread of sin is seamlessly woven in” to our lives. (*Quote from Sarah Sparks). I will never drown out sin with the story of God’s love… it is only God’s Love that will save. To walk this life with my confidence in all He is… to trust Him… to trust in His Completeness… always. Whether I speak or not. There is no room for fear in His Love, “Perfect Love casts out all fear.” 1 John 4:18

Peace Child.