So Long, Insecurity...Week 5

How do I convey to you what is on my heart today?

I'm excited.  I've got that 'I've had too much coffee feeling', but I actually haven't had too much coffee.  God is doing things in my heart and in my life and in my mind.  I am recognizing my insecurities and practicing the renewing of my mind by replacing those lies and insecurities and fears with truth.  I feel contagious and if anyone got too close to me I feel like I just couldn't help myself...I'd just want to spill out all over them how I see God changing me.  I admit...it's all about me...but I wonder if that's how the blind man felt when Jesus gave him eyes to see and he saw colours and shapes and the faces of the people he loved for the very first time.  Or the woman who had suffered and bled for 12 years...Can you imagine what it must have been like for her?  In desperate faith she secretly reached out and touched the hem of his coat.  When He looked her in the eyes and she knew that He had healed her inside and out, do you think she could contain herself?  No!!!  She must have been almost crazy with joy and she probably told her story to anyone who would listen for the rest of her sweet life.  I'm looking her up when I get to heaven...I sooooo want to hear it first hand with all the details.

I'm not saying I've got it down.  And....I'm not saying that I'm not expecting to have my struggles...but I am saying that I am seeing and feeling the sweet breath of Jesus on my face.  His freedom is washing away some things in me that have held me down for a long time and I can't help it...I want you to know and experience that freedom too.

Here is a portion from Beth Moore's Blog and our assignment for this week:

We are reaching the halfway point in our journey and have arrived at a place of utmost importance in our pursuit of wholeness. Your assignment this week is based on only one chapter of the book: CHAPTER 9. As you will soon discover, it is not a chapter you just read. It's a chapter you actually do. A chapter you actually pray. Please take it seriously. Everything ahead of us hinges on this experience. It is placed at this point in the journey prior to the prescriptive and practical phase of the book so that the way is cleared and our dignity restored enough to move forward. It will help place us in a posture God can bless with the rich kind of confidence He wants for His people and activate the power we have within us to think and FEEL differently. That's essentially where the remainder of the book heads.

Here are your very simple assignments this week:
1. Do (don't just read but actually  do) Chapter Nine. In your comment to this post, simply reflect back on your time with God and share anything specific that you received from it.
2. Write one or two Scripture verses that speaks most powerfully to you right now in this journey and post it for your sisters to encourage each other as we stand on truth.  Write the verses that your sisters share on the inside of the back cover of your book. (You could also write them on 3x5 cards and post them all over your house!)


I have revised Question number 2 for this blog because unless you are also following Beth's LPM Blog it wouldn't make sense.


Well....once again...I love you girls.  Each one of you is entirely precious and beautiful.  I'll be praying for you this week as you do Chapter 9.  


Love,
Julie