Well, welcome to my blog! I really don't expect anyone to read this, but just in case you happen to stumble upon this page, I should let you know that this blog is just a compilation of the random thoughts, ideas, and wonderings of this summer. What is so special about this summer? Well, maybe nothing, but I am doing a summer program with my church and wanted to record and put all my thoughts about all that I'm learning together and voila! blog.
So perhaps I should start at the beginning. Not very long ago, my pastor encouraged us to look for a specific promise from God for the summer. God promises us many things, but in this instance, he wanted us to look and pray and search out what God specifically promised us for the summer. And, like I always do when God has something really good for me, I hid. I hid from the conviction to open up my Bible and my heart and really seek out what God wanted to give to me. But I was not to be left alone, and was encouraged by my roommate sharing her promise with me. So I began to pray, and ask for a promise to be revealed to me. It might sound strange, but God works in mysterious and wonderful ways.
Well, I ended up looking back through my journal and found a verse jotted down from a few months ago, that I had actually forgotten I had written down. And this time, in the midst of confusion and loneliness and simply desiring to trust God, I found Isaiah 62:12, which says, "They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you will be called Sought Out, a City No Longer Deserted." And I knew then that this was my promise from the Lord. That he would not leave me, but instead the opposite. The promise was there that He would not only not leave me, but he would seek me out and never let me go.
He promises this to Israel, his chosen people. And I am one of his daughters, because of Christ. Because Christ came to fulfill this promise that Jerusalem would no longer be a deserted city, but Israel would be restored and rescued. Through the death of Jesus on the cross, this was accomplished! We are not left stranded, separated from God any longer, but it is recorded that the temple curtain was torn. Through Christ, we are redeemed, if we accept him as our Savior, and we become heirs of the kingdom of heaven and brothers and sisters with Christ. Which is why I say that I am a daughter of the King, and how I know that this promise is for me, and he has fulfilled it and will continue to fulfill it. When I feel most alone, or that no one really seeks out my heart, I know that God continually reaches out for me and wants me to turn to him.
So, begun on a rainy afternoon, (and ended in the sunny evening) I conclude my first blog post ever! Well, since Xanga at least...
Signing off for now!
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