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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Radiate

Wow. The last 2 weeks have been crazy for me--thus no blog posts for a bit. Believe it or not, I technically will only be home 5 nights in July.

Yup. Crazy. 

The last week of June found me 6 hours south in North Carolina with my sweet friend Jessie, her husband Andrew, and whoever else happened to be around. Jessie and I got to have a night of talking heart-to-heart, as well as fun moments of enjoying our friendship. I was also really blessed by the church family they have down there, and felt so refreshed after my trip! After bidding them farewell, I then drove 3 hours north to my grandparents cabin for a fun, but BUSY week.

Lake Gaston

I know what you're thinking. That picture sure doesn't look like we were busy. And you're correct-we were enjoying our lake time. ;) But we did have a pretty hectic week, contrary to the only picture I took. As soon as I left the Cabin Sunday, I drove 3 hours back to Charlottesville to house-sit for a dear friend (which is where you currently find me). After this packed week of appointments, I have 3 days then I'm off for about 2 weeks on another adventure!

Crazy, huh?

All of this to say, I've had a bit of a challenge staying energized with all of my travels and being constantly around people. My personality usually needs some alone time, and I haven't really had good solid quiet times with the Lord. But through the midst of all these things, praying for patience and energy, I've been thinking about my countenance--typical random Anna thought. What has my countenance been? Through the business of these past (and next) few weeks, I really want my heart and my countenance to radiate Christ even if days can be tiring. Have you ever been around people who love God more than anything?  They are usually people who spend a lot of time in prayer (wherever they are) and who also have an earnest love for the Lord--they spend time with their Maker and are being (willingly) conformed into the image of Christ. Their eyes are clear and bright, and there's honestly just a joyful glow about them. They radiate.

"I sought the Lord, and He answered me, 
and delivered me from all my fears.
Look to Him and be radiant;
so your faces shall never be ashamed."
~Psalm 34:4,5~

The desire of my heart is to be so full of the Love of Jesus that people know there's something different about me, even just by my eyes and face. So, my prayer for the next month is that God would continually lift up my countenance, clear my eyes, and fill me with His joy and love. :)

Psalm 34

{Which, by the way, if you haven't read Psalm 34 in a while, you really should go read it. I absolutely love it.}

In Him,  


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