I am writing from recall from early morning – 3:00 ish. The Little One had stirred hungry. So, I fetched him from his crib, and while he gulped down eight ounces of formula snug between us, love and blessings caressed my thoughts.
Thoughts of the difference from now and then. Thoughts of how I didn’t know. Thoughts I wasn’t then but now am grateful. Thank You, LORD GOD. Not that I got to but I get to.
I get to be free. I get to be kind. I get to be patient. I get to be grateful. I get to be happy. I get to overcome me! I get to love you!
Nothing about this Jesus Life is I GOT TO.
It’s all I GET TO!
It’s Freedom.
This is what freedom in Christ in this moment feels like.
I get to love this baby.
I get to hear him drink in nourishment.
I get to desire the sincere milk of the Word. See 1 Peter 2:2-4.
I get to snuggle with this little package of love. I get to!
A life of I get to. It’s a taste of Heaven on earth!
I am 43 years old today. Forty three in rebirth years, not natural years. It was November 18, 1975 right about 9:00 PM on a Tuesday in Axis, Alabama that I said yes to JESUS. Yes, I take You as my One and Only Savior.
That was without question the greatest, most wonderful day and decision of my life. The only day that will ever top that day is the day I see Him Face to face. And on the eve of my 43rd birthday I was and am keenly aware that I will not be fully free of my natural propensity to sin as long as I breathe earth’s air. As much as I hate that; it is true. The most I can hope for is to cooperate more and more with the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD and receive healing upon healing in as many areas as I can to enable me to do as much good on planet earth as I can while I wait for my full redemption. And you know what? That’s plenty good enough to make me smile and say thank You, Abba, in JESUS’ name. Amen and happy birthday to me! :)
Just moments ago I listened again for the umpteenth time (without tiring of it) to the voice of my two month old great-grandson – absolute music to my ears. Makes my whole soul giddy. It’s like happiness bubbles up from my toes to my eyelashes! It is all pleasure y’ all. Are you getting this with me?
And then! It occurred to me! What if? What if? Listen now! Could it be? Could it be The Father would have such pleasure at hearing our voices? Wouldn’t that just be too wonderful to wrap ourselves around?
We are glad you are here; stay a while, look around, and be encouraged. We estimate there to be over 3,000 posts here at The White Stone Blog. Please know my hope is ALWAYS to help and NEVER harm. I have voiced many opinions and thoughts here since 2007 and by now I MAY NOT EVEN AGREE with all of them and some of my grammar and punctuation likely needs editing. But this is changeless: JESUS is our ONLY Savior and Hope. Do you KNOW Him?
