Encouraged

 I must say, I would not appreciate re-living last week and the flurry of emotion that seemed to take over. Super ridiculous...Oh to be female.
Sometimes I forget that there is a such thing as spiritual warfare and just figure that everything is my fault because I'm nonsensical, ridiculous and sinful to the core.And while all those are very much true, the fact is that this tidal wave can only be calmed by hoping in the Lord and infiltrating the deepest parts of me with truth.
Again, that is namely Scripture, and worship and communion.(Always communion!)
For what relevance is truth to my ugly heart if it does not point me humbly back to the cross which allowed me a new heart, and an unending and empowering grace to live by.  It is no surprise that I'll fail or feel the funk of being human, but hope in Christ doesn't disappoint because as I love to sing "Jesus commands my destiny!"
In a nutshell, my mind has to be on the Gospel, my heart moved to affection by its unfair and lovely truth, my purpose solidified in its beauty and impact and well a sense of wellness and completeness and peace because it's not about me.

"My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, He is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon what I am...but in what Christ is and in what He has done. Hallelujah!"       - Spurgeon