God weaves themes like threads through our lives.
Through a variety of circumstances, He works similar themes in our hearts. Once in a while, I read a book and highlight half of it because I can relate, completely. I read and nod and wear out pens, because I’ve had the very same thoughts and questions and discussions. You too?
Still, it blows me away because of what is happening. God Most High is touching hearts of people and relating Himself to us personally. From Raleigh to Austin to London to Moscow, He’s weaving threads in human hearts, with this commonality–Christ Alone. It’s amazing.
When He gave me my third baby, my only girl, God began working this theme in me:
Jesus Is Everything.
Simple. Straightforward. Jesus is all.
It’s not like I had never considered it before. I knew it. But suddenly, I could feel it. I [more than] knew and believed it. I could feel it’s truth in me. Some people describe this as truth moving from your head to your heart.
It happened partly because I had to face my fear of dying.
After my girl arrived, they found a mass on my thyroid and gave me a “maybe cancer” diagnosis with a 2-week wait, so I could have a good long time to think about things. Then I had a biopsy–with a very long needle in my neck–and a couple more days to wait.
I have a strong aversion to needles. In my neck. I may have tried to put off this biopsy because for one, the needle. And for two, I just had another baby and if I did have cancer, I didn’t think I wanted to know.
Long after it wasn’t cancer, I found my journal from that time. In it I wrote:
I know one thing for sure: the key to life, to everything really, is Jesus.
Nicole Witt and Christa Wells have a soul-stirring, spirit-waking album out called More Than Rubies. I have listened to it enough to have many of their songs memorized. And I highly recommend you run to Itunes and download all of them. 🙂
While belting out the words to Live and Breathe for the eighty-third time, approximately, I finally realized the first line of the song is also the name of my blog ~ Waves of Grace. I’m quick like that.
I wanted to share it with you because it’s a prayer, that Jesus BE everything we live and breathe. Maybe He’s already been working this theme in your life. Maybe He’s beginning it now…
“The waves of grace wash over me ~ And I feel how thirsty I am ~ The truth runs deep to the heart of me ~ And I see how shallow I’ve been. Who can satisfy this cavern inside me? Jesus, come and be all I want and all I need, Be my portion and my strength forever…” –Live and Breathe (More Than Rubies album)
Listen here: Live and Breathe (Click link and press Play.)
May our spirits come alive to Him {repeatedly}.
