The Uncaged Journey

This has been such a beautiful season with the Lord for me personally. I've been so aware of the burning desire in my heart for Him, so grateful that He has fanned the flames of longing. There has been a fresh grace over me this year - a consistent desire to remain aware of the Lord's presence at all times.  Yet in my longing to hear more accurately, see more clearly, and encounter His Kingdom more profoundly, I was actually losing focus. It wasn't that I was getting distracted from this overwhelming desire to know Him more, but the desire itself was becoming larger than the Object of my desire. As I encountered Him more deeply, I also felt the frustration of wanting to be closer. The desire has been so deep, that the Lord finally revealed to me that the desire itself was distracting me. Focusing on what we aren't experiencing, causes us to come to Him with frustration instead of expectation. No matter how much we have experienced His love and have encountered His gl...

Breathing You in, effortlessly. My eyes adjust to the unrelenting glory of Your nearness and my mind settles into peaceful torrents of  stillness. Our hearts,Yours and mine, tangled knots of tangible affection. I can taste the sweetness of Love swirling all around me, flooding into me and surging through me.  Uncontainable. Heaven and Earth converge as I engage with what is vastly felt yet dimly seen.  His fragrance gently reveals itself until it penetrates deep into my being, demanding memories of love revealed. Distractions no longer persist, but vanish away. Unrelenting glory consumes me until there is nothing left but blood-washed fragments of who I used to be, revealing the true beauty of who I have become in Him. Unveiled glimpses of His face and the warmth of His embrace become my obsession.   Learning to live here - in this place that transcends the mirage of reality, announcing what is true. This is life in Him; the beauty and awe...