Hungry and Thirsty

 Could it be that with one glimpse to the Lord makes his heart skip a beat? 

"As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons will marry you, as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over YOU." Isaiah 62:5

Our guest speaker Kevin Norris has been speaking to us about true, authentic, worship. He started by teaching us that the heart of worship is your relationship with the Lord. Just like we have a vision for our future husband, you and your spouse, your best friends- we must have a vision for our relationship with the Lord. We looked over John 4 where Jesus was traveling from Judea back to Galilee and stopped for a rest by the well and asked the Samaritan woman for some water. Because of the hatred between Samaritans and Jews the woman was surprised. Jesus spoke out her present situation when he said "You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is you have five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true." Immediately the woman acknowledges him to be a prophet because of what he knew and said "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem." At this point Kevin asked us what we thought she was really saying..why she mentioned worship and different mountains. I had no clue..

This is his conclusion..Is is possible that she's really saying "I've looked for love in all the wrong places, in earthly places and it's been a bummer. I didn't find it in marriage and I would really like to connect with God. Does it matter where I am when I worship?" And this makes sense when we read Jesus answer.. vs. 21 "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem." vs. 23 "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the TRUE worshipers will worship in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks."

To worship in spirit and in truth. What is a true worshiper? Not hidden, authentic, genuine, not fake. Gods not impressed with our voice, how often we lift our hands or don't lift our hands, where we are, or how skilled we are in our dance. He looks at our heart. This hit me hard. I've been challenged, deeply challenged to set out on this journey of transformation in my love for dance. My flesh is so weak. On my own I fall into pride and comparison..I begin to perform for people and this passion becomes all about me. But with the Holy Spirit I dance to bring all glory and honor to Jesus. 

  

So captivated that my heart desires Jesus more than anything on this planet. This is my vision. To be so embraced by his love that no friend, boyfriend, husband (someday), material object could ever come close to my intimacy with the Lord. That I would long for him the way I long for my family after time of separation. Or my favorite food during a time of hunger. To dance in full freedom for my Savior.

Kyle, his mom and grandma came to visit me! We had such a blast together. I was so blessed to spend such sweet time with them..here are a few pictures!:)

Picking them up at the airport!

 luau fun

This is the beautiful dress that Kyle surprised me with! He picked it out all by himself..impressive!

such a sweetie

We had so much fun at this arcade..I beat him in most of the games. hehe

Mom this was at the arcade!!!! It was only about 2000 tickets ha! We had to take a picture and send it to you. I miss those yummy snack master pizzas.

"We has a nobody make the heart of the King beat faster."