So this weekend was spring break for the students. The majority of them took off, but three stayed. We also had a youth retreat this weekend, that as far as I know went very well. We had a bunch of summer staff/ABC alumni visit (ok a bunch means five) and it was fun hanging out with them a bit. Other than that not much is new. A new week starts tomorrow. I plan on finishing up the Arrowhead website (so I can present it to the staff again) and ordering the rest of the stuff we need for the Trading Post.
Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
I just really like that last part. “…the rock that is higher than I.” We so desperately want something bigger than ourselves, but when we find it why is it so hard to submit to it? Our desire for Him is so strong, yet we refuse to let Him fill it. Oh what was life like before the fall, and how magnificent will it be in heaven?
Proverbs 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Again and again the Bible states that my soul is not hidden from God. He sees all of me. The ultimate transparency. It is a fearful and wonderful thing. Fearful because He knows me, sees my heart and my motives and will judge me for them. Wonderful because in-spite of that He still loves me, and Christ’s blood covers it. While I was yet a sinner Christ died for me.
II Kings 13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
If you read the rest of the chapter it goes on about how much sin the people were living in, and then right at the end this verse is thrown in. God just amazes me, and humbles me. My life is the story of Israel in miniature, and because of Christ He has compassion on me, will not destroy me or cast me from His presence.