New Title

Last spring, my pastor mentioned something that really stuck with me. It was just a passing comment, but it’s something I think I’ll always carry with me in the back of my mind. My relationship with God for the past year has been one mainly carried on in my head. I’ve struggled with developing the emotional side of the relationship. The side where I am crying out like David in Psalm 63, desperate for God and completely satisfied in his presence. At one of the classes I attended at The Village, Matt talked about how if we are trying to grow in our relationship with God, we need to fill our lives with things that stir our affections for Christ.

Bam. How simple is that?!

I feel like I’m starting a new chapter this year. Some of the things I’ve gone through this summer have caused me to rely on God in a way that I haven’t had to in a while. As God is dragging me out of the pit, I want to continue to build that relationship with him. I’m filling my life with things that stir my affections for him. When I think about my time each day, I realize that a lot of it is spent on the Internet. The things I view on the Internet can seriously affect my closeness with God. I read a lot of blogs. Many of those blogs have encouraged me or challenged me in my faith. They’ve helped stir my affections. I want my blog to be a place for others and myself to have that same experience. Hence, the new name.

Psalm 63
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.