What would that look like?

Hi everyone! I am so sorry that I have not blogged but my schedule has been super busy. Mallory and I did ATC for two weeks and we were supposed to be unplugged from the world, ie no computers, so I wasn't allowed to blog. And then we started school back again and I really haven't had much time. But some awesome things happened at ATC and I thought I would share just one little part this time and maybe more would come later.

Okay, so I was sitting in the FSM building during one of the worship times at ATC looking around at the people worshiping. I began to think about the flesh and how it so often gets in the way of everything we do. For instance, if the Holy Spirit moves it has to come out through our FLESH. So there is always flesh in everything we see and do. That is comforting so that we don't have to keep thinking, "Well is that flesh or is that Holy Spirit?" It will always have a little flesh because we are flesh. Yes we want to try and keep the flesh as little as possible and die to it daily, but some will still be there. As I was sitting there contemplating this reality I began to think of the worship that is constantly going on around the throne room like it describes in Revelation 4. I began to think of the pure and undefiled worship of creatures who are gazing at the glorious King. And of all the elders and kings around the throne. I thought of there response as they gaze on true beauty casting down their crowns crying out, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." What an incredible response! I began then to pray for myself and for others that this would be the response that comes from our hearts as we look upon the glorious man, Jesus.

What do you think pure and undefiled worship looks like? Can you even picture that image? We will get to see and partake in this type of worship for the rest of our lives. Thousands, millions, billions of us all worshiping the one who deserves all glory, honor, and praise. Pure, unfleshly worship........what does it look like?

Recognizing an ungrateful heart......ouch!

I just finished moving my entire belongings from my rental house to my new house. It took forever because we had to do little loads in our two cars. Each night I would crash into bed and wonder how many more loads it would take until we were finally done. My arms were sore and I began to wish we didn't have so much stuff. Then it hit me......hard. I realized how ungrateful I had been for all the stuff we have. Most of the stuff we have has been passed down generations.....therefore most of it I see as old and useless. Some of it is good stuff....like some of the furniture. But the rest is, to me, useless.

I began to think about people who don't have any stuff.....or only what they can carry. I was then feeling very guilty about being ungrateful for the stuff I do have. I asked God to help me be grateful for the things he has given me......like a house to live in, plenty of food to eat, more furniture than I can count (even if some of it is wayyyyyy out dated), family that loves me, friends that watch out for me, and a God who wants me to be with him where he is. Sometimes we strive to find something to be appreciative of when we can be thankful for something that it right under our nose. We need to get a greater perspective of how small we are and how little our feelings matter and look at the big picture. You can be thankful for everything......you just have to look through the right lens. :)

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New Blog

Hi everyone!

I decided to start my own blog. This is where I will put down my thoughts and what I'm learning each day. You're probably wondering why I chose to name this blog 'Purple Myrrh'. Well, if you know me you know the purple part cause my favorite color is purple. It is also the color of royalty and since I'm the daughter of the most high King, well it just makes since. Myrrh has been something that has meant a whole lot to me recently in the last couple of weeks. When I was little I would always choose which of the wise man's gifts I would bring had I been around at the time of Jesus' birth. My answer......myrrh. My reason back then was that it sounded cool. Now after some teachings I have heard my reason is this.....Myrrh is a very expensive burial spice. Back in the day they used it to perfume the body before they buried it. When Esther was in the palace being perfumed before she could see the King, one of the treatments was 6 months of myrrh! Myrrh is the spice of death. She and others would not only scrub themselves in it and bathe in it, but they also had to eat it until the smell of the myrrh came through the pores on their skin. Did you know that when she entered the King's presence he smelled her before he saw her? I want my life to be where I daily die to my flesh and eat the myrrh that my King has given as a gift to me so that when I enter his presence he can smell me before I talk to him. Lately he has been feeding me myrrh. I have to choose to obediently choke it down and not push it away. (myrrh tastes really bad cause it is not what our flesh wants to do!) At the end of the day I hope that I will have died to myself and will smell like myrrh to my King.

Have a blessed day!
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