good ole elisabeth elliot.

thanks danielle for your wonderfully welcoming texts in the morning! they always make me want to read His Word which is a very good thing! therefore, i read zephaniah this morning. i needed it so much... after a somewhat emotional and growing weekend... a checkup weekend where you have to die a little. ok, so die completely, but i'm often resistant to that. i'm sure you read this danielle, but i really would just like to type it out, if that's ok... then tell ya'll some awesomeness from EE.

"For at that time I will change the speech
of the peoples
to a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name
of the LORD
and serve Him with one accord...
On that day you shall not be put to
shame
because of the deeds by which you
have rebelled against me;
for then I will remove from your midst
your proudly exultant ones,
and you shall no longer be haughty
in my holy mountain.
But I will leave in your midst
a people humble and lowly.
They shall seek refuge in the name of
the LORD,
those who are left in Israel...
Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion,
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
The LORD has taken away the judgments
against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save...
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
he will quiet you by his love,
he will exult over you with loud singing...
Behold at that time I will deal
with all your oppressors
And I will save the lame
and gather the outcast,
and I will change their shame into
praise
and renown in all the earth.
At that time I will bring you in,
at that time when I gather you together,
for I will make you renowned and
praised
among all the peoples of the earth
when I restor your forutnes
before your eyes,' says the Lord."
- Zephaniah 3:9-20 (well, skipped around in there)

praise God! so, i know that was a lot of words... but it's so rich.

and here is some awesome truth from EE...

"Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for.

"Running aground," then, is not the end of the world. But it helps to make the world a bit less appealing. It may even be God's answer to "Lead us not into temptation"--the temptation complacently to settle for visible things."

just a little tip. she has a daily devotional that i check every morning and it's always so good... here.

love ya'll.

p.s. i changed my font, so i can distinguish mine from ya'lls. do you think that's a good idea? maybe we should each choose a font to use and it just makes it more individualistic and easier to read.