For anything that captures what ‘being with Jesus’ is for me. Things that have given me an important moment with Him, where my heart has communed with His.
You don’t need much time to browse my moments, and who knows, maybe He will speak through one of them to you too.
“When you’ve got no other option. And it’s time to tell the truth.” As I heard this lyric, I felt God remind me of the moment I was in the middle of a panic attack: body shaking, hyperventilating and throat constricted. I went into my bathroom and knelt by the toilet, and simply said to God, “This is me.” It was a moment of telling Him the truth. Of not trying to stop the attack, but surrendering to Him and accepting myself and the truth of who I was. As soon as I said that, my panic attack stopped. Not long after that, He completely delivered me, and for over 25 years I haven’t had another one. ‘Make It Out Alive’ really moved me. All the lyrics are powerful and will speak to the deep places in you that need healing, or know what it is to walk with God on difficult paths to come into your healing. I hope it moves you as it did me.God often speaks to the deep places of my heart through hands and this photo of my husband and son was no exception. ‘I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you.’ Isaiah 41:13 No matter how ‘little’ we are inside, or in age, God is in the deep places of life with us. ‘Trust’ by Lorenzo Quinn – When I first saw this sculpture I loved it. It spoke to the deep places of my heart. Jon bought it for me a decade later, as a surprise, at a time when I was asking God if He cared about my heart. Jon didn’t know I was asking God this question.
This song says it all, so simply – “talking to Jesus saved my life”. It’s the everyday conversations with Him, about everything, that maintain the river of life in my garden. I love this song.
Vineyards and olive groves in Tuscany – Jon took me here for my 40th birthday. As I sat looking at the view, God spoke to me about His promises for children. Two years later I was pregnant with Nathanael.
Jon played me this song at the end of 2020. Despite how coronavirus had affected all of our lives, I felt so thankful to God for another year of life. Worshipping God with this song, I was telling God that He was higher than coronavirus, that He was Lord of last year. That life is still a gift from Him.
Being with Jesus 