COME!

“COME! Everyone who thirsts, COME to the waters; And you who have no money, COME, buy and eat.  Yes, COME, buy wine and milk without money and without price.  WHY do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy?  LISTEN diligently to ME and eat what is good, and let your soul DELIGHT itself in ABUNDANCE.  Incline your ear, and COME to ME.  HEAR, and your soul shall live….”

                                                                                                           Isaiah 55:1-3

My Bible titles this passage in Isaiah as “The Messiah’s Invitation to the World” and what an invitation from a passionate God!  This very week marks the 20 year date of when Jesus shone His light on my heart and awakened my thirst for Him.  In a quiet dark dorm room, the God of the universe cared enough to pursue and reach down to this young hurting girl and pour out His extravagant love and grace and invited me to join Him on this walk through life.  He had been there all along, watching, caring, reaching out to me, but this time I listened and reached back to Him and my life has never been the same. Every day since that day, I am truly rich because of my time spent with Him.  His voice calling us to come to Him and His promise of giving us abundance is very real.  He has proven this to me time and time again, and now 20 years later, I am quicker to respond to His call in heart wrenching grief, or in the monotony of life, or in immense joy- He is what I am thirsting for and He fills me up with His love and strength for the moment.

My hearts desire is for this to be a place where we share our hearts- maybe a verse that spoke to us, or a quote, a song, a story of God showing up in our days in the big or small things, questions we have…..to encourage one another to go to the source of Living Water, to be reminded of truth, given strength to fight our battles toward freedom, to be filled to overflowing with God’s life and not just life- ABUNDANT LIFE!  “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10  So PLEASE post and share your brief or long thoughts!  I desire for this to be about community and not just me.  I am new to blogging and this technology and you may have to post your thoughts under mine until I find a way to make all of our thoughts or things to share bolded! 

Come, Lord Jesus, dwell with each of us.  Open eyes, hearts, ears to your gentle yet powerful and loving voice.  Amen.