Grace for Grace

I fully believe that the breath God exhaled into Adam's lungs was carried to his children, and his children's children. The Breath of God does not fade, it would not dissipate. His Breath, just like His Word, endures. I believe that every breath I take is marked with that life-giving exhale. Every word I speak is propelled by that breath. I refuse to use God's Breath to speak evil.  By being created in God's image by God, we are bound together by love, and is in our very DNA to love. Everything we are is from love and for love, the breath He exhaled sustaining us still. We live off of His mercy and love. Yet I look around at the Christians I know, and I do not see love propelling their lives. I see duty, and immaturity, and self-focus, and confusion, and false identity, and fear. And I am just as guilty as they are because I have seen glimpses, yet still cooperated with fear and confusion. I am done being uncertain of what others will think, especially unbelievers. ...

I can categorize each season of my life through songs. As soon as I feel myself moving on to another song, I know that I am moving into a new process and idea to process. Pieces: Pieces is a song that will never not be relevant in my life because it is the song that opened my heart a crack so God's love could come rushing through. I've lived from performance my whole life, and this was a season of learning that nothing I could ever do good or bad will ever affect God's love for me. Reckless Love: The intensity of God's love, revealing the foundation for the nature of the Father. No Longer Slaves: a lot of stuff broke off me during this time period, chunks of fear falling away when I stepped outside my comfort zone, feeling conviction rise. King of My Heart: God doesn't change. He is not bendable or only sometimes strong. He is always victorious, always steadfast, always faithful, always powerful, and always always good. We will never reach the end of the sta...