I am so thankful that we get to serve and worship a wonderfully good and recklessly loving Father that always has some wild adventure up His sleeve. For the next few months, He's taking me to lndia! I'm going to give it my best effort to write about what God is doing in and through His children there. However, writing is definitely not one of my gifts...and this might turn into a bunch of pictures.
For the past six months I have fallen in love with United Pursuit's new album, in particular their song called Pilgrim Days. The profound lyrics stir up something inside of me that makes my heart swell. I decided to name this online journal-type thing barefoot pilgrim because of the song and its meaning.
Being barefoot reminds me of being in the most natural, innocent, pure, and free state. Our hearts should be in a posture of childlike faith as we approach our Heavenly Father's throne (Luke 18:17).
Pilgrims know where they came from, even if they don't know where they are going. This certainty of knowing that God has called each of us by name and said you are mine (Isaiah 43:1) brings peace and adoration. And the uncertainty of not always knowing the next step, thankfully brings us to our knees in prayer, surrender, and faith. As sons and daughters of the Most High God, we live as though we are just passing through Earth and it is not our home. Praise be to God that we are citizens of Heaven where Jesus dwells (Phil. 3:20). As believers, we have an incredible hope in the promises to come: "All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them." Heb. 11:13-16.
For the past six months I have fallen in love with United Pursuit's new album, in particular their song called Pilgrim Days. The profound lyrics stir up something inside of me that makes my heart swell. I decided to name this online journal-type thing barefoot pilgrim because of the song and its meaning.
Being barefoot reminds me of being in the most natural, innocent, pure, and free state. Our hearts should be in a posture of childlike faith as we approach our Heavenly Father's throne (Luke 18:17).
Pilgrims know where they came from, even if they don't know where they are going. This certainty of knowing that God has called each of us by name and said you are mine (Isaiah 43:1) brings peace and adoration. And the uncertainty of not always knowing the next step, thankfully brings us to our knees in prayer, surrender, and faith. As sons and daughters of the Most High God, we live as though we are just passing through Earth and it is not our home. Praise be to God that we are citizens of Heaven where Jesus dwells (Phil. 3:20). As believers, we have an incredible hope in the promises to come: "All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them." Heb. 11:13-16.