"Who or what am I in Christ?"
Honestly, it's the most lovely list I've ever read. It's Jesus' love letters to me and to anyone else who knows Him as Savior. Just reading the words fills me with humility and gratitude beyond measure. What an undeserved phenomenal thing to be loved by Jesus! My childhood friend Tiffany wrote a beautiful post on the same topic. She discovered and shared so many beautiful images from just one Psalm. I used many of her words, among others. And I was also very inspired by my best friend's testimony that she shared at our Women's Ministry brunch last week. She spoke of three gifts that she received before birth (believing she was predestined to be His): innocence, righteousness, and intimacy. Those are words that I didn't even include on the collage! There are too many to fit on the canvas, praise God!!
The best thing about the collage is that there was really only one place for it- the door that leads to the basement. We go through this door every time we begin or finish school. But this door also is in plain view from my bedroom (I can sit on my bed and see most of the words). It is in the hallway that we all travel when we enter and exit the house. And, it is in a spot that can be seen from the kitchen. These are the rooms that I frequent most. I am so excited to have the words as reminders all throughout the day!! I look forward to noting how this little collage has a big impact on me by reminding of the gifts of my salvation secured through the work of Christ. (And the robin's egg blue is definitely a picker-upper, as well. I've had dreams of blue for months.)
I think I will call this little piece of artwork "Basking". It makes me very happy! More than happy, it makes me grateful, rich, alive...the list goes on and on! I hope to be less likely to forget these gifts! And more than that, I hope to be even more often drawn to prayer and moved to live a life with and through Him that is worshipful, purposeful and obedient.
When we came home, still feeling awfully romantic and with notions to "continue the date", we found that the kittens had made a litter box out of our credit card statements. And then they had climbed under the sheets with the mess on their paws! That was the most infuriating, hilarious scene I have ever been witness to. But that's another story! Things aren't always romantic around here. I have to savor the moments...while they last!
