I have been awake since 2 a.m....Sometimes I wake up and just know that I have been woken up for a reason. Sometimes it is to pray for someone, sometimes it is to spend time in God's word...and sometimes it's to just listen to Him.

I have been wrestling with God about a few things that appear to be unchangeable in my life. He assures me that nothing is impossible for Him. ("With God all things are possible" - Matthew 19:26)When the things that are happening are out of your control (we cannot make decisions for other people in our lives) it tends to make us feel that they are out of God's control as well. They are not. Nothing is impossible for Him.

As Creator of all things, God has no limitations. There is no end to how and what He can do. It is our own minds which limit Him by our inability to conceive of His Greatness or His Magnitude...We find ourselves without sufficient words to sustain the concept of His Sovereignty and Dominion.

I find myself awake this morning turning over the things that I somehow have kept a hold on for all of these years...I find myself this morning relinquishing these things to the Lord, opening my hand and finally letting Him take them...I find myself this morning praising Him and worshiping Him with every breath filled moment...I find myself completely in awe of who He is and inexplicably in love with this Great One who loves me despite myself...I find myself this morning joyful and expectant... I find myself this morning able to fully trust in the One who has made me, loved me, saved me, and purposed my life...I find myself this morning, complete and graciously cared for... I find myself this morning hopelessly in love with my Lord.

I have never been so grateful to be awakened from my sleep as this morning, when God has lavished me with the certainty of His great love for me, like oil poured onto my head, His love drips over me and covers me completely...

Jesus, thank you for coming here to make this moment possible. Thank you for loving me enough to take away all of my sin, my guilt, my shame...There truly are no words to convey the peace that I have been woken up to experience today...a priceless gift that I will treasure always!