receiving.

i love dressing up.

this girl here (Christiana) has been one of those friends that comes into your life and just sticks.

we laugh so hard we pee.
we can talk about everything. and i mean everything.

today we went goodwill and salvation army shopping and got these matching sweater vests.

we shared some good old french press coffee.
potato soup and potatoes.

more than that we shared the kind of conversation that blesses you in the deepest parts of your heart.

she reminded me of something that should be something i think about daily. but it's also easy to forget.

[Jesus] does not see us as our sins deserve. He sees us in light of what He suffered on the cross. Cleansed before Him by His blood. He doesn't see us as we deserve.




sitting in a room filled with all sorts of different people singing a song about forgiveness...

"wade in the water... of forgiveness."

my friend kelsey played at folk night and she has such a way with writing music that is honest and filled with amazing lyrics.

she talked about receiving forgiveness and offering forgiveness and how they correlate.

that's something i've been thinking about - receiving something is humbling because it means you recognize your need for something.

receiving Jesus' forgiveness and love is humbling because it means confession. it means recognizing a deep need.

and receiving the fact that we do not need to live in guilt because He doesn't see us as guilty.
letting go of yourself. [yourguilt]

and seeing your great need.
receiving Jesus for everything He is. including the way He washes us clean. and purifies us and sees us as pure and clean.

"no guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the power of [Christ] in me."