Oh the joy that floods my soul, overwhelming and overflowing my heart, an unstoppable deluge, Lord. Today I do feel different, I feel new, I feel like this new life you speak of! I have known you and You have walked beside me and worked in my heart for so many years, but today, I stand, proudly declaring that You are my Father, my Savior, my king, Lord, you are the one who directs and guides my life and pray that You would continue the work You have begun.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls." --1Peter 1:3-9
Lately You have answered unfathomable prayers and blessed me with showers upon showers of grace and mercy and blessings, that I don't even know how to respond to. Lord, I surrender this vessel to You, to Your will, to Your plans, Your work.
