As God takes the wind and makes energy through those windmills, He blew a breath of fresh air through me last weekend and created a new energy that I haven't felt in several years. I had a pretty amazing experience on the plane ride home. I was in the very back of the plane by myself and God brought Isaiah 35 alive to me in its entirety. There's no real way to describe what I experienced in that moment...a deep feeding at the core of my being, an overwhelming sense of His presence, an uncontrollable and swift current sweeping my sins and mistakes as far as the east is from the west. It was nothing short of life-changing. I'm grateful. Grateful for friends, grateful for mercy, grateful that God met me on a ranch in West Texas and built for me an encounter that I will never forget.
One day, years ago, Sandra Collins told me, "Build an alter here in your heart so that when you look back you'll remember the work of the Lord." Great words of advice that came back to me in a brand new way.
I love this verse from the old hymn "Come Thou Fount" by Robert Robinson written in the 18th Century. To raise an "Ebenezer" means exactly what Sandra Collins said to me that day. Build an alter here to honor this moment as a holy moment in time for the Lord.
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Praise God for His unfailing love. I'm living proof that He loves us in spite of ourselves!
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