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229. Scatter to Gather

We attended a worship service this past Saturday when a simple hymn played. It’s one I haven’t heard since I went to Leah’s grams church probably a decade ago. I had this vision of little Leah as a baby in her carrier, sitting on that faded pink pew. The tiny church set at the bottom of a hill in a small town in WV.  I was flooded with the first time I remember being moved to tears in a church. It was that church. The Lord reminded me that in that tiny moment, in that little church, a very BIG Lord got ahold of my heart. I had no idea why I was crying in church. God did. It was then His Holy Spirit got ahold of me and never let go. He reminded me that He had ahold of me long before I thought He did.  Through this thing called the walk with Jesus, otherwise known as life, I’ve been led down roads of worship, deliverance, healing, missions and ministering in ways I never could have imagined. I’ve been blessed to see the world and how others live, but it always circles back to on...

228. Always

Share the funny things, Ash. The encounters that make this walk real. The things that make you giggle. Share what makes you, you. Share what makes God great. Share the love, the laughter and the scriptures that tie it all together. Share what God has done for you through the gift and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  It’s pretty simple but we tend to make it way more complicated. Today the Lord reminded me to keep it simple and keep it fun.   As I was getting up, I took a look at my dog max. Instead of him jumping up and being all excited to see me, he laid down and wanted belly rubs. I didn’t hesitate to lean down and show him affection.  The Lord reminded me, in that moment, that no matter what, He’s always there.  On the days we are so on fire and excited for the Lord, we can jump up in worship and cry out for victory, flooding His throne room with worship and praise; He’s there. On the days he sees us lying on our backs, falling to the defeat of our flesh, crying out, ...