His Light of Understanding

The "lake" is one of my favorite places to be.  It is a place for me to spend time with the Lord, uninterrupted... and generally... He speaks to me in some fashion with a message.  Today was no exception.  On the way home, I was thinking about how He teaches us. The messages of late are about being pure, being holy, as He is Holy... about separating oneself from the things of the world and being committed to Him on a whole new level. That is the desire of my heart ... I want to be more aware of His presence than those things which are around me.  

I have noticed that the closer I get to the Lord, the more I realize how much impurity is in me...How much more growth I need, how little I really understand about anything. The light of the Father illuminates all that is not holy, all that is not pleasing to Him. It creates an awareness of my need for Him,  the more I see the more I realize how much grace and mercy He has poured out to me... How much sin, disobedience, ignorance, selfishness, judgement and unholy alignments have been covered by the precious blood of Jesus.  How lost I would be without it's covering.  How thankful I am that He loves me so much to have sacrificed so much for me, so that even after all I have done... the blood that He shed  allows me access to Heaven itself. Wow!

I, being so insignifigant in the scheme of things, so important to the Creator of the Universe... I am in awe of His love for me. Thank you Father... Thank you, Jesus. Please continue to teach me what I need to know to be used of you for the purpose you created me for.  I don't want to miss a thing!