I DANCED LAST NIGHT!!!
Everyone clap! It was sooooooo refreshing/relaxing/rejuvenating!
Oh, it is so beautiful having friends back. I've missed them so very much! And now everyone is all back at the same time. :) Last night, Kassie cooked an amazing meal for us and then we played Catan all night. Yay!
I just had such a peaceful night with the Lord too. I'm feeling very free. I know that I am not captive to this world. My mind is often dominated by the definitions of the world...especially the worldly idea of beauty. I compare, I compete, I drive myself crazy sometimes really believing my worth is based on what people think of me. But I read this article yesterday that helped put that in perspective. Here's a bit of it:
"Beauty, and our experience of it, is a matter of culture. But you don't have to be a captive of your culture. In this life you'll never escape it, but the good news of the gospel is that Jesus Christ rescues us from our fallen cultures and brings us into a new culture, a kingdom of light. Without the power of the gospel, our culture really is king and we will play by its rules because there's no other game in town. That's what Paul is talking about
in Romans 1:18-32 when he says that we all have exchanged the truth of God for a lie. When you really believe a lie, you can't recognize the truth anymore. But there is victory in Jesus and God did create our bodies in all of their variety in order to reflect the glory of his image. Women should shape the whole of their lives for the loving gaze of God. His eyes never fail to recognize true beauty and his heart never fails to be attracted to it. Men, why would you want to be any different?"
