Kristina
Feeling kind of out of sorts this morning, I was looking forward to the 15 minutes car ride to town to spend some time getting my heart in the right place with the LORD... 
and on my way to rehearsal He met with me... 

the sun was just beginning to rise, and as I sat in my little car among the cool fog of the early morning, streams of golden light shone across the road, and all of a sudden I felt God's amazing presence... 

Just me, fog, a golden sunrise, and my Saviour...

And as I was overwhelmed by God's forgiveness, mercy and love this song began to play:

WITH EVERYTHING
Words and Music By: Joel Houston

Open our eyes
To see the things that make Your heart cry
To be be this church that You would desire
Your light to be seen
Break sown our pride
An all the walls we've built up inside
Our earthly crowns and all our desires
We lay at Your feet

Let hope rise
and darkness tremble 
In Your holy light
that every eyes will see
Jesus our God
Great and mighty to be praised
God of all days 
Glorious in all of Your ways
Oh the majesty, the wonder and grace
In the light of Your Name

With everything
With everything
We will shout for Your glory
With everything
With everything
We will shout forth Your praise

Our hearts they cry
Be glorified
Be lifted high above all
For You are King
With everything
We will shout forth Your praise

Our God is so mighty, awesome and worthy of all praise!!!
His love completely baffles me... but I am so honoured to be loved and cherished...


Kristina
The other day I was studying the book of Isaiah, which happens to be one of my favourite books of the Bible, and stumbled upon this amazing chapter. 

2b There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, 
nothing to attract us to him.
3 He was despised and rejected- a man of sorrows, 
acquainted with deepest grief. 
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
 He was despised, and we did not care.
4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; 
it was our sorrows that weighed him down. 
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, 
a punishment for his own sins!
5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, 
crushed for our sins. 
He was beaten so we could be whole. 
He was whipped so we could be healed.

This is just the first part of the chapter!! I've read this before, but it just hit me today... It was for me. As Jesus hung on that cross, dying the most painful death, and breathing his final breaths... my name was on his mind!!! He was beaten, whipped, and tortured for us... Doesn't that just give you goosebumps?!? 
I know it's kinda pathetic that I just realized this now... But isn't God amazing... The fact that he loves me still blows my mind...