there is no one else for me.

[there is no one else for me, none but Jesus; crucified to set me free, now i live to bring him praise.]

this week we focused on the kingdom of God and truly it revealed a part of my heart i knew was there but was finally surfaced. It's crazy, for days i sit baffled at what God did for us, the true beauty of christianity and this kingdom. Honestly, think for a second; jesus was crucified, died to set us free and he asks nothing of us but to simply be filled with his unconditional love. Were so blessed, like here we go off to do and live life and get so consumed in our day to day schedules, our "to-do" list society and we forget to invite God in, into his own kingdom? its funny really. As christians we want to make the world a defined place. Where it is evident that we have something different, we posses a unique joy, because we do, we have the gift of eternity of salvation. I want to go into the mall or to school or to a normal place on the street and have my life look different to others, that they turn and say "i want what they have" that connection with God, that oneness with the creator.

God is teaching me things in waves, in crashes of water rolling into the soft shore. its all so powerful like a big wave and each week i gain more and more insite to God and it builds and builds and by the weekend it comes crashing in and i break, and its beautiful because for once i am not placing the pieces back together, but it's God reorganizing my heart, its painful, and sometimes i hate it, but when its all said and done, i feel renewed. Then the wave rolls out and it begins again, its consumes and replenishes.
the ocean is a powerful thing and a good comparison to God. its big and scary and it is filled with so many unknowns. the water is salty and can leave you feeling like a salty potatoe chip for hours after a quick swim. its beautiful and breathtaking and its used for many things; swimming, boating, surfing, fishing....and on and on. God's love is big and at times scary and is filled with many unknown things that make it all the more desirable all the more ready to go head on and full force. it leaves you with a long lasting impression and once you get a taste you just can not get enough, and you just want to dive in.

summer is slowly approaching here and it is beautiful. the sights and sounds and things of australia are breathtaking. i had a few breathtaking moments this week. on monday's we go to mooloolaba to evangelize; kale and i got the opportunity to talk with a man for an hour or so just about life and God and kale prayed over him as we parted ways and tears overtook his being. Here we sat with a stranger we knew for an hour and the words of God brought us to such a complete relationship. God's love wipes away any simple skepticisms the world holds, it didnt matter what we had in common to the world, we had jesus and everything comes together with jesus. on wed. we had lectures and were given the opportunity to write anything we wanted to surrender to God on a sheet of paper and nail it to the cross. It hit me hard, harder than i imagined things i didnt realize i held onto, it was so assuring to give it to God, put it in his hands.

i wish i had the correct words to explain all that God is doing, but it goes beyond a simple word or phrase, this song in church struck my heart it goes "there is no one else for me, none but jesus; crucified to set me free, now i live to bring him praise." there is no one else for me, this i learn each day, all we need is jesus. he was crucified to set us free, let us live our lives to bring him praise.