My Cup Runneth Over? What does that even mean?

I've always loved using the phrase "My cup runneth over." I use it when my heart is full and overflowing with the feeling of being loved. When I am surrounded by good friends. After a family gathering filled with laughter. And my cup runs over the most after spending time with the Lover of my Soul, Jesus. My cup becomes so full that it overflows, and I can't help but share those times with others. So that is what this blog is. I have subjected all my facebook friends to the blubberings of a crazy person in love with Something unseen for some time now, so I have decided to put it all in one place. You should know though that I really am not crazy. In fact I think my sanity is directly related to my relationship with the Lord.

A few things I promise. I promise that this blog, this account of my times with the Lord, will be honest, sincere, and real. I will not fake any of it. I will only share of my experience. As Charles Spurgeon said, "I can truly declare among you that I do not preach this doctrine of vicarious sacrifice as one among many theories, but the saving fact of my experience. I must preach this or nothing." My experience with Jesus is what I will share. While, I am not a preacher, I am a receiver of God's grace in my life, and I do experience Him on a regular basis and feel compelled to share that with others.

I will also promise that I will make human mistakes, because, well, I am human, a very small human at that, trying to understand a very real, and a very big God. There will be moments that I will put God in a box and feel free to point it out when I do. My aim is for my view of myself to get smaller and smaller (height wise, I'd say that process is well on its way) and for my view of God to get bigger and bigger, and we all need help and someone to bring us down to our actual size.

I promise that God has something for you in the midst of this. Not because of me or anything I've done, in fact really, let's be honest, it's despite what I've done. In Isaiah 55:11 it says, "So is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." I will commit to bring the truth of God's Word to every entry so that it's His Word at work, not mine.

Some of you may be wondering, start a blog? Why now? Why after your exciting life in Paris is over? Well, there's nothing mundane about following Jesus, in fact I give Jesus the glory for all the excitement in every moment of my life. And that's real life, not where you're at or the experiences you have, but it's Who you're experiencing it with, Who You're following, and Who's writing the story of your life. So now that all that's out of the way, I guess I can officially start posting and you can start reading if you feel compelled to do so. (Especially those of you who have been after me to start a blog for a long time) God bless you all as you walk in Him.