Hold me close...

10:28 AM


Upon arriving back in Hamburg, Father really gave me time to relax in him. On Saturday, I was given the opportunity to leave the busy-ness of the city and spend time with E an american/german girl i met through the team here at the beginning of the summer. We spent time with her and her family roasting brats and marshmallows over a camp fire. We shot bows and arrows, we laughed at each other, and we sang worship songs and prayed. It was really a good time to spend singing with E, talking about life and getting to meet and know her mother on a spiritual level. The love her mom has for her family, her friends, and students she teaches is one that Father truly gives -- Through talking to her, Father gave me a lot of interesting insight for me, and I'm eager to worship and serve him. One of the songs we sang around the fire was one I've known forever and he has really used this song in my life the past couple of days...





Lord I come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace
That I’ve found in You
Lord I’ve come to know
The weakenesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love

~ chorus ~
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side
And as I wait
I’ll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love

Lord unveil my eyes
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me
Lord renew my mind
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
By the power of Your love

(repeat chorus twice)

And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love
(repeat

Please Pray for me as I try to get in contact with many of the girls i met before going to Koln and that we'll be able to get together, and not only get together but that all conversation that is 'of me' will be diminished and that Father will truly speak through me.

Yesterday was quite amazing. We spent time at the club, and a man came who is the leader of his 'group.' He said he IS a believer, and that he is glad that Christ is doing this in such a dark area of Germany... we are unsure if he really is a believer but he did say he was going to take and share what had happened to him to his group. I'm praying for him, that Christ would TRULY interrupt his life. Please continue to lift up this whole thing to Father. There are many aspects that are continuing to be learned daily.

Occasionally i'll go back and read blogs from a year ago to see what I was learning, and what has changed-- I read this today, and as it reminded me, I thought i'd share it again, so that in another year, I can again, be reminded ;-)

I read Ezra today. I really love Ezra's reaction when he discovers how he has been sinning. He wept bitterly and loudly... he was truly broken and disgusted. Just reading his prayer of realization, the passion can be felt and even heard from the pages. However God continually revealed himself to Ezra and let him know he was not alone...and I was also greatly encouraged by the fact that Ezra listened to God by reading the scriptures... he was a man devoted to the word. He was a cool dude, and that's basically all there is to it. - August 8, 2006



(the picture: I was given the chance to spend a few days in Holland with the interns, and the photo is one taken of the Canal from a window in Amsterdam. While in Amsterdam I met a really really beautiful girl from Israel, and I got to hear a lot of her story but didn't really share much of mine because things in the store got busy. I'm definitely praying for her that she would seek and know the joy of Father. What connected us was my nose piercing...who would have thunk it ;-))

Thank you for Reading!

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