at church on sunday, matt chandler preached through galatians 5:1-15, it was a great sermon that talked about fear and love and living a life that exudes what freedom in Christ really is.
but all i can keep thinking about is the one thing i took away...he was talking about how his prayer every single more is very simple.... matt said he prays, "keep me, Lord."
keep me, Lord.
i guess what it comes down to is and what the Lord wanted me to take away from this particular, kind of random, sunday night church service is that it really is that simple.
keep me, Lord.
keep me, loving.
keep me, enduring.
keep me, struggling.
keep me, fighting.
keep me, laughing.
keep me, learning.
keep me, yearning.
keep me, praying.
keep me, listening.
Jesus promises me this freedom and promises me that He will...keep me by the freedom he promises me and desires for me as long as i stand firm. that He will keep me under his wing. He doesn't ever say it won't come without a cost or a fight or hardship or even laughter and love. but knowing that He keeps me, and knowing even more that that needs to be my prayer, my desire, my longing. that reminder being put on my heart on sunday was something i needed so much more than i ever, ever realized.
grateful for a Lord who loves me far more than anyone. grateful for a church that challenges me. grateful for people in my life who love me so well and love me despite all my failures. and mostly grateful for a Jesus who just simply keeps me.
