Chilly Chilton

ever have that feeling that everything is beginning to change?

good change.

today began that feeling again in me.

it started quite the opposite… 

I stepped on the scale.

ouch.

then, I stepped back off the scale, put on my running shoes and went running.

then, I went to the basement, dusted off the equipment and rocked 170 sit-ups and worked out.

I ate better. drank more water.

NOW I’M MOTIVATED… again.

change is happening… AGAIN!

I’ve got that feeling again with God, too!

a new level of influence, intimacy and anointing are within reach.

but, this also will require more workouts, focus, diet and accountability.

change doesn’t just happen ... at least, not the good kind.

I’M MOTIVATED.

I’m sitting in a room with empty book shelves, boxes all over the floor and weird little items strewn about…  this weird space used to by my office, prayer room, safe place and hide out.  Now it’s a dusty, cardboard covered, storeroom. 

This room heard lots of secrets, dreams, funny stories, amazing prayers, awkward conversations and incredible words of encouragement. Now, it’s quiet except for the sound of rolls of tape being ripped and Josh Garrels through a little bluetooth speaker. 

There will be another room for me. It will have the familiar things I love: my library, keepsakes, artwork, coffee mugs and mini fridge. 

Change is inevitable. 

His love is incredible.

MAKE ROOM for Him.

Doesn’t matter if your heart is cluttered and dirty or organized and focused. God will always show up in your rooms when you are making room for Him in your heart.

Whoa! He just walked into this old office – I feel His presence. This is incredible, powerful and so peaceful. Just what I needed.

He doesn’t have to things like this... HE LIKES TO! 

Everything is fine.

Because He’s here.

“If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus' fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.”