if you have not read ann voskamp's blog: a holy experience, then i need you to go and do that right now.
in my years of reading blogs, i have STRONGLY recommended two blogs to all my friends. the first one was kelle hampton's: enjoying the small things (still obsessed). and now, it's ms. voskamp's.
i heard about her blog through her book, one thousand gifts, wherein the reader is encouraged to list 1,000 things he/she is thankful for.
initially, i would stop by her blog, but not really read, because really, reading her blog is an investment. you can't just spend two minutes reading the post of the day. her posts are deep and moving. you must sit there and ponder what's she's writing. you must get out your journal and write down every single thing you hope to remember, which in my case is like....the whole blog.
the cross is what being a christian is all about right? well, i'm sad to say, i was starting to forget that. but ann, she reminded me:
"if everything in my world is spinning out of control, it is because i've lost the centrality of the cross."
"and i am the woman who needs saving from herself again, again, everyday-the dirty that needs to be wiped clean everyday, the hands that need a cross to wrap a life around so she won't get lost."
"the cross is the intersection of His love and my need. the beam that supports the whole of real life."
-ann voskamp
we had our annual candlelight service at new life last night.
(i have never, and will never claim to take good or even ok photos. i just like to document my life :)
i was brought to tears time after time, just remembering all i had read about jesus this week. He is, without a doubt, the only reason i'm alive. the only reason i want to be alive. and ann's blog made me remember.
please. go. read. now.
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