Manifesto

2013 is hott. Just like that. The amount of growth and beauty and joy and laughter I have experienced in the first 27 days of this year has been balm to my weary soul. It wasn't that I was dreading 2013, but I didn't have a sense of what was on God's heart for me in this year until it actually happened. It is like for the last few years I have been fighting the tide to keep my heart centered on Love, but 2013 hit and it is like I am so immersed in it that I don't have to fight for footing anymore.

I am lit up from the inside out.

So, instead of just being happy that life is sweet and joy rests on me, I want to put words and framework to what I'm feeling and how I want it to affect every person I meet, especially those that live with me and in direct relationships.

I want to write out a manifesto.

I want a declaration of my intent.

I don't have it all thought out, but it starts with this:

L O V E

I want to be so saturated (dripping) with the Love of the Father that any person who comes into contact with me, even from a distance, will be met with a deeper revelation of the Father's generous, passionate, furious love (and if the word "furious" throws you a bit, check out Brennan Manning's The Furious Longing of God).

So, that's where I am. I feel so stinkin' rich right now. I am grateful.