Pearls

Matthew 13:45-46

"the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it."

- God has been revealing himself in so many ways these last couple of weeks since I've been back at school- and mostly in the terms of pearls. May seem odd but let me explain myself.

- I have been reading a great book called "and the Bride Wore Whit

e" by Dannah Gresh. It is a beyond wonderfully written book about sexual and emotional purity. In this book Gresh uses pearls to symbolize the things in our lives. We often take on so many different "fake pearls",whether they be vanity, pride, jealousy, bitterness ( all of which I struggle with), and each "fake pearl" costs something of ourselves. We have all of these fake pearls that have no value, when we can trade them all in for something better, the pearl of great price, which is Jesus Christ.

- It has been CRAZY how God has been tying this into everything in my life right now. I have been blessed with having AWESOME dreams (one of the ways in which God speaks to me the most)- ask me about God dreams sometimes because it is one of my favorite topics and I truly believe that God can speak to ANYONE through dreams. Anyway, I had a dream the other night that was really odd but when I woke up and prayed about it I knew that God only wanted me to focus on one thing about the dream, one girls name, Megan. Low and be

hold I go to look up what Megan means and guess what? It means pearl- snaps for God-He is SO cool! Also various visions God has given me where I am somehow always wearing pearls. Basically I think that in life we can either live for all of this crap that in the end is meaningless, or we can live all out, no limits, for the One True Eternal God, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

- I just LOVE how much I am seeing the fruit of the trials that I went through last semester. God is SO faithful and I am just soaking in all of the truths I'm hearing. The Spirit is moving and teaching and I just want everyone to get hit with the Spirit like I have!

- Another key word right now that the LORD is teaching me- trust. I have so many plans for my life and I've just got to realize that I AM NOT IN CONTROL! One thing that my awesome Discipleship Group leader Katie said tonight when she was speaking at House Church was that God only gives us glimpses of the plan that He has for us because if He showed us the whole thing then we wouldn't have a reason to Trust Him! SMACK IN THE FACE- that was So

a revelation for me!

All in All I am So excited for what God has planned for me. There are big things coming and I am so pumped about them, whatever they may be. I just want to strive to live a life of purity (heart,mind,and body) and of living EVERYDAY, ALLOUT for the King of Kings my one true love, Jesus Christ.

God will show Himself- all you have to do is ask.

Love, Abigail

~Zephaniah 3:17~

P.S.- Food for Thought: God sings over you (see Zephaniah 3:17), but He also loves it when YOU sing to HIM! (another revelation from House Church

tonight!)

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