My last post was about my date night with Jesus. There's a part "B" to that whole experience. I had mentioned purchasing the incredible book by Frances Chan entitled "Crazy Love". Well, the next morning I remembered where I had placed a long lost CD (Toby Mac - great CD, by the way). So I put it in my CD player and continued to get ready for work. All of a sudden a song that I've listened to many, many times came on and stopped me in my tracks. Some of the words are:


Wake up to the morning sun
thank the Lord for the
things He's done
lift your eyes up to the
hope that's ever true
Wanna see you smiling girl
you're a light in this jaded world
wipe away those tears
this one's for you

Come on, move a little bit closer, you can put your head on my shoulder
Yeah, yeah

Chorus

And the stars are up there
shining for you
oh, the Father does adore you
His love will never change
And you and I
we were born to follow
the hope that will lead us to tomorrow
and no one can take it away

Chorus: So baby hold on
just another day or two
I can see the clouds are
moving faster now
and the sun is breaking through
If you can hold on, to the one that's holding you
there is nothing that can
stop this crazy love
from breaking through

Did you see those words? "Crazy Love". And it went right along with what the Lord was showing me the night before. He is SO good.

So as I was driving to work, I was thinking about the night before and how we dealt with some issues. And I also reminded myself that it will be the enemies way to try to get me sucked back into wrong thinking...to get caught up and not take time to truly experience Christ's love for me and who I am in Him. So I said to the Lord, "Yesterday is a date, April 15th 2010, that I can put down in my spiritual history book that you and I dealt with this issue. We did serious business and I am not going to allow the enemy to steal my victory. April 15th...interesting. For many people that's doom day with taxes." And before I could barely get my thought completed, He spoke to me loud and clear. This is what He said:
"Kristi, this is no coincidence. You have been paying taxes for years on what I paid in full."
AAAAAA!!!!! Oh...my...goodness. He’s so right! How many of us don’t accept His full price for what He did? It’s like we know he paid the price, but what’s the hidden fee? The tax still owed? It's easy to think "I have to do this, and say that and don’t do that and keep busy working, working, working". But He paid it! It’s like that note card that says I am justified through what HE did…NOTHING I can do! And because of that reality…my focus shifts. I don’t “do” to pay some kind of hidden fee or tax, but out of complete love and surrender.
The heavenlies are shifting for me. It's a new day. And His love is...crazy.