Hephzibah.

I'll stop trying to control you, I'll stop trying to resist you,
I'll just let you love me, I'll just let you love me.


Today I am going to be sharing my testimony with my core group... 14 of us all living in the same building... 3 different rooms. Such beautiful girls. Reflecting on what I am going to say today I realize it revolves much around the word "Control." Being the first born as well as a perfectionist I have tried to control many situations in my life. And so the lyric above rings true as it says "I'll stop trying to control you." What a sweet release as I allow the Lord to move in and just let Him love me. I received a beautiful picture yesterday of standing under a waterfall and all the old, useless, ugly layers falling off. So refreshing. As Oswald Chambers says, "Freshness does not come from obediencce but from the Holy Spirit." I also thought of when I was younger and my dad would launch me in the pool when I stepped into the palms of his hands. With God, I imagined myself going miles and miles away. So lovely.


And so it is day number ten and I have stories upon stories. Sigh... so good.
Hailley Jo