Sunday, March 20, 2011

Thank you


We have been placed together in these moments, in these months for amazing, unfathomable, incomprehensible, and brilliant reasons. For such a time as this. Glory to God forever & ever. I read your blogs and there is so much growth, lots of difficulty, but the greatest amount of honesty and the Lord’s truth is reigning freedom down on each one of you. I read the comments/replies and my heart just melts because of the beautiful encouragement and inspiring words that are shared. Like who are we?! We are the Church! We are brothers and sisters of the Most High Sovereign God and He knew we would need each other to walk these roads of life and prepare us for whatever He has in store.

How unbelievable. You have already changed me. I read your blogs and I am mystified at the parallels I can relate to. Some of you are going through things that are just a few steps ahead of where I feel I am at and I am so encouraged because I am not alone. You are there and you love unselfishly, completely, with the most pure intent.

Thank you.

This weekend has been draining and restful. Is that even possible? I doubt it. I slowed down a lot and really kept to myself, other than my roommate, but I am drained because my heart is hurting a great amount. Its devastating and I don’t understand it, but I have faith that the Lord is receiving the greatest amount of glory and doing what is best for the kingdom, but its hard. It sucks. I don’t get it. BUT, at Third Wednesday God revealed to me, “Hey Corinne, my love, choose joy, choose sorrow, choose what you want and hold onto it firmly. But, you have a choice, move forward in that.” So, I am moving forward in His promise. Sometimes I am overcome, but those moments pass.

I praise you Jesus. 


12 comments:

  1. I love you sooo so much my dear.
    You fill me up constantly & seeing your faith, especially in this dark time for you, is outrageous. You are so strong & obedient & I admire you constantly! Walk strong lovey.

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  2. i love how raw you are with the emotion and things that are going on in your life. your willingness to chase after Christ even when it hurts or is hard is also so encouraging to read about. praying for you.

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  3. Wow, great encapsulation of what CIRCLES is all about. So awesome to see how it's already impacting us.

    As for the difficult season you're in, know that I'm praying for you as I write this, and I'm excited to see where God takes you in response to your choice to surrender to Him.

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  4. you're awesome and your FIRE is just burning up inside you. it's obvious. Even in the midst of your pain you still choose to praise God and rejoice in His sovereignty and you acknowledge His glory is all that matters. I just finished Job and the book is much like this. Job in his pain cries out to God and doesnt understand why he is being so afflicted by Him and in the end, God blesses the heck out of him! God bless you Corinne :)

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  5. It is so encouraging to see you instantly respond to your difficult circumstances by authentically looking toward God. Sometimes, its so tempting to to point the finger at Him or look toward someone or something else to numb the pain. Its so awesome to see your spirit grow stronger and more resistant to the temporary earthly pain =)

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  6. oh wow, the part about making a choice, whether that is joy or sorrow, WOW. thank you for sharing that. that is something that i so often forget. i hope during this time you feel loved and cherished, not only by the Lord... but by the people that His Spirit dwells in that He has surrounded you by.

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  7. Amen!!

    Children of the Most High. Yes, we are.
    So encouraging! This post has really allowed me to take a step back and see the same thing...that circles is already changing my life. in HUGE ways. I pray that this saturday/whenever we all will be able to connect more on this topic of sharing how JESUS, through Circles, is already moving mountains in our lives.

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  8. Such a praise! Thankyou Corrine for the nice words :) I agree with all you say. What a journey it already has been and such a great reflection of the church! So exciting that we are all there for one another!

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  9. Yes! We are the church! I am so excited to know you and see how you are growing. God is healing you and I can't wait to see where He takes you next :-) I love that we can all learn from each other by just reading blogs!

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  10. corrine, your heart is beautiful. thanks for being part of what God is doing in the lives of those around you and thank you for allowing us to be part of what He is doing in you.

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  11. we will surrender to Him together. you are not alone in this.

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  12. wow, you are ridiculous (in the most wonderful sense of the word, of course.) i just find your words to be so saturated with something of God and that is an absolutely beautiful thing. oh dear, i just want to be face to face with you, haha. the internet leaves something lacking, haha.

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