Dancing in puddles.

Sorry dear blog. Im more faithful to my bible and journal than you. Its hard to find the time and sit and tell you whats on my mind. But boy, there is a lot on my mind. The enemy has come in with a vengeance of late, but I refuse to give up or quit. God has placed in me a tenacity to persevere when everything seems against me. And that is direct from the Holy Spirit. I don't apologize for it. My personality can be militant. But in Matt 11:12 the Lord says, "But from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and the violent seize it". My family has suffered a violent attack, being split every which way. My marriage has suffered and my children are suffering. But I know the word of God declares in Romans 8:31; "What, then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us". So I thank you Lord that you are for me and my family. That your good plans for us will prevail. That no weapon formed against us will prosper according to Isaiah 54:17. What therefore God has joined together, man must never separate according to Mark 10:9. I thank you Lord that you are giving this family a testimony of Your goodness towards us. I pray that we will be a witness to those who are broken and hurting. The Lord is teaching me the concept of "His extravagant love towards us". When I went to look up the word extravagant in the dictionary, there was no good definition of that word that fit His Character. As I prayed about it He showed me that man has no grasp of His Extravagant Love. It is too high, too deep and to wide for our minds. He showed me that the love He poured out towards us was extravagant, over the top and beyond description. But, if we open wide our hearts, He wants to pour into us that love so we can pour it out to others. We cannot love others in and of ourselves. That is just temporary and imperfect. We need the extravagant love of God. He wants to pour that love into every crevice and corner of our being. He wants us not to just to walk in that love but to dance in it as a little child dances in a rain puddle. 1 Cor 13 says if I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstacy but don't have love, then I am nothing. Nothing produces nothing. O God, I do not want to produce nothing in this life. I want to be fruitful, I want to see an abundant harvest in every area of my life. Lord, pour Your extravagant love into me, but as a vessel that is a conduit. Let me be a channel for Your love I pray in your Holy Name Jesus. Amen.