Silly confession #25...

I have decided to live deeply. I have decided to live breathing. I have decided to live in a state of perpetual enough-ness.

I believe this is the Lord's will for the life of man.

I've decided to enjoy the sky. I've decided to run the earth. I've decided to dive into cool water. I've decided to scale the mountains. I've decided to stand in the rain. I've decided to drink deeply this adventure.

Whether I journey alone or among many, I've decided to just live the moment and release the rest.

I wish to be marked by gratitude, by valor, by hope, by childlike love.

I wish to live deeply and love freely.

I wish to be a missionary ever.

I hope to always have a song in my heart and the courage to sing it regardless of who hears.

My confession is that I am still in so many ways just a child. A child who inquires with unconcealed delight, "you know my name?!?"

A child who wants to be seen. A girl longing to be loved. A daughter who wants to sing sweet songs and be heard with delight. A dreamer who wants to do something great in this world.

What better way is there to live than with open hands and open heart?

So open me today, Lord. Let me be vulnerable. Let me be foolishly faith-filled. Let me love and be loved fearlessly. Let me touch the world without regard for the wounds proximity can bring.

I want dirt on my hands and tears on my shoulders. I want to touch a dying and bleeding world in hopes of bringing just a bit of healing.

I want to shine with what small light I have in hopes of dispelling at least some darkness. I cannot do much, but what I can do, I will do.

Living deeply. Is that not the great adventure?

Life abundant. Is that not a very different thing than we often make it?

"Let me know that You hear me. Let me know Your touch. Let me know that You love me. Let that be enough."