2017. Rushing by already, as I find myself writing my first blog of the year and it’s the 18th of the month of February. Dang time, slow down. What a year it has been for me already. This semester has easily been the busiest yet- which seems insane because Jessica Wright is never not busy. Amidst all the things, I’ve seen the Lord work in my life in such specific ways. The Father has been so patient with me as I try and navigate the new experiences this Spring has given me- failing so often, but nevertheless being looked upon with relentless love and offered grace evermore. I’m pretty sure I could write a book about all the things I am learning and feeling and experiencing just within this past week, let alone month and a half. Life is most literally FULL- in all aspects of the word. I am in a season of learning. For me, learning is oh so refreshing and exciting and expectant. But it is also hard, and tiring, and overwhelming. But Jesus is teaching me how to learn- guiding me through it. So here’s a theme, you could say, of what all I am learning. I was meeting with a sweet, dear friend of mine Julia and she asked a question that got me thinking. She said “Jessica- in all your craziness how are you viewing the Lord- what characteristic is He teaching you about himself right now?” Good one right? And God being funny like He is just whispered a word that had been showing up over and over again recently between church sermons and quiet times. Cornerstone. This season of life I am learning to be fully reliant on Christ as my cornerstone. Because I can’t get through my days without remembering this truth. I explained to her this “Ju- right now feels like a lot of stuff- works and things that fill my days. And don’t get me wrong- I love the things- but it seems easier than ever to get distracted, overwhelmed, stressed and to believe all the lies. But amidst all the stuff the Holy Spirit has just been that small voice reminding me whose I am and where my foundation lies.” Clinging to this verse in Isaiah 28:16: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic”. Wow. To explain it further, I feel as if the events/time/stuff are all "bricks". And seemingly with a snap of the wrist I added on like 100 "bricks" to the building. And I’m at the top of those bricks and it’s a little shaky. At times scary. Other times exciting and enjoyable. A pretty good view. BUT at the top of the “bricks” its easy to forget the foundation that’s seemingly far away. And that’s where the Lord has been teaching me. That my hope does not lie in the “bricks”. Whether the “bricks” are really great and just keep adding on, or whether they are all crumbling beneath me-my hope must lie in the foundation. Because HE is the one holding all the bricks. Using them for His purpose. He is the one that began the works-laying them ahead of me. He is the one that can support the entirety of the building that’s being created. Ephesians 2:20-22: “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.” That’s it. That verse is word for word what the Father is teaching me. He is building me. He is my foundation. He is making me His holy temple. And for that nothing but praises can leave these lips.
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