There are so many great things going on in life right now, I feel so loved by the Lord. Saturday night Tyler & I were hanging out at home (he had the flu) and I was working through some of the Sonship materials that our community goes through, and suddenly I was hit by this slap in the face from God.

I don’t love people.

I thought I did, but when you get down to it, I have no idea how to love people as Jesus loves us. No. Clue.

There is my confession for the week. I realized that I care about people, but I think I can honestly say that I love myself far and above anyone in the world.

This is why I need Jesus. Woo, do I. I am a sinner through and through and do believe that my heart is desperately sick and beyond cure, as the Bible speaks of in Jeremiah. This verse is quite eye-opening. I’d encourage you to spend some time thinking through this verse. Even our own hearts are deceitful, encouraging us to minimize our sin and self-manage instead of turning to Jesus in desperate hope for redemption in every way. And even though this sounds depressing and hopeless, it is the opposite! As my friend Brenda Whealy just emailed out this morning:

Let’s continue to help each other see the depth, ugliness, extent of our sin (our ruling idolatries) alongside the beauty, power, superiority, and glory of Christ! Remember that looking at idolatry without looking at the promises of the gospel produces hopelessness. But also, looking at the gospel without recognizing how easily we can become enslaved to sin/idols leads to pride and robs us of an awareness of our continuing need for the rescuing and restoring love of Christ!

Anyway, more on that later.

We saw Andrew Peterson in concert last night, along with my brother Jess & sis-in-law Jill. It was truly a moving and special night. I wish I could encapsulate it for you, but can only hope that you know what I mean when I say that it was truly beautiful. His song, “For the Love of God” pretty much made me realize that I was in love with Tyler :), and when I gave him the song to listen to…well, it was instrumental in our life and a lovely story that is precious to us. We had a chance to speak to Andrew and share this with him last night, and that we danced to it at our wedding. He is a gifted and humble man.

Another exciting piece of news is that our wedding pictures are online!!! Nathan & Barb Moseley are precious friends of ours, and they did an amazing job. Click here to see them! You may order them online or contact me with questions.