Singing in the rain .... Fierce style!!!

Yes it is raining here this morning and I have a song in my heart; albeit an unfamiliar song to my ears, a very familiar song to my heart. Do you ever have those? Ya know, that unfamiliar yet lovely song in your heart that let's you know that God is doing a work; that He is with you. That is the song in my heart this morning. It goes something like this:

I am your sustainer,
I am your healer,
I am your peace,
I am....

I am your joy,
I am your hope,
I am your strength,
I am....

Yes it goes something like that. God reminding me that He is the I am. The I am over every situation I face in my life and every storm that rages, like the one outside my window right now. He is there....my I am.

Yes I need to put that to music....I'll keep you posted.

Yesterday, I had a post all ready about being FIERCE...I hit "Publish Post" and got an html error, fixed the error hit "Publish Post" and blogger lost my post instead of posting my post. It was annoying.very.annoying.

But today is a new day, and blogger and I are close again........hopefully =) So I'm going to try again and talk about FIERCENESS.

FIERCE as defined by Merriam Webster:

1). Aggressive in temperament
2). Marked by unrestrained zeal
3). Determined
4). Intense
5). Wild or menacing in appearance

Sunday evening hubs and I went riding and this was no normal ride for us. You see, hubs for some time, has been riding Dak's old bike, like when he was in the 6th grade or so, and it is a small bike. But my hubs is the sweetest thing, and wouldn't even think about letting me even try that bike so he could ride my normal sized bike. Nope. So it has been hard for him to ride, but of course he has. Well last week, he bought a bike off of Craigs List and he is so happy; therefore, I am so happy!!!!!

Well, Sunday we went riding and can I just tell you, the man is FIERCE!!! I wish I had a video to show you. My heart was so happy to see him ride, like REALLY ride. What is it with men and speed, yes they just have the need. As a chic, I don't get it. I'm happy with a good steady pace, but my man, oh yeah the faster the better. So what's a girl to do but keep up. It was so much fun. Now don't worry, I didn't keep completely up, because ya know he is really FIERCE, but I did keep him in sight and when he slowed down, oh yeah I was right there. It was Fun, FUn, FUN!!

Well, so let's talk about fierceness in our Spiritual lives for a minute. Don't you just love that definition?!! Aggressive, unrestrained in zeal, determined, intense, wild in appearance (personal fav=) But am I? Am I FIERCE for my Jesus?!!! Do I live it out loud?!?!? If ya'll meet me sometime I want you to walk away from that meeting saying, "That girl is FIERCE for her Jesus!!" I don't want to live quietly, nope, I want to LIVE OUT LOUD FOR MY LORD!!!

Not only do I want to be aggressive in my love for Jesus, I also want to be unrestrained in my zeal for Him, in fact the Word says so. Yep no kidding!!! In Romans 12:11 Paul says, "NEVER be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord." WOW NEVER be lacking in zeal, sounds FIERCE to me!!

Now this definition also says to be intense and determined. I read our pastors blog this morning and he is talking about ILA ~~ I Love America event our church puts on every year. It is an amazing fireworks show that started out where we currently have our church and now 12 years later it is HUGE!! He talks about it here, He quotes out of The Message:

"God can do anything, you know - far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, His Spirit deeply and gently within us. (Ephesians 3:20, The Message)

Yep FIERCE. God can do ANYTHING!! Some of you have experienced this, and I sure have as well. GOD IS AMAZING!!! I hope you take a moment to go over and read this post by our Pastor. He and Debbie are amazing people, and you talk about FIERCE for Jesus ~~ they definitely are!!!

I absolutely LOVE the prayer requests for this event on Friday that he posts about. I love it that he is so specific. He asks us to pray for the weather but specifically that it be sunny, 82 and low-humidity. Do you just love that or what?!! God wants us to be specific when we pray. That's awesome!!!

So go on and be FIERCE for Jesus today!!! Be aggresive, intense, determined, and unrestrained in your zeal, yep BE FIERCE!!! Live it OUT LOUD today!!

Have a Blessed and Beautiful Tuesday,