Living Sacrifice

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer you bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will."
 Romans 12:1-2
    "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."
   Ephesians 5:1-2
   
    Saturday morning. what a beautiful day. The sun is shining and I got to sleep in. Haha. It's finally getting warmer. THANK GOD. :p I mean 40 isn't warm but its like a heat stroke compared to the teens.
I'm not sure what today will bring. Woke up this morning and called my Lizzy. I can't believe she's 16 today. So bizarre. I'm so beyond blessed that I have a friend like her. I'm so blessed that we've been best friends for 5 years now. Through thick and thin. We've had some pretty rough times and our lives and she's always stuck with me. She is truly a true friend. My sister.
     I'm finally learning guitar. After wanting to learn for years and years. I had my first official lesson last night. My fingers hurt. But I am more than willing to play with the pain. The reward of being able to play will be worth it. :) I love music. Especially the guitar. Its like when I hear the guitar I just stop. Its so beautiful. I'm so thankful that God created music. What a gift!
    I feel like there is a song right on the tip of my tongue. But its not coming out yet. I suppose there is still something I need to learn before it comes out. I love writing music.
    I am starting to identify a place in my heart that I have a lie hidden about Gods love. I mean he is everything good. His love is not tyrannical. It is just. But it is kind and compassionate and beautiful. I need to fear him but not in a way of he'll punish me if I don't read a certain amount of my bible each day.
Why do I feel that way sometimes. Devil get out of my thoughts. My daddy God is my love, my prince charming, my everything. He is not a dictator. He loves me. He passionately loves me. ME. and my actions don't, DON'T! Change how he loves me. Actions bad or good. They don't EVER change his love for me. He will ALWAYS passionately love me. ALWAYS! He loves me 100% all the time!
His love is deep.
The other night I was at prayer at the church and it was Josh Q, Josh L, Emily R, Amanda, Elizabeth, Brad, Phil, Allison, Caleb, Milena, Teri, Andrew, and we started praying over each other and man how God fell. We were literally high on God. It was crazy. We were just gone. I think we laid on the floor for like an hour just randomly laughing and playing on Gods playground. It was so beautiful. I don't know if I've ever felt like that before. Just so full. I kept getting prophetic words for people and thats crazy in itself because I stopped walking in that for so long and the past month he's been teaching me how to walk out in it again.  Its amazing. I love Jesus.

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Love,

Sara Ashlee Cannon