Captured.

I have been blessed with an abnormal amount of free time this week which has left a lot of space for connections.

On one of these occasions, sitting in the lounge with 2 special girls and chitting and chatting while spring started blossoming in Cape Town Tess said something that has stayed with me all week.

Do you ever stop to consider what a privelege it is to have your life grabbed hold of by Jesus at such a young age. Do you ever step back and appreciate that at a time in your life when your personality is still pliable, when you are making decisions that you will feel the weight of far into your future: decisions about career, friends, family, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, adventures, houses, what you waste your free time on, what you pour your energy into...the list goes on. How awesome to think that your life is consciously in the control of Christ and that you are making these decisions prayerfully, with the wisdom and security of the Creator of the Universe as your personal advisor.

If you can contrast this with how haphazardly the world pours their energy into these things, how fickle their choices sometimes are, how self sustained and ultimately exhausting some of their endeavours are; do you not feel weak at the magnitude of blessing that is poured out over you. And consider this is only the beginning...

It makes my heart swell with love for my Saviour, when I realise, if just on a tiny level, how much He loves me.