Utah? Ohio?

Wow, where did time go?
In just 6 days, I'm leaving to my mission's trip to Bluff, Utah.
What's in Utah?! Well, other than beautiful landscaping, an entire Navajo nation is in Utah. My responsibility, on this trip, is to lead worship for VBS for kids, teens, and adults, as well as throw a Friday night Youth Revival with music, skits, and preach.

Wait, I'm preaching. For the first time. Ever.

I'm just as surprised, but I'm confident that my Yahweh will speak through me, it's just a matter of how, what of, and am I able to hear Him clearly? Yes, I'm nervous, but God is sovereign, and so good.

Okay, straight from Utah, is OHIO!
I get to see my friends I call family, as well as be a part of a beautiful wedding for two of my friends, Kelly and Billy. Being a bridesmaid for the first time ever is a journey, but I'm SO stoked about it. It's going to be a great time. I'm prayerfully seeking God to be there during that week, as my heart is challenged, especially for when I get back home and I'm faced with a few decisions. God is good though. So good.


So where to, after Ohio? I guess we will see.

Until then,
-J. King

....to my future husband.

To my future husband,

I've been trusting in God and faithfully spending time with Him and today I realized that you are totally worth the wait.

Love, your future wife.

[The Lifestyle of] Worship.

"If leading worship is just about bringing a group of people into a room so we can get goosebumps & sing songs together,there's not much value in that. But if leading worship is a means to an end, that we leave this place as a different kind of people, as part of a new humanity that God wants to create,the people that are caring for the widows & orphans, that aren't bound by the systems of this world but becoming free, becoming fully engaged in our world, then that matters."

 -Michael Gungor

Unfailing, Undeserving, Understanding.

But I trust in your unfailing love;
   my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the LORD’s praise,
   for he has been good to me.
                         -Psalm 13:5&6

This was my "Psalm of the Day" that I've recently started, obviously since it's only Chapter 13. And as I was reading verse 5, which I've read plenty of times before, that word 'unfailing' caught my attention...

So many times when I pray I thank God that He is so understanding and that He gives 'unfailing love to the undeserving'. But am I really understanding exactly what that word 'unfailing' really means?!

Unfailing: adjective; meaning: 1. Without error or fault & 2. Reliable or constant

Other definitions say:
*foolproof
*always able to supply more
*inexhaustible, changeless, unceasing.

Then I began thinking about how large this unfailing love is. Well the love from God is so vast, so deep, and so wide.

"For the Lord's unfailing love is as high as the heavens." -Psalm 57:10 NLT

BAM. There's my answer for that one.  Well, how do I get this unfailing love? How did I even deserve it?

"but the Lord's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him." -Psalm 32:10

BAM. There's my answer for this one as well. If I trust in God, even just the tiniest bit of trust, then this legit outpouring of unfailing love envelopes me as a Child of God. Whoa, talk about incredible.

Let's dig a little deeper....
Sometimes, we consciously hear things one time and it passes through us like we never really listened. What I mean is, the first time you hear someone ask you a question, and you answer it without thinking about it, then go on with your conversation. Well, if that person was to ask you over and over again, then you will put more thought into your answer, or even think about "why" that person is asking you this question to begin with? It opens your curiousity...

Well, that's what this word has done for me. I've read this phrase "unfailing love" on at least 10 different occasions in the Bible, or heard it in prayers, or even said it to someone, describing God to them.

But today, I'm trying to wrap my mind around "God's Unfailing Love for Me".
He loves me without ceasing, without failing, without giving up, with definite, infinite, legitimate love. AND the good news?! He loves you too. And he continues to love you and I with unfailing love. We can no longer hear about His unfailing love and let it slip our mind.

The word fail is so negative. You think of disappointment, shame, or even regret, almost.
If you are failing, you are continuously disappointing and not able to supply anything more than that.
The word unfailing is so optimistic/positive. You think of success, contentment, inspiration, hope, joy.
If you are unfailing, you are continuously succeeding and able to supply more than enough.

God is unfailing. God is love. So therefore, His love is unfailing.

We are undeserving of His son's death on the cross.
We are undeserving of His grasp on our lives and guidance.
We are the undeserving to His unfailing love.

BUT He gives it to us anyways.

What a blessing. I had to share that with you guys.
You are loved. You are loved. You.Are.Loved. [forever.]

-J. King

Want more information about this unfailing love?

"In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling."

 -Psalm 6:4

Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

Psalm 32:10

...the earth is full of his unfailing love.

-Psalm 33:18b

How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.

-Psalm 44:26

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

-Psalm 52:8

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

-Psalm 107:8

May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.

-Psalm 130:7

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you."

 -Isaiah 54:10