E is for Enthusiasm

God is AMAZING! I just got back from cg and I can barely keep my excitement in. God is so great!! I haven't been healed from leprosy or healed of a bleeding sickness like back in the day. Check out Luke 5: 12-16 and 8:40-47. However, I have been saved from being dead inside. And if that ain't something to shout about I don't know what is. Tonight we were talking about how God's grace has covered all of us outcasts and brought us into a community of believers. I was saved when I was a wee girl, so I don't have much of a sob story when it comes to being redeemed. Growing up I used to feel guilty that I hadn't been saved from a life of crime or drugs. It was just a natural step to take being raised in church. More of a process than anything really. But that doesn't mean God accepting me as His daughter is any less of a miracle. Occasionally, more often than I'd like to admit, I lose the enthusiasm of the redeemed. So as we were talking about it tonight, it just got me all excited. On the way home I was just singing and dancing in my truck praising my little heart out that the God of the Universe thinks I'm something else. So I'm at a stoplight, not really paying attention to my driving, and there is a car next to me. As I look to my right, probably doing the wave or some other ridiculous dance move, the guy next to me is just laughing at me. And I felt a little sheepish. But hey, this sheep's been saved by grace and I'll shake it to my heart's content because I can feel Him smiling when I'm praising Him in joy and thankfulness. Sigh, He's so G-R-E-A-T, GREAT!!!