I guess I'm at the point in the relationship where, the more and more I fall in love with him, the more the devil seeks to bring me down, abuse me with thoughts of inferiority, remind me of my mistakes, and break me down so bad as to create an inseparable wedge between me and him.

It's a good thing "the LORD will fight for [me]. [I] need only to be still." - Exodus 14:14

Deuteronomy 10:12

"And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but

to fear the LORD your God,

to walk in all his ways,

to love him,

to serve the LORD your God

with all your heart and with all your soul,

and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees

that I am giving you today for your own good?"

To answer that question shortly:

a lot.

what a glorious day

it is when you see someone saved.

even more, when that someone is your friend.

i've been to baptisms before,

but i don't think i've ever realized just how

gloriousaweingmajestic they were

until one hit home.

who knew what would happen a year ago when i met her

-- God did.

I want to praise Him even more

for sososo divinely handpicking this friendship.

and that he used someone like ME to do His work?

is so remarkably humbling.

because i do not deserve his grace or his power.

to see a friend enter into the most

wonderful, difficult, and beautiful relationship

and to know you were an instrument in that

and to know that through her,

so many others will come to be saved

is one of the most encouraging things

you could ever experience as a believer.

last night, i rejoiced with the angels.

In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents.

- Luke 15:10