So this is Ebenezer

For my senior solo in choir, I sang Come Thou Fount. It's an amazing song that will always hold a lot of significance to me, but I did not until recently understand the meaning of the verse: "Here I raise my Ebenezer; Here by Thy great help I've come..."

1 Samuel 7 describes how the Israelites turn from foreign gods to serve the Lord, and plead with Him to deliver them from the Philistines. Guess what? God then moves in a mighty way to answer their prayers and turn His hand against the Philistines to defeat them.

"Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer [means stone of help], saying, 'Thus far has the LORD helped us.' So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israelite territory again." ~vv. 12-13

So lately I have really felt called to raise an Ebenezer of my own. This means very purposefully chronicling the things God has done and is doing in my life, no matter how small. I want to look back and say with clarity "God has been faithful in SO many things; why would He not do so now?" I want to be able to explain with passion why I believe what I do, and why Jesus Christ is worth everything.

So this is my testimony. I don't know how much will be written here, but the story I have to tell does little good locked away in a book. God gave me this life to laugh and encourage and convict. And the journey never ends, until I'm dancing in His presence forever. :D