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Just thought I'd share a little something this morning that God showed me.

I have learned a little something from my dog. I thought it was a little tiresome that he follows me around EVERYWHERE, but God told me "I want you to be like that. Follow me. Don't just follow me, walk beside me. And don't jump ahead. Trust me. Wait on me." I remembered as Boomer would try to anticipate my moves and jump up on the couch if he thought that's where I was headed. I remember that God is always with me, but I have to stay with Him and trust in Him.

Outpour.

For a long time I had struggled with my thoughts and started to believe the lies that I never had salvation. A lot of that was me not fully understanding God's love and the fact that I do not have to work for salvation. My mind couldn't grasp the concept that it was done and paid for once and for all at the cross. I thought that I had to try to be holy, not understanding that it was in God's presence that I am made whole. I was forgetting that Jesus paid the price so that I may be blameless in His sight. I was striving thinking that salvation was of my own merit when, after all, it is by God's grace that I am saved.

As I prayed with my friends tonight, I saw this image of a sandcastle with walls and a heart inside. First it was just four walls with water (or love) pouring in, seeping through the walls. Then I pictured a sandcastle, the walls disintegrating as God's grace like the ocean flowed in. I can't help but think about God's love and how it overtakes us... wiping away all worries and concerns.

I know that there are barriers and mindsets God wants to tear down in my life. It's happening... I am just praying for outpour and more of Him.