Walking with a purpose

I wish I could convey my excitement about this series of blogs I'm embarking on the next three weeks but instead I'm going to hope that it is evident in my thoughts that I put down.  Fear has been a huge topic for me lately, and my fear has in a sense kept me from being completely transparent with God. It always blows my mind when God reaches down and drops something in my spirit. Tonight I'm in the car listening to the radio and ordinarily my mind doesn't really key in to things that are going on around me, but tonight God was telling me to pay attention. Natalie Grant was talking about her new single "Hurricane" and what inspired her to write it. She talked about how it's he was in a deep depression and she found solace and comfort in the story where Jesus walked on water.... I came home and I decided to brush up on my Bible skills regarding Jesus and his ministry. I went immediately to that story found in Matthew 14:22-33 but verse 28 is the one that re...

"I'll sit on his sunlight as long as he's sitting with me"  At the beginning of the summer I had one of the realist conversations ever with my dad and for the first time I was really listening. He talked about how I had been running from where God was calling me to for so long, trying to please everyone but me. He said "just be Creseida" you know that in 22 years of life that no one had ever told me to do that?  "As a father shows compassion to his children, so the  Lord  shows compassion to those who fear him ." Psalm 103:13 I'm very blessed I have two fathers, I have my real earthly blood dad and then I have God. God is like a father, tender and compassionate. Not every child is blessed to have a relationship with their earthly father but I'm very thankful that I have had my father. Make no mistake though just because you don't have a relationship with your biological father doesn't mean God is not there. God offers himself to us,...