"The Lord himself will fight for you" - Exodus 14:14

"What he wants from us first of all is not a technically correct performance, but our heart" - Peter Kreeft

Before I left New Orleans, I was having some girl time with a few wonderful women. We were just talking about various things...the usual topics, but also so much more. It reminded me of the moment when Elizabeth and Mary met, and the holy children in their wombs leapt for joy. These women and I were sharing in the joy of the Lord. We were delighting in the Presence of God that dwelt in each of us.

We got on the topic of what each of us were going to be doing with the next few years of our lives. One of the women simply said, "You know someone asked me what I was going to do with my life and I responded that I am trying to figure out what God wants....and then I thought wait...that is a lie...I know what God wants....He just wants my heart."........I sat stunned. It was one of those moments where beauty..where light just penetrates your heart in a deep way.

I have made it my life's goal to figure out what God wants of me, and all he wants put simply is my heart. I was overwhelemed by the truth in this. If I could give God my heart..all of it...at every moment...then we would be so closely united that his thoughts were my thoughts and my thoughts were his thoughts. Complete Union. Now I know that this is not wholly possible until heaven because I am a sinful person, but this statement can dramatically change your life. It is slowly changing mine.

Every morning I wake up and I am overwhelmed by everything I have to do..everything I don't know how to do...everything that could go wrong...everything that could go right. Then I go to prayer and I let Jesus fight for my heart. I try with my feeble will to give him all of it....and that is sufficient.

That is what will evangelize this campus. That is what will change the lives of those around me. That is what will sanctify this world.....If I..If we...every day fight to give our whole heart to Christ.