There's something in the air..

And it's not love.

I get this feeling sometimes. Not often. But it's like butterflies, an unexplainable excitement. Things are not fantastic with me right now but something inside of me is bubbling up with joy. I feel a sense of anticipation rising. I had this same feeling on Sunday this week just before I taught at NAC and God showed up in a really cool way. And I have it today. I don't know why, but something inside of me is getting all worked up and usually when this happens God is about to do something, He's about to show up, He's about to move, He's about to start changing things.

I once heard a man named Shane Claibourne speak. He lives the craziest life for Jesus. He's been arrested and persecuted often for listening to the crazy things Jesus asks him to do. He has no home, and hardly any possessions because he felt God's calling to get down in the dirt and grime and minister to the homeless on a real level. He talked about how the name of Jesus is a dangerous but exciting name. Things change when that name is spoken to an open heart. Shane sleeps on benches while loving on the homeless in response to the call of Jesus and gets arrested. He said that when people say the name of Jesus, he always gets a little nervous in a "oooooh say it again!" kind of way. He said he gets chills because he never knows whats about to happen.

That's kind of how I feel today. Nervous and so excited. I feel like God is about to show up; and who knows that can mean.