spiritual lepers

Ok.
So....two things happened yesturday while me and the Boy were in his car praying. One thing was not so much a big deal, and the other was a big deal.
I had had a sore throat all day that was getting progressively worse. I was conserned because my clinical the next day would take be on the oncology unit- a place full of immunosuppressed people. I was unsure if I would even be able to go into clinical if my throat cold got worse.

While the Boy was praying, and he asked the Lord to take away my sickness so that I could effectively perform during clinical.
And God did--instantly. But that's not a big deal.
The big deal was that after the Boy stopped praying, I started praying, and what happened? I-I can't explain it....

It was like the Spirit was so big inside of me that it wanted to burst out of me. I felt it in my heart, in my belly, everywhere!
I prayed...oh, I prayed. That doesn't seem like a big deal, but I was praying from the heart, not from the head. I can not even remember what I said because I was so caught up in HIS Presence in that car. I was OVERWHELMED! I could have prayed all night. It was like the Holy Spirit was speaking right though me. I was praising, thanking, repenting....the whole shabang.
It was cool. Very cool.

I'm learning...The Lord is so, so gracious. He is so good. Why do I forget that so often. Why do I forget His love? He loves us so much. He Loves us. Can you not understand that, brothers and sisters? The King of Heaven LOVES us. The Scriptures say that our good deeds are like filthy rags to the Creator of the Universe. Like rags being used during a girl's menstral cycle to be precise. FILTHY.

AAAAAnd... He loves us. In the words of Pastor Tom, we are like SPIRITUAL LEPERS before we come to Christ. Filthy. Diseased. Dirty. Mangled. Falling apart. Unclean. Unfit for anything. As good as dead. Just a sorry, sorry state.
And God loves us.

Whoa.