Forging Ahead

I have so much to share! God has been speaking to me so much lately. Unless you are a believer, you probably think I have lost my marbles, but I can assure you I haven't! So many things have been happening lately that it is hard for me to keep up! Saturday morning, I woke up after a sleepless night. Do you ever have those moments in your life where something eats away at you and you play the situation over and over in your mind? The end result was that I started to doubt who I was in Christ; maybe I was the problem and I needed to change. I opened up my bible study book and I was in tears sharing with Wesley what the Lord chose for me to read on that morning. It was exactly, to the very letter what my heart needed. It was complete reassurance that I was in the will of God and that He was still in control. I was reminded that I can't see all the in's and out's of what is going on-but He can. As long as I am seeking His approval-it doesn't matter what man thinks of me. Welsey kept reminding me that God's Word offends people and that others will condemn what I say no matter what it is. God's Word will never go void. He is always seeking us out and trying to tell us something-what has He told you lately?

Yesterday, our new pastor gave another phenomenal message, spoken straight from the lips of God Himself. Wesley was privileged enough to get to spend the afternoon with him in a personnel committee meeting. He came home so alive and excited. Thad's enthusiasm was infectious. Wesley said, "He is the real deal!" He has a vision for our church; not a man-made vision, but a vision that only with the Holy Spirit, can we accomplish it; only through His mighty hand will it play out. What faith that is!

It made me take a step back and look at my own life. How many goals do I make that I know I can achieve? How may goals and dreams do I make that I know only God can achieve? So often I think something and that voice says, "You can't do that! Are you crazy! That is truly impossible!" Yesterday, I realized that that is exactly the kind of dream I am supposed to have for my own life. For something to happen that can only be explained by my Heavenly Father, what a testimony! The funny thing is, lately I have been really praying for what His will is in my life. I have been at a cross roads and trying to figure out what He would have me do. Now I know. Now I know that I am to seek that road less traveled. I am to go to the path that doesn't make logical sense. The beautiful part, I'm to go there and He will be there with me. He will carry me along if I will let Him.

I have always felt that I am to write and to write for His glory; hence the reason this whole blog thing came into my life. Now I know, that I am to start seeking ways of writing on a much bigger scale. I am to break free of the chains that I have allowed my insecurities to trap me in. I am to be who He wants me to be, not who the world expects me to be. I am to write, for Him. He has given each of us a passion, a desire to do something. What is yours? Are you using it for His glory or are you letting those passions sit idle and the enemy tell you that you can't do it?

Yesterday, I noticed a woman from my Sunday school department singing in the choir. To anyone else it might not have been a big deal, but to me, I knew that it was. She has shared on many occasions how much she loves to sing, but how she had not been in choir for so long. She knew it was a God given passion and He blessed her with a great singing voice to go along with it. And there she was, finally giving over to what He wanted her to do. She looked so beautiful standing up there singing. It was as if His approval shone on her face. Isn't that how it is though? When we finally give in and quit dragging our feet and do what He wants us to do-we are blessed beyond measure. What a feeling to be in His will and in the palm of His hand! I give up! I give in! I surrender all, as the song goes. I am going to go where He leads and not look back. Who knows what adventures will come my way! I can't wait!

"The things impossible with men are possible with God." ~Luke 18:27

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come pray to me,and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, "declares the Lord. ~Jeremiah 29:11-14a