So we are in the middle of Month 8, with the date
approaching when we return home. Three months left on the race. Trying to make
sure I grasp all the things that are happening in those months, because they
will probably fly by. The other day we were told the date we would be getting
back to the States. It was not exciting as I thought it would be it was
actually kind of nerve racking. So knowing the date of going home makes my mind
start to wonder. It made me start really thinking of the future and what is in store
for me after I return home. I began to pray into the future and how it was all
going to work.
While I was praying to God for guidance and clarity about
the future, I got this answer: “I will open the doors I want open for you.� In
that moment I realize that all the thoughts and worries going in to the future,
needed to be put in God’s Hands. I started to read scripture for guidance and
here are a few verses that reminded me that God will answer, when the time is
right.
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek
and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who
asks receives: He who seeks finds: and to him who knocks, the door will be
opened.� Luke 11:9-10
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on
your own understandings in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your
paths straight.� Proverbs 3:5-6
This year, what God as put in my life has been forever a
life changing experience. I now have a personal relationship with MY FATHER,
CREATOR, AND BELOVED. I know that the more I rely in Him; He will make the path
straight for me. I know that I have a lot of question about the future, but
TODAY I am asking God those questions for guidance and direction in the path I
should go…
Someone told me this before leaving for the race, “when it
really hard and you get really lonely, know you are finding new limits and that
you are bigger than the small town girl that you have always considered
yourself to be. Reach out and grab every memory you can squeeze into your pack.
Enjoy these days…especially the Hard Ones.�
As I sit here and type that quote in this blog, it has new
meaning:
That finding
those new limits for me this year, meant FINDING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY
FATHER, CREATOR, AND BELOVED.
That on those really hard and really lonely days this year
meant GOING TO MY GOD IN THE DEEPEST PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE, COMFORT, AND FOR THE
FEELING OF HIS LOVE TO COME OVER MY BODY AND SPIRIT.
To know that I am bigger than the small town girl I have
always consider myself, means I AM A KINGDOM SHAKER AND A BRINGER OF GOD’S LOVE
TO THE NATIONS, I AM A DAUGHTER OF A MIGHTY FATHER THAT CREATED SO MANY IN HIS
KINGDOM.
To reach out and grab every moment I can squeeze in my pack,
means TO GIVE A 100 PERCENT TO EVERY DAUGHTHER AND SON OF GOD TO SHOW THEM LOVE
AND MAKE A MARK ON THEIR LIVES, AND TO SQUEEZE THAT LOVE I SHOW THEM INTO LOVE
FOR GOD.
I know that this year, like I said earlier has been a life
changing experience for me. That quote has new meaning to me. That you never know
the impact you can make in some life with just one smile, one hug, or even one
conversation. So this journey in my life might be coming to an
end faster than I would like, but I know in this very moment that I want to
make the best of every day for the next three months. I want to act on the
doors God opens for me. This
journey so far with God has been very impactful for me. I also know that God
has a plan for me, the most precious plan with His hands all over the future
for me. I cannot wait to see the road God has for me, because if it is anything
like this year, with the hard, growing, fun, and life changing days I cannot
imagine the future my father, creator, and beloved has already started to open
for me…
I leave you with this verse and quote:
“In the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We
do not know what we ought to pray for, but the spirit himself intercedes for us
with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the
mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance
with God’s will�
Romans
8: 26-27
“When there
is a matter that requires definite prayer, pray until you believe God and until
you can thank Him for His answer.� Hannah
Whitall Smith
So if there is something you need guidance on go to the Lord
in prayer and be patience as He will start opening the doors He wants open for
you.
Until next time…God Bless and Take Care…
