Before I give everyone a "Why?" post I thought I would get you on the same page as me as far as where I am in my life and walk with Christ. So take your jacket off and stay while, get ya a refreshment, and enjoy!
I am a semi newly rededicated Christian, I came back to Christ this past November, and ever since then I've been trying to really focus on God, learning more about who He really is, and what His will is for my life. As you can imagine being out of the lifestyle for about 5 years left me a little forgetful when it came to God and all the basics of our Faith. So to remedy this I took out my student study Bible dusted it off and cracked her open. It's been really great just getting back to the basics of the Bible. One thing I've really enjoyed in reading and studying the Bible is all of the stories of Jesus, the disciples, and all the prophets of the Bible. How they lived, what they did, and how much they loved God (I especially enjoy reading Paul's writings). It made me want to make my relationship with God deeper and more real than ever before, I wanted to be a disciple too! Now I would be lying if I didn't say that this whole process has been a piece of cake…because it hasn't. I haven't just frolicked over to where my Bible sits every single day and begin to read it, no sir. I've had days where I didn't open it all because I didn't think I needed it (I try to be Very independant) or just plan didn't want to. Flesh: 1 Letting God rule my life: 0. I would come back to the feet of Jesus a little while after my little rebellion begging for forgiveness, and asking for yet Another chance. He of course showers me with His love and Grace, dusts me off, and sets me straight. Honestly, this Faith stuff is hard. No other way around it. BUT it's all so worth it when you battle through Satan's distractions and our purely sinful nature. Growing and maturing in Christ has been a crazy adventure so far, and I'm looking forward to continuing. I feel like God has really laid sharing my story and reaching out to as many people as I can for Him on my heart. I also feel like missions is a good place for this to happen so I've been searching for opportunities to share God's love. As I am trying to grow more in Christ I've had a few struggles, but thats okay. Prayer has been one thing that I've struggled with a little…I mean what do you say to the one who created everything? Besides the fact I feel like we as Christians have our "go to" prayers…you know, ask for blessing for friends/family and asking Him to rule over our day and that we will be submissive to His Will, but not really meaning it or not realizing what we are asking for. I think that second option was me, I just didn't realize what I was asking for. God started answering some prayers in a rather Big way when I wasn't expecting it. I heard about The World Race (and applied), got asked to be an assistant table leader for Chrysalis/Crossroads, AND be a teacher for our Church's AWANA group…all in just a few weeks. WOW. God doesn't play around. God heard the "let me live my life for you, and do what you would have me do" and probably had a little smirk and started rocking my world. Haha. When I applied for The World Race I thought there was no chance in the world they would accept me, and was seceretly kinda hoping they wouldn't because I was scared. Oh and can I say that application might have been one of the longest most challenging things I've ever did in the way of applications. It was intense. So I submitted it and sooner than they said they would I got an email saying my application was accepted and that I was ready for a phone interview. shock #1. I had my phone interview with Aly Beeler, sweetest girl ever, and I think it went pretty well and I felt really comfortable during it (which was a bit releif). Again, sooner than I was told I got a phone called telling me I was accepted and what my next steps were. Shock #2. God was probably sitting up there smiling at me freaking out that all of this was working sooo smoothly haha. I made my initial donation and then Boom. I am officially a WRer on January Route 3. God is so Good. Oh and as far as the other things God put before me I sucked it up and said yes I would help with those things too. I think this is long enough, and has caught you up to where I can now give you a "Why?".
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more blogs. 🙂
