So CGA is over in 6 weeks. What’s next?
The Lord has been taking me on a journey to discover the answer to this question over the past 2 months that I have been here in Gainesville.
When I arrived in Georgia, I thought I had a plan.
God showed me very quickly that He had a different plan. A better plan.
Typical.
This time that I have been at CGA has been such a blessing. I have experienced incredible redemption. I have experienced new freedom that I didn’t even know was possible. I have had the time and space to pursue deeper intimacy with the Lord and to hear His voice. I have been granted with the gift of peace in the waiting that can only come from Him. I have had awesome revelations about foundational Biblical truths. I have written music and learned more about vocal harmonies and the guitar. I have been introduced to brilliant authors like Watchman Nee and Harold Best. I spent a weekend learning to crochet. I kayaked Lake Lanier and was blown away by the beauty of fall colors for the first time. I have been so blessed to discover what it means to be intentionally pursued and romanced by a Godly man, and through that to understand God’s heart of pursuit and romance for me. I have also been challenged by trusted mentors and wise counsel to ask myself some hard questions. I have been encouraged to vocalize my passions, desires, and dreams. I have learned to trust in the authority that I have been given to make choices.
So what comes next is a choice.
A choice between Thailand and Tucson.
A choice that I have spent many hours praying for discernment about, journaling about, and verbally processing about to anyone around me who would listen. (Thank you if you have been one of those very patient people.) 🙂
A choice that I really hoped that God or someone else would just make for me… because I was scared to choose WRONG.
But unfortunately…no such luck. The Lord has given me the choice, and He has revealed that I am the one that has to make it.
The good news is that I have made a choice. The awesome news is that I have peace about it!
On December 21st, I will be heading home to Tucson! I am excited to spend Christmas with family and friends! And after the new year, I will be starting a job search. I am ready to get back into a salon behind the chair and to use the skills that I have been given as a ministry opportunity in the work force! I am ready to be in one place longer than just a few months at a time. I am ready to start paying off my student loans. I am ready to fully invest in the people that God entrusts to me. I am ready to seek out volunteer opportunities in local women’s abuse and homeless shelters to watch the Lord shatter lies of unworthiness and to unveil beauty! I am ready to partner with Him in seeing Tucson transformed for His glory!
I am so excited to start this new season. For the next chapter of this wild story that I am lucky enough to call my life!
Thank you for trusting me and for encouraging and empowering me to trust myself in making this choice! I am able to take this step in faith because I know that the Lord is faithful! I can’t thank those of you enough who have supported, encouraged, and prayed for me along the way! Your continued prayers for the Lord’s provision in needs for starting life in Tucson ( a car, a job, good community, etc…) are incredibly appreciated! I am so blessed by each and every one of you! Love you guys!
<3 Cassie
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” -James 1:2-6
I will choose to trust and not doubt. I will choose to have faith in the Lord and in the path that HE has set before my feet!
