I know I haven’t written in a while, I have been busy with ministry and when I’m not doing that I am resting.
The Lord has been teaching me about His freedom. I was sitting on the beach looking at a tide pool, and watching the wave come up and over the tide pool and then go back out to sea. God spoke to me through this and showed me that we are in that tide pool and it’s comfortable but it’s not freedom, and the only freedom that I found was temporary freedom because I was stuck in that tide pool, trapped by my own thinking that I could find freedom on my own. I had a choice to make, either I would choose to stay or I would take the opportunity to leave, relying on God. I choose to rely on God and let Him take me out to sea where there is true freedom that no matter the circumstance or situation that I am in I am still free, and I can rest in that freedom. I was warned that it might be uncomfortable or different. But I choose to step out of that because the Lord showed me that the end result is greater than that and I would much prefer to explore something new even if it’s hard rather than go in circles and feeling trapped because I choose to hold myself back.
This freedom may not always be comfortable, or exciting but I know the author, and He is good no matter my circumstances. He will use all things for His good, even if it’s something hard like fundraising. The character of my God doesn’t change and above all else I will rest on this truth.
Whatever you are going through even when it seems like the end of the world God is still good and will use this for good. And even if you don’t respond to it well (I am guilty of this, especially with findraising) God still choose to use us. Through my brokenness He shines, therefore let me boast all the more in my weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). Personally I love music and spoken words, so something that helped me understand this was A Million Pieces by Jon Jorgenson (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLUIyXmm3TU). I highly recommend checking it out, and his other stuff is really good as well.
Love you guys, praying for you!! Hope this blog spoke to some of you!!
