“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares The Lord “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
It has been a while since I last blogged. So much has been going on, so much change in my life.First thing is first, God is good! He has been doing such a work on my heart and is helping me every step of the way. I just made a big move from Chicago to the Carolinas, saying my goodbyes to my closest friends and family. I am now trying to adjust my ways back to the southern ways. I did think the move was going to be a lot more difficult than it really was but I have been at peace the whole time, which is a blessing in itself. I’ve been learning a lot of new things about myself, learning the importance of fully trusting in The Lord. When I use to look at a whole situation all at once I would get anxious, nervous and stressed out. With the Lord (which he has been reminding me daily) He does not make things complicated. He is right there every step of the way. We just have to make that step of faith to trust Him because He has been trusting and believing in us to make that move. Another very important topic The Lord has been showing me is to step out of my comfort zone! I want to be a leader for Him, I want to step out when others are not as willing to and this has been my prayer, little did I know I was just about to start learning who I really am in Christ. So the other day I received an email from the missions organization saying, “Needing some Brave Volunteers” to change their routes… completely!!! Apparently there was a lot of people who signed up to do ministry this upcoming year, which is absolutely amazing! So Adventures In Missions made a whole new route (Route 5) and added it to the itinerary! When I received this email I thought, “Oh boy… Is this route for me Lord.” When I started to read the email I just had a feeling I am about to change my route and completely switch up everything! So I read it, prayed immediately, felt peace and that’s all she wrote! I switched!!! And I couldn’t be more happier. I took that step of faith for The Lord! I know many others took that step of faith as well, and I am now officially on a new route! I am not sure exactly what that means or what He has in store for us but i do know it is going to be awesome! Am I nervous? yes, Am I going to try to worry about the little things? probably so, but Gods been reminding me, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
The Lords also been reminding me of something, “ask and you shall receive”. I never really understood this until the other day. Keeping our eyes fixed on Him, praying and remembering to Put on the full armor of God. He will protect us and bless us with the desires of our hearts! Isn’t this encouraging?! The Lord loves us That much He will bless His children, and does hurts The Lord for us not to trust Him. My prayer for us all is that we give Him that chance, we step out in that faith to let Him guide and protect us. He needs warriors! He has a place for us in His army and it is very important we obey His word. It is important we focus our eyes onto Him! It is important we take that step of faith. He promises He will not leave our sides when we agree to live for Him. In this generation it is not easy to live the Holy lifestyle. People may even look at me and judge me. They will be negative, they will hate the truth, but i serve a big God and He will use it for His glory. It is hard being holy, it is hard remaining sexually pure. It is something we all probably struggle with and yes even believers. We need to be different, it is going to be tough we will fall we will struggle but again The Lord is right there to pick us up again. We do have to be different and we have to choose the light. God has been showing me, “There is no in between, you are either for me or against me.” Do you know how hard that is to grasp? Looking at those words, that seems incredibly hard. There has to be more to life than just this anyways! For those who battle with depression, hurt anger and loneliness or those who battle with constant illnesses amongst our bodies . I use to be one of those people. I was so sick for so long and I know it was just more than me being sick. It was my lifestyle I was choosing to live. Constant drinking, partying and sexual sin. I was not a happy person, I literally made myself sick and thought this was it, I will not be happy. I knew I had to make a choice, a very very hard choice but if I didn’t I would be on a bad road to destruction and quick! So I had to choose and I chose the light. I chose God. Was it easy? absolutely not. I had to leave so many things behind. God was there every step of the way and still is teaching me new things everyday. I know so many people go through what I have and am still going through. I am very thankful I had the ears to listen and the eyes to see I needed change. I needed to let go and let God. I needed to take that step of Faith and step out of my comfort zone and I am glad I did. I wouldn’t be where I am today, I wouldn’t be going on this missions trip if I didn’t make that choice. I honestly just have God to thank for that.
