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It has been so long since I have blogged. Partly because life has been the craziest and busiest it has ever been. I am a person that is into details...no matter what it is about. I don't know how to even have a conversation without giving out details. When so much is going on in my life at the moment I tend to not blog because there are just too many details. I am overwhelmed with what I should even write. When I last blogged I was license-less. All that finally got straightened out but not without a battle. See this is where I want to give out all the details. But I am going to refrain. Actually, I would rather not have to re-live that moment in time. I now have my license. I thought once that mess was over life could then go back to normal. My new normal is now not routine based.
Browns mill church weekly gatherings started on March 15. Wow...if I gave out the details on just this experience it would be pages long! It has been amazing so far. I feel so incredibly blessed to have a community of friends that are about this mission. It is not typical for church planters to be surrounded by such great people when you first get started. It is usually a process. And often times church planters feel lonely and weary. We may have challenges in other areas but I feel blessed that so many people are committed to working alongside of us! There have been a number of moments that I personally have been overwhelmed and weary but that moment passed. I can't explain how much we know that God wants this to all happen. So when those tiring moments came the huge sense of calling would sweep over us. One of the reason God sent us the Holy Spirit is to encourage us. So many people involved have told us that they feel like they are becoming spiritually alive for the first time. I have known Jesus almost my whole life yet it is all starting to become crystal clear. It feels like we are on the brink of something so cutting edge yet it is ancient! God is working in us, around us, through us...and when that happens there is an excitement about life that is contagious!
Unfortunately, the enemy knows this. He is feeling so threatened lately. I know this because I am fighting him off constantly. We are in a time of complete transition. Currently, we do not have a regular paying job. We are sharing one car. And we are getting ready to move across town. If I focus on all these areas I easily become anxious and stressed. It often feels like every single area of my life has been made unsure, unclear and unknown. Pray for our family. I know God is going to provide I would just love to know how. This is all part of our story, our journey. I would love the drama to tone down a bit! I want to be focused on others not on our situations. Here is where our faith is going to show. I am now dependent on God to supply ALL our needs...the car, the house, income....
In the midst of the craziness is peace. This is what the world is searching for. I could become sick over worry or I can allow God to do His thing. People are now looking at us to display this unspeakable peace only Jesus can give. If they are ever going to want this Jesus we say gives us this peace, then we have to have that peace! By the way, that is why I chose this picture up at the top. I can't stand pictures of myself. But the setting there that day was so peaceful. The weather was great and the water so still. We were just simply enjoying the day.
Pray that we will overcome the temptation to doubt that God is in EVERY aspect of our lives.
Browns mill church weekly gatherings started on March 15. Wow...if I gave out the details on just this experience it would be pages long! It has been amazing so far. I feel so incredibly blessed to have a community of friends that are about this mission. It is not typical for church planters to be surrounded by such great people when you first get started. It is usually a process. And often times church planters feel lonely and weary. We may have challenges in other areas but I feel blessed that so many people are committed to working alongside of us! There have been a number of moments that I personally have been overwhelmed and weary but that moment passed. I can't explain how much we know that God wants this to all happen. So when those tiring moments came the huge sense of calling would sweep over us. One of the reason God sent us the Holy Spirit is to encourage us. So many people involved have told us that they feel like they are becoming spiritually alive for the first time. I have known Jesus almost my whole life yet it is all starting to become crystal clear. It feels like we are on the brink of something so cutting edge yet it is ancient! God is working in us, around us, through us...and when that happens there is an excitement about life that is contagious!
Unfortunately, the enemy knows this. He is feeling so threatened lately. I know this because I am fighting him off constantly. We are in a time of complete transition. Currently, we do not have a regular paying job. We are sharing one car. And we are getting ready to move across town. If I focus on all these areas I easily become anxious and stressed. It often feels like every single area of my life has been made unsure, unclear and unknown. Pray for our family. I know God is going to provide I would just love to know how. This is all part of our story, our journey. I would love the drama to tone down a bit! I want to be focused on others not on our situations. Here is where our faith is going to show. I am now dependent on God to supply ALL our needs...the car, the house, income....
In the midst of the craziness is peace. This is what the world is searching for. I could become sick over worry or I can allow God to do His thing. People are now looking at us to display this unspeakable peace only Jesus can give. If they are ever going to want this Jesus we say gives us this peace, then we have to have that peace! By the way, that is why I chose this picture up at the top. I can't stand pictures of myself. But the setting there that day was so peaceful. The weather was great and the water so still. We were just simply enjoying the day.
Pray that we will overcome the temptation to doubt that God is in EVERY aspect of our lives.
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