Friday, June 16, 2006
New things on the horizon
Current mood: content
Well, as some of you may already know, there are some new, exciting and scary things on the horizon for Tawny and I. For the last couple years we have been feeling a strong calling to be more involved in our church ministry and to show God's love to everyone we know. For a long time, I heard the call and began to quench the Spirit because I was afraid to let go of the lifestyle I had and the things I enjoyed. As the days went on, the Lord continue to press at me in very subtle ways reminding me of our calling in this world. Our associate pastor at The Rock had recently moved to Frisco Texas and began networking to start up a church/ministry. He came back to OKC one Sunday morning and preached about his calling and vision and how someday he would look back and have a "God story". At the end of the service I was absolutely in tears because the Holy Spirit was on me convicting me about the things He had been impressing upon us for the last couple of years. Somehow, at that point, it all connected. In some way, we were supposed to help out this new ministry in Frisco. We didn't know how, when, in what capacity so we just began to pray about it. It started by taking baby steps and moving in one direction and seeing if God would move and open doors. We began to learn (through advice from friends and through the trials God allowed us to go through) that its all about faith in a situation like that. You must totally rely on God to lead you through the best and worst times and if you He has spoken to you and is leading you in a direction, you must take the first steps (steps of blind faith) and He will then appear and take your hand. So, as the weeks went on we were going down each weekend helping out in Kids Church and other duties around the church, making new friends and discovering God's current call on our lives. We would leave on Sunday afternoons to drive back to OKC and we were just on top of the world. JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY. We decided to step out more and put our home up for sale and begin looking for jobs in the Dallas area and God is beginning to move in those areas as well. We believe in "Walking in Love" and loving EVERYONE unconditionally just as Jesus did. Don't get me wrong, I am one of the biggest hypocrits you will ever meet and in no way am I trying to preach at anyone. I know probably most of you that are reading this I have hurt in someway or showed you the opposite of His love and I ask for your forgiveness right now. I'm a hyprocrit but Jesus' love, grace, mercy and forgiveness heal me and cleanse my guilt and sin everytime I screw up and ask for His help. I have to remember that I cannot live this life alone if I want to stay in his blessings. I must have the Lord by my side and do the best I can. I'm going to screw up on a daily basis!! I know that, if I can't admit that I'd be an idiot. But, holding the principle "Walk in Love" and knowing that is what Jesus did and does allows me to wake another day and go out and try my best, repent when I don't, and try and touch one life on a daily basis. We have had mostly negative feed back from friends and family about the move and that is just plain emotion and the devil trying to keep us from fulfilling our call. Please pray for us in this time as we move to Texas and that God will bless our paths and the people we meet along the way. I love you guys!! Hit me up so we can chat.. J
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