My prayer today is that the Lord would seal on my heart what he is done this year as I head into 2010.
Many blessings to everyone as we start a new year and season!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Beginnings...
I decided to write a blog to help keep family and friends updated on my life and what the Lord is doing while I am in Kansas City, MO at IHOP. I also thought it might help me to process some of the things that I am and will learn while there from the Lord. I am super excited about this opportunity, but also terrified as I have never done anything like this before. I've never quit a job, moved out of an apartment, and completely left my world of comfort to follow Jesus. This is honestly the most radical thing I've done. Even traveling to Ghana, West Africa had comforts of familiar faces whom I traveled with.
So this is a new beginning...a fresh start.
I have been on a roller coaster of a year in 2009. I started the year in a dry season spiritually and in/out of a long term relationship. My heart completely broke in the early months of the year. Devastated, I prayed that my broken heart would not be the end of me and not lead to bitterness. I prayed for restoration, healing and something new to start. The Lord has been so gracious to me and out poured his love for me in result of these prayers. I hesitantly went to a prophetic and healing ministry time at my church in June. Some dear people to me now prayed over me. The Lord spoke through them right into my circumstance and brought healing and hope for the future. I started seeking God more and more.
I finally got to a point where I couldn't stand being half way in and half way out. I asked the Lord to take everything in me, my whole heart and transform it into his. That his will would be done and his kingdom brought as a result. I have always wanted to be radical follower of Jesus but I was too scared to do it. I finally jumped in and it was at that point that I started hearing God speak to me about IHOP in Kansas City. I had thought about it before and pushed it out of my mind because of finances and the list goes on. I kept hearing "will you trust me?" and I, not wanting to waste any more time, said "yes."
So I leave in a week for an internship called "Fire in the Night," which lasts three months. My prayer for my time there is to go deeper into the heart of God, to understand more of his mystery, to fall even more in love with the Bridegroom-Jesus, and sit at his feet to gaze on his beauty.
So this is a new beginning...a fresh start.
I have been on a roller coaster of a year in 2009. I started the year in a dry season spiritually and in/out of a long term relationship. My heart completely broke in the early months of the year. Devastated, I prayed that my broken heart would not be the end of me and not lead to bitterness. I prayed for restoration, healing and something new to start. The Lord has been so gracious to me and out poured his love for me in result of these prayers. I hesitantly went to a prophetic and healing ministry time at my church in June. Some dear people to me now prayed over me. The Lord spoke through them right into my circumstance and brought healing and hope for the future. I started seeking God more and more.
I finally got to a point where I couldn't stand being half way in and half way out. I asked the Lord to take everything in me, my whole heart and transform it into his. That his will would be done and his kingdom brought as a result. I have always wanted to be radical follower of Jesus but I was too scared to do it. I finally jumped in and it was at that point that I started hearing God speak to me about IHOP in Kansas City. I had thought about it before and pushed it out of my mind because of finances and the list goes on. I kept hearing "will you trust me?" and I, not wanting to waste any more time, said "yes."
So I leave in a week for an internship called "Fire in the Night," which lasts three months. My prayer for my time there is to go deeper into the heart of God, to understand more of his mystery, to fall even more in love with the Bridegroom-Jesus, and sit at his feet to gaze on his beauty.
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