Have you ever had that feeling of joy and excitement mixed with looming dread and fear? I remember having that feeling just before jumping off a bridge with an oversized rubber band strapped to my feet in Vancouver Canada. I experienced it once again the moment I hit submit on my registration to the Grizzly Triathlon. I am so excited to continue to work out what God has asked me to do but terrified of…what am I terrified of?
This is the first year I have intentionally set goals and steps to see them happen. I thought I could use this blog to keep you updated as to how they go for this year. What I have found is that I already have challenges regarding them. My inlaws have watched my two kids (8 months and 2 ½) on Wednesdays. I have planned on using that day to work on becoming a paid public speaker and using Friday to work for Perea. Recently my father in law has taken a job and my mother in law is having some health problems. All of a sudden my full day of no distraction
Philippians 3 tells us to "strive towards what's ahead" and "press on towards the goal." However, in the chapter following Paul tells us to be content in all situations- so which is it? Strive towards future goals or be content with how things are?
I have been reading 1 and 2 Kings in my quiet times. God is impressing in me the ACTION that accompanies so many of His miracles. Rarely does Elijah or Elisha just pray and see a miracle. They put ACTIONS to their faith and see God move.
Unending food, raised from the dead, fed by ravens…that is the life of a man of God; specifically Elijah in 1 Kings 17. The Lord told him that a widow would supply food for him and as most of us know, the widow only had enough food for one loaf of bread for herself and her son then she was going to starve to death. She obeyed and put her faith in God and her flour and oil never ran out. If that’s not enough to prove that Elijah was a man of God, one more thing happened. The widow’s son died and she blamed it on Elijah. Elijah prayed to the Lord an
Oh how fear can seem so real to us in moments yet how small it truly is in light of the Lord. I have had this tremendous fear of making fund raising calls because I don't want to pressure people into giving to Perea Ministries. I only want people to give whom the Lord tells to give. This fear may seem small to you, but in my life it is a HUGE deal and has paralyzed me from doing what the Lord wants me to. However, yesterday I stepped out and made calls. I was able to ask some of the people I trust how they felt and what they thought of what I said.
For the last week I have been challenged to live in the environment of God. What the heck does that mean you may ask…It means living every moment knowing that God is directing me. Honestly, I can’t tell you all of what that means because it’s the journey I am currently on. I have found myself weaving in and out of God’s environment like a boxer in a ring. I’ll check in with God multiple times a day, more than I have in a long time, but that is still not living in that environment. Even if I were to check in 100 times a day, it would still not be LIVING in that environment.