Realizations...

Proverbs 30:8

⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

I have been praying Proverbs 30:8 over myself these past couple weeks. It seemed appropriate as I am raising support! :) When you pray scripture over yourself, God tends to show you a thing or two - funny how that works! Here's my realizations.

I realized - I already have riches. Living in America I have been blessed with everything I need and then some. Seriously, what comfort do I not have?!

I realized - I am too often being satisified and filled up with my riches and not the daily bread that God provides - this was my biggest realization!

I realized - It's hard to be continually desiring God's bread and not the what the world tells you, you need and will make you happy.

I realized - when your living for Christ, you are going against the grain, no wonder it's hard!

I realized - God's bread is only what will satisfy.

I realized - how much I NEED Him everyday.

I stumbled across this quote and I think it sums up this post quite nicely!

“We need to pray for our daily bread not because we’re worried about where our

next meal might come from, but because we’re not.”

AND

Speaking of "riches" I have this lovely Chevy 2005 Impala for sale?! Any takers?:)!

Food for Thought...

The Bible is dangerous without a relationship with the Holy Spirit.

Yep, think about it.

Seasons...

These two pictures have nothing to do with this post,

other than they are my adorable beautiful nieces who need to be shown off:)!

Eva, above and Bella, below!

On to my post...

Once again I find myself in a season of transition. It was just a year ago when I was taking steps to moving to Iowa City and now I find myself taking what seems like bigger steps in moving to England.

As I have been reflecting on this past year and looking ahead at the one to come, its been fun to see where God has taken me and where He is leading me. Phillipians 1:6 - putting on paper the good work God is doing in me.

The season I am walking away from:

- Learned about & experienced God's LOVE for me more than ever. It became more than just words I say but actually emotions and feelings and truth I believed.

- Prophecy, hearing from God, listening to God (whatever you want to call it). I learned what the Bible had to say about, I practiced it, I watched others practice it, and I grew closer to Jesus through it. I am more than excited to continue strengthening this spiritual muscle.

- Gifts, Abilities, Talents : I am maybe the most confident I have ever been in knowing my gifts and how I function in the Kingdom of God! :)

- Just by nature of a church plant, I spent a lot of time "doing" and building relationships.

The season I am stepping into:

- Adventure : God has told me this, other people have told me this, it's not hard to believe. I just hope I am ready:)

- Rest : I want to know what real rest is, not what our culture calls rest, but how God truly designed us to rest.

- "Being" with God : I am good at "doing", but I know God wants to teach me more about what it means to really abide with Him - that my doing would come from my being.

- FUN & JOY : I have fun, I am joyful, but I am getting a sense that God wants to release me to a new level with this - maybe not take myself so seriously:)!?

What seasons are YOU leaving and entering into?!