2010. How can I sum it up? Flipping amazing!!!
There was this book I read with my small group from church and it talked about having God idea's (idea's from God). I got one of those Feb of this year. I drove by a church named Woodside and felt God say to me, "You belong there." From there, I just knew about their young adults ministry, Lighthouse. Not sure how. I praise the Lord for that thought and all the wisdom he has given me about Woodside. It just took me 3 months to get there because I didn't want to go to a big church on my own. I'm kind of a wimp like that. lol Then I started texting an old friend and learn she goes to Lighthouse. I jumped at the chance and ask if I could with her. That was in the beginning of May. Since then, my life has been filled with so many wonderful people.
I love how you can look at your life and see God's hand in it. I can see how and why he put me next to Carol at Watershed. Through our friendship, I met some wonderful women. During the summer, I was Mama Ally in our small group, though I felt like the child looking up at such godly woman. We all opened up about what was going on in our lives and who Jesus was to us and what he was teaching us. Beautiful. Carol and I got to be close. We decided to hang out while I was house sitting one night. She suggested we go to bonfire she was invited to. There, I met more of my now close friends, Keisha, Deeds, and Criag. Who knew Craig would become my wonderful boyfriend. As the summer went on, I found myself in situations where I had a plan, God would change it and it would be 100 times better than what I could ever plan. I wasn't suppose to go to that bonfire!
The fall came, and God's loving hand was still guiding me. He put me in a small group with some of the best women I could ever think to be put with. Kiesha was leading a long with now good friend of mine, Katherine. Carol, Emily, Anna, Keisha, Katherine, Bryn, Kristen, Jordan and I read through the book Primal, opened up about our lives, prayed our hearts out, and grew in friendship. What a beautiful group of ladies. I praise God for bringing us all together.
As I look to the future, I see many amazing things. Friendships growing deeper, family getting closer, and s heart open to more of the Lord's teaching.
Now, I can see how one God idea can change the corse of your life and how it is always for your good and the Lord's. I shutter at the thought of not acting on it. As I think about my call to ministry for youth, I can't wait to see what God's going to do. I feel this over flow of love and joy wash over me, as my eye's fill tears.
Thank you Lord for all that you are, were, and are to come. It's mind blowing how you can take a life, flip it, and open a sinners eye's to what is really going on. I love reading about you, talking about you, talking and listening to you, singing to you, and giving you all the glory. This is the best life. I praise you for this life you have given me. I love you Jesus. You rock my world!
