Twenty six years ago we were riding in the back of my parent’s truck, back then we didn’t have to wear seat belts and we could stretch out in the back. It was me and my twin sister with our best friend Holly, and she was sharing with us about Jesus. I don’t remember a lot about the conversation since I was only 11 years old, but I do remember like it was yesterday that my sister and I decided to ask Jesus into our hearts for the first time. From that day forward I have learned to walk daily with Jesus by my side. That decision is what has gotten me to where I am today, applying to finish my schooling at CCU. Coming to know the Lord at such a young age I wish I could say that I didn’t make any mistakes and was completely obedient to God’s calling on my
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There were so many times that God wanted me to just be obedient, not try to fix the problem, or do things on my own. Swindoll also says “God has more moves in mind for us than we could possibly anticipate, and they’re not all geographical. Many are attitude adjustments, some mean moving us out of our comfort zones to touch lives of people we’ve never met.” “Stepping out in faith always brings clarification of God’s plan”. It’s clear; I needed to step out in faith DAILY, and walk in faith. From that first day that I accepted Jesus, He just wanted me, my heart, to walk daily with Him, to walk by faith, knowing that I can trust Him even though I may not understand everything, but trusting Him completely. There’s no question that He wants to use me, He has given me gifts and talents and wants me to use them to glorify the kingdom. With all that to say, if I would have gotten out of the way and allowed God to move, would I be somewhere else today? Maybe I would have already finished college years ago. Either way, I know that God has continued to be there through it all, sometimes I took the longer path because of doing it my way, but He still helped me get
There were so many times that God wanted me to just be obedient, not try to fix the problem, or do things on my own. Swindoll also says “God has more moves in mind for us than we could possibly anticipate, and they’re not all geographical. Many are attitude adjustments, some mean moving us out of our comfort zones to touch lives of people we’ve never met.” “Stepping out in faith always brings clarification of God’s plan”. It’s clear; I needed to step out in faith DAILY, and walk in faith. From that first day that I accepted Jesus, He just wanted me, my heart, to walk daily with Him, to walk by faith, knowing that I can trust Him even though I may not understand everything, but trusting Him completely. There’s no question that He wants to use me, He has given me gifts and talents and wants me to use them to glorify the kingdom. With all that to say, if I would have gotten out of the way and allowed God to move, would I be somewhere else today? Maybe I would have already finished college years ago. Either way, I know that God has continued to be there through it all, sometimes I took the longer path because of doing it my way, but He still helped me get