THE SHACK

First of all, this is one of the best books I have read!!! It covers all emotions. There are parts that are sad, parts that are funny, and parts that serious. I really enjoyed the read and it was fast. I couldn't put the book down! It is a work of fiction but you feel like you are reading a true story the way it is written! I very much recomment reading this book! On another note, it provoked some thinking on my part about God. Some of the thoughts I have had about Him or how I pictured Him in my mind....it just makes me wonder and think!! Some things about God we are never meant to understand but it remains a mystery until we see Him face to face!! I don't want to give the plot away but I do suggest reading it and maybe it will provoked some thoughts in your life!!! GREAT BOOK!!

Great Monday!

So...I got up early this morning and went and spent some time with God outside in the beautiful cool air. It felt really good before the day gets started and the girls get up and going! I feel very joyful this morning and I feel like a new season is beginning for me. I read Song of Solomon this morning because I was drawn to it I feel by the Spirit. A particular verse really stuck out to me today! It said something like come with me beautiful one, the winter is over, the rain has stopped! It is a time for singing. That is awesome to me!! I just felt God saying the time is changing, keep following me and I will never leave you and I will provide the singing! God has been so gracious to me over the last year and a half. He has taught me so much and has allowed me to learn so much. I am so thankful for Him never giving up on me! I don't know His final plan for my life but I feel like he is beginning to show me a clearer path and I know that He is equipping me for my purpose every day !!

The Waiting

So,my Bible study I am doing right now is on "Discerning the Voice of God" by Priscilla Shire. She is amazing and so easy to listen to and understand. I feel like a lot of the things she is talking about I have heard for so many years but they are sticking finally this time!! That is a good thing! She suggested a practice to help with saturating yourself in Scripture so that when you are walking through things in life, the Scriptures you have come to learn will be on your mind. She also shares about how to take a couple of Scriptures a week and apply them to your current situation in life and see how the Holy Spirit uses them. So, in an earlier post I discussed my struggle with church as we do it today and this week the Scripture I am meditating on is Psalms 27:13-14. It says," I am certain that I will see the Lord's goodness in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be courageous and let your heart be strong. Wait for the Lord." How appropriate when I apply it to my current journey. I am not going to look at this practice as a legalistic thing that I have to do every day or week or else I am a failure (that is how I have done things in the past) but I am looking at this practice as a time to hear from God and how He wants to speak in my life and I have to make the time to listen!

Growth From Insecurity

So...my biggest struggle in life is insecurity! There, I put that out there. I don't always seem like that kind of person. I at times appear very confident, loud, funny, and that I have it all together! But...deep inside somewhere has always been the struggle of insecurity. I know that God did not create me this way and He longs for me to really live in the strength and security he created for me to live out. I did some really good work on this on Tuesday night with some Wise Women and it was very freeing. I am so glad I did it. I do know in my head that God loves me and he "fearfully and wonderfully made me" but it is living that out that is the difficult part. I have made some big strides this week and I do feel stronger and I feel that insecurity slipping away. I know this is a journey and I may relapse at times but I want to get stronger, I want to have more good days than bad days and more than anything, I want my daughters to see before them a woman who lives out of a secure and loved place!