After doing nothing but going, going, going for the past two and a half years with GX International and helping out at Eagles Nest Ranch for the past four summers God has called me to take a break. To lay off the traveling. To live my life and minister here in the Hat.
I know that God is strengthening me in this process of adjusting to staying home for longer than three months and not continually looking for the next spiritual high that will come my way to give me a "boost" through life. He is requesting me to hold out strong for Him, hold out strong when I'm not on tour, when I'm not around people with the same beliefs, when I'm not in cities or countries where I will not see people I minister to again. This time is harder than I thought it would be...with my parents leaving for ministry opportunities with TeamXtreme and my sister, Katie-Lee, now married and not around as much...I find that I am left with a lot of spare time.
I admit that the way I use that spare time could be used much more wisely and it is something that I am working on. I want to be productive with how I live my life, creative with the giftings God has given to me, and wise with the opportunities that I have been blessed with. It's so easy to slip into routine and laziness when I'm at home. But once again...I am learning and God is teaching.
One valuable yet difficult lesson that I have learned is that friends may come and go...but my relationship with God needs to be firm and planted. I know that there are seasons in life...some more enjoyable than others...and lets just say that I have had more enjoyable seasons in my life. Everything that I have gone through is for my benefit, and God wouldn't send me through this journey for nothing.
God will always be faithful to me, especially when I feel things are going downhill and much more difficult than I could handle, He will always be there for me.
I know that He keeps His promises and that He speaks love and purpose into my life daily...I just need to choose to hear it.
Live your journey with purpose and perseverance...God's love endures forever.
