See that Light?
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We have been residents of the state of Nebraska for a little over a month now, and I have to say that I am still in a state of “can you believe we live in Nebraska?” It has been pretty amazing to look back and see the connections that God is making for us as we move forward. We have had new friends over for dinner, gone to coffee and I even got to go to a movie with a new friend. God is looking out for us!
This morning as I was reading and praying I stumbled upon a blog written by a church planters wife. It was a really amazing blog and the graphics were pretty awesome and It started to make me feel a little insecure, if I am being honest. Her blog got me thinking about all the things I have heard about church planting, particularly how difficult it is.
A few questions began running through my mind…
1. Is this what I have to look forward too?
2. Should I be feeling like this is really hard?
I am in a very peculiar place for myself right now, I am not worried. Do we have enough money to plant a church? No. Do we have enough people to plant a church? No. Do we have a worship leader? No. In the midst of all those no’s I feel the spirit of God stirring me to yell Yes, Yes, Yes!! I can feel the grace of God on a daily basis guarding my mind from worry and doubt.
I want to look back over this year and say what an amazing journey it has been, I don’t want 2014 to be the “dark year” of our lives and I really don’t want 2015, the first year of our church, to be the worst year of our lives.
My first year of marriage was hard, I mean hard, like didn’t know if we were gonna make it hard. But something happened after that year, Matt and I built a really great life together. I am not naive in thinking Church Planting is easy, I know it is not. I know that there will be hard times that make me feel like I can’t breathe, but here is the one thing that I know, God’s grace is sufficient for me. It is sufficient today and it is sufficient tomorrow.
Every hard time, every difficult, unknown in our lives can be placed at the foot of the King.
Worry steals life, it takes away peace and joy and laughter. Anxiety is the devil’s way of taking our lives away from us.
"6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”
Be encouraged today, God’s got your back, He SEES YOU, you are not forgotten.
