Hello Everyone :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to be a part of this journey. Your support means more than you will ever know.
A quick update and prayer needs--then I would like to share a little of my heart with you.....
Since I have been here, the to-do list for September seems to have grown in leaps and bounds. I am beyond excited, but realizing that I will need every moment of the next 4 months to do all that needs to be done. I successfully bought 70 pillows for our little kiddos to use in September and transported them in my car--if you've seen my car you know this is quite a success story! I have also had the opportunity to meet with various people who will be a part of The Hidden Place in September. It has been such a privilege to share the vision with people and here there input. I am so thankful for the people God has placed in my life that are joining me on this journey in so many different ways.
Please continue to pray--there is so much to be done still. Pray that the correct people will be placed in my path to shape this into what God desires it to be. Pray that God clearly gives direction as to what Scripture we should focus on during the week--pray for the kids that will be joining us in September, pray that I have clear vision as to the direction the week should take--pray for the churches we will partner with to do follow up after the camp is over---
The list could honestly go on and on....just pray please--and allow the Holy Spirit to intervene.
Today I was reading in Psalm 1--let me share v.3 with you--"He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season. And its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers."
I don't know about you, but I would love for that verse to describe my spiritual life. I want to be planted--I want to yield fruit in my ministry for Christ--and I want the things I do for Him to prosper. However, what I am slowly realizing is that I desire the joyful, fruit-bearing times without graciously accepting the difficult seasons of pruning and growth. I'm not sure about you, but I don't know of any trees that are constantly bearing fruit--they must go through seasons of being pruned to produce fruit in the next given season. And yet as believers, we pray and ask God to deliver us from the difficult times--when instead we should be asking Him to use them to grow us into what He desires us to be. So that in season we will be able to produce fruit--let your Father prune you--allow Him to rid your life of the things that are holding you back from living the life He has for you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to be a part of this journey. Your support means more than you will ever know.
A quick update and prayer needs--then I would like to share a little of my heart with you.....
Since I have been here, the to-do list for September seems to have grown in leaps and bounds. I am beyond excited, but realizing that I will need every moment of the next 4 months to do all that needs to be done. I successfully bought 70 pillows for our little kiddos to use in September and transported them in my car--if you've seen my car you know this is quite a success story! I have also had the opportunity to meet with various people who will be a part of The Hidden Place in September. It has been such a privilege to share the vision with people and here there input. I am so thankful for the people God has placed in my life that are joining me on this journey in so many different ways.
Please continue to pray--there is so much to be done still. Pray that the correct people will be placed in my path to shape this into what God desires it to be. Pray that God clearly gives direction as to what Scripture we should focus on during the week--pray for the kids that will be joining us in September, pray that I have clear vision as to the direction the week should take--pray for the churches we will partner with to do follow up after the camp is over---
The list could honestly go on and on....just pray please--and allow the Holy Spirit to intervene.
Today I was reading in Psalm 1--let me share v.3 with you--"He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season. And its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers."
I don't know about you, but I would love for that verse to describe my spiritual life. I want to be planted--I want to yield fruit in my ministry for Christ--and I want the things I do for Him to prosper. However, what I am slowly realizing is that I desire the joyful, fruit-bearing times without graciously accepting the difficult seasons of pruning and growth. I'm not sure about you, but I don't know of any trees that are constantly bearing fruit--they must go through seasons of being pruned to produce fruit in the next given season. And yet as believers, we pray and ask God to deliver us from the difficult times--when instead we should be asking Him to use them to grow us into what He desires us to be. So that in season we will be able to produce fruit--let your Father prune you--allow Him to rid your life of the things that are holding you back from living the life He has for you.
