Mentorship

Mentorship. I crave it. What a cool way to grow, learning by others experience. Yesterday I had a great opportunity to meet with a woman of God. She has years of experience in the corporate world, a mother of 6, an previous youth pastor, and now a college and career minister. A wealth of wisdom she has...literally, it would have been foolish to not get to know her.

She said something that really stuck with me, though it was an off-handed remark. In my own words, she said, confusion in our life, especially spiritually, gives Satan a foothold. . God is not and will never be a God of confusion. Truth needs no other validation than itself. Yet I let things like shaky circumstances or my feelings be what validates truth --> which in turn brings confusion! Exactly how Satan gets that foothold. Then we wonder what our future should be, or if we heard accurately from the Lord, and we let the seed of truth (things we know God spoke to us, the Word of God, or his characteristic) die because truth has not been validated by means that were never meant to validate it!

Truth is truth...no questions asked. You may have hard circumstances or crazy feelings, but though all things around you fall, if you have a relationship with Jesus Christ, you are on firm foundation...believe TRUTH!

To the Women patiently waiting:

A profound, wise, beautiful friend, Emma Page Schneider recently wrote this...I believe that this missions statement is for all women serving the Lord in their singleness.

I am loved, I am beautiful
I am a treasure, priceless.
I am single, but I am not lacking or lonely
Simply prepared

Obviously there is not a man in my life, so it is God's plan and purpose, because he is Sovereign
And I trust him
His plan is evident because I am walking in his will for my life.
THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF GOD
And the purpose:
A season of being groomed, gaining abilities and talents, understanding, discipline, etc.
All that my future husband lacks I am gaining.
He is not ready either, he is becoming the man I need.
So I will not worry or wonder who or when
I will not manipulate

I will wait patiently and trust God's sovereign will and plan to be manifest in my life however He desires or thinks is best

"Behold I am a maid servant of the Lord, let it be of me according to your word" - Luke 1:38


I am single, and I'm content and open. Oh how I trust in the unfailing love of the Lord. And I am worth being won. In reality, it is by God's grace that my Mr. Darcy will ever be able to win this heart. Praise God. Single women be encouraged...

Winter Jam

I am here in Cleveland, OH. I have been given a great opportunity to serve Teen Mania and promote Global Expeditions in 3 locations here in OHIO. It is beautiful here, I have not seen snow like this in 15 years. 3-5 ft. BEAUTIFUL.

Stories to come...

.:Stength in Weakness:.

I have a lot of wonderful revelations that are given to me while running...I know random, but true. I was running a couple days ago, and my weaknesses were brought to the surface. There were so many good excuses I had to quit, and they were on the forefront of my mind. But then I was reminded of one of my life verses: 2 Cor. 12:9-10 "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

It was brought to my attention that if we never act out in our weakness, Christ can not come and be our strength. Growth is stunted. Grace is no longer needed, because we are more confident in our weakness than his ability to be our strength. If I would have quit running, I would have been acting out in my weakness, but instead, I came to the end of myself and Christ strength was made perfect. This naturally does not just apply to running, but to all of life. The moral: act out despite your weakness.