Sharing the Journey

            Earlier this week I shared that I was bone tired. And I was. I still am. But I feel it is important to also share that though I’m tired, I’m not dead and I have not quit. I allowed myself to focus on myself – my feelings, my fears, my desires, me. But as a child of God, that is not to be my focus. I’m to keep my eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith. (Hebrews 12:2) When I do this, instead of declaring I’m tired I’ll declare, “I am troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9)             God has a plan for my life, just as He has a plan for every individual’s life.   But He doesn’t always tell us the plan. Instead, He tells us to trust in Him with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding; in all our ways acknowledge Him an...

  I know this is not something a good Christian is supposed to do, but I have to. I am throwing up my hands in surrender because I am tired. I mean, I’m a down in my bones tired. Every part of me – physical, mental, spiritual – all of that is just tired. I don’t feel like I have the strength to move forward, but I’ve got too much sense to turn back. Only, I’ve discovered that if you don’t move forward, by default you automatically drift back.             Living for Christ in a world that both refuse to acknowledge Him or respect those that do is like rowing upstream. You’re working against the currents of society. But you know to float downstream is death. You row and you row until you feel you can row no more. But the moment you stop rowing, even if it’s just for a brief rest, you find yourself floating downstream, losing the ground you’d worked so hard to gain. It’s not what you want to do, but by simply not fighting the ...

I’m laughing at myself as I read my “title.” It seems the only time I write and post here (because I’m writing all the time) is when I’m starting over or beginning again. But pray with me and for me that this time I’ll get some traction and keep moving forward instead of getting stuck and stalling out. Today’s restart was the culmination of several things. First, I know I’m called to write and speak; not so much to share God’s word as in a preacher or teacher, but to motivate the chosen by and through the Word of God. I’m to push others in ways I’ve wanted to be pushed giving them the strength and a desire, to continue their Christian journey. Second, in church this morning, I was reminded that God has given me a gift and I am to use that gift for His glory and for the betterment of His people. Also, this same woman-of-God reminded me that in addition to the gift, God blessed me with a spouse that believes in me and has allowed me to remain at home and walk in that gift. To f...