So many emotions ran through my head as I listened to the message at Your Place Church this morning. I knew I had to write about it. This blog is a spontaneous one in which I feel the need to share the same message my pastor spoke today. I know I have to, because I am living proof of this message.
History...
Four years ago as the church was getting started Ryan and I attended our first life group at YPC (Your Place Church). The life group was lead by Stephanie and Jerry Webster, it was called legacy. We learned about what it meant to lead a spirit filled life in which your relationship with God is not a one way relationship, it is in fact, a give and take. I will never forget the moment I realized that God really is for us, he's not a God who just watches from the sidelines and doles out lessons when we make mistakes. I sat back as we read Deuteronomy and listened to what it meant to be blessed or cursed. God wants to rain down blessing on our lives! The curse unfortunately came about because man took ourselves out from under Gods protection and sin was the consequence. I sat quietly pondering, " so if I stay under Gods law, walk in his plan for my life, I can just HAVE all of these amazing things!?" And so it began...
The journey...
Four years of learning how to live with God at the forefront of my marriage, finances, career, relationships, and servant hood has lead to the knowledge, the wisdom, that I am truly and unabashedly blessed. I don't say this to put others down or make others feel less, it has really taken hard work and many hours of prayer on my knees to come this far. One of the first changes I made was to end my career at North Eastern State University as a science major and begin my eleven month trek into a career as a hairstylist. I was not in Gods plan or purpose for my life Asa a science student. He wanted me to be with women and some men every day ministering and speaking, and most importantly listening, to their lives. In the last two years in school and as a stylist I have had the opportunity to speak God given life into more people than I have at any other time in my life. It's because I have CHOSEN to life the blessed life. I have not earned or deserved any of the blessings in my life up to this point, but I did make a decision. The decision to live by Gods Living Word has made this life a reality. My husband and I do not live off of credit cards, both of our vehicles will be paid for in less than two months, have a house we can afford, our bodies do not get sick or injured anymore, we continually receive life giving advice and love and support from our families and friends. We have been redeemed from poverty, sickness, and living a life of unfortunate events that leads to no eternal salvation.
Here's what I know...
Four years ago this message resonated with me in every way imaginable, today as I listened to it from my pastors mouth, two weeks before we move to Missouri to start a new life, God has brought Ryan and I full circle. We know the truth and it has set us free, how can I not share a message that has been so vital in how I see and live my life today?! My career is ministering to people, I just so happen to fix their hair in the process. My friendships and relationships is ministering to people, I just so happen to love and respect these people with all that I have within me. My marriage is my ministry, I just get to live life with my best friend. Serving in my community and teaching teenagers is my ministry, I just so happen to enjoy being young at heart and goofing off with the next generation of leaders.
All of this to say, here's a podcast... Go listen to it. God has a plan and purpose for your life, listen to what he has to say...
http://yourplacechurch.com/media.php?pageID=28&
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