Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Exciting things are happening and I am thrilled to share some of them with you all! I've been off the radar for a while, working and getting stuff done! This past year has been a season of waiting. A season of healing, growing, waiting & trusting. I've grown a lot, and I look back and it seems like it went by so fast, even though in the midst, it all seemed to go so slow.
The summer is upon us, and I couldn't' be more excited. Usually I hate summer. I don't appreciate the heat in So. Cal, and my job is pretty low key during the summer, and I like to be busy, so the summer for me is usually a bore. Most definitely NOT this summer!
I have a few things already booked, like a conference in Boston with my co-workers in June, followed immediately by a trip to Dallas to see my sister! (Insert all the praise hand emoji's)
Little Meg lives in Waco, and I don't get to see her as often as I like, and it just so happens that I am able to leave our conference and fly directly to Dallas to spend a few days exploring her world with her. Not to mention the excitement of the famous Magnolia Market that is at the top of our to-do list.
Jonny and I have also been planning a vacation. Like a real get on a plane, have hotel reservations vacation. We've gone on a few little trips here and there since we got married, but hello! the beach is calling my name and we must go.
My other sister Shan is getting married in the middle of June, and I have all the feels about her growing up and getting married. I also need to work out about 5 times each day until June 18 to fit into my soft pink bridesmaids dress. Okay, okay maybe not 5 times a day, but lets just say I got some work to do.
I also got a side job helping my husband's grandma a few hours a week. She's really sweet, and loves Jesus with all she's got. She needs help getting around, and grocery shopping and a few errands during the week, and since my regular job is sort of low key for the summer, I was hired ;) I am super grateful for new ways to stay busy during the warm summer days! Ice cream with Jonny's grandma may be a new weekly tradition!!
I've also been praying for a long time to be able to lead worship. Over the past few years I have been able to lead songs here and there, but tomorrow I get the opportunity to lead some of the amazing women in our church in worship! I have poured over the set list of songs, I have looked over transitions, and been asking the Holy Spirit to guide me in humility and grace tomorrow morning. If you want to, join me, I would love some prayer warriors out there praying alongside me for God to use me for His glory. Pray for the women's heart to be softened to the Holy Spirit in ways that He wants to minister to them tomorrow. Whether it be through the music, the teaching, the study, or the fellowship of believers, my prayer is that they would leave feeling closer to Jesus then when they came in.
I was expressing to some friends the other day about my desire to lead worship, and why it is so near and dear to my heart. In my brief 26 years, I have seen the Lord do some incredible things. Not only in my life, but in the lives of those around me. I have seen people healed, prayers answered, marriages saved from divorce, as well as people who were not in a relationship with Jesus, come to know Him intimately. When I sing songs of worship, memories of what He has done in my life, and the lives of those around me flood my mind. I can't help but raise my hands, or close my eyes in reverence to such a mighty God who has done so many wonderful things. I can't help but sing at the top of my lungs in praise to a God who has saved me, redeemed me and called me His own.
It's so funny that scripture tells us He is able to do more than we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20) Yet we are surprised when He does. Sometimes, I am upset when He doesn't answer my prayers the way I think they should be answered, or in the timing that I asked them to be answered. It's always because He knows what is best for me, and longs for my desires to be united with His, and not my own. His ways are higher and His thoughts are higher than mine. ( Isaiah 55:9)
Only a God like that is worthy of my praise and adoration.
I am overwhelmed by this sweet season. No, everything isn't perfect. I still have so much room for growth. I still wrestle with fear and insecurities and have moments where I wonder what God is doing in my life, but I have seen enough to know He is real. I know that He is good, in the good times and the bad. He is faithful, faithful to the end.
The summer is upon us, and I couldn't' be more excited. Usually I hate summer. I don't appreciate the heat in So. Cal, and my job is pretty low key during the summer, and I like to be busy, so the summer for me is usually a bore. Most definitely NOT this summer!
I have a few things already booked, like a conference in Boston with my co-workers in June, followed immediately by a trip to Dallas to see my sister! (Insert all the praise hand emoji's)
Little Meg lives in Waco, and I don't get to see her as often as I like, and it just so happens that I am able to leave our conference and fly directly to Dallas to spend a few days exploring her world with her. Not to mention the excitement of the famous Magnolia Market that is at the top of our to-do list.
Jonny and I have also been planning a vacation. Like a real get on a plane, have hotel reservations vacation. We've gone on a few little trips here and there since we got married, but hello! the beach is calling my name and we must go.
My other sister Shan is getting married in the middle of June, and I have all the feels about her growing up and getting married. I also need to work out about 5 times each day until June 18 to fit into my soft pink bridesmaids dress. Okay, okay maybe not 5 times a day, but lets just say I got some work to do.
I also got a side job helping my husband's grandma a few hours a week. She's really sweet, and loves Jesus with all she's got. She needs help getting around, and grocery shopping and a few errands during the week, and since my regular job is sort of low key for the summer, I was hired ;) I am super grateful for new ways to stay busy during the warm summer days! Ice cream with Jonny's grandma may be a new weekly tradition!!
I've also been praying for a long time to be able to lead worship. Over the past few years I have been able to lead songs here and there, but tomorrow I get the opportunity to lead some of the amazing women in our church in worship! I have poured over the set list of songs, I have looked over transitions, and been asking the Holy Spirit to guide me in humility and grace tomorrow morning. If you want to, join me, I would love some prayer warriors out there praying alongside me for God to use me for His glory. Pray for the women's heart to be softened to the Holy Spirit in ways that He wants to minister to them tomorrow. Whether it be through the music, the teaching, the study, or the fellowship of believers, my prayer is that they would leave feeling closer to Jesus then when they came in.
I was expressing to some friends the other day about my desire to lead worship, and why it is so near and dear to my heart. In my brief 26 years, I have seen the Lord do some incredible things. Not only in my life, but in the lives of those around me. I have seen people healed, prayers answered, marriages saved from divorce, as well as people who were not in a relationship with Jesus, come to know Him intimately. When I sing songs of worship, memories of what He has done in my life, and the lives of those around me flood my mind. I can't help but raise my hands, or close my eyes in reverence to such a mighty God who has done so many wonderful things. I can't help but sing at the top of my lungs in praise to a God who has saved me, redeemed me and called me His own.
It's so funny that scripture tells us He is able to do more than we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20) Yet we are surprised when He does. Sometimes, I am upset when He doesn't answer my prayers the way I think they should be answered, or in the timing that I asked them to be answered. It's always because He knows what is best for me, and longs for my desires to be united with His, and not my own. His ways are higher and His thoughts are higher than mine. ( Isaiah 55:9)
Only a God like that is worthy of my praise and adoration.
I am overwhelmed by this sweet season. No, everything isn't perfect. I still have so much room for growth. I still wrestle with fear and insecurities and have moments where I wonder what God is doing in my life, but I have seen enough to know He is real. I know that He is good, in the good times and the bad. He is faithful, faithful to the end.
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