Christian's can often feel burned out,
it's happened to me before, it actually feels as if it
is happening now. My usual reaction is to take a break from
God, but this evening I tried something different, I pressed in, I read, I worshiped and
to be honest I am feeling better for
it. I love my life, I would not trade it for a multimillionaire's. It is uniquely designed by God, for me. Things though are moving at a mile a minute, especially with the website flying, we are getting a deluge of submissions for the magazine from writers eager to get their voice heard. I thought it
could happen, but I could never have predicted it would be this fast. It has only been a month, the website is booming, constantly generating new traffic and new hits. It is exciting to be at the beginning of something that has so much promise and potential with Brandon at my side. I would like to thank
Jan for inspiring me to take the bull by the horns with her entrepreneurial
spirit.
The youth work too is starting to blossom into something special, stories of how God has been using me to reveal information I could not have known previously, and how he is physically healing others have been inspiring young people to think twice about the existence of God. Testimonies of how God is healed young people at Newday (A youth conference that runs annually) are inspiring my youth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5wyeoOWlA, there is not much more I could ask for than that. I spent this evening praying for them, and praying for another church I have been doing some youth work with in Saltaire. Prophetic dreams suggest that our youth work is going to grow dramatically over the next few years (both me and the other youth worker for our church have had dreams in which young people are literally queuing up outside the door). I feel like the giant snow ball has finally been pushed down the hill, nothing to do, but pray, wait and keep reading submissions for the magazine. Someone came up to me today in church and said, "I sense God is going to use you for something only you can do." My first thought was maybe he wants me to destroy the one ring at Mount Doom..... However, that seems unlikely so once again I am going to have to wait and see. I thought back in that moment to a few months ago when I was volunteering, and how God laughed as I moaned at the crap I was going through, and his response was "You have no idea, the good things I have planned for you, just around the corner." Well he wasn't lying, was he? The jobs, the magazine, the youth, it is as if everything all at once has clicked into place. For those that are still struggling, my advice is hold fast, the delay in God giving you what you want is definitely for your own good. You are a pawn on a chess board and he is player, trust him and he will make best use of you when the time is right.
The youth work too is starting to blossom into something special, stories of how God has been using me to reveal information I could not have known previously, and how he is physically healing others have been inspiring young people to think twice about the existence of God. Testimonies of how God is healed young people at Newday (A youth conference that runs annually) are inspiring my youth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5wyeoOWlA, there is not much more I could ask for than that. I spent this evening praying for them, and praying for another church I have been doing some youth work with in Saltaire. Prophetic dreams suggest that our youth work is going to grow dramatically over the next few years (both me and the other youth worker for our church have had dreams in which young people are literally queuing up outside the door). I feel like the giant snow ball has finally been pushed down the hill, nothing to do, but pray, wait and keep reading submissions for the magazine. Someone came up to me today in church and said, "I sense God is going to use you for something only you can do." My first thought was maybe he wants me to destroy the one ring at Mount Doom..... However, that seems unlikely so once again I am going to have to wait and see. I thought back in that moment to a few months ago when I was volunteering, and how God laughed as I moaned at the crap I was going through, and his response was "You have no idea, the good things I have planned for you, just around the corner." Well he wasn't lying, was he? The jobs, the magazine, the youth, it is as if everything all at once has clicked into place. For those that are still struggling, my advice is hold fast, the delay in God giving you what you want is definitely for your own good. You are a pawn on a chess board and he is player, trust him and he will make best use of you when the time is right.
I
leave you with the verse I kept getting last year, every time I opened my bible
it seemed to fall on this page...
I know the plans I have for you, plans to
prosper you, plans to give you a hope and a future.
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