Learning to live for HIS glory

Some REAL moments from November. 5~Jesus, thank You for being all for me so I can be free to be weak and ordinary...free to fail. 7~I hurt cause I'm wondering why. Why did this have to even happen in the first place. I know...sin. But oh the world just feels so dark and bleak. I'm trying to make sense of it all and honestly struggling. You are what is right and true. Jesus, I need You. Cut through this darkness with Your light. Please? Help. Hurting. Need Your grace! 8~There is hope despite the mourning. I think I can write in pink again. 12~Instead of dreading being in a freshman class that could mostly be 5 years younger than me, I feel like I've been given a bit of a vision for what kind of ministry that could be. Thank You! And as I think about that, Lord, I feel like this is key: Would You give me SUCH a joy in my singleness . . . It's like those freshman girls are all so involved in this drama of finding an “MRS. Degree.” I wan...

It's a perfect night for dreaming, Ooh, oh, And I'm dreaming of you. As the sun kisses the autumn leaves, Colors clouds with a rose hue. It's a perfect night for dreaming, Ooh, oh, And I'm dreaming of you. As the sun kisses the autumn leaves, Colors clouds with a rose hue. Ooh, Oooh, oh, oOh, Ooh, oh, oOoh,  Ooh, Oooh, oh oOh, Ooh, Oohoh Oh Come soon,  Oh, come soon, Come soon, Oh come soon. It's a perfect night for dreaming, Come soon, Come soon. As the sun sets 'or the horizon, I'm wondering when, When will I see your face, Know Your smile and embrace Ooh Oooh, oh, oOh,  Ooh, oh, oOoh, Ooh, Oooh, oh oOh, Ooh, Oohoh Oh It's a perfect night for dreaming, Ooh Oh, Come soon. P.S. This post now has a song recording to go with it... :)   Dreaming

Discouraged.  That's how she felt.  Thoughts of whether or not her prayers were worthwhile clouded her mind, and she wondered if God would ever come through and work as she had been pleading Him to.  Did her prayers really matter?  Frustration, sadness, discouragement, disillusionment . . . these emotions hung over her like a cloud, and she wondered where to turn--what to do.  "Does He hear me?," she wondered, "Why can't I see Him working?" Do you identify with "her"?  I do.  But maybe that's because these words are a description of me.  Just last weekend I felt like I was living inside a gray cloud.  Discouragement filled my heart and mind because I could not see God at work in those areas where I was begging Him to show up.  However, in the midst of the dark cloud of discouragement, the Lord sent a piercing ray of light to my heart.  He encouraged my weary soul with His truth and in so doing reminded me of His incredibly persona...

Waiting   by Russell Kelfer Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . . And the Master so gently said, "Wait." "Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply. "Lord, I need answers, I need to know why! Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard? By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word. "My future and all to which I relate Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait? I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign, Or even a 'no' to which I can resign. "You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe, We need but to ask, and we shall receive. And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry: I'm weary of asking! I need a reply." Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate, As my Master replied again, "Wait." So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut, And grumbled to God, "So, I'm wait...

Last night I had a meeting about something I was considering pursuing this fall. I went to watch someone that I was thinking about shadowing in action. I fully expected that I would continue to pursue this area of work by being a shadow. My expectations weren't met. When the evening ended I clearly realized that this was not the area for me. It's not where my gifts and passions best fit. A little frustrating? At first . . . yes, but as I mulled it over I came to the realization that I'm thankful for God's direction in this way. Even though it means I have even less of an idea of what I want to do, it means He is directing. That's so exciting! So . . . that brings me to this verse, the title of my blog. "Your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right or to the left" (Isaiah 30:21 NASB). No, I didn't hear an audible voice, but I could tell God was leading me--not into the way I ha...