It seems as though I have been on a mission all my life....never having arrived. This past weekend I spent time at my pastor's home listening to others talk about their lives and how they came to be in that very room at that moment. I realized that every day of my life, each turn, bend in the road, bad decision....all of my choices had not changed where I would arrive...perhaps... only when.
I believe that God planted each of us here on this incredible planet with a purpose instilled. I have wrestled with life for a little over 50 years, now. All the while believing that I had a purpose, just not being still enough to recognize it. Asking, sometimes begging for the answer and thinking that I wasn't getting it. Never realizing that I already had the answer. I was born with it, have lived each and every day of my life with it and yet never stopped long enough to embrace the gifts that my God had given me. I have spent hundreds of days, sometimes simply wandering through life but many, many of those days on a Mission to discover my mission in life....
Oddly enough, as I was sitting in my pastors living room listening to others talk about their journeys I realized that my journey had truly always been a mission to understand my purpose.....for years I had questioned and wondered and made messes and searched and searched some more.....and had at that very moment possibly finally found my home and my work. Or at least I am growing nearer to hearing that small voice. I am learning to be still and listen and trust what I hear.
Then comes Sunday morning.......I work all week to arrive in the sanctuary of Memorial Drive United Methodist Church early.....enjoying the quiet before anyone else arrives, watching the sun come through the amazing stained glass windows....This time has become mine with my Lord and I cherish each second of it. The people arrive, the quiet is gone, the sermon begins and once again I am speechless....the sermon.....You Have A Gift From God......realize it ....use it.
Mine is an Awesome God!
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We may not have arrived yet, but He's drawing us closer, one step at a time....We are seeing more of the way He moves, and works, and it is very exciting!!! The pieces of the puzzle are amazingly fitting so nicely together, because of Him! We will push on for the Prize!
Our God is an Awesome God!
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