It's a God Thing...

Reading Perry Noble's blog this morning I came upong this quote at the end: "What has God called you to do? Is it to invite someone to church…change your major…reconcile a relationship…get out of debt…make a career change? It’s time–get off of your 'blessed assurance' and GO FOR IT! YEAH!" In an earlier blog I had mentioned that I felt God calling me to start a Christian magazine for girls. I hadn't mentioned that I had felt God calling me to lead a Bible study for the 8th grade girls from Ignite that are moving up to high school. Since I felt God's calling about the Bible study I had let go of the magazine idea--until this morning. It's funny how God catches you at the most random moments-I guess he does it in the moments that we can't make noise, when we must be still and allow him to speak. Well, I was in the shower thinking about this Bible study and then God spoke to me and brought my two callings together. It went a little something like this.

Me: God, I know that you want me to lead this Bible study, but I don't have any idea how to present your truth in a relevant way to them.
God: Well, don't they read those magazines you saw in the store the other day?
Me: OH WOW! You're calling wasn't necessarily to start a Christian magazine, but to show these girls a Jesus twist on articles that they read in their favorite magazines!

Guys, I'm not even joking. This idea was a Godsent because I know that I could never have put those two things together on my own. It's kinda cool how God showed me two things that he wanted to do with me that I thought had nothing to do with one another only to wait and listen to him and discover his intentions from the beginning. Isn't God awesome? He is so much bigger than my own thoughts and plans for my life. Gotta ♥ Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." That's some powerful stuff. Chew on that one for a while! With that, I'm out like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on July 7!