Busy but Blessed

Teaching and coaching brings a WHOLE lot of "busy"...but the Lord continues to move in my life and teach me SO much. I just finished reading The Shack by William P. Young and I have to say that I LOVE that book. The Lord did so much in my life as I read. I truly felt the Lord speaking to me and healing things deep within my heart that I didn't even realize existed.

I FINALLY get what it means to have a RELATIONSHIP with God. It's not about what I do, it's not about rituals and steps and performance...it's all about a RELATIONSHIP--constantly relating and depending on the Lord for ALL things. I've got a long way to go to learn how to truly let go of my control and allow the Lord to draw me into TRUE relationship with him.

How do you define relationship? That's another question I am searching out. It's a lot to take in, but I praise God that he is still moving in me and working to teach me SO much about him. Relationship with the God of the universe means constantly being a student...and I LOVE IT!

My plea...

give them something eternal, not temporary.

Holy Spirit?

Here lately I have had this desperate hunger to learn more about the Holy Spirit and just what his role is in this whole scheme of things. The more I study the more I am blown away by the fact that the Holy Spirit is the power of God in us. If you don't have confidence in yourself...that's okay. Our good works are like filthy rags compared to the works of our Father in heaven. SO...if the Holy Spirit places God's power within us...imagine what we could do FOR HIM and THROUGH HIM! WOW!

We may have limitations on what we believe we are capable of...but are we putting limits on God?

I'll leave you with some words from Jesus in John 14.

Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

"If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."--John 14:11-21

Leadership

If you had the opportunity to ask your pastor one question about leadership, what would it be?
Lately, God has been teaching me so much about the role of the Holy Spirit in my life. I really want to ask my pastor, what role does the Holy Spirit play in your leadership?

But that question seems so simple. It seems like it could be answer with a simple response. I just feel like that is the question burning in my heart. I know that the response will most likely be, "The Holy Spirit guides me." But I pray it digs a little deeper than that and I learn more about what the Holy Spirit is doing in me.

Miracles?

This video explains what God is doing in my life right now. I pray that the kingdom is infectious and that God is glorified.