2015 is finally here! I hope you all had a wonderful New Years. This is the time we are all making our New Years resolutions and hoping for the best! What are some of your New Years resolutions or did you make any?
As I sat here and began to ask the Lord what He would really want me to share and talk about... He told me to just share about my testimonies and His faithfulness! What a good way to start the year. Remembering the goodness and faithfulness of what He has done in my life and what He is capable of doing in each of our lives.
Being that we are military.... this calls for changes all along the way. I was born and raised in a small country town. One caution light (later became a red light), one grocery store, and 2 gas stations. Those small towns where everyone knows everybody. I never dreamed that God would take me out of my small town and never would I have dreamed of being a military wife. I loved my small town and still do, but in my dreams as a child I never wanted to move away. I always wanted to stay close to my family, being that we were so close, but God had different plans for my life. This is where my relationship with the Lord began to blossom and grow. This is where he takes me to learning what it really means to completely trust Him and not lean on my own understanding or try to do it all on my own.
So in January of 2011 my husband got orders to Fort Worth, TX. This is about 12 hours away from my home. I was thankful it wasn't farther away and that we were still in the South, for a southern girl! As we packed up both our vehicles and loaded up and took off with our little family, including our 2 kids, we were out on a whole new adventure and new way of life, COMPLETELY! Before we left I asked many people to pray for us on this new journey and to pray that God would help us find a good church. God did just that!
As we finally made it, after more than 12 hours of driving, stopping to eat, are we there yet, and potty breaks, we finally arrive in Fort Worth, TX! Not knowing anyone, and not knowing my way around.... this was most definitely out of my comfort zone.
So here is what I really want to share with you. As every Sunday came around we tried several churches and they were good, but not quite what we were looking for. You know that place where you feel like it's home and you belong. I was beginning to wonder if we were going to find the church where God wanted us to be.
In Texas, they have this ice cream place called Braum's. You ask, What does this have to do with finding a church? Well.... when we first got to Fort Worth Brad and I both said we definitely have to try that place. Who doesn't like ice cream? :) We had been there now in Forth Worth for about 2 months and by this time its March. As I was driving down the road one day and I was coming up to pass Braum's, I just really felt like I should stop and grab some ice cream. But little did I know that God had planned this day and would lead me to our soon to be new church home. As I walked inside I was waiting in line and I had already been asking people everywhere I went if they knew of a good church, but was fighting with my flesh to not ask. I didn't want to ask.... I was to the point of really not wanting to ask anymore feeling like wouldn't find that church. But I just felt like God kept pushing me to just ask. As I stepped up to place my order I finally just gave in and asked the lady at the counter if she knew of any good churches around. Boy, did her face light up! To my surprise I had finally found someone who was excited when I asked about church. She said , "Yes! Let me tell you about my church, The Destiny Center!" She was so excited and you could see the joy of the Lord on her face. I placed my order and she told me have a seat that she was going to ask for her break. I was like, WOW! She was really wanting to share about her church, and to her it was important enough to ask for her break to be able to sit and share with me! As she took her break and she came and sat with me and my son and began to share, in my heart I was so overwhelmed with JOY! My heart was so glad that there were still people who cared, who were excited about Jesus! So we ended up at The Destiny Center the next Sunday. We were so blessed!
Now let me fast forward about a year, and let me explain the great significance of Braum's! The lady who sat with me and took her break to share about her church, later told me that she only ended up working 2 weeks then quit due to her husband getting a new job. This blew me away because how awesome and amazing was it that God knew the exact timing? How awesome was it that He used a lady at an ice cream shop? How awesome was it that He put me right where I needed to be? I just began to thank God for being so faithful and amazing all at the same time. He put the right person in my path and at the right time, in a little ice cream shop!
Now, to you this may sound like a good simple story, and it is! I get excited every time I get to share it! But let me share with you this..... No matter where you go, no mater what you do, God is ALWAYS faithful! When we open our hearts and allow Him to have His way and allow Him to guide us where He wants us to be and not what we want..... the result is always amazing! In this simple, yet profound story, God showed me that I needed to learn to lean on Him, that He will take care of you! He also showed me that He is faithful to take care of His children and that we are important!
I'm not sure where you are, where you are going, or what lies ahead, but I can tell you one thing.... God will take care of you and put you where you need to be when you trust in Him. He truly cares about each one of us.
This became my scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 AMP
5 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
6 In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
We were a new family, in a new place, and God put my family right where we needed to be.... and He did just that!
I hope your New Year is blessed, that Jesus is the Center of it all, and you too find how faithful He really is!
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