Inspired by Life

As i made my way to the top, the sun was just peaking over the top of the “mountain” i was climbing and began teasing me with its gloriousness. i got so excited and eager to reach the peak. As i fastened my eyes on the sun, my pace became faster. The ground i was traveling on was ugly compared to what was just beyond. When i reached the top, i stopped breathing for a moment, just soaking it up! Then my eyes traveled the path that followed the peak of the mountain - kinda walking the edge neither diving left or right. i started on the way, content for the moment to watch the view from the top but not willing to dive into the valleys and hills that stretched out before me. i remember thinking – this is me and my life. As i glanced back down the mountain i noticed the significance of analogy as the story of my life unfolded in a vision before me... the grass path i had walked on to reach the base of the mountain was relatively flat and care-free (except for minor bumps in the path that w...

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This is really just a glimpse into my journey to the knowledge of God's calling for my life... Ever since i was little, i had a passionate desire to see all people come to the saving knowledge of Christ Jesus. i received an instilled knowledge of His love and intense desire to see all people groups love Christ as much as He loved them. For the longest time didn't understand why people would give up this fee gift? All they had to do was receive it. It was my desire that they would receive it. i wanted Christ to change me inside and out, then send me to any country in the world. i wanted to be His little messenger. i drew this fabulous picture of myself serving God, humbly giving up my comforts of home and battling through the jungles of Africa to reach the lost natives (missionaries are my biggest heroes). i wanted to be the one everyone looked up to and admired. I wanted to be the one everyone wished they could be... The picture i drew was just that - a picture. "my" ...

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so... i went with my friend to this church this morning. we knew this lady...ok, let me back up. it all started with God doing something in my heart. about two years ago, God was teaching me the power of prayer. i was taking a year off of school b/c i felt like God wanted me to. at the time, i remember thinking this is ridiculous, but i was trusting in God to reveal His will in my life. so, here i was - driving to work everyday and God laid this neighborhood on my heart (that i would pass by on my way there and back home). title: the Flinthills Place. it was totally random b/c obviously, i had nothing to do with these people. i knew no one that lived there. but God kept telling me - pray for these people. so i did. and just this intense burden for the hearts of these people came upon me. i was torn for the lost in that neighborhood. God gave me a love for the people that i would never had imagined. but i didn't know what to do. i knew that God was about to do something there but i ...

So, God has been teaching me a little bit about humility lately. It's def a tough one to swallow. Pride, at least so i have heard, is one of the biggest struggles of sin in a Christian's life. That's how satan got kicked out of heaven right? so i guess it's pretty serious. So much of our pride is hidden in our lives, we don't even realize it...the devil is sneaky and gets it in there innocently enough, then BOOM! you turn around and are absolutely clueless as to how you even reached this point of severity? ...i've been in prayer a lot that God would reveal pride in my life - and WOW. what a shocker. def. i had no idea that i had such a big problem, til God opened my eyes. It always amazes me how much prayer changes my life. Prayer strips me of everything of this world...sitting/having time in the Lord's presence reveals the ugliness of sin compared to the purity of Christ. So God revealed a lot... Then last night i was prayed over - prayer for healing of pri...

Ok, is it just me or does anyone else feel a wave of revival sweeping across the plans of the mid-west? like seriously. God is moving among our midst and i cannot sit still. and i'm talking about supernatural healings, words of prophecy, and God breaking the hearts of sinners into confession and repentance...etc. house churches are popping up everywhere. communities are being formed - the body of Christ is encouraging one another through prayer and worship. Acts is like the new thing or something...i meet plp that have just this HUGE heart for the Lord and are actively following to start fellowships and i ask them: how did this start? and answer after answer - "well, we just started reading God's Word and applying it to our lives. Taking Acts and how the early church lived and trying to mimic that." wow. i just stand in awe of what God is doing in the hearts of His people. i pretty much have chills running down my spine at the moment thinking about this... last night,...