Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Emotional Day

Today has been an emotional day for me....I am thrilled with excitement knowing that I am doing what the Lord wants me to do, yet I am overwhelmed with tears as I tell the people I work with and my friends.....some tears of sadness but most with tears of honor.....Honor that God would choose to use a wreck like me.....Honored by what my faculty and staff, friends, etc have emailed me and honored how they have encouraged me in this step of faith.....

I do hate that some of you found out about this journey online and not from own voice, but I just didn't' know how to tell everyone at once other than on here. I did not want anyone to hear through the grapevine, so what better way than on here.

All night long as I laid in the bed I could hear this song in my head by Aaron Shust

Search my heart, search my mind, search my soul
Make me clean, make me new make me whole
All of my plans, all of my dreams, I lay them down before Your feet
All of my time, all that was mine, I now submit to Your design
'Cause You are the one who can make my life complete
You are the one who can give light to my feet
You are the one and only one who dared to give it all away for me
You are my strength, You are my God, you are my King
You make me laugh, You make me dance, You make me sing
Everything inside, everything outside,
I give it all away You never change,
but You rearrange my heart more everyday........
Specifically the part in bold would just not go away......As I seek to lay down my plans and pick up His.....as I lay down my dreams, and my time, and all that was mine......I can truly say there is nothing like Him and doing what He asks!!! I know the road is long...I know parts will be bumpy...and parts will be smooth, but man what an awesome journey.....I know that He is gonna meet all of my needs according to His riches in glory, and that he cares for the birds so how much more will he care for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today as people were talking to me about trip, I could already see the hand of God at work in the lives of my coworkers....It is my prayer that this some how will infect everyone in this building for the Lord in some way.......
What a privilege it is to know Him and to be His servant!!!!

2 comments:

Matt Johnson said...

Another song that pops in my head is a verse from "In the Blink of an Eye" by Mercy Me:

How can I further Your kingdom
When I'm so wrapped up in mine?

jkstrib said...

Those whom God calls He will equip for the task. Bumps help us learn and teach us to appreciate the smooth. The smooth times are as refreshing as a cool breeze on a hot day...God has them all woven into His master plan. He is good.