Every Season has Purpose

Sometimes, when I look at the current situation I find myself in, I can't help but wonder if what I'm doing has purpose.  I do not want to spend my life busy doing things that don't matter.  Having big dreams can be overwhelming sometimes when I feel "stuck" in the monotonous day to day tasks I find myself engaging in.

This Summer is no different, for the first time in 3 years I will simply be at home: not traveling out of the country to help others or spread the Gospel.  I finally resigned that this would be a season of rest and there must be something I needed to learn from it.  (Rest isn't always bad and is definitely needed--which is a hard lesson for me).  I'm not one who listens to a lot of television preachers but I heard one say the other day that, "If you will sharpen your axe, you will cut more wood in less time".

Do you feel like you're in a season of rest, or being stalled?  Maybe you feel like you are "stuck" in a season of preparation.  I challenge you to lean on the Creator in this season.  There is purpose.  Use this opportunity to prepare yourself for what you see coming.  Use this season to get ready for what you dream of doing.  Dreams can be gradiose and sometimes it's easy to forget that there is a practical, step by step process to engage in daily to reach that dream one day.  Maybe those around you right now need to see the hope of your dream.  Maybe those around you simply need you to be engaged with them: you can spread joy, freedom, peace, and comfort to those around you, regardless of how "stuck" you feel.  Do not wait for a stage or a microphone or another country to afford you the opportunity to impact those around you.

Finish the assignment of the season!  The joy of every season is that at the end, you can look back and see the purpose that the season held.  At the end of this season you can be leaning harder on your Beloved: embrace this season and live it to the fullest.

Catching Up

Hey Everyone,

I am sorry over the amount of time that has passed since my last post.  So much has happened and so many things have changed.

"Change" certainly seems to be the word of the season I am currently in.  I am so thankful that so many of you keep up with me outside of the blog and thus understand what a whirlwind this past semester was for me.  In adidtion to an intense schedule academically I had a couple of volunteer options and am also very involved in the church that I attend.  I made it through successfully though!

2012 was a year of intense traveling for me, in addition to carrying a full load of classes in each semester as well as summer courses.  For those of you that don't know: I have carried such an intense load of classes that I will be graduating in December!  That means I will have successfully completed my 4 year degree in only 2.5 years.  By the time I finally reached May of this year I was quite tired and was very thankful to be entering a Summer of rest.  While some traveling opportunities were opened to me, I felt that, just as the Samaritan Jesus encountered at the well, it was time for me to do some ministry in my hometown and region.

A door to do some youth leadership has opened here in Virginia and I am so excited to be a leader of some discipleship this Summer with my home church here.  I will also get to help them host a youth conference at the end of July, which they have booked me to speak at!  I am very excited about this balance of rest at home as well as ministering to those around me, here.

Thank you for your love and support!

Where ever you find yourself living or stationed in this season: lean in and hear what His assignment is for you!