Recent Musings

It's really time to get this blog stuff back on track. There has been so much going on in my life lately that it's been quite a whirlwind. As I posted earlier, I started a new job this summer and things are going great! I love coming to work everyday and ministering to children and their families in Mississippi. Yet, part of me wants to be back in Texas for just a little while. My friends are having a really rough time right now and that hurts my heart. Both of them have been extremely influential in my life, helping me to find my way back to the things of Christ and falling in love with Him all over again. For such a time as this, I cannot go back to Texas. What a lesson in dependence on God!! All I can do here is pray for my friends and be available to them via text and phone. I can only hope they know how much I care for them.

I am also processing a new book Radical written by David Platt. If you haven't found that book yet, search for it right now and start reading. It's some serious stuff! Reading that book has challenged me to live a life that is totally sold-out to Jesus and the only reason this is a possibility is because of His grace and His mercy in my life. I have also had the privilege of listening to Tom Richter speak and he goes right along with the book. Crazy coincidence? I think not! God is up to something in my life. What is it? I don't have a clue. Check out this in John 12:3

"Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance."

That nard, that expensive perfume, was all that Mary had. It was worth a year's wages. Just think about a bottle of perfume being worth $40K! That's crazy! Yet she gave it all to Jesus. My question is: how much of my jar of nard (my life) am I willing to give to Jesus? Mary gave it all!

So after the message last night on that very passage, I continue to feel lead to go back to school. So, I'm going to do it. Where? I don't know. When? Hopefully, next semester, Lord willing. There are some things that need to be done before then in order for this to become a reality. But I'm just going to take it one step at a time and see where the Lord leads me. After all, if I'm to give my whole self to Him, I'm following His lead anyway. All I have is His. Hang on for the wild ride!