This morning I want to take a bit of time to talk with you.
I miss you!
Some of you would be very proud of me, I'm actually typing this post, and not just speaking into a device that is doing the typing for me. That's only because the rest of my house has yet to come to life this morning.
Nine months ago, a new season of life birthed for me in many ways... one of the many drastic areas of change has been having a "personal assistant". Since then, I haven't typed a note or post, set an alarm, dialed a number, plugged in a destination to gps, looked up a number, wrote down an address, or clipped a coupon.... (although I have actually typed a few texts on occasion... but yes, most of them have been spoken as well.) It. is. weird. Diving right into the smart phone world after having no cell phone at all..... I've tackled the learning curve head on--entirely too many of you would be ridiculously proud. I'm proud because I still own it, it doesn't own me. Many of you know this first hand because of my less-than-instant replies. = )
Anyhow, this post was intended to be short and simple.
I wanted to ask for your prayers.
You have overwhelmed me. In a great way... but also incredibly challenging as well.
First of all, THANK YOU for all your messages about topics that you would like sound advice about. I am honored that you have trusted me with some very tough and delicate areas of your life, and humbled that my perspective may influence you in some way.
Second, although I haven't been posting--I have been busy addressing them. But as some of you know, some of these areas are not easy to write or talk on. I have currently wrote (ok-spoke) on all but one.... however they are hovering in the blog world somewhere between compose and publish.
Which brings me to....
Third-- after praying about many of these topics, I feel as though there is likely a whole community of folks who may need advice on how to follow Jesus in these areas. So as I have shared with many of you privately, I am praying about posting the topics here.
Some of these are pretty touchy.
Delicate areas.
Fragile.
So again, I ask that you would join me in praying about publishing these posts. Pray that God would direct the audience he has for them, pray that they would be received with no spirit of condemnation, pray as I reread and edit that He would illuminate anything that is untrue, unnecessary, or divisive, and certainly pray that His light would illuminate the darkness that is tucked away in our hearts and lives.
Friend, you know I don't take this lightly, or you would have never trusted me with your heart in the first place. Thank you for your prayers.
I had originally planned to slowly ramp up into some tougher topics, but clearly the audience of this blog is ready.
I should have known better. = )
Last, I hear you.
Your words are not falling on deaf ears, and I think God will use your transparency in a glorious way.
If there is an area in your life that you are finding it hard to follow Jesus, or unsure of how that may look... always feel free to post in the comments or pm me about it.
Let's pray together:
Thank you Heavenly Father for your attention to every detail of our life. Thank you for making us so complexly divine. Thank you for complicated areas of this life that make it hard to follow you.... as we look into them deeper, may we come out the other side with more faith than today.
Lord, You know the words that are written, You know the hearts that need tended, You know the prisoners that need freed, and Your truth is the key. I pray that your Spirit would direct me to touch these delicate areas with the tenderness of Your grace and with life giving words of Truth. We pray that no spirit of condemnation would seep in. Thank you, Father for mentoring relationships that span the test of distance. But mostly, thanks in advance for the work You are about to do.... we are humbled that You would include us. Gently open eyes, tenderize hearts, and take away any blindness or fear we have that is keeping us from following You.
We pray for courage, discernment, and revelation..... and we trust Your perfect timing.
In the Freeing name of Jesus we pray,
Amen
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