Bringing it all together...

I've got a lot of things running through my head today. I figured it is time to write them out so that hopefully God can help to order them into some type of normality.

It's been a hard couple of months since I last wrote on here. I am still surviving. :-) God has been good to me, ordering the steps of my life and placing me in one of the best positions I have been in for a long time.

God has reaffirmed and adjusted the friendships in my life and has helped me to see the people that I can really depend on to see me through. God has also given me a clearer view of the purpose he sees for my life.

It's interesting when God reveals his purpose for your life to you. That purpose most of the time does not fit the idea that you had for yourself. The really nice part is that the purpose I see, God has already given me the tools and attributes to be successful. He already knew.

What an amazing God we serve that he can give us what we need before we even need it. I was talking to my cousin Shelly a couple weekends ago about this very thing. God gave us a strong family base to help us to get through the trials that our entire family is going through right now. He knew the relationships that we would need to help each other through.

God continues to amaze me by being there for me in the times where I feel I am the farthest away from Him. In those times where I have pushed Him away and have begun to feel like I can make it through by myself, he taps me on my shoulder reminding me that I first need to rely on him. He is my strength. He knows my loneliness and fears. He knows when I need comfort. He knows me.

I'm realizing more and more that I cannot expect for friends and family to be there through each and every trial that I go through. I can only expect God to be there. The nice thing is that I know I will be supported by those friends and family anyway. But God is my expectation.... God will not fail me... He will be there always.

In the middle of the storm...He's there.
In the middle of the night...He's there.
In the middle of my chaos...He's there.
In the middle of my hurt...He's there.

He is there. He knows me better than I know myself.

What a glorious God we serve.

Jeremiah 1:5 NIV
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

Lord,

Be with my Father, my family and my friends. We all need your loving arms wrapped around us through these hard times. Pour our you comfort especially on Mom right now. She needs to feel your presence, Lord. We need your assurance that everything is working our according to your plan. Please be with my prayer list.

Brie!