Dreams

More than anything in this world, I want to be in full-time vocational ministry.  I want to teach women to be strong in the Lord, to believe He has a plan for them and to rise above the stuff that holds our feet to the floor.  Every Monday morning, as I head off to the office I promise myself that this week I will figure out some way to make this dream come true.  I will find a magical way to make sure my family has a house to live in while I try to start a ministry and have no paycheck.  I promise to write more in my blog about what God is showing me about myself and the world and His word.  And each week I step into my office and it doesn't happen.  So this weekend I had a thought...what if all God wants is for me to just step.  Our pastor spoke on Joshua 3 today and mentioned that the priests had stepping faith.  I liked that they took action...so here is mine..I will post this to my world via facebook shortly...I think this constitutes stepping faith.

The whole of the Jordan river stood between the Israelites and the promised land.  For me the Jordan River isn't something I can face, it is life as I have known it for 12 years.  It is life as the boys have known it forever.  It is a custody agreement and a few bills that amount to a great deal of fear for the future...but today I am stepping up to the Jordan River and getting my feet wet.  The priests stepped in the river and it parted for them.  They went in and possessed the promise land...now surely they had to battle and the battle was brutal with a great deal of carnage left behind. But for once I want to face the battle head on and win it in the name of the Lord.  I want to see the group of women God showed me years ago sitting in a gym on bleachers waiting to hear that God loves them, He desires them and they are the passion of His heart.

Today I am giving flight to my dreams!