My First Blog - Had You Told Me Then...

I was sitting around packing boxes for my big move to a new city in a little over 3 weeks, thinking about where I was a few years back. If you had told me then that by 2005...

I would have changed careers
My earnings would decrease by 80% (by choice!!)
I would be a student again
I would be living in a new city
I would have a place of my own
I would have preached a sermon at church
I wouldn't be working with children
I would have seen the Eiffel Tower and the ruins of Rome
That my sister would be married
That God would have placed a call on my heart for full time ministry...

I would have rolled on the floor laughing for a good portion of time!! Yet, that's where I am.

I arrived at a fork in the road about 18mths ago and God showed me both paths... there were blessings down both, the choice was mine and I knew which one it would be without a doubt. It was the epitomy (yes, that's my word for the week!!!) of Jeremiah29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."

Without a faith, a belief and relationship with Jesus Christ, that might all sound a bit waffly yet I knew without a doubt that although my career was flying high, I wanted to go down the path that was unknown yet held God's promises and blessings all the same. I have no doubt that there are going to be hard times but being in the unknown just makes us lean on God more and on our own strength less. God himself says that His power is made perfect in our weakness. I want to give him license to move in my life and want others to know his power, his grace and his love.

I'm no Bible scholar - I'm still trying to get a handle on the big book and read it from cover-to-cover!! I know that God is real though and I can't wait to see what he's going to do in my life. Come back, enjoy a laugh with me from time to time (if you get my sense of humour at all!!) and I'll be sure to tell you how God moves in my life and the lives around me.

Roll on 2005 .... I wanna see what's around the next corner! ... now back to my boxes - how does one manage to accumulate so much rubbish in such a short space of time?!!