Me, the vessel.

Its 1:30 in the morning and a task that normally takes three minutes is seeming impossible in the wee hours of the morning.  The task?  Sleep.  I had tried everything that normally helps me get to sleep and suddenly my feet start tingling.  In a way, it was an “itch” to get up.  At 1:30.  AM.  Ugh!

Not so thrilled by the urge to do something, I snuck out of the warm comfy bed.  I’m not really sure the reason for the sleeplessness, but I got a strong feeling that I needed to post on my blog.  It was like one of those thoughts that pop up in your head, but you TRY to ignore.  Only, the thought gets louder and LOUDER in your head until it won’t go away.  I can only chalk it up to being the Lord’s will. I know this because this is not MY blog, it’s HIS.  I prayed at the very start of this journey that He would use me as a vessel.  Apparently, God has a sense of humor…at 1:30 in the morning.  Well, here I am.  Use me! 

      I’ve started receiving donations for the support we’re asked to raise for the summer.  My goal is to raise $1400.  To most people, this would seem like a lot, but for some reason I have no worries about it.  I know that the Lord can and will provide.  Right now, I’m at $400.  For those of you who can do math, you’ve already figured out I have $1000 left to raise by June 3^rd.  It will happen, and I know it. 

      I was having a conversation with my great friend Briana McLeod one night.  It wasn’t very in depth, but something we talked about really hit home to me.  We, as Christians, tend to put limits on God.  If something rough is going on in our lives we sometimes ask God to handle it, but in reality we try to take control.  Or, we tell God exactly how we want it to work and get mad when it doesn’t work out the way we had planned. 

      The silly thing about this is that God created the universe.  If you believe that, than why are we surprised when the Lord performs a miracle?  He’s the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE.  I challenge you to ask God for something, pray relentlessly, and believe it will be taken care of.  If your intentions are to wholly serve the Lord, you CANNOT fail.  Romans 8:27-28 says:

27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

      HELLOOOO!! It says it in the Bible.  If you are living out your life according to His purpose, He will not fail you.  You must believe that. 

      My plan for this third post was to talk about Ephesians 4:20-24.  For some reason, that changed.  I guess we’ll have to go with it and see what’s in store for the next one.  Until next time…be praying that the Lord is preparing the hearts of all the people we will be coming in contact with and that the Lord will continue to use us as vessels.