change

Change, the word itself doesn't even sounds fun.  But it happens to all of us.  Change is something we all have to deal with. 

I have come to realize that change is much easier when you are younger.  When you don't have major priorities or families that get in the way, change is something you do every day.  However, when you have children and a husband and other family, it's hard to deal with. 

Change also goes along with comfort.  We usually don't like change because we are comfortable where we are with what we have.  Anything that comes in and doesn't fit makes us change and we don't like that.

I have recently be informed of a change that will be coming in our lives in the next few months.  My first instinct is to start planning.  I am a planner!  I plan for everything and then I also plan for the things that may happen to change my original plan so that I am prepared.  So when I first hear about this change, I start my planning.  What are we gonna do about this? and what about this? and how are we gonna make this work? and how will I fit this in? and I will probably have to give this up.  It's all gonna change. 

What I also struggle with is just letting God deal with the change.  I struggle with him taking the lead or I struggle to give him the lead is what I really should say.  I like to be in control and sometimes you have to face the fact that we just don't have control. 

So here I am, knowing the change is coming, and I need to just let God take the lead.  He already knows the outcome and he has already won the war.  Anything that I go through is nothing compared to the cross.  Much easier said than done for sure.

So here we go, ready as we can be for change, and ready to give the lead to God.

Giving

One of my most favorite things to do in the world is to give to people.  I love to see their faces, I love to see the joy and the love that I feel inside is abounding.

Last weekend out youth group did a Scavenger Hunt Food Drive and all the food went to our "No One Goes Hungry" ministry for the holidays.

So the this was the first time some of these kids had ever done anything like this and I wasn't sure how they were going to respond or how much they would actually get into it.  THEY DID AMAZING!!!  We had some competitiveness going on that made it soo fun. 

The amount of food the kids brought back blew me away.  They all enjoyed it and are very excited to do it again.

So with all the food they brought back, we were able to deliver 3 food boxes today and still have more food to put together 2 more boxes.  I was fortunate enough to deliver 2 of those boxes to families who need this food more than you can imagine. 

When you drive up to meet them and they don't actually know why you are stopping by and you can give them this huge box of food and see their faces, my heart exploded.  I wanted to cry.  When people are struggling to provide for their families and they just can't they feel helpless.  We had soo much food brought in that we were able to help more people than we thought we would and that was all JESUS.  He knew of the needs and he provided just like he promises.  He uses us to show his love to be his hands and feet. 

I could never ask for anything better than to be his hands and feet and if I could have a full-time job delivering food boxes to people who are hurting and struggling and need to feel his love, I would take it in a heart beat. 

I know that this is what I was meant to do, to be his hands and feet.

JESUS, you are beautiful!