Whatever Lies Ahead...

Life as I knew it,..well, has never really stayed the same since my family packed up and moved back to Winkler, MB. Since living here, there has always been a constant shift, change of pace or new development to keep me occupied. Not to say that constant change is bad, because I think it can be very good. Where I am at now thought, I have started to become obsessed with finding out and or/ planning what lies around the next hill or turn in the road. I am open to whatever is out there...but it just can't be in Winkler...hehe...just kidding. Strangely, I am even open to that option as well. Though it will take much more work to put my all into remaining here, I know that if this is where God wants me, I can do it with His help. I feel as if I have not left the classroom since I left Briercrest at the end of April, but have stepped into a much different and more challenging school of thought and have come across many different types of 'exams' so to speak (or write). I have come across new challenges, friends, family, and I have also crossed bridges I never thought I would gain the courage to attempt. Yet, as I write these things, I am coming to the realization that these are all apart of God's plan for my life and who He is making and molding me into. I am me, and I always be, but I want to be more and more of a being who belongs fully and completely to Christ. I want to think like He does, love like He loves, and forgive like He forgives. I know these things are impossible, yet I can't help but to strive to be more like Him and to try with everything in me to follow the example of Christ. I don't quite know what I am trying to say here, other than I can never be ready for anything; but as I learn to seek the Lord every day and as I grow in my faith and trust in Him, I know without a doubt, He will never fail me; and that "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." (Phil 4:13) As I was talking with a friend on the phone the other night, He reminded me not to be afraid to dream because as it reminds us in Jer 29:11, the plans God has for us are not to harm us, but are to give us hope and a future. Also that all things work for the good of those who love God (Romans 8:28) and that 'All things' doesn't exclude anything. I have nothing, NOTHING to worry about. Please pray that I remember that.