As Im waiting on Photoshop to do its thing, Im gonna post a few things that are heavy on my heart. Today we started a new sermon series at church titled Whats your story? Oh my.....HUGELY impacted me....As everyone has a story and no two stories are the same however both are equally important. At the end of the message there was a short clip from two precious members of our church with a little of their testimony on what they decided to give up and give to God....This made my heart ache, not in a bad way in a very telling way. There are plenty of ways that we can give to God, give of your time, your talents and your money, I mean after all its his anyway. For me a huge part of my giving up is Fear itself. Fear has been a huge part of my story and fear is what I have to daily give up and sitting there today I was reminded of time after time after time when I was obedient to God and gave up my fear he has provided and blessed. When I gave up my fear of having my own business he BLESSED, when I gave up my fear of never being good enough for anyone he BLESSED, when I give up my fear of my finances and my checkbook He BLESSED and continues to BLESS... Ive struggled with putting myself out there for others for fear of being rejected or it just not becoming what I see in my head, and more than once in the past couple of weeks the nagging feeling of having a weekly or monthly meeting with other local women who are either established as photographers or wanting to do more than what they are currently doing as a hobby has knocked on my heart. Im not saying a class because lets face it, Im no teacher. Im talking about just a little group of coffee, cameras and Jesus... A time to discuss what our fears, struggles, desires, goals, families, and just what makes us who we are. I keep coming back to having a small Bible study and coming back to Lysa TerKeurst as she spoke at Women of Faith. Her words of just starting your day with the best yes........ I have purchased the book, but yes my schedule is demanding and having time to read now is quite comical, however a sweet sweet lady offered me her audio book after we discussed a few ideas that Ive had....Im now 5 chapters in....This is it ladies..... This is where I want to start... So much has jumped out at me already...this is ringing in my ears.... Im tired. Im distracted. Im disappointed in myself. I feel slightly used and more than slightly used up. Im a little overwhelmed and a lot worn down. and We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please I love how she says a Best Yes is you playing your part, at church, at school, at work, at wherever you are today. If you know it and believe it, youll live it. Please be in prayer about what Im asking and proposing. Ive never thought of myself as any type of leader or teacher, Im just me. Hungry for more of what God has called me to do, hungry to know that in this place Im in in this life that Im living Im not alone, that there are many who are here and just looking for someone to come along and walk with them. I would love to open the studio to a group of ladies who would be willing to come in and go thru this book and discuss it and discuss life in general. Sorry for the long post so late at night but you know us photographers we dont sleep that much anyway...LOL Also wanted to thank my pastor and all my #retrochurch peeps for being the BOMB DOT COM!!!!! Without you guys I cant imagine the growth in my spiritual life as well as my personal life. Best group of people you will ever meet!!!!
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 05:32:27 +0000
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