December 30, 2008

I do not know what I'm doing here, no seriously, I have never done a blog before. My daughter just taught me how to chat on gmail. I don't know who in the world would want to read any of this but in case you can't sleep or are waisting time when you should be mopping the kitchen here's something for you to do.....


I am a wife (of 25 years) and a mother (of 9).. (okay that's not a typo.... nor is it a crazy mistake.... crazy, maybe, but no mistake). I am a daughter and a sister, a niece, and aunt,a mother-in-law, a grandmother, a friend..... but mostly I am a follower of Christ. Yep, that might make you want to stop reading now, it might make you cringe, or make you mad, but then again it might make you smile and rejoice (I hope so). If you are in the latter category you understand but if the former then I am excited for the day which you too will meet HIM!!! I am also on a crazy wild goose chase.


I am coining a term (but I don't think he'd mind) from Mark Batterson's book by the same title. In his book, Mark tells how the Celtic Christians called the Holy Spirit, An Geadh-Glas, or the wild goose. I have decided that I need to stop telling God all of the things which He needs to do for me and follow hard after Him, lead by His Spirit. In so doing it might be a wild ride but wouldn't we rather have a wild ride than sit on the merry- go-round (just going nowhere but around... a loose translation from the movie Parenthood).



So often we find ourselves wondering what the will of God is for my life. Should I take this job, buy this house, marry this person? While those are important decisions and will effect your life in a big way the will of God goes deeper than that. (It took me a long time to learn that) I used to fret over so many decisions thinking if I made the wrong one God would somehow be disappointed in me. Of course what took me half a lifetime to realize is that God never changes, therefor how could He feel anything less than love for me.




I'm not saying that we cannot grieve the Spirit of God. Our sin grieves God. But that''s not what I'm talking about. The bottom line is finding the will of God for our life is not some hidden mystery set by God in order to frustrate us. The will of God is simply stated in His word; holiness, thankfulness. We are to be set apart for a purpose, in other words our lives ought to count for something. When we think of counting for something we think of the Billy Grahams of our faith. While he has done great things for the kingdom of God most of us are not placed in such places of influence. I mean, make your life count in your sphere of influence no matter how small. Nothing is insignificant to God.




God has placed so many desires on my heart and I have decide to throw myself into HIS hands and follow one of these passions regardless of my own limitations!!! Nothing has prepared me for this ride I'm about to jump on but that's such a God thing..... I am not equipped at all but The Wild Goose... He is more than capable of empowering me to do His will!!!