Friday, January 16, 2009

First Blog

Wow, welcome back to the world of blogging for me. I am determined to use this for the glory of God and nothing else. Let me share a little about the amazing month of teaching I've recently gone through.

It's amazing how God uses all of our daily decisions to guide and teach. Even something as simple as going to visit a friend in the hospital. I could plainly see how the roads were bad and it wouldn't be wise to travel too far. However, despite the pleas and warnings of my housemates and weather alerts, I decided to venture out anyways. Resulting of course in a spin off the road right into the ditch on the highway. What was I thinking? I was thinking how a good friend goes and sees her friend in the hospital. But was I listening to the Holy Spirit, no. He tried warning me to stay off the roads because He can see the big picture. I couldn't wait for my friend to be discharged and come home so I went anyways. I gave into my flesh and God knew it would not be good. He tried warning me and I disobeyed. I didn't follow his leading. Not a very good thing at all.

I gave my heart to Christ so that He could be my guide. The Guide that can see the big picture, He knows the outcomes of different decisions and He guides you to make the ones whose results are postive. He uses Scripture, family, friends, books, songs, and yes even weather alerts to warn you and to help steer you in His direction. I'm reading about how to discern the voice of God and its becoming more and more apparent that I have a lot of learning to do in this area. God is stretching me big time and I'm ready, though I'm afraid of how much it will hurt. Brace yourself for my reflections over the coming months!

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