Something New

New adventures are filled with mixed emotions. Excitement, fear, eagerness, anxiety, curiosity, and doubt all mix together to create a wonderful blend of anticipation and...nausea. Right now, I'm not sure what is winning, but if you have some ginger ale go ahead and pass a glass to me. In February of 2011, God began to speak to me of a new season in my life, a season that was going to require me to leap without being able to see. Notice, I did not say without looking. Oh, I tried to look. I spent almost a year trying to look and see what exactly it is that God has planned for me next. I'm a girl who likes a plan laid out before me, but often times, in our lives as believers, God asks us to trust without being able to see what is coming.

"The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you."
Genesis 12:1

This verse was a model for me 10 years ago when I left my family and career in Houston to answer God's call to ministry. It was very literal to me at that time. Now, a decade later, that same verse comes to my mind only this time it was figurative. Leaving my staff position at Fellowship Church has truly felt like leaving my native country, relatives, and father's family. Although I am blessed to still be a member and volunteer at FC, there is an indescribable support system among the staff that starts with the encouragement, love, and leadership from Pastor Ed Young and Lisa Young. To leave that place of comfort and security and step into the unknown truly feels like moving to a new country in many ways. However, I do so with a joyful heart, because I trust that I'm going to a "land" that God will show me. He is leading, and I always want to follow His lead.
"The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you." Genesis 12:1
This verse was a model for me 10 years ago when I left my family and career in Houston to answer God's call to ministry. It was very literal to me at that time. Now, a decade later, that same verse comes to my mind only this time it was figurative. Leaving my staff position at Fellowship Church has truly felt like leaving my native country, relatives, and father's family. Although I am blessed to still be a member and volunteer at FC, there is an indescribable support system among the staff that starts with the encouragement, love, and leadership from Pastor Ed Young and Lisa Young. To leave that place of comfort and security and step into the unknown truly feels like moving to a new country in many ways. However, I do so with a joyful heart, because I trust that I'm going to a "land" that God will show me. He is leading, and I always want to follow His lead. "The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you." Genesis 12:1 This verse was a model for me 10 years ago when I left my family and career in Houston to answer God's call to ministry. It was very literal to me at that time. Now, a decade later, that same verse comes to my mind only this time it was figurative. Leaving my staff position at Fellowship Church has truly felt like leaving my native country, relatives, and father's family. Although I am blessed to still be a member and volunteer at FC, there is an indescribable support system among the staff that starts with the encouragement, love, and leadership from Pastor Ed Young and Lisa Young. To leave that place of comfort and security and step into the unknown truly feels like moving to a new country in many ways. However, I do so with a joyful heart, because I trust that I'm going to a "land" that God will show me. He is leading, and I always want to follow His lead. "The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you." Genesis 12:1 This verse was a model for me 10 years ago when I left my family and career in Houston to answer God's call to ministry. It was very literal to me at that time. Now, a decade later, that same verse comes to my mind only this time it was figurative. Leaving my staff position at Fellowship Church has truly felt like leaving my native country, relatives, and father's family. Although I am blessed to still be a member and volunteer at FC, there is an indescribable support system among the staff that starts with the encouragement, love, and leadership from Pastor Ed Young and Lisa Young. To leave that place of comfort and security and step into the unknown truly feels like moving to a new country in many ways. However, I do so with a joyful heart, because I trust that I'm going to a "land" that God will show me. He is leading, and I always want to follow His lead.
This verse was a model for me 10 years ago when I left my family and career in Houston to answer God's call to ministry. It was very literal to me at that time. Now, a decade later, that same verse comes to my mind only this time it was figurative. Leaving my staff position at Fellowship Church has truly felt like leaving my native country, relatives, and father's family. Although I am blessed to still be a member and volunteer at FC, there is an indescribable support system among the staff that starts with the encouragement, love, and leadership from Pastor Ed Young and Lisa Young. To leave that place of comfort and security and step into the unknown truly feels like moving to a new country in many ways. However, I do so with a joyful heart, because I trust that I'm going to a "land" that God will show me. He is leading, and I always want to follow His lead. This verse was a model for me 10 years ago when I left my family and career in Houston to answer God's call to ministry. It was very literal to me at that time. Now, a decade later, that same verse comes to my mind only this time it was figurative. Leaving my staff position at Fellowship Church has truly felt like leaving my native country, relatives, and father's family. Although I am blessed to still be a member and volunteer at FC, there is an indescribable support system among the staff that starts with the encouragement, love, and leadership from Pastor Ed Young and Lisa Young. To leave that place of comfort and security and step into the unknown truly feels like moving to a new country in many ways. However, I do so with a joyful heart, because I trust that I'm going to a "land" that God will show me. He is leading, and I always want to follow His lead.
"The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you." Genesis 12:1

"The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you." Genesis 12:1