Today the verse Philippians 3:14 has just resignated in my heart.
I've been back in good ol' Aurora, IL for three days now and in that time I have just reflected my summer in San Diego and what God did and how He is continueing to work in my heart. I was thinking today how crazy it is that after my last year at Blackhawk I'll be 20 and trying to pursue training, dressage, horses and possibly being a working student for a big name trainer somewhere. I was thinking how I so desperately want a ministry reaching people in the horse industry and around the world and how is are all of those dots supposed to connect together!?
I think sometimes I really just need to be slapped upside the head... I praise God for His patience with me! God knows the plans He has for my life. I should be unashamed of dreaming big and chasing after those dreams with everything I have because He is the one who has placed those dreams of making a difference in the horse industry, of having a ministry, of serving Him, of training and riding horses and loving and reaching people in my heart. He has given me those dreams. Who am I to start worrying about what others may think of that? It doesn't matter. Only God's call for my life matters. That is what I cling to continously. So as I was reading my bible today Philippians 3:14 just echoed in my soul:
I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
I press on, I dream, I live, I desire, to be with my Savior and I press on towards the dreams He has given me. I don't care what anyone else says... I'm listening to the only voice that matters :)
Friday, August 5, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A heart's desire
I apologize for not keeping this updated the way I was intending before I left. Unfortunetly I didn't have internet access at the place I've been staying in San Diego. Well, after 5 weeks I am sitting in the San Diego airport waiting for my flight back to Chicago. These past weeks have gone by unimaginably quick and the Lord has done work in my life that I didn't expect... and a heart's desire has become even more ignited.
To start, Steffen and Shannon Peters' 60 stall facility is beyond gorgeous.. my kind of heaven on earth :) everything is state of the art yet horse friendly and people friendly. The people who board, train, and work there are genuine and inviting and loving. The goal of the facility is about becoming one day better every session and about making average riders and horses into something that is fantastic. The horses are incredible. The calibur of training and riding is inconvievably great. I spent everyday Mon-Fri waking up at 6am to go to the barn until 4pm .. my trainer had two horses at SP's barn (her up and coming Grand Prix horse and a lower level client's mare) so I would groom, handwalk, tack up, bathe, clip, clean tack ect. I also took care of the horses' feed everyday and supplements. I basically did whatever was needed for Nichole (my trainer) and the people at the barn. I also got to watch Steffen, Shannon and the other three trainers at the facility ride every morning. The first morning I as there I watched Steffen ride Weltino's Magic (his I1 horse) and Ravel. Needless to say it was amazing. I just love how Steffen and Shannon train.. it is so natural and makes so much sense. I think I've learned more about training and dressage in the last 5 weeks than I ever have! I can't wait to start working with Zi on everything I've learned :)
From the very first day I set foot in the barn I was overcome with temptations and desires. Temptations of making everything about me and what I wanted out of this and desires of success and the opportunity to ride, and train with these people. The desire and jealousy of wishing I could afford a fancy, flashy moving horse like other girls my age who rode at Steffen's barn. I felt myself succoming to these thoughts, desires and temptations and then about 2 days after I had gotten to san diego I had a phone conversation with my dear friend Elizabeth and I as telling her all of this and she said "Kayla I have never heard you sound like this. where is the passion? since when do you care about fame, ribbons or money? Why are you limiting God?" I listened absolutely stunned. She was right. God used her to give me a wake up call that I so desperately needed. That night I read John 11:4 When he heard this, Jesus said "this sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's son may be glorified through it." It suddenly hit me that I had been called to San Diego and SP's barn this summer to only glorify God, work my butt off, give my best every single day even when I didn't feel like it, and love and serve those around me. My prayer going into the trip had been that it wouldn't become about me and I realized how difficult that was truly going to be.
Ever since I was little horses have been the one area of my life where I have been tempted to not put God first. This summer was so much more than just being around horses and learning from the best rider in the dressage industry. It was learning and choosing to keep God first and have my desires wrapped up in serving Him alone.
After that phone call with Elizabeth my focus changed. It was as if God has spoken through her and filled me with Himself and reminded me that the only reason I exist is to glorify Him. Every day I woke up and read scripture and made a minute by minute choice to put Him first NOT my desires. As the weeks wore on I experienced ups and downs.. encouragement, discouragement, fatigue, exhaustion, elation, homesickness. But about two weeks in to the trip I realized how much I loved what I was doing. I loved being around horses all day. I loved the people I was around. I loved San Diego. I just loved being able to be at a barn all day and work with horses. I loved the opportunity God had given me. It was as though God brought me back to the simplicity of a little girl's love for a horse. That was all it was about. Yes, I was still tempted to put my desires first but God molded and worked on my heart and I can truly say that I learned what it meant to consciously choose to put God first. He is enough. He is my life. I am so passionate about that.
I have missed home and am so glad to be with my family but I feel like these last 5 weeks I have learned to rely on the Lord in ways I never have before. He is all I have. He has sustained me. I have had thoughts recently of "where will things go from here? Lord I feel like you are calling me to a career in the dressage industry but where do I go after this year? Is my horse even good enough to be successful in this?" And the answer that I keep getting back is God saying "Kayla no you don't know everything.. you don't have the answers. But trust me anyway." That is what I am clinging to.
I do feel as though God has used these past 5 weeks to teach me how to be around horses 24/7 yet still put Him first and He has affirmed that this is the industry and ministry and call He has for my life. I don't know what that will look like a year from now... I don't know if my horse will make it to high levels of dressage. But this is what I do know.. what has become so infinitely clear this past month: God is bigger. He has a plan. He has given me a horse that is perfect for me because God gave him to me and I am so thankful for that and will work everyday to be one day better, my horse means the world to me... I trust in the Lord's plan. I have a heart's desire to serve Christ and be used by Him no matter where that takes me or what it will look like. Who knows, I could end up back permanently in San Diego, CA. But my heart's desire is first and foremost to seek after my Lord and become one day closer to Him all the time and the rest of my life will fall into place as I seek His plan. There is no room for doubt anymore.. for too long I have been living in fear and afraid to admit what I am passionate about and afraid to run after it. No more. Once again God has taught me another lesson in being fearless :) That is my heart's desire that has ignited into a burning fire this past month... to glorify God and serve Him and be used. I am alive with passion and ready to go give my best at Blackhawk this year. Because I am called to.
Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart
To start, Steffen and Shannon Peters' 60 stall facility is beyond gorgeous.. my kind of heaven on earth :) everything is state of the art yet horse friendly and people friendly. The people who board, train, and work there are genuine and inviting and loving. The goal of the facility is about becoming one day better every session and about making average riders and horses into something that is fantastic. The horses are incredible. The calibur of training and riding is inconvievably great. I spent everyday Mon-Fri waking up at 6am to go to the barn until 4pm .. my trainer had two horses at SP's barn (her up and coming Grand Prix horse and a lower level client's mare) so I would groom, handwalk, tack up, bathe, clip, clean tack ect. I also took care of the horses' feed everyday and supplements. I basically did whatever was needed for Nichole (my trainer) and the people at the barn. I also got to watch Steffen, Shannon and the other three trainers at the facility ride every morning. The first morning I as there I watched Steffen ride Weltino's Magic (his I1 horse) and Ravel. Needless to say it was amazing. I just love how Steffen and Shannon train.. it is so natural and makes so much sense. I think I've learned more about training and dressage in the last 5 weeks than I ever have! I can't wait to start working with Zi on everything I've learned :)
From the very first day I set foot in the barn I was overcome with temptations and desires. Temptations of making everything about me and what I wanted out of this and desires of success and the opportunity to ride, and train with these people. The desire and jealousy of wishing I could afford a fancy, flashy moving horse like other girls my age who rode at Steffen's barn. I felt myself succoming to these thoughts, desires and temptations and then about 2 days after I had gotten to san diego I had a phone conversation with my dear friend Elizabeth and I as telling her all of this and she said "Kayla I have never heard you sound like this. where is the passion? since when do you care about fame, ribbons or money? Why are you limiting God?" I listened absolutely stunned. She was right. God used her to give me a wake up call that I so desperately needed. That night I read John 11:4 When he heard this, Jesus said "this sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's son may be glorified through it." It suddenly hit me that I had been called to San Diego and SP's barn this summer to only glorify God, work my butt off, give my best every single day even when I didn't feel like it, and love and serve those around me. My prayer going into the trip had been that it wouldn't become about me and I realized how difficult that was truly going to be.
Ever since I was little horses have been the one area of my life where I have been tempted to not put God first. This summer was so much more than just being around horses and learning from the best rider in the dressage industry. It was learning and choosing to keep God first and have my desires wrapped up in serving Him alone.
After that phone call with Elizabeth my focus changed. It was as if God has spoken through her and filled me with Himself and reminded me that the only reason I exist is to glorify Him. Every day I woke up and read scripture and made a minute by minute choice to put Him first NOT my desires. As the weeks wore on I experienced ups and downs.. encouragement, discouragement, fatigue, exhaustion, elation, homesickness. But about two weeks in to the trip I realized how much I loved what I was doing. I loved being around horses all day. I loved the people I was around. I loved San Diego. I just loved being able to be at a barn all day and work with horses. I loved the opportunity God had given me. It was as though God brought me back to the simplicity of a little girl's love for a horse. That was all it was about. Yes, I was still tempted to put my desires first but God molded and worked on my heart and I can truly say that I learned what it meant to consciously choose to put God first. He is enough. He is my life. I am so passionate about that.
I have missed home and am so glad to be with my family but I feel like these last 5 weeks I have learned to rely on the Lord in ways I never have before. He is all I have. He has sustained me. I have had thoughts recently of "where will things go from here? Lord I feel like you are calling me to a career in the dressage industry but where do I go after this year? Is my horse even good enough to be successful in this?" And the answer that I keep getting back is God saying "Kayla no you don't know everything.. you don't have the answers. But trust me anyway." That is what I am clinging to.
I do feel as though God has used these past 5 weeks to teach me how to be around horses 24/7 yet still put Him first and He has affirmed that this is the industry and ministry and call He has for my life. I don't know what that will look like a year from now... I don't know if my horse will make it to high levels of dressage. But this is what I do know.. what has become so infinitely clear this past month: God is bigger. He has a plan. He has given me a horse that is perfect for me because God gave him to me and I am so thankful for that and will work everyday to be one day better, my horse means the world to me... I trust in the Lord's plan. I have a heart's desire to serve Christ and be used by Him no matter where that takes me or what it will look like. Who knows, I could end up back permanently in San Diego, CA. But my heart's desire is first and foremost to seek after my Lord and become one day closer to Him all the time and the rest of my life will fall into place as I seek His plan. There is no room for doubt anymore.. for too long I have been living in fear and afraid to admit what I am passionate about and afraid to run after it. No more. Once again God has taught me another lesson in being fearless :) That is my heart's desire that has ignited into a burning fire this past month... to glorify God and serve Him and be used. I am alive with passion and ready to go give my best at Blackhawk this year. Because I am called to.
Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Rainy days
Today is a rainy, dreary day and I love it.
I always love rainy days because it gives me an excuse to stay in the house armed with a journal and a pen and spend time talking with God and writing out my feelings. It's just awesome. There is nothing better than resting in the Lord's prescence. I've been realizing how important it is for me to spend daily time in the Word.. and not just "read it just to read it time" but reading the Word and seeking after the Lord and hanging out with Him. God just wants our heart and too often I find myself too busy or not taking the time to just hang out with Him. I mean honestly think about it, the creater of the universe wants to hang out with US!! How crazy is that!? I know that I am so undeserving. I am realizing more and more that my devotions need to be so much more about spending time with the Lord instead of just putting in my bible time for the day. I was thinking about it this way... God is everything.. He is my friend, father, lover and what makes me who I am.. it's a relationship. Every relationship must be invested in. I want to invest my all in growing in my relationship with God. I want to take that quiet time every day to acknowledge who He is and rest in that.
Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am GOD
On a different note, I had a pretty cool session with Zi today. It was too wet to ride so I decided to spend some time playing with him. He has been wanting to start cantering or go fast everytime I ask him for the circling game. He'll rush off and race around me but everytime I'd ask him to yield his hindquarters away from me he would stop and prick his ears and get so excited. For some reason the past two days it just hasn't clicked as to why this new behavior has started.. he's normally such an introverted horse that I was surprised at this outward show of extrovert. It hit me like a brick today. He's playing with me. I felt like I'd just been hit over the head with a 2x4.. he just wants to play and so I started making things more interesting and letting him canter off during the circle and he loved it. For the first time this horse actually let me see his play drive that he has tried for so long to keep hidden. He is a very complex horse that has many layers to his personality and is so sensitive.. and the way he tries to play is almost "awkward" or "different" in comparison to the LBE Magi. I'm learning more and more how to have the feel and precision to play with a horse like Zi and today it came true on the ground and it's all carrying over under saddle. I love it!
...rainy days are my favorite :)
Psalm 46
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Sweet, Beautiful, Surrender
I apologize for not updating this for so long. To say things have been busy is an understatement.. but I need to update this. I must write about how God has and is working, how He has grown me and changed me and the doors he has opened have been incredible and humbled me.
This past school year has been difficult, heartbreaking, amazing, revealing, and full of new beginnings and moving on from the past. At the start of the year I went to Blackhawk and really struggled with the environment there.. I felt alone like no one else respected or shared my faith and I got lost in being scared and shriveled into a shell of fear. I could not be confident. It showed. I did not improve as much with Zi.. my horse judging seemed to be held back because I couldn't confidently mark a card and more than that I felt stagnant in my relationship with God. I remember calling my parents.. my brother and my closest friends and pouring out feelings of lonliness, frustration and confusion. How could God be asking me to stay somewhere where I was all alone? I wasn't improving with horses.. I felt like a failure and fear had taken over every part of me.
Over Christmas break I thrived being surrounded and fellowshipping with people who shared my passion for the Lord. As break drew to an end I really struggled with not wanting to return to school. I didn't want to go back to that feeling of discouragement and lonliness and the feeling of not being close to my Lord. I wanted what was comfortable and safe. Then it was as if God just woke me up and said "Kayla, listen to me. Trust me. I am with you and that is all that matters." I had been reading through Hebrews and as I read Hebrews 11 a chapter that talks in depth about faith, God spoke to my heart. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance in what we do not see. It hit me like a brick that I had only been thinking about me, I needed to walk by faith. God had called me to Blackhawk but not for the reasons I had originally thought.
I returned to school second semester with an entirely new perspective. My circumstances were not changing. However, God has opened my eyes to the fact that I am at Blackhawk to be used by Him, to be a light and to let Him grow and stretch and refine me in ways that I had never imagined possible. He called me to Blackhawk to be different and grow closer to Him. I learned to be alone and to find comfort in that because God is enough. He is my everything and even if I didn't feel it, He is always with me. That changed everything.. because of Him I can let go of my fear and when there is less of me He is able to work in ways that make me in awe of who He is. I choose to walk by faith and when I do my perspective changes. My heart is burdened for those who live their life in sin... I want to plant eternal seeds and live my life for Christ so others can see who He is. This school year I have learned what it means to live in the world but not be of it. I have learned once again how to be fearless and have reached a place of complete surrender. My life is God's. I relenquish control. He is everything to me and has filled up my heart and I have fallen so much more deeply in love with Him. I never want to be stagnant in my relationship with Him.. I always want to want to be wanting to be closer my Lord. That is my prayer and heart especially as I return to school in the fall.
God has opened many doors for me this semester... It has always been my prayer that if the horse industry is where He wants me that it would be affirmed and that He would give me a ministry. I do not want this to become about me. I pray that if it does He would take it away. This summer... God has given me an opportunity that I never expected, my trainer Nichole is going to San Diego, CA to train and work with Steffen Peters one of the most decorated dressage riders right now. At first, I didn't think that I would be able to intern or work with Nichole over the summer like I had originally planned. I had no idea what to do, I was upset.. so thrilled for her opportunity but unsure how my summer would go. I sought after God's plan and committed Jeremiah 29:11 to my heart and waited for what He had in store. A couple weeks after learning of Nichole's plans to go to CA she called me and asked me a question I'll never forget, "do you want to come with me?"
Since then.. God has worked out every detail and plainly showed me that this is what He has in store this summer. I will be going with Nichole to work with and learn from Steffen Peters in San Diego, I leave in two weeks. I am so excited, humbled, scared, nervous, and giddy. Yes, there are doubts and uncertainties that threaten to overtake my mind but God is bigger. I am choosing to walk by faith and pursue the path He has laid before me. There is no room for fear. I want to go and do my best for Him because that is what I am called to do. This is a dream come true and I am so thankful for what He is doing. I just want to go and give my best, this is a chance of a lifetime to learn from one of the most elite riders in the world right now. I know that this is only of God and who am I to allow fear to overtake me? I choose to let go of fear, there is no room for doubt. I no longer want to give in to the "what if I'm not good enough?" because I want to be confident in who I am in Christ and allow Him to give me the strength to pursue this opportunity. If God is for us, who can be against us?
Zi will be staying at home for the five weeks I am gone, hopefully a friend will be riding him for me to keep him in shape. He has improved dramatically.. in some ways he isn't even the same horse I bought a year ago. His muscle pattern has changed and his personality is more pronounced. He is a very emotional horse (typical right brain introvert/extrovert) but is so sensitive and rewarding to work with because when I get it right he tries so hard. Under saddle, he carries himself in a rounded dressage frame and is able to stay light in my hands. Hopefully, there are some big things in store for him :)
These past several months God has grown, matured and stretched me. I have come to a place of surrender... sweet, beautiful surrender that allows for more intimacy with Christ. I am thankful for the hardships and trials of the past months because brokenness brings us to our knees and to a state of surrendrance. I love that. If my trials bring me closer to Christ, then I am thankful for that. I am so excited to see how He continues to grow me in the upcoming months. I am not called to be comfortable.. as Francis Chan would say, we are called to trust God so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through. That is the kind of faith I am striving for and will always be seeking.
Jeremiah 29:11
Hebrews 11:1
2 Corinthians 5:7
Monday, August 16, 2010
Growth
I leave for college in two days.
I am so excited. I am terrified. I am giddy. I am sad. I am so incredibly excited to see what God has in store.
Goodbyes are not easy and saying goodbye to those here is going to hurt. I know that Blackhawk is not going to be easy, it will be hard. It is so far outside of my comfort zone, but the beauty in that is that God will grow me. I am so comfortable here at home in my routine. I can not wait to be pushed out of my comfort zone and experience God's peace and be stretched and grown by Him in ways that are un-imaginable right now.
I pray that while I am at school God will reveal a ministry for me in the horse world. My passion is horses but more than that my passion is God. I want to glorify and worship Him through horses and I want to impact the Kingdom through horses. My prayer for this year is that God will show me what that actually looks like. I am in a place of total surrendrance... these past several months God has asked me to surrender absolutely everything. My horses, my health, my family, my friends, my heart. I can not wait to see what He has in store for the coming year.
I trust in His plan. I do not know where I am going to be a year from now. But I trust that it will be where God wants me.
Jeremiah 29:11
Proverbs 3:5-6
I am so excited. I am terrified. I am giddy. I am sad. I am so incredibly excited to see what God has in store.
Goodbyes are not easy and saying goodbye to those here is going to hurt. I know that Blackhawk is not going to be easy, it will be hard. It is so far outside of my comfort zone, but the beauty in that is that God will grow me. I am so comfortable here at home in my routine. I can not wait to be pushed out of my comfort zone and experience God's peace and be stretched and grown by Him in ways that are un-imaginable right now.
I pray that while I am at school God will reveal a ministry for me in the horse world. My passion is horses but more than that my passion is God. I want to glorify and worship Him through horses and I want to impact the Kingdom through horses. My prayer for this year is that God will show me what that actually looks like. I am in a place of total surrendrance... these past several months God has asked me to surrender absolutely everything. My horses, my health, my family, my friends, my heart. I can not wait to see what He has in store for the coming year.
I trust in His plan. I do not know where I am going to be a year from now. But I trust that it will be where God wants me.
Jeremiah 29:11
Proverbs 3:5-6
Saturday, July 31, 2010
A Clean Slate. Goodbyes. New Beginnings. Heartbreak. Faith
In two weeks I am leaving for college.
I am packing up my life, and my horse and heading out on my own.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared or uneasy or nervous because I am. I am terrified but at the same time I am so excited. This is the moment I have been waiting for my whole life and up until now this is where I feel God leading me. I feel His peace and His direction.
In the past month I have had some serious health issues arise which have held setbacks and required a new level of walking by faith for me. There is so much that is unknown. I am not guarenteed tomorrow and I want to not hold back and live up each day for Christ as though it is my last. In the last year, God has called me to surrender absolutely every part of my life and in doing so He has given me a clean slate as I head off to this new chapter in my life.
I hate goodbyes. Saying goodbye to my friends is going to hurt, I will miss them so much but I know that God is calling me to Blackhawk for right now. I love my friends. (you all know who you are :) ) God has used them in huge ways in my life but there is a time for goodbye and new beginnings. Our friendship may become long distance but my love for them will not change, and I will still make sure I see and talk to them.
I am going to miss my family. I don't have words for how much I love them and how hard it will be to not be at football games on Friday nights this fall to support my Dad. Growing up is hard but I can rest in knowing that no matter what my family will always love and support me. Even if I'm away from home.
My heart my break as I say my goodbyes and load up my life in two weeks but I choose to walk by faith into this next chapter and I believe that what God holds in store is going to be amazing. I will have Zi with me as we embark on this journey together. I don't know what the future holds, right now I'm taking it one day at a time and seeing where God guides my path.
Jeremiah 29:11
Romans 8: 24-25
I am packing up my life, and my horse and heading out on my own.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared or uneasy or nervous because I am. I am terrified but at the same time I am so excited. This is the moment I have been waiting for my whole life and up until now this is where I feel God leading me. I feel His peace and His direction.
In the past month I have had some serious health issues arise which have held setbacks and required a new level of walking by faith for me. There is so much that is unknown. I am not guarenteed tomorrow and I want to not hold back and live up each day for Christ as though it is my last. In the last year, God has called me to surrender absolutely every part of my life and in doing so He has given me a clean slate as I head off to this new chapter in my life.
I hate goodbyes. Saying goodbye to my friends is going to hurt, I will miss them so much but I know that God is calling me to Blackhawk for right now. I love my friends. (you all know who you are :) ) God has used them in huge ways in my life but there is a time for goodbye and new beginnings. Our friendship may become long distance but my love for them will not change, and I will still make sure I see and talk to them.
I am going to miss my family. I don't have words for how much I love them and how hard it will be to not be at football games on Friday nights this fall to support my Dad. Growing up is hard but I can rest in knowing that no matter what my family will always love and support me. Even if I'm away from home.
My heart my break as I say my goodbyes and load up my life in two weeks but I choose to walk by faith into this next chapter and I believe that what God holds in store is going to be amazing. I will have Zi with me as we embark on this journey together. I don't know what the future holds, right now I'm taking it one day at a time and seeing where God guides my path.
Jeremiah 29:11
Romans 8: 24-25
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Walking by Faith
Life has no guarentees. Tomorrow is never for sure.
In coming weeks I must face my fear and face the unknown. I am terrified. I want to fall apart and break down. I want to give in to fear. I want to hide and pretend everything is okay. But God is bigger.
God is showing me what it truly means to walk by faith and not by sight. If I knew why things were happening the way that they are...it would not be living by faith. I can't see the big picture. I can only see what is in front of me. I trust that I am in God's hands. He will never let me go. He will not forsake me. I can not allow fear to cripple me. I will not let it define who I am. I choose to walk by faith because my life is God's. He knows best. I trust that no matter what happens it is His will and I am going to live it out.
I want to look at trials as an opportunity to live out 2 Corinthians 5:7. God uses trials to refine our faith and when I look at them that way it changes the entire perspective. Regardless of what the coming weeks bring, I choose to walk by faith and not by sight and follow the path that God paves for me.
Hebrews 11
In coming weeks I must face my fear and face the unknown. I am terrified. I want to fall apart and break down. I want to give in to fear. I want to hide and pretend everything is okay. But God is bigger.
God is showing me what it truly means to walk by faith and not by sight. If I knew why things were happening the way that they are...it would not be living by faith. I can't see the big picture. I can only see what is in front of me. I trust that I am in God's hands. He will never let me go. He will not forsake me. I can not allow fear to cripple me. I will not let it define who I am. I choose to walk by faith because my life is God's. He knows best. I trust that no matter what happens it is His will and I am going to live it out.
I want to look at trials as an opportunity to live out 2 Corinthians 5:7. God uses trials to refine our faith and when I look at them that way it changes the entire perspective. Regardless of what the coming weeks bring, I choose to walk by faith and not by sight and follow the path that God paves for me.
Hebrews 11
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