Father, I want to say a PUBLIC THANK YOU…. but as I just
typed the word (public) everything about my life has been public since YOUR Son #saved me. Each new day I get to discover YOUR Presence
and Grace in my life. I cannot explain a
NEW Peace that I feel as of late. I’ve
always felt your Presence and I'd like to think that I’ve felt peaceful day by day,
but since traveling this past summer to Japan and Ghana, there’s a shift in the
atmosphere.
Clarity for me has become so crystal clear regarding the ministries
and gifts that YOU given me and called me to do. I know that YOU did not call me to teach in
the public schools, but I did ask YOU if my job after Law Enforcement could be
fun and YOU allowed it to be that and so much more. I absolutely loved loving on the kids. It was a beautiful blessed season for
me. You did not call me to cook in the
kitchen on Wednesdays, but I thoroughly enjoyed and enjoy the fellowship with my brothers
and sisters in Christ. Now, I am able to at least
serve and maybe ice some cupcakes. J
BUT the reason why I’m writing this particular post is
because YOU have given me my heart’s desire and YOUR Word is SO TRUE. You said that if I delighted myself in YOU,
YOU would give me what I desired. Thank YOU! I have always loved the beach. It was a happy memory for me as a child as we
would go every summer. Not only that,
Alex’s dad used to go every summer when we dated. Then there were seasons when I used to drive to
Ocean City just to get away. The closer
I got to the water and the waves, the more settled my spirit would become. I remember when I was at work, I used to flee
to the water for some (calmness) as being a supervisor in Law Enforcement was
99% chaos. I would go across the street
to the Café’ because there was a beautiful Water Fountain in the lobby. Then I would also go to the Wharf in Southwest where the
Cruise ships were docked just to hear the water. While I lived in Waldorf, I would go to O’Donnell
Lake behind the mall just to see the water and watch the birds float by as if they
didn’t have a care in the world.
Now, 6 years later, I still get to live on the water. I cannot believe how YOU have blessed
me. If the fridge would stop humming, I could
hear the waves as I sit here and type this.
I can hear them because it’s cold outside, but the sound isn’t as clear
with the additional noise. And I hope
that does not sound like a complaint because I just returned from Ghana where
we did not have a fridge. THANK YOU for
my refrigerator.
ALSO thank YOU for giving me my other desires. I get to work with seniors. YOU know my heart wanted to do something special
in honor of Rosa B. Davis. I initially
wanted to begin an errand service in her name, but YOU had other plans. Now, I get to love on Hospice patients. I had no desire to do this and that’s why I
know that YOU ALONE called me to do so.
I’d like to say it began with Lesley, but it began before the foundation
of the universe as YOUR WORD says in Psalm 139:16, that YOU have planned every
single one of my days before any of them came to be.
Lastly, I get to work for a Christian Organization which allows
me to encourage others. YAY AND CARTWHEELS!!! My spiritual
gift is (encouragement) and YOU have given me a way to do just that! Yet something I blogged about in 2015 on my
Free Spirit Butterfly Blog. When I
interviewed for the job and discovered that they had accepted me, it took me
back to that post where I asked others (If they could have their dream job,
what would it be?) I had no idea that
YOU would give me mine. I remember years ago wanting to be a journalist and dropping out of GW University because I was the
only African American person in the class.
I did not feel like I belonged and so I stopped going. I didn’t feel smart enough. Now I know that it was all of my insecurities
and the lies satan had convinced me of…BUT once a again, YOUR Word is true.
ROMANS 8:28 says YOU USE ALL things for good for those who LOVE you and for
those who have been CALLED according to Your purpose. Thank YOU for finding purpose with my
life.
THANK YOU for loving me, accepting me, using me, forgiving
me, providing for me, blessing me, guiding me, and walking alongside me. THANK YOU that even when I fail, YOU are
still there to redirect me and to get me back on track…the Track that LEADS to
Truth, Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Holiness, Righteousness and Salvation. ALL of this BECAUSE JESUS IS LORD of my life.
I still haven't found the words to describe how YOU CALLED me to Intercessory Prayer.
WOW!!!! YOU Reign
Eternally yours.
Princess Bride
