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The Calling

Most of my life I grew up hearing about God calling me and how it will change my life when I hear Him. I grew up waiting to hear this voice, and it never came. If you watch the TV show Manifest, the callings that they talk about reminds me of this sometimes. It made me question whether or not He was going to choose me. That maybe I was doing something wrong because I wasn’t hearing Him. At times it left me frustrated and defeated. Sometimes it deterred me from pursuing Him so much because nothing was happening. All that time He was trying I was just waiting for the wrong sign. It took me well into my late 20s to figure out that it doesn’t always have to be His voice that you wait for. He has other ways that He uses to try and reach us. So if you haven’t heard His voice hold tight. For me the first time I truly felt God that I can remember happened when I was 29 years old. I had been praying for a specific thing for years and felt like I was getting…

Choosing The We Over Me

Recently I bought the book called Emptied by the late Wynter Pitts and her husband Jonathan Pitts. When I bought this in my head I was thinking ok good this book is going to validate me and my feelings. This book is going to show me how I need my husband to do some things better. See these are all the things I have been talking about. Oh how I can imagine God laughing at me knowing what was waiting for me when I opened this book. Lately life has gotten crazy. I mean we have three kids and each of their different schedules it can make life pretty stressful at times. Not even throwing in all their sporting activities. His crazy call schedule and I have a list of things I am doing that run a mile long. It is so easy to let these things in life overwhelm you and you suddenly sit and realize that you and your spouse have not had a date night since who knows when. That you have been talking so much kid talk that you haven’t spent true time with each other. Its easy when this happens to start focusing…