This past week I've been gone to PA. My dad's parents, my grandparents live up there. They have almost 10 acres of land and once you drive into their drive way there is no sign of other life except the nature that is happening all around you. They have a pond you can row on and a gazebo you can sit out and enjoy the scenery around you. The gazebo is where I spent a LOT of time this trip. You see we haven't been up there in at least 10 years and the last time I went I wasn't really a nature person. I didn't really enjoy just sitting out and being still, but I have found over the years sitting still before the Lord is what I enjoy most. It was common for me to spend a few hours at the gazebo either doing my Bible study or just sitting out waiting for the Lord to come and visit with me. I have a Bible verse on my mirror in my bathroom from Joshua that says, "Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you." I've been waiting for that amazing thing. It didn't need to be much, just something where I would find the track I needed to be back on, to find joy again in life and a reason to fight. I found it. A few years ago I was listening to a Beth Moore CD. She was talking about the fact that she was up in the mountains and the next morning she woke up to a moose at her window. Her friend couldn't believe and Beth said, "Well have you asked for one yourself?" The next morning the woman had a moose at her window and Beth had two!!! I've been doing Beth's Bible study on believing God, trying to get to a point in my life that I'm not just saying and prayer and leaving it alone, but really believing what I'm praying. I decided I put into action beth's moose prayer. May seem crazy, BUT I asked for a bunny near the gazebo. I was glad I wasn't at the gazebo when I got my bunny, because my bunny was a bunny but a medium sized Black bear.
The next day however the Lord brought me this huge deer. It got within 20 feet of the gazebo and was so gorgeous. I was so excited for my "moose experience." It was something little, but finally got me on a track to believe God at His word. satan is notorious for lies everyone would agree and most times we get swept down into the pit and don't know how to get out until we finally ask for a rescue line. I however noticed the other morning some lie of satan's came to my mind, instead of falling down into the pit and believing him, I started quoting scripture to through back into his face. It was quite amazing because immediately I knew the Lord was in power and satan got sat on!
I can't tell you how beautiful it is to sit out not hearing any traffic, any tv and only the water rippling the birds chirping and whatever animals are rustling in the brush. Although I must say I went running on Sunday (it was 3 miles away) It took my dad and I almost 20 minutes to get there!! I like Texas because you can see the open roads. If you haven't taken the time just to get away and here nothing you need to. I have found when I am still I hear so much more. I have a jar that is for rocks. I have been able to add so many more rocks to my jar because I am believing God for what I am praying. Praise be to our God who is Faithful!
We also went to this old grain mill. I couldn't believe how pretty this mill area was. Everything worked by the power of the water, but the view there was amazing. I soaked in a lot of the Lord over the past 4 days, which is exactly what I needed as I begin another year. I am praying that God will continue to show me what His will is for my life and that I will find delight in Him and Him alone. I pray that part of His plan is a husband for me, but if not that He would give me so MUCH JOY in whatever that may be. I'm praying that I will be looking for Him to work in my life and that I will watch and be a part of it.
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