shift

it never ceases to amaze me how god works. he is incredible. i know he knows that, but so often i forget. i put god in a nice little box and disregard how big and powerful and awesome he is. this week he revealed himself to me in so many ways. first, i experienced my first earthquake and hurricane in the same week :) if that doesn't reveal the power of god, i don't know what does. weather is one thing that we absolutely have no control over. we can prepare to the best of our abilities for it, but we are all at the mercy of god and the storm. no one is exempt. it's a vulnerable place to be. out of control. but that is where god wants us, always. it's not necessary a literal storm, but god wants us to be at his mercy daily. to let go of all that we hold on to so tightly. to be so in need of him that nothing else matters. to surrender.

i am so bad at being this vulnerable before the lord, but it is what he demands of me. it is what he is doing in my heart. i am at the brink of seismic change. 5 weeks from now i will not be in my pretty little office, with my nice car and pretty paycheck. i will be in uganda. at church, pastor richard has been preaching on 'shift'. well my shift is coming :) i am so excited to see what god has in store and how he grows me through all of this!