For the Better.

Everything can change in a moment, it can all change in the instant of a thought, a glancing look, by a word, a phrase, or just a "reach for the stars" moment. It can change and it does. We all have stories many are similar to one another others vary in many different shades of color. In lots of ways, someone's story may make another story seem to pale in comparison. We all have those moments where in our minds we know that life has changed, and depending on how, for the better or the worse.

Here is the moment when my life changed completely.....just kidding, I don't have an outlandish story to tell to make others oooo! and ahhhh! over me. I have told you all that my story seems rather normal, no crazy moment where God explodes into my life with a spiritual atom bomb that threw me to the ground. No, God knew me better than that. First of all, he knew I would believe and cherish my mom's words about him, he knew I would give in rather quickly that he is at least the truth.

Second of all he knew how to slowly chisel my heart to be used for his glory. As I have said before, God chooses to speak subtly to me, many times he just wants me to be willing. I don't think I ever had one huge moment that God said NOW! But all along he has nudged me in the way I should go with his proverbial elbow as to say "might be a good time..."

One of those nudges came from a simple phone call, one that asked would I be willing to go to eastern Europe. Having no preference at all and feeling completely at peace with the situation I said "sure!" Fast forward to nearly three years later, (I cannot believe it has been three years), here lies the plan to return for a year. This nudge has brought me through college determined to gain the education to be more prepared mentally, emotionally, and knowledge-ably to go into ministry.

No my life never changed in an instant, but like a good diet it has changed so dramatically over many different instances. All significant in it's own way, sometimes at the time, nothing I wanted to hear but went through because that's the only way to travel in this life..to go through it. I've made nothing happen in my life, it's always been God, in the good and the bad (which was always for my benefit). I cannot remember a single moment in the hard times that I thought..."why is God doing this to me?" in a disdainful way.

Many times when I think back to those times, I begin to thank God for them. Thanking him for pulling me out of my foolish way so that I can be used in a greater way for him. He is definitely the Great Motivator.

And motivate he will. So let's be thankful for our moments, the good and the bad so that God may use us for the better.

All to God