Its been a while since I posted anything....just haven't really thought much about the blog. Maybe needed to clear my head a little bit. I am still here. I am still moving forward with God's plan and call. Wanting to truly be who He sees me being. What is He calling you to do? Who is He calling you to be? You know, He's called you from the foundation of the world. He formed you in your mother's womb. God does things right. He does them big. Way bigger than we can imagine ask or think about. He has plans to prosper you and give you a secure hope. I hope these don't just seem like words. I pray the Spirit of the living God quickens them to your spirit and rocks your world. Get fanatical about His plan. Die to the junk of mediocrity. Jump into your destiny. Quit living in the margins of hope and life. It may simply be stepping up as the parent/spouse that God has called you to be. Or it may involve selling everything and moving around the world to give your life for the Great Commission. I don't know. But the bugging voice won't go away. It keeps moving from "life could be like...." toward "life should be....." toward "life must be.....". God's chazown--vision, dream, revelation, plan---always burns deep beneath the surface of our daily lives. Looming greater than all our insecurities. Pushing us to examine our fears and shortcomings. God's voice speaks piercing through our can'ts, won'ts and never could's. Those fears that paralyze us, those doubts that stop us in our tracks, those past failures that confirm our greatest fears. God's chazown always permeates those very fearful and real failures. Why? Why God must You speak so confidently through the pain of my past? The discouragement of my failures? The disappointments of my intentions? Why does Your calm voice call through the chaos of my dreams? Simply because, His voice, His plan is always God-sized. It is never based on our abilities. He doesn't take inventory of the gifts and talents you bring to the table; yes even the ones He gave you. He doesn't need to look over your performance review. Your sucesses and failures don't deter His plan and will for you. He glares into His image within you, His likeness, His Son and Spirit placed upon you. He sees what He placed at birth. Not simply potential but PROMISE. His promise, His Word that does not return void. What will it take? What length must He go to? How does He get through to us that He believes in us and WANTS to accomplish the eternal and significant through us? The answer scares me. God says, "I will spare no expense, I will hold no power back, I will spare no means to convince you of your divine destiny. Your calling is more important than your comfort. I will shape and hone your character to prepare you for the call I have placed on you." Wow, can you believe that God cares that much about you and I fulfilling His calling? Can you imagine how serious He is about us rising past mediocrity? Can you fathom how He loves you and pains to see you floundering around and squandering His resources? Let us arise, take serious His words and pray and obey His Word. I want to see it come about it my life. How about you?

God bless