I have struggled for years with the indiscernible nag inside me that I was supposed to be doing something more, something bigger, than what I was doing on a day to day basis. I wasn't able to figure out what that nag was, until I started seeking out the Lord again. I knew that God was challenging me to find my place. To seek out what it was that I needed to be doing, to glorify him. I started attending my church, Clinton Valley Assembly of God in May of 2013. By August of 2013, I knew I had found the place where I need to be to start my journey. Later in August, our church announced they were going to be going on a missions trip to Macedonia in June of 2014.
I waited for a while to see if this was my wake-up call. To see if this was where I needed to go, to get myself on the right track. In early September at evening church we watched a video of Jim Cymbala speaking - and during that video he said a few words that resonated with me. Words about how we could sit around wasting our short life here doing nothing, or we could get up and DO something. I knew that was my message - I'd debated staying home that night. Something told me I needed to go. I'd been praying that the message would be clear so I would know it when I heard it - boy was it ever!
The next week, was the informational meeting about the trip, and everything just sounded RIGHT. This was my trip. My chance to get out there and do the "somethings" I need to be doing.
The verse that I hold steady to right now, is 1 Chronicles 16:24 - "Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!"
God put a lightness in my heart where there had previously been a dark heaviness, and I am eternally grateful for him helping me to feel forgiveness and restored love again.
I hope you'll follow me on this journey. My next entry will be information on the trip, so that you all will know just as much as me.
-Amber
P.S. Please feel free to ask questions- I'll answer as soon as I can!
"Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!"
- See more at: http://www.prayers-for-special-help.com/bible-verses-for-missions.html#sthash.e1fLKlrY.dpuf
"Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!"
- See more at: http://www.prayers-for-special-help.com/bible-verses-for-missions.html#sthash.e1fLKlrY.dpuf
"Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!"
- See more at: http://www.prayers-for-special-help.com/bible-verses-for-missions.html#sthash.e1fLKlrY.
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