Hey Girl! Yea you heard right- I am leading worship at a church in Lansing. I love it. Everything is already set up for me to move in there once i graduate in December.... I did not see this coming. It all came about after Don and I broke up. I was struggling and on spring break decided I needed to get away and went to visit my cousin Eric in Lansing and went to church. The first night there it reminded me of a family much like at Hanfield with the young adults group. I had been praying to find a group like that- but as I was praying I guess I forgot to clarify that I would like a church near spring arbor so I could go there all the time. I left there that night thinking- if only this church was closer to Spring Arbor I would totally jump in and want to get involved... well little did I know this would be the location for my first every "real" job. I kept praying each week that somehow someway over the weekend I would find my way back to Lansing for church (being that I don't own a car- I was riding on faith to get me there) Each weekend ever since the weekend Don broke up with me- a car was provided through a friend or a friend of a friend without me even asking- and within weeks that pastor drove out to SAU to interview me- and boom By faith I took the job at Real Faith Community Church as their first ever worship leader. I say first ever because this is a church they just started. SO it is growing little by little. What a humbling position to step into, but what a blessing it has been. It's amazing to look back and see how God had been preparing me to do this through leading worship in youth group to leading worship on Saturdays for TFCs to leading worship with Sonshine to leading worship 2 years at covenant hills to leading worship 2 years with wellspring- and a 3rd year on the way- to now stepping into a ministry position at RFCC leading worship. God- WOW! I never imagine going into minsitry alone. It was a journey Don and I were going to take together, but I realize if I were to go on that journey with Don- I would be relying on Don- This job is just me- I have no one! I can only rely on God and God alone. I cannot tell you how amazing that has been. Within these past three months- going through this time of healing in my life has been the most rewarding time spiritually. There have been a lot of tears through this time, and a lot of pain, but God totally used those tears to soften my heart so that it was workable again. I feel so fragile right now, yet I am so confident with where God is taking me. Afraid would be a good word to use to describe where I am at right now, but Im at peace. I have come a long ways with this healing process. I am not ok without Don. I can do this. (that took a long time to get here). Wellspring- yes- I will be doing that again, and the pastor when he hired me knew I would be gone for the summer, he still told me he wanted me and they would have the church covered! Not to worry. I joked that I could maybe skype in or something haha. But anyways- that is a tid bit of my life. It's Crazy what God is doing!
Isaiah 43:18-19
"Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland."
God has been teaching me to let go of things, let go of what was, and focus on what is coming- He truly is bringing in so many new things in this time of pain. Praise God for his faithfulness- he truly takes care of his children.
