Beginning

I decided to start a blog because there is so much in my heart I want to share.  The last five months have been incredibly hard and actually, if I'm completely honest, the last nine months has been a difficult period in my life.  It's been a time of isolation and wilderness and complete disorientation.  I've been jobless and homeless.  What I believed was a strong pastoral call remained empty.  Doors kept closing. I had no idea what God was up to nor could I understand what I was supposed to be learning or doing.  I had absolutely no control.  It was a time of darkness during which I really didn't see a way out.  I was scared and depressed.

And then, just as suddenly (or so it seems now), I've emerged from the darkness into a light and joy that I would not have imagined.  God has shown me that He is incredibly creative - both in leading me in a new way of being a pastor and in pulling pieces together that I could not see possible before.  As strange as it sounds, once I took one step of faith, other things very quickly started falling into place.  It was as if God was suddenly answering months of prayers all at once.  I am in total awe of God's faithfulness and creativity and grace.

This blog will be my way of putting my thoughts and emotions to pen and processing all that has happened and continues to happen in chapter of my story.  My prayer is that it helps others in their walk.  God really does know what He is doing!  He hears our prayers - our cries for help, our anguish and our fears.  God listens and cares and responds with love and compassion and creativity and imagination and a bigness that we don't expect.  

Keep reading and I'll fill you in.

Grace and peace
Debbie

Psalm 121 (NIV)   I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?   My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.   He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;   indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.   The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;   the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.   The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;   the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.