moving forward....

I definitely think that God uses music to speak to me. He affirms what I'm reading in scripture, and the things that I go through during my day. It may be because I go a million miles per hour during the day, and I usually spend at least an hour in my car with the radio on. I guess I'm a captive audience in my car. I wish I was more obedient to sit and listen in the quiet and wait upon the Lord, but I if chooses to use song lyrics, I'll take it!

I don't want to be in a place where I'm not pressing forward in my walk with Christ. I always want to be wanting more of Him and his character. I know it won't constantly be this way everyday of the week, because there are days when I breeze through my day just trying to get things off my To Do list. I want this to be the same with my relationships with the people in my life. I want to be going deeper. I want to know more of who they are, their desires, their passions.

I'm at a place in my life where God is showing me the different and new ways he wants to use me. I feel like I am truly understanding why God brought me to serve in middle school ministry. I'm settling into my role and seeing how God's timing is perfect. It feels like a new and exciting season for me. God has put me in situations in the past months, that a year ago, I would not have been willing to deal with. The conversations have been hard, the situations difficult, but God has baby stepped me through every single one of them. I am so grateful for His faithfulness in my life! I am thankful for the times of waiting, refining, and tears. You never can imagine what is on the other side of all the pain until you get there. My life has not be completely perfected by any means, but I love the deeper places God has brought me to.

I feel like the lyrics of the song "Moving Forward" by Israel Houghton resonate with me.

What a moment You have brought me to.
Such a freedom I have found in You.
You're the healer who makes all things new.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

I'm not going back, I'm moving ahead.
I'm here to declare to you my past is over.
In You all things are made new. Surrendered
My Life to Christ. I'm Moving, Moving Forward.

You have risen with all power in Your hand.
You have given me a second chance.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

I'm not going back, I'm moving ahead.
I'm here to declare to you my past is over.
In You all things are made new. Surrendered
My Life to Christ. I'm Moving, Moving Forward.

You make all Things new.
Yes, you make all things new and I will Follow You forward.

I will follow you forward.....

I'm not going back. I'm moving forward in all places in my life. My relationship with Christ, my friendships, Christ ministry through me- they are all moving forward. He truly makes ALL things new! I am beyond grateful for that! Praise the Lord for the restoration he brings, the healing that's in his hand, and the way he uses such a broken vessel to do his work.