Learning to fully EMBRACE!

Here is a blog that I wrote on February 22nd, 2015: Sure God, I’ll do that when I’m married, no problem. This was my first initial response when God began speaking to my heart about becoming a foster parent. It seemed to be a passing thought in October 2014. The thought never crossed my mind that God would be calling me to be a “single parent”. So I didn’t think much of it as I was in the midst of grieving the loss of expectations and ideal relationships. My mind was overwhelmed and my heart was heavy. I was done and ready to check out. I was struggling in many areas of life yet I kept going day after day pushing through the muck. I had to keep going I didn’t have time not too. So to stop and think about being a foster parent well I didn’t have time to stop and think about it nor did I have the energy to entertain the thoughts. I love how even when we are weak and struggling God continues to pursue us because even though I didn’t stop to think or entertain the thought of being...

This past Sunday was a TOUGH day, saying goodbye is never easy. Sunday morning we had an awesome service and once again God showed me how incredibly blessed I am to be apart of Bethel Worship Centers congregation. God poured out incredible healing and purpose on Sunday. I really will miss being there every week, I love my Sunday school class, and I am not one that normally says much but am just a sponge absorbing it all in, but we were talking about dealing with issues in our lives and walking in purpose, and I had a chance to talk about moving to Omaha and what I've gone through to get to this point where I am stepping into the calling and purpose God created for me. And I shared a little bit of this in Sunday School. But would like to also share it with those that were not there. 4 years ago, I was very sick with migraines, was laying in a hospital bed and had been there for 7 days. At this point in time no one knew I had an eating disorder and the doctors could not explain the ...