Hello from the beautiful Boulder Flatiron Mountains!!
By God's grace and provision I am here! Thank you again for investing in the work of justice. It is thrilling to actually be here in Boulder and start working with Freedom 58!
It is surreal to think that just 3 months ago I was living in Dallas, about to relocate for work, and now am living in Boulder, CO working to mobilize the work of justice across the globe. The Lord sure does have a way of working. He does what he wants when he wants. Not in an aggressive way necessarily, but he moves when he is ready to move and will move with or without us. We never know the activity of the Lord. One day you are sitting in your cubicle then 2 weeks later you have handed in your 2 weeks notice and have to raise what seems like an enormous amount of money in 2 months so you can begin a new job in a different time zone. Again I say, we never know the activity of the Lord.
No matter how many times I say this, it still amazes me. I like to think I am not the easiest to surprise. I like to think I am right there with the Lord, following his train of thought and plan but he sure does know how to surprise me. I am so glad too! I need the adventure and his leadership in my life. I need the reminders that his plan is not always my plan and that he is capable of way more than I could ever ask or imagine.
Looking back over the last 5 years of my life God has surprised me A LOT. I love it. My pride needs it. Undoubtedly, this summer I began learning more of God's character. I will continually be reminded that I can try to plan but it will just not always go as planned. I can pray for God to act within my plan. I can have faith that he can and will act as prayed; but, that is just not the way it always works. All I have planned and prayed for may be good and necessary but that isn't a pass go and it is going to happen now.
Wouldn't you know that I left Texas, began the 20 hour trek to Colorado, without a place to live, and 2 hours outside of Denver, my roommate called and said we had a house? All summer we scoured the internet looking for and contacting various housing options. All summer we prayed the Lord would provide this good necessity. But wouldn't you know it was upon crossing the Colorado state line that we finally got something.
God is constantly working. I know he answers prayers. I know he is faithful. The question has become, "Am I faithful?"
Am I going to continue to be faithful to trust the Almighty? Am I going to be faithful to persevere and run the good race? Even when God is taking longer than I planned, even when the season is longer than what my definition of a season would be, am I going to be faithful to cling to the Great I Am and let him lead? Am I going to be faithful to keep in his word and prayer?
I except God to be faithful. Our Father deserves the same faithfulness. Praise be to Jesus, literally, that our Father extends grace upon grace for our own lack of zeal and moments where we lack the same faithfulness.
It is a beautiful thing to be molded by the hands of the Creator. As I work to mobilize people's hearts for justice this year, I pray for God's faithfulness and that I would respond with the same. Oh how faithful is our God.
Join me in praying.
- Opportunities to speak at CRU winter conferences across the country
- Connections with students on campus who have a heart for justice
- Praises for our beautiful office space and the church who is letting us office there (below)
- Praises for you being on my ministry team! I am so so thrilled to share in this justice journey with you
