The Wilderness

I just wanted to share a little about my Tuesday morning Bible study. I go with several girls from my connection class (Sunday school), and it is phenomenal! It is by Priscilla Shirer, and she is AMAZING. She really puts it out there. She is very straight forward and honest, while at the same time seeming to pat you on the back and tell you everything will work out.

This particular study is called One in a Million, and uses the Israelite Exodus to talk about your own personal wilderness, and being the "one in a million" that makes it to the promised land. I have felt like this was written for me, to me, about me. God is so good to match people up to just the things they need. Here lately with the issues with our house, and the neighborhood; being pregnant, needing more space, trying to pay off debt, living as below our means as possible, I have just really felt like I am stuck in a "wilderness." Through this Bible study, I have realized that God is using this to bring me and my family closer to Him. Benji and I have never felt so right with the Lord, never felt so strong in our faith. My personal relationship with Him is so strong. For the first time in my life I truly do feel like He is my God. My own personal confidant, friend, Father, Saviour. It is truly an amazing thing. He is no longer just the God of my parents', the God of my pastor, some unreachable being out there in the nether regions...He is mine! and more importantly, I am His, and I feel so incredibly loved and taken care of and watched over.

I just want to thank Him for sticking with me. Thank my parents and family for telling me about Him, and for sticking with me until I got it right. I want to be one in a million for God and make it to the promised land!