Love is Enough

I can do nothing in silence. I am the type of person who needs music or some sort of  "white noise" in the background to help me focus on my task at hand.  I am also the type of person to have multiple playlists for certain situations.  I have playlists for working out, studying, sleeping, road trips, and a playlist full of Christian music I have named "Walk By Faith."  I find that I retreated to this playlist often in my life; it helps to ground me and to settle my soul when I feel as if life is getting out of control.  I just hit play and let God take control.  I also listen to this playlist when I am studying God's word.  For me, it is a good way for me to feel really connected to God.  And many times, God shows me his sense of humor and wonder by having a song played just at the right moment, or when I am reading His word.  Oh how I enjoy those precious moments when i feel so in-tune with God.  

Today, as I was studying His word, I was reminded that God's love is enough.  This was brought on by the song "Let the Waters Rise" by MIKESCHAIR.  In the song, the artitst talks about God's love, and how He is always with us, no matter if we are in the calm of life or in the midst of a storm.  I am reminded that God's love is enough to overcome any obstacle; it is enough to forgive any wrong committed; it is enough to pull us through any and every bad thing in life.  His perfect love for us changes us, making us whole and holy.  We just have to choose to follow Him.  We must follow God when we feel like we are on top of the world; because He placed us there.  We must follow Him when we feel like we are facing a raging sea; because He is our refuge and is the only one who can pull us to safety.  And we must continue to follow Him in the everyday, simply because we are called to do so.  

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True Faith

Today is bittersweet.  And it’s hard to find the right words but here I go...

On September 26, 2006, I enlisted in the Florida Army National Guard.  On that fateful day, I “solemnly” swore that I would “support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the State of Florida against all enemies, foreign and domestic;” that I would “bear true faith and allegiance to the same;” and that I would “obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of Florida and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.”

At the time I had no idea what I was really getting myself into, but I had no regrets about my decision.  Looking back it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.  I was blessed every day I was in C BTRY 1/265th ADA, surrounded by men and women that became not only my friends but my family.  Six years carries with it time to learn.  In my time with the Army, I have learned many skills and lessons about myself, about life, and about the world.   For those reasons I will always be thankful.

In it all God was there, guiding me, teaching me and shaping me.  After many months of prayer, talking and weighing the options, I have decided to pursue another avenue.  As I finish my commitment with the Army, I am taking a “leap of faith” to pursue what God has place in my heart and what he ultimately calls us to do:  seek justice, defend the oppressed…take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow” (Isaiah 1:17).  This was something I started a couple of years ago, and now I intend to see it to fruition.

Some may call crazy for stepping away from a good thing.  But I firmly believe that I am pursuing a path that God has set before me.  No matter the outcome of my decision, God will use it for His glory.