Stop Comparing...

Is it just a woman thing that we always compare ourselves to other women? I’ve been doing it since as long as I can remember. Now as a mom I find myself doing the same thing about either my parenting or how my daughter is doing developmentally.

Is it this inherit thing that lives within all of us or is it something that we learn from the world around us? Either way it is not okay. Being a mother of a little girl has wrecked me. I look at her and I am overwhelmed by how perfect and beautiful she is. It kills me because due to the world we live in; she could easily forget and not believe that truth--unless I do something differently.

I think the hardest thing about becoming a parent is that it points out all the faults we have. Ha. I remember hearing a saying shortly after Olive was born that went something like, ‘You don’t know how selfish you are until you become a parent.’ Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE being a mom. I dreamed of this day for so long. 

I knew that God created me to be a mother and I am pretty sure everyone around me knew that too. So when it was a really hard transition and I had way more difficult days than I thought I would, I immediately thought something was wrong.

When my husband and I went out to eat about 6 weeks after our daughter was born and he asked me, ‘do you think you dealt with some depression after Olive was born?’ As hard as it was for me to confess it, I did. I remember crying so hard thinking about how I just wanted to sleep and just wanted Olive to stop crying. I remember being mad that I had to feed her so often and I lost all sense of independence. Now as someone who yearned to be a mom, I felt so incredibly guilty. I felt like I was not at all the person I thought I was or the person God created me to be.

To this day, I am so incredibly thankful for my faith. I am thankful that we serve a God that encounters us in our mess and depression to shine light on the truth. The truth was that I just had a baby and my body and hormones were all out of whack, I needed to give myself a break and not have such high expectations on myself. This is difficult, when all you hear from other moms and parents is that ‘everything is going to be worth it’, ‘Isn’t being a parent the best thing?’, ‘Oh I wish my kids were that little again.’ I don’t think I felt any of those things the first couple weeks Olive was in this world, but now I look at her 6.5 months later, close to crawling, talking up a storm, and very independent and sassy (like her mother) and I begin to see some of what people were saying.

We are unable to see past our current circumstances sometimes to see the good and greater things in store. Therefore when I get these feelings of comparing myself to other people or comparing my child to other children, I have to stop those lies from becoming my ‘truth’.

It is a daily struggle in this world of social media and constant updating and posting. Parents love showing off their kids, people always want to be right, so when I do things differently, I immediately think they are wrong.

God has really been working on my heart when it comes to this aspect of ‘His Truth’ vs. ‘the world’s truth’. I was having this great conversation with one of my sisters, my nephew is just 2.5 months younger than my Olive, and we were talking about becoming moms and what people say about us and our children. 

And God just spoke to me—He said, if you are going to believe what the world says about you and your child, your child will grow up believing that too, but if you choose to believe MY truth about who you are and who’s you are, than your child will grow up in that truth as well.

As I continue to work on myself and my own issues, I strive to work on them so that my little girl and any other future children I have, will grow up knowing the truth about who they are--that they were intentionally created by their Heavenly Father. That they are perfect in His eyes and that when they obey and serve their Father, He will bless them. I want to teach them how to protect themselves from the lies and deceitfulness of the Enemy-that there is POWER in the name of Jesus. I want them to grow up and be warriors for Christ, but it starts with me and my husband and how we live our lives.

As we grow closer to God, we will grow closer to each other. Becoming a mom has been one of the greatest challenges I have ever been given. Olive has taught me more in these last (short) 6 months than I never thought I would learn. I have begun to understand God’s love for His children more and more. 

As I sit at my dining room table writing this, Olive is playing in her jumper, just smiling and talking at me. She is like no one else, God created her in a perfect, unique way…and He created me that way also. Therefore, how can I compare myself to anyone—there’s no one else like me. 

God's Encounters

I always have my most profound moments in very ordinary situations, but unfortunately a lot of them come in the middle of the night. Usually around the time my daughter wakes me up with her random noises she is making because she just can’t find a comfortable position or she just wants her nuk put in but she is just too lazy to do it herself. Well she is only 6 months, so I’ll give her that. Anyway, this time it was shortly after 1:30 AM so I got up and put her nuk in and she fell right back to sleep while I climb back into bed wide awake. I laid awake in our dark room going over all the things that literally keep me up at night, ‘What am I going to do about my job?’, ‘How are we going to save up enough money for a down payment?’, ‘Why did I spend some much money after Olive was born?’,  ‘What can I do make our lives better?’….me, me, me. So as I was making myself overly anxious and totally worked up, googling ways to make more money at home and where to sell things as consignment, God encountered and just showed up in my world. I usually think of him sarcastically talking to me like, ‘So Jordyn, how’s your life going with you in control? You seem to think you can handle it better than I could?!’ 

But this time it was different, God encountered me with a gracious, humble whisper of ‘PRAY.’

 In that moment, as I opened my heart to God, I was overwhelmed with the peace that surpasses all understanding. All those worries that were keeping me up faded away and the presence of God poured over me. Now it was the excitement that came with that feeling that was keeping me up. So I grabbed my headphones and turned on worship music hoping to join my daughter in peaceful and restful sleep.

Well it is now 3:30 AM, so clearly I didn’t fall asleep, but rather I was compelled to write. I just can’t get over these encounters God has been having with me over the last month or so. I would say that he has been changing me since my daughter, Olive, was born in February, but like I said, the last month or so has been different. In my many years of following Christ, I have learned when God is preparing me for a new and exciting chapter in my life, and right now that is exactly where I am at.

This all started with God’s abrupt breaking of my heart. It was the day that gay marriage became legal in the US. Now I am not going to get into a discussion of gay marriage, but God used this scenario to break into my world and show me His truth. 

He opened my eyes to show me that for quite a long time, I was living and believing in a manipulated truth. A truth that the world had twisted into looking like it was from God but really was of the world.

 I realized our society has gotten further and further away from God’s absolute truth and has replaced it with a wishy washy version where everyone and everything is good and right.

I realized that I have been living my life based on the world’s standards. The standards that tell me how I have to look, how to dress and act in a certain way, make a certain amount of money to be happy, have a house that looks like a Pottery Barn ad, etc. I was beating myself up because I wasn’t meeting these so-called standards and truths. And I didn’t realize how badly these ‘truths’ were hurting me. I was trying to find myself in all the wrong things, spending money just because it felt good, putting my family in a position that was not healthy or good for anyone.

I cannot thank God enough for pulling me out of the miry clay and setting my ways straight. I realized that these ‘truths’ and ‘standards’ that the world has can be a lot easier than those that God has set in place for us.

But what I have come to love about following God’s truths is that the reward is SO much greater. 

God opened my eyes to eternity, the purpose for the sacrifices and struggle. He says that this world and the pain is temporary, but His love and grace are eternal. 2 Cor. 4: 18. ‘So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal’.

So as I set out on this journey that God has for me, one that seems full of lots of sacrifices and potential hardship, I remind myself that it doesn’t matter what type of house we live in, what our jobs are, how fancy our stuff is, for all these things are ‘seen’. What matters is my relationship with my Father and how that impacts my husband, my daughter, and those around me. How am I living my life that is impacting eternity, both mine and others? Am I doing what I can to further God’s kingdom in my own world?

I cannot be more excited for what God has in store for me. I look forward to begin a life living for the eternal and reaping the reward that God has for his beloved children. Now whether that reward is given here on earth or once I get to meet God face to face, it doesn’t matter because I am choosing to live for Him and live in His truth either way. My prayer is that you can see this truth as well and begin to live your life for your eternity too. It may be a difficult decision to make and the sacrifices may be great, but know that God rewards and blesses those who choose to obey and follow Him.

Let God encounter your life! 

Finding Security in the One True God

I find it a little hard to write this. I don't like to open up my heart to the vulnerability of my insecurities, but as I was evaluating some of the issues that I was dealing with last night I was reminded that I am not defined by this world's standards or views of me. 

You know that feeling of feeling 'second best' or like you tried your best, but it just wasn't good enough? What a lie those things are, but they are such real feelings for so many of us. Even as I enter into my later 20s I still deal with these insecurities that have been lingering with me since middle school. Even though I am becoming a mother, I am a wife, I still feel like I am not good enough for some of the blessings in my life. As if my self isn't worth a life full of greatness. 

I laugh even as I write this as I am a mentor to many young college aged girls and I tell them all the time how worthy they are of love and greatness. That they are worth the life that God has in store for them, so then why can 1 little thing happen to me and I find myself questioning my own worthiness of greatness. 

God did not intend for us to live a life that is filled with negativity and lies. That is what the devil has in store for us--for the thief comes in the night to steal, but GOD, He came to give us LIFE and life to the FULLEST! 

I want that life. I want the life that is so filled with God's presence that I know where my security lives. I know who I am in the eyes of my Creator. I know that I am seen through the eyes of Grace and not the eyes of judgement or condemnation. 

So how do we get there? How do we get to the point in our lives where we are able to find our security in our Maker. Well it starts with acceptance. Acceptance that no matter what we do, we are not going to make ourselves worthy on our own. It's acceptance of the gift that Christ gave us on the cross. The gift that FREED us from death. The gift that gave us LIFE! 

It's not an easy journey, it requires dedication and sacrifice. But that's what Christ gave us when he came to earth and if we learned anything from His life, it's that hard work and dedication pays off. Let us focus on what is unseen, not what is seen--as what is seen is fleeting, but what is unseen is eternal. 

I unfortunately will not be able to let go of my deep insecurities overnight, but with the acceptance of God's grace and love, I will be able to begin to find my true security and full life in our One True God. 

Thank you Lord for that gift, may we begin the journey of accepting it. We Love You. 

BE. STILL. [[and know]]

If any of you know me well, you know that I tend to move at a quicker pace. I like to get things done, I enjoy being productive. I think I get this wonderful characteristic from my lovely mother. 

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy this part of myself. It has gotten me pretty far in life. I am a motivated individual that likes to go after things and get things done. It has helped me in all my different jobs I have, and it encourages me in my relationships. It's a great 'problem' to have. 

For years now though, God has been trying to teach me his discipline 'Be Still and Know that I am God.' (Psalm 46:10). Here are a couple more versions of the same verse: 

"Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Stop your fighting--and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth." 

Be in awe and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted throughout the earth.

Let go [of your concerns]! Then you will know that I am God. I rule the nations. I rule the earth.

Be Still? How can I be productive when I am being still? How am I supposed to get things done then? 

The funny thing about the questions that I have asked God about this verse is that it is all about me. It's about what I am doing, not what he is doing. Re-read those different versions. God is wanting us to experience HIM! God is wanting to reveal HIMSELF to us. He doesn't want us to do anything. 

If I have learned anything over my 20-some years on this earth is that God isn't asking me to do anything but accept His love and be in His presence. He's asking me to give up the reigns to my life and let him be the leader. He is asking me to BE STILL so that I can see His works. 

This makes me feel conflicted. I have tension in my spirit knowing that I have to learn to Be Still so that I can truly know God and his ways. 

But God granted me a tangible experience of this discipline recently. I am just about 6 months pregnant with our first little baby. It has been an amazing experience to say the least, but as I have been thinking about this concept of being still, God reminded me of something I've learned in my pregnancy. 

One of the best parts of being pregnant is the first few feelings of baby moving around. It reminds you that life is being created and that you are apart of an amazing miracle. Well for me the times that I feel baby move the most, is when I am being still and at peace. It's the times when I am not thinking or worrying about anything. It's the times where I am truly content.  It hit me just this weekend that God is just asking us to trust Him. Let go of our life so that He can give us His. 

See God is always moving. God is always working in our lives. But the question I so often ask myself is, am I paying enough attention? I am being still so that I can see God working in the nations? More often than not, the answer is no. 

So, I am learning to Be Still. I am learning to Let Go and Let God. Who knows what could happen in our lives, but again, if I've learned anything from my faith journey is that God does not disappoint. 

So let's BE STILL and KNOW! 

How 1 Year Can Make a World of Difference

Wow. It's been awhile since I have written a post. It makes me chuckle a little just because of all the stuff that has happened since my last post.

It's kind of amazing, the last week or so I have been in a state of reflection. I think it started with my Grandma Schultz's passing a few weeks ago and just reflecting on my Schultz family and everything we have been through together. Then it led me to realize that my 1 year anniversary was coming up at the current job I have. Now this was a big realization for me since when I started the job, I thought I was only going to be there for maybe 5-6 months. Now I am celebrating 1 year and looking at my future here at this company--as a long-term thing. This crazy change of events has sparked my writing again. To share with you all the craziness and dramatic changes that I and my husband have gone through this past year. I would not trade what happened to us and the things that we have learned for anything. So here you go: 

The 3 life changing REVELATIONS this year has brought: 

1. Stepping Stones are so much more. 
I literally just googled 'Stepping Stone meaning' so that I can help you have the same visualization that I do when talking about stepping stones:

Stepping Stone: 
       -a raised stone used singly or in a series as a place on which to step when crossing a stream or muddy area
       -an undertaking or event that helps one to make progress toward a specified goal. 

I like these definitions because it gives you a literal meaning of a stepping stone and a more figurative outlook to it. Whenever I have thought of a stepping stone I think of something that is leading you from one area to the next. It takes you from the beginning of something to the end of something. Rarely did I think that a path of stepping stones could just lead you to another path of stepping stones (figuratively speaking). I just thought there was one path for your jobs, your marriage, your relationships, etc and that one path would have an end to it and once you reached that end, you made it! No more stepping carefully to one to the next-keeping your eye on the 'end goal'.

You are probably reading this and thinking...'What is she talking about?!?!' Well let me tell you what I learned about stepping stones this year. So I thought that my whole job/career journey was leading me down a path with only one outcome--to work in ministry at a specific organization. Every job I took I thought about how this could help me with my end goal. Well the funny thing is, I got to my end goal, I got a job with the specific organization, doing the one thing I thought I was supposed to do. But, that wasn't my end god...there was more. There is always more with God. He doesn't lead us down a path and then just leave us there. Our end goal isn't something we obtain here on earth. Our end goal is eternity with Christ! My job here on earth is to further the kingdom and serve our God. If I do that with a Christian organization or a company that sells nuts and bolts, does it matter? If I can take the opportunities God presents to me and humbly accept them, more often than not, not sure of where they are going, but do it with JOY-isn't that the 'die to self, and live in Christ' mentality? My one year anniversary with my current job isn't one of relational ministry, like I thought, it is actually sitting at a desk and analyzing and inputting data, but I have never felt more like in the right place and right where God wants me. I challenge you to not look at your opportunities in life as stepping stones to some great end goal of becoming the next CEO, the employee of the month, the best parent, friend, spouse, but look at these 'stepping stones' as God leading you on one fun, crazy, unknown adventure that will eventually end with eternity with Him. 

2. Perfect timing is God's timing. 
    This is something that I have tried to wrap my head around time and time again throughout my life. This lesson isn't an easy one to give into, especially when your timing doesn't line up with God's timing. This was pretty evident this year for me and my husband. We decided at the end of 2013 that once Jan 2014 hit we were going to start actively trying for a baby. Now this decision did not come so easy and quickly. We knew that we wanted a few things in place before taking this step. So in October of 2013 one of big prayers was answered, my husband was offered a full time job at his company after a long time contract position. HUGE news!! That means we had full benefits and way more stability, something we knew we needed  that to have a baby. My job was giving me great stability and flexibility also, so we just knew it was time. Well we tried and we succeeded! We were over the moon to take that pregnancy test at the end of Jan and find out it was positive!! We began to dream and talk about what we think our baby would be like and what we were going to do. I had everything figured out about what I was going to do with my job and how Young Life was going to fit into that too. It was turning out so great! 

Our first doctors appt was at the end of Feb. Your first prenatal appt is around 8 weeks, the doctor said that we were going to take a look at the little soybean since there would be something to see at that time. Well our ultrasound didn't show anything. After 3 different ultrasounds in one day our doctor advised us that we were going to have take a few tests to see what is going on, but that we should prepare for if things don't go well. Well a week and a half later we confirmed that we had lost that pregnancy to a spontaneous miscarriage. A situation where we did nothing wrong, it just wasn't the right time. 

Now it's hard for me to argue that is wasn't 'the right time'. Everything was in place for this to be the next step in our life. I was ready, Matt was ready, logistically everything was right so why did this have to go so wrong. It's a question I asked so many times during the weeks after losing our baby. I remember talking with Matt about it though, man I have an amazing husband. Matt kept telling me that God will grant us with a baby one day and that we just have to cling to Him. I don't think I have prayed and spent so much time with God in those couple of weeks than I had in a long time. God's timing isn't about making sure everything here on earth is perfect. His timing is about Him. It's about drawing us closer to him. I've experienced some big loss in my life. Losing my Dad at age 19 is not the timing you think a parent will be gone. Losing your first baby isn't the way you picture timing out starting your family. But God typically has a bigger and better plan for us. Sometimes it requires us to step out of our circumstances and focus our attention on Him, not us. Which leads me into my last revelation of this past year. 

3. Focus on God, not yourself. 
As humans, its in our nature to focus on ourselves. It's the survival of the fittest. Whoever can rise above everyone else and gain the most will be the one to succeed. Yes, this is true in our limited understanding here on earth, but through all of the hardships and difficult situations that we faced this year, I realized the more I focus on God, the more I learn about Him and myself. If I were to look at my job situation right now, and that's it, I would wonder why am I doing this. I am working in a office with numbers, not people like I thought I would. But then I take a step back and look at the environment that I work in. God has me working in a office that needs Him. His children are lost and need Him. Now I am not on my soap box preaching to the people I work with, but I am loving them. I am praying for them, even when they drive me crazy, I am doing relational ministry. I am being Jesus to these men and women who desperately need Him. Now don't get me wrong, I am not perfect at this, I get annoyed with my co-workers as much as anyone else, but it has challenged me to focus my attention on God's work in my life and how and why he has me places. And there are days, few and far between, that he shows me the work that I am doing there in the lives of my co-workers. I may never see the fruit of the seeds that I am planting, but it's not about that...it's about the love that Christ has for these people and how he chose me to help show that love. 

I can't tell you how to live your life. I can't even really advise you on how to do it. But I can challenge you. I have learned that we cannot plan so far in advance that we lose sight of how God is working in our present. God wants to live our life with us. We need to let him lead us down the path. Once we can do that, the stress and anxiety of figuring 'What's Next?!?' isn't as strong because we trust our Creator. We trust that God is a good God. We trust that even when things don't go the way we want, He has a bigger and better plan for us. I've had to learn to let go of the so-called 'good' stuff, so that I can receive the amazing GREAT things that God has for me. Even if to the world they look like plain, boring things. 

Our life with Christ is an amazing adventure. I've learned that they more open and welcoming you are to God and His ways, the more enjoyable life can be. Ministry can happen anywhere. God can happen anywhere. The question is: 'Are you looking for it?'  


PS. Matt and I are almost 5 months along with our first baby, and our future looks more bright than I ever imagined. 

BOLD.faith

BOLD.faith....

There are a lot of things that I love about being a Christ follower, but one of my favorites is when you are able to explicitly experience God's reigning truth that He speaks about in His word. So today's post is to encourage you all to know that God is real, living, and ready to reveal Himself to you.

So if you have been reading my previous posts, you know about my God-sized dream that I have been pursuing...well I guess I haven't been too explicit with what the dream is exactly, but let's just say it has to do with proclaiming God's truth to the nations...well maybe just a group of college students, but it still my nation. Anyway, having a God-sized dreams requires some God-sized faith.

 For the past few months I have been struggling with this idea of BOLD faith. Faith that is so confident that the outcome will be right and positive, faith that was convinced that what you believe in 100% sure. Faith that is absolutely certain.A lot of those words kind of scare me since there is so much defined certainness in them. But truly my 'doubt' or 'fear' per say was what was holding me back from my BOLD faith. Doubt that God's truth wasn't really truth. Doubt that what I have told many students and mentees was not true. I doubted that God wasn't going to bless his children who followed him. I doubted his faithfulness and thought that He was going to abandon me in times of trouble. I thought that this God-sized dream that He has put in my heart was not in fact HIS dream for me. I doubted God's truth.

One morning I was reading a devotion and came across this verse:
      'Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete' -John 16:24.
As I read it and I thought..well I have too asked for these things that I desire...I've been praying for a full time job for my husband for more than a year! I have been praying that I would be able to do full-time ministry for what seems like forever...or have I? Was I praying in the name of Jordyn or the name of JESUS? There is a difference-am I praying for me and my selfish plan or was I praying that God's plan for me would happen? So that day I decided to change my prayers...I decided to start praying in BOLDNESS that God's plan would happen, not mine. I struggled with this quite a bit since I didn't want to continue at  my current job and I truly wanted to pursue my God-sized dream but I knew that I needed to pray in the name of Jesus. So I prayed for days, weeks, months in the name of Jesus Christ.

 Through these weeks of BOLD prayer and faith, I was offered my dream job (it requires some hard work, but I got my God-sized dream) AND my husband was offered a full-time job at his company. The two things that, for the last year I had been praying for, but this time I was praying in the name of Jesus Christ and the scripture from John just became my reality. Even as I write this I am overwhelmed with humility, knowing that God's faithfulness and blessings do not require us to do all these dramatic and over the top things. Having BOLD faith doesn't require us to be the most popular person, the person who everyone loves...BOLD FAITH REQUIRES TRUST IN HIM, CHRIST'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, and  A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST! Those are the things that we need to focus on and strive for. I have never been more ON FIRE for our Savior and my love for him grows EVERYDAY!

But I had to take a step of faith...a step of BOLD faith. Matthew 21: 21-22:
    'Jesus replied, Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go throw yourself into the sea' and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask in prayer'

Do you believe? Do you trust that God is who he says he is? Then have BOLD faith to ask for things in the name of Jesus...

Please remember...asking for things in the name of Jesus doesn't mean that you will become rich and famous and have these earthly things given unto you...praying in the name of Jesus means that HIS will be done, not yours and when you are walking hand in hand, heart in heart with Him, the things that you desire for your life will be the same God desires for you too.

I pray that you all have BOLD faith and experience the truth of God that is written in His word. I  pray his truth becomes your reality.

Good. Better. BEST.

I want an awesome life. Not the type of life that is filled with worldly awesome things, but a life that is filled God-awesome things. I've been on a pretty interesting journey with God that last few months. One of my first blog posts here was about having God-sized dreams and how I was going to pursue mine...well guess what...my God-size dream is COMING TRUE! Ha. I laugh a little now even as I write about my new reality, but for so long I've been living a life that is filled with content. A life is that okay with 'good'. A life where something 'good' happens and I think I'm living in God's living power.

Well I'm here to remind us all that God came to give us LIFE and life to the FULLNESS! But what does a 'full life' look like? I mean I have lived a great life, a life filled with life-giving truth. But could there be more? Does the reality of God truly wanting to give us a truly full life really reign true in our life?

This brings me to the title of this post. Good. Better. BEST! I know that God wants good things for all of his children. And believe me, I can look back on my short 24 year long life and point out countless 'good' things. But my challenge is for myself and anyone who cares to read this...what if we wait for God's 'better' things...or even 'BEST' things? We could go through life choosing the first opportunity that God places in front us thinking that's all He's going to offer, but what if God has more for us and if we are willing to wait just a little longer, we would be able to experience the God-awesome things he has.

Now don't get me wrong, God will use every choice that we decide to make to his glory and his will, but I am trying something a little different in my life right now. I am really good at choosing the 'good' things that come along in my life, some of may be that I don't think I am good enough for anything more. But after pursuing my God-sized dream, and it coming true, it made me stop and think a little. What if these dreams aren't really that giant of things, but really just the amazing, great, best things that God has in store for me? What if I choose to just trust in the maker of this creation, the one who is more constant than anything here on earth, the one who CHOSE to die for me? What would happen if I waited for the best things God has for me? What if?

This journey that I chose a long time ago, the one that entails a sacrificial lifestyle, I knew was going to be hard, but who knew how rewarding it could be. I challenge you all to just wait one moment, let the good things pass and let God show you the GREAT, the BEST things he has for you. They may not be perfect and filled with rainbows and butterflies. Maybe it is a job that allows you to minister to other non-believers, maybe it's an opportunity to travel to a city with an unreached people group, maybe  it's your God-sized dream, or maybe it is as simple as experiencing God's love through this human race...I don't know what the best thing is for you...but GOD DOES! and if we chose to believe that He is the God that He says He is and TRUST his goodness, we will be able to experience his GREATNESS!!

Pray for me...this journey isn't easy, but I know God has GREAT things and his BEST in store for me! I will pray for you. God is GREAT! Amen?