It's certainly not the end

It's beautiful that I can sit down to type this and see how things have fallen into place, which was only made possible by the gracious hand of God.

I was out of town yesterday afternoon until tonight. I went to Nashville with some girlfriends and we had a bachelorette party for a friend who's getting married soon. Consequently, I didn't have the time or at least I suppose I didn't make the time to post yesterday.

So I'm looking back at my very first post and my last post, and I re-read over a few others as well in order to reflect on the month and all God has shown me. Several overriding themes were very clear to me. Themes I could definitely identify without even looking back because it's been so evident that God was trying to bring these things to my attention.

-Patience: God has more than moved me to wait on Him in silence, to listen and learn contently and expectantly.
-God's Love: He has provided me with so much love and comfort through a difficult transition in my life and through some personal life experiences. I've just been overwhelmed with God's presence during this time of focus and completely saturated and in awe of His love and mercy and forgiveness.
-Love for one another: My Lord is teaching me to love people the way He does. To look at people through His eyes and not through circumstances.
-Revelation 2:3-5: God set me on fire, allowed me to witness passion and spiritual exhaustion in other people's lives, and reminded me to turn back to my first love. He's taught me not to lean on people, but to lean on Him and seek counsel from Him first. And to remember why I love and serve the God that I do.
-Selfishness: Less of Morgan and her limited capabilities and more of God and His almighty power. It's all about Him.
-Life Verse: Acts 26:16-18 -- I cannot be silent about what I have seen and heard from my Lord. I refuse to sit quietly. I will get up and stand on my feet, and I know that He will hold me and give me strength unwaveringly. My life is devoted to "shine you, Lord" so that the world may open their eyes and see and turn from sin and be saved and receive Your power, just as You have so mercifully allowed me to do.
"Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'"


It was also obvious to me that I ended on that last post when I did so that my attention would be called to the difference of the perspective I saw there in comparison to my first post.

-From "Getting down to Basics"
"At first I wondered, is that a lot to ask from God? Then I cringed at my own ignorance and realized that for Him it's probably as simple as something close to brushing your teeth. It's for me that it's a lot to ask -- That my sinful heart could go 28 days without being prideful, self-seeking, envious, eh I could go on, but you get my drift..."

AND....

-From "It's NOT a cliche -- I really can do ALL things!!"
Sometimes I say -- I don't doubt God, I just doubt myself. This is 1 of 2 things: a lie with the underlying notion that I do doubt God's power, or a personal belief which reveals that I think my abilities to accomplish tasks are above God's own.

I took on this endeavor as a call from my Lord. I began it in my own strength -- thinking that whether I could accomplish it fully was up to me. Now I see that I have doubted God's Almighty Power by doubting myself. I can no longer use this as an excuse not to give myself up fully to Him.

And lastly, my devotional for today sums it up:

Luke 18 -- the story of the blind man
38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, 41 saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” 42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”
I feel kind of like the blind man. I cried out to God. I asked him for sight -- through His eyes -- and He certainly provided in ways I never even imagined. This month it has truly been a blessing to focus on my Lord and Savior and learn of His strength and love and might.
So I asked myself the question, What's Next? Am I going to continue to blog?
I think I will follow in the blind man's.... er, well, the seeing man's shoes....

43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

I will continue following my one, true Savior, wherever He leads, and attempt to glorify Him in any and every way possible. And my prayer is that the world will see it, and they will praise God for what He has done.

Thank you for your accountability, and most of all for your prayers. I hope what God has done here has encouraged you in some way.
And if you feel led, stay tuned, because this is certainly not the end....