Who woulda guessed!
Hey guys!!
So I have put off posting for a long time, mostly because I felt like I just posted, but the other day Joel was a little unhappy because I hadn't posted new happenings in my life, so I figure it is time!
Where to start oh my word...
Ok so this year has been crazy, I lived with my sister until the end of April. That was amazing! I never ever thought that I could/ would ever want to live with her again, but we had such a great time together. The Lord revealed the fruits of that to me this last weekend when I drove her to Kelowna where she is now living! She is truly my sister, not just by blood but also by choice!
So when I moved out of our place (lol that reminds me of the shelter in Vic.)I moved into Crofton to live with Kristie Voth (in Amanda's old place!). This has been an amazing time! I thought that the time of rest that the Lord had been calling me to was complete when I moved out of Ladysmith...pfft silly me trying to put a time limit on God. I am discovering that that was only the start of learning how to rest (to be honest it was actually a time of laziness). I am now learning what it looks like to rest, how to just be and enjoy. This place is so amazing it is a sanctuary and it is so refreshing to have Kristie living with me, she challenges me, and encourages me so much and we are just growing together (much like our tomato plant.. it is so cool!! )
The Lord has been teaching me so much this year. As much as I hate to admit it camp was a huge crutch and I think that I am learning more and more about who I am in my walk with him without temporary "highs", maybe I am just learning the reality of it all. There were quite a few months that I was just angry with God for taking so many of my hopes and dreams away (one of which included my brother and his wife losing their baby) . Throughout that God taught me that it is ok to be angry with him, it doesn't mean that I am any less saved, it just means that I am learning to be real with him, how to have a real relationship. Through that I also started to learn that I need to dream His dreams and not mine. I need to surrender my hopes and expectations to him. Man it is so hard when for so long they haven't been his hopes and dreams for me.
Another branch of this learning was about sin. I struggle a lot with judgment, but God has been showing me that someone elses sin that I percieve as a 10 on the "Sin rictor scale" is no greater than my 2 on the 'scale', I am just as much in need of his grace when I am speeding down the road, as does the person that commits murder. Now in saying that there was definitely a discouraging time of 'AHH I am such a failure' but God so graciously reminded me last week that he he just wants faithfulness not perfection. With Faithfulness the desires if my heart will be the desires of his.. It is one big circle!
Ok so time for the big news! I am getting MARRIED!!!!
lol jk, not really... Oh man I really hope that some of you just dropped your jaw... hahhaa i am actually laughing out loud. I am so funny!
Ok no actually. I am doing YWAM in September (who would have thunk hey). I am going to be going to Colorado Springs for 3 months for a justice and mercy DTS and then to somewhere in the 10/40 window (North Africa,Asia or India) for 3 months. All with the hopes to a) continue to feed this desire I have to love females that have been hurt and b) to go to Perth Australia next October to take a secondary course through YWAM called Foundations of Biblical counselling. I am so excited to be doing this. Stinkin' Jim suggested it to me after I found out that the India trip was not happening, so with a disappointed and reluctant heart I looked into it ( I should have known not to say no to both God and Jim... let me tell ya they are a team). I really have know idea how it happened from there, or even why Colorado Springs but I have never had so much peace about going into something especially something that I know very Little about!
So this is me, resident of Crofton; employee of Boys & Girls club, WFG (receptionist), and cleaning jobs; anticipator of YWAM , Faithful follower of Christ Jesus, and Hopeful!
My how times change!
Love you all
~Sher-Hope
So I have put off posting for a long time, mostly because I felt like I just posted, but the other day Joel was a little unhappy because I hadn't posted new happenings in my life, so I figure it is time!
Where to start oh my word...
Ok so this year has been crazy, I lived with my sister until the end of April. That was amazing! I never ever thought that I could/ would ever want to live with her again, but we had such a great time together. The Lord revealed the fruits of that to me this last weekend when I drove her to Kelowna where she is now living! She is truly my sister, not just by blood but also by choice!
So when I moved out of our place (lol that reminds me of the shelter in Vic.)I moved into Crofton to live with Kristie Voth (in Amanda's old place!). This has been an amazing time! I thought that the time of rest that the Lord had been calling me to was complete when I moved out of Ladysmith...pfft silly me trying to put a time limit on God. I am discovering that that was only the start of learning how to rest (to be honest it was actually a time of laziness). I am now learning what it looks like to rest, how to just be and enjoy. This place is so amazing it is a sanctuary and it is so refreshing to have Kristie living with me, she challenges me, and encourages me so much and we are just growing together (much like our tomato plant.. it is so cool!! )
The Lord has been teaching me so much this year. As much as I hate to admit it camp was a huge crutch and I think that I am learning more and more about who I am in my walk with him without temporary "highs", maybe I am just learning the reality of it all. There were quite a few months that I was just angry with God for taking so many of my hopes and dreams away (one of which included my brother and his wife losing their baby) . Throughout that God taught me that it is ok to be angry with him, it doesn't mean that I am any less saved, it just means that I am learning to be real with him, how to have a real relationship. Through that I also started to learn that I need to dream His dreams and not mine. I need to surrender my hopes and expectations to him. Man it is so hard when for so long they haven't been his hopes and dreams for me.
Another branch of this learning was about sin. I struggle a lot with judgment, but God has been showing me that someone elses sin that I percieve as a 10 on the "Sin rictor scale" is no greater than my 2 on the 'scale', I am just as much in need of his grace when I am speeding down the road, as does the person that commits murder. Now in saying that there was definitely a discouraging time of 'AHH I am such a failure' but God so graciously reminded me last week that he he just wants faithfulness not perfection. With Faithfulness the desires if my heart will be the desires of his.. It is one big circle!
Ok so time for the big news! I am getting MARRIED!!!!
lol jk, not really... Oh man I really hope that some of you just dropped your jaw... hahhaa i am actually laughing out loud. I am so funny!
Ok no actually. I am doing YWAM in September (who would have thunk hey). I am going to be going to Colorado Springs for 3 months for a justice and mercy DTS and then to somewhere in the 10/40 window (North Africa,Asia or India) for 3 months. All with the hopes to a) continue to feed this desire I have to love females that have been hurt and b) to go to Perth Australia next October to take a secondary course through YWAM called Foundations of Biblical counselling. I am so excited to be doing this. Stinkin' Jim suggested it to me after I found out that the India trip was not happening, so with a disappointed and reluctant heart I looked into it ( I should have known not to say no to both God and Jim... let me tell ya they are a team). I really have know idea how it happened from there, or even why Colorado Springs but I have never had so much peace about going into something especially something that I know very Little about!
So this is me, resident of Crofton; employee of Boys & Girls club, WFG (receptionist), and cleaning jobs; anticipator of YWAM , Faithful follower of Christ Jesus, and Hopeful!
My how times change!
Love you all
~Sher-Hope
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