Yes?

Welcome! Welcome to my page. My journey as of late has been saying yes to God instead of saying no.  This page is a result of saying yes and by stepping out in faith to do what He asks of me in obedience. I’m a person of faith, a Jesus follower, and I’ve been going through a metamorphosis, a pruning, an evolving season, a refining season, a growing season. I find that I am changing, growing, going down new unknown paths and doing new things. Obedience to God is totally different than obedience to myself. I view things differently. I think about things differently. I’m in His word more and I listen to His voice more. I’m thinking and speaking differently. To be in step with Him has meant growing in faith and trust, not in my abilities or understanding, but in His voice, His guidance and His refining process in my life. He has been renewing my heart and mind, and pruning my life.

This on going pruning, refining and evolving has been one of the hardest yet most rewarding seasons I have gone through. For people that aren’t familiar with what I’m talking about when I say I’m being pruned, in John 15:2, it says, “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.”.  I’ve read that verse countless times growing up.  I don’t know the last time when I really opened myself fully to the Pruning Hands of Jesus.  I may have opened up my heart and mind and will to Him most of the way but cordoned off a small section here, a small section there and denied Him complete access.

These small sections that were blocked off may have been inconspicuous to the outside eye.  But do you know what?  Jesus knows me fully.  He knows and sees all of me.  He knows my thoughts and intentions, when I get up, when I lie down. There is no where I can go where He can’t go.  He’s been cutting off areas that weren’t bearing fruit.  Somedays, I was feeling scooped out and left barren.  Contrary to how I felt, Jesus never makes mistakes when pruning. He doesn’t stand there after He lops off a branch and says, “Oops! Yikes, I’ve just cut off too much!”, then quietly and discreetly puts down the pruning shears before He quietly tiptoes away.  Quite the contrary, He knows the fruit and growth that will come from the result of pruning. It’s making all the difference.

This blog is here as a result of my saying a yes to Jesus.  Anyone who knows me knows I prefer to be behind the scenes.  But as I begin to say yes more to Jesus, the more He is gently leading me out of my comfort zone.  Trusting Him and His leading, it’s leading me to new territory. See, we all have something unique that God has gifted us.  When we say the yes to Him, we share the gift He’s put in us.  There’s something He wants to draw out and to cause it to grow. The things He does in us is for us but it’s also for others.

So welcome to a page that is a result of saying a yes. There’s a Latin saying that I’ve written down and have put it in places I will see it around my home. It’s “Soli Deo Gloria”. It means Glory to God alone. What this means to me is that anything that I write, create, and do is humbly done for the glory of God. He is my Audience of One and I do it all for Him.

Thank you for walking with me, however long you choose, on this new journey of mine.