God always knows what we need!

God never stops amazing me! and the story I have for you tonight... I would have NEVER seen coming! 

So today I found out the hard way how sharp my apple cutter really is. I sliced a pretty good size chunk off of the side of my thumb, that continued to bleed for several hours, until my parents and I decided to make a trip to the ER, hoping they would have a way to get my blood to clot! After a couple of hours in the waiting room I finally made my way to the back, Dr. glued my finger and I was all ready to go home. I know I know, "Is she seriously blogging about her ER experience?" But just give me a second God is about to show up!!! 

So my discharge nurse comes back in and starts going over the things I need to do. "Don't get it wet, don't do this don't do that.." Then I jump in and begin asking questions that I have about the protection of it while in Africa in 3 weeks. My nurse's whole manner changed, and with tears in her eyes began to tell me about her experience in Ethiopia in the past. Sitting on the side of the bed with me, exchanging contact information she then says "You don't know how bad I needed you tonight." 

I honestly know those words all to well. I like to call those state of minds "just one of those nights" When everything inside of you just aches to be back where your heart is, to be back with those people and back to where God is working moving and breathing! That state of mind for me is some of the hardest moments for me, and I can tell you from experience, only GOD can pull you out of that place! 

But see that Is what I love the most about our relationship with God! HE ALWAYS KNOWS what we need and he will do some of the coolest things to give us what he need. He will allow things to happen, put people on our path, to warm our hearts and show us how much he loves us and that he is still in control! 

Although I would have rather meet Melissa any other way then going through that pain, I am so blessed that God used me in that ER room to be the light in her night! and I am so thankful that God continues to put me in situations where he is able to show me that this path he has me on is full of exciting twist and turns and that It is going to be a fun ride, and I am going to meet some pretty amazing people along the way!! 

So take a second to remember GOD KNOW WHAT WE NEED!  No matter what you are going through in this very moment ! GOD has something in the future for you that is going to blow your mind! He loves you so much and is ready to romance you through this struggle, you just have to trust him! :D 

Good night All 

Love you! 

Clay Can't Mold Its Self Into Something Beautiful

God has been showing me something lately that I think is time I share!
It all started when I "Lost" My "Best Friend" a few weeks ago. After a small argument of Facebook I was deleted from his friends list, and we haven't spoken since. Before when I have "lost" friends I would sit and sulk for days, cry and think back through everything trying to find what I did wrong, all while doing and saying anything in my power to get them back. I have never been good with change, and or losing people out of my life!
But this time... I simply took it to the lord, laid it at his feet, and he showed me this.
God uses different people, at different times in your life as tools to make you into who he wants you to be.
When you are doing pottery, you don't just use your hands the whole time. Sometime you use some tool to add the designs and detail that you want. Well the friends, loved ones, and really any relationship you find your self in, those people God uses as the tools in your life to create your beauty. Each of them, God brings into your life for a certain purpose. Some tools he uses everyday, and some are only for a short period of time. BUT that does not mean when God is done using them for that purpose at that time, that he will not use them again. You do not lose them like I used to think but instead they just get set to the side until God is ready to use them in your life again!
Clay can not mold itself, it needs someone to take control and create what it is supposed to be. GOD is the potter and the people he brings in and out of your life are the tools to help make you beautiful!
Love and be thankful for those people, because they truly are the ones that have made you to who you are!
I know I do!