Made for a purpose!

So I have had a lot on my mind lately about what God has planned for me. I feel as though I have always had things so planned out and how my life should look and for some reason things just have been turning around and nothing is looking like I thought it would. As of right now I have no idea where I'll even be in several years. Its crazy because its like God has just slapped me in the face and told me to wake up and stop planning out my life. I guess i just thought that I was still giving God part of my life but all in all I haven't given up everything for Him. I want to give God my entire life, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I have been praying a lot lately about Missions and what God has for me in that area. I have always been so passionate about it and I want to strive to reach the world for Christ and to really see a change in this world. Our God can move mountains and I want to BELIEVE that. My dream has always been to open an orphanage one day and rescue abandoned kids...and take them in, and Love them as Christ loves us. And I want to serve them and help raise them and share Jesus with them. Its just always been something I have had the desire to do. Its crazy because my best friend Meredith called me the other day and told me about her missions conference and about how this lady is doing that right now in South Africa, and i can't even tell you how excited I got! I mean its my dream to do that ...I want to go, I want to be apart of what she is doing. So it was a blessing for meredith sharing everything with me. I have been reading the purpose driven life and today's was about how God made us for a reason! And this was perfect for me because I have had so many changes in my life lately that i'm really starting to understand that God really does have a purpose for me. And while i'm waiting and praying about what that is, I can continue to serve Him, and praise Him for the awesome things He is doing and will do. I read this poem by Russell Kelfer and it says

You are who you are for a reason,
You're part of an intricate plan.
You're a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God's specal woman or man.

You look like you look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake.
He knit you together within the womb,
You're just what he wanted to make.

THe parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you feel,
They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
And they bear the Master's seal.

No, that trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into his likeness you'd grow.

You are who you are for a reason,
You've been formed by the Master's rod.
YOu are who you are, beloved,
Because there is a God!


I just loved reading this because its so true! We are who we are because God created us in His own image and He loves us and has a plan for us! Its just refreshing knowing that God really does have great plans for our lives even when we don't understand it! But I know my God is faithful because i've seen it, and I just have to trust in Him with EVERYTHING!!!!

Proverbs 3:5-6 says

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

A New Beginning

So i'm really new at this blog thing! I use to have a xanga so i guess thats kind of the same but i'm sure this is a lot better! Well i'm starting a new chapter in my life and I have many mixed feelings about it but think it will be a great adventure! My mom and Scott my stepdad are moving tomorrow morning to Richmond Virginia after my mom spending her entire life here in Arkansas. As you can say its quite a shock to her and very overwhelming to leave all her family and friends and well pretty much everything she has ever known. I am sad to see her and Scott go but I feel that if this is best for them God will work out everything else in Time. I am excited to adventure around the world a little bit and experience new states! I love to travel and have always wanted to visit every state one day. So I guess i'm working towards my goal. Anyway I am excited to see what all God has in store for me over the rest of this year!