And God said...LET GO!!!!!

Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.

Have you ever felt like you are waiting...waiting for the next big thing.  Right now is never where your happiness is.  You think...'when I get this promotion life will be good' or 'when we pay off our bills life will be good' or 'when we move everything will be perfect'.  God has been working on me.  He has been working me good.  For the last few years I truly believe that God has been trying to release my hold on what I think will make me happy! I now know that God moved me...He is showing my husband and I that we need to LET GO!  We need to put all of our trust and energy into him.  But like a dog with a bone...I just won't let go. Some of you may think...this is extreme...God wouldn't do ALL of this to make you let go!  But I know He did, and he will until I can finally give it ALL to Him!

We are a military family.  Just a little over three years ago we were relocated to Florida.  I was completely devastated.  Because of my husband's job at the time...we thought we would never have to leave Oklahoma.  We are both from there and all of our friends and family are there.  The move sent me into a deep depression.  This whole time...three years later.  All I have done is pray for God to move us...I am not living life because I am wrapped up in my own plans.

In the last 6 months...God has gotten a hold of me and I am trying to change my life and truly do what God is calling me to do.    But once again...I'm constantly looking trying to figure everything out.  Maybe I should do this...maybe I should be here...if I go here...do this...this will be what God wants.  Yes, I am seeking his calling for me...but I still won't let go the control over what, where, when, and how.

I have heard...I don't know how many times recently, that when you hand it ALL over to God and LET GO...that this is when things fall into place.  Don't get me wrong, I don't think that we should just sit and wait either.  But if I do the things that I KNOW He has called me to do, such as continuing to serve at church, to surround myself with like minded people, and stay constant in prayer..then happiness will find me and doors will open.

I am writing this blog to hold me accountable.  Let's have a conversation and lift one another up.  There are so many things that I want to say and talk about but I wanted to start with this...the premise of this blog... Let Go and Start Living Life.