My Journey: October 2018

Okay so most of you know I went to a retreat with the ladies of Clovis Ev Free. There was 17 of us who went. We had two speakers Jennae England and her friend Andrea Burns. The theme was restore and the dandelion was what was on our booklets. Who knew a dandelion could be so much like our walk with Jesus. We even made a shirt with dandelions. We had so much fun. I even had a swan come very close to me and I was able to take an amazing picture. I learned so much over the three days I was there. I learned that we shouldn't make our desires His to do list, if we aren't listening to Him he will not allow us to rest, do not hang on to things, let God take things out and put things in, we are made in the image of God, don't be quick to find rest in ourselves, it is God alone who makes us alive, it is by grace alone that we are saved, we can't take credit for being born again, in whatever we need to be content, we need to learn how to be content, it is through Him that we can find rest and contentment, the six steps of daily refreshment: 1. read God's word, 2. pray (A.C.T.S.), 3. meditate, 4. memorize, 5. attend church, 6. find accountability partners, the Lord knows what is broken, He is interested in our complete healing, our role is to glorify Him, God has a plan and purpose for our trials, we need God's help, so we should not be afraid to ask him for his help, none of us is finished, we have each other, re-joy- joy again and again, we should rejoice internally (with our hearts and minds) and externally (using our mouths, to sing a hymn, sing praise, praise in confession, and together), we rejoice all the time (in good and bad times) and resting in God takes the pressure off of us. So you are probably wondering about the A.C.T.S prayer. I was given this by a sister in Christ and it works wonder. First, you start with adoration (the characteristics of God... he is worthy, he is almighty, he is powerful, etc.), second you confess your sins (confession), third you give God thanks (thanksgiving), and last you give him your request or your prayers (supplication). Now what does the dandelion have to do with our walk with Jesus. Well I will explain it but first not before we learn a bit about the dandelion. So a dandelion is a weed and weeds our disruptive. To some a dandelion is seen as a wish. I remember when I was little I remember always making a wish off of a dandelion. I loved picking them and blowing the seeds off. So a dandelion represents God's passion, it is edible, it is a good substitute for coffee, it has abundance of nutrients and all kinds of vitamins, it detoxes, and it purifies blood building. If you have facebook go check out my messy desk. Anyways here is how the word or our walk is like a dandelion. First a dandelion roots, then it reaches, then it reflects, then it rests, and then finally it releases. And this is how we should be. First we should root ourselves in the word and then we should reach to God and then we should reflect on what we learned and then we should rest in what we learned, and then finally we should release the word into the world and spread the good news. In all honesty, who knew that a dandelion could be so much like our walk with Jesus? I sure didn't until retreat and I pray that I can encourage you all with this blog and help you live this out. I also pray I can live this out myself. Just remember our God is bigger than any problem or trial and God is our reward.