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Bloom: how God is continuing to use our family where we are

  At the start of the year I felt the Lord gave me the word bloom. I was ready for a beautiful year.  A year that I would be able to see beauty come to the surface after years of hard work.  Turns out Im not being called to sit and watch at all.  Turns out God needs me to roll up my sleeves and get into the dirt.  There are scary times ahead.  The kids need me now more then ever as they have grieved (in their own ways) the loss of friendships and social interactions.  They have missed so many family, church and school celebrations.  They have fallen behind academically.  This scares me the most.  I am not a good teacher for them.  Someone else needs to teach them!  PLEASE!  The kids pull the wool over my eyes and I fall for it.  Every single time.  The at home learning this past spring may just have been the beginning of our steep climb.

   Additionally in recent news; I have accepted another part-time job as the Children’s Pastor at Heartland Community Church in West Fargo, ND!  I am equal parts nervous and excited.  My heart is excited and SO happy.  My head is screaming “what are you doing?” “You may have to homeschool next year, you have a non-profit to help your husband run, you just started a blog and want to write a book???!!!”  All of those things are true I do have a lot on my plate.  BUT GOD.   My life belongs to Him and He will use me as He see’s fit.

  Do you ever feel as though you are unqualified?  I don’t know why I keep finding myself trapped by this lie.  All that God needs is a willing spirit.  He doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.  He uses what we have.  Two great examples: Moses; God used his shepherds staff (a simple staff) and the boy with 5 loaves & 2 fish (I imagine a simple lunchable).

God has called me and equipped me for a purpose.  Now more then ever children need to know that they are NOT alone. They have a God who loves them so much he gave his one and only son.  They have a friend who will never leave them.  We are living in historic times.  Times that make my adult head spin.  I can not help but have compassion for children in these very dark days.  How can I NOT jump into the dirt?  In a post from February I wrote:

“So my overarching goal this year is to dig in right where he has planted me and allow his work to bloom in my life!

“That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither- whatever they do prospers.” Psalms 1:3

  So this is me and my family “digging in” and allowing GOD to DO HIS work! Let the beautiful flowers (I picture a pot full of Gerber Daisies and Lilies because although completely different flowers they seem to represent my heart and my families unique calling) BLOOM!  We believe in the message of the Gospel and like Heartland Community Church we will not rest until the WHOLE WORLD has heard the GOOD news of Jesus!

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