Trusting the One that said "GO!"

Friday I am boarding a plane out of KC headed to Charlotte, North Carolina to attend the writer's & speaker's conference called She Speaks. I am so excited about this I can barely stand it.

God has really opened doors for me and has blessed me like you wouldn't believe. If you've ever been here before you know that my husband had back surgery April 3rd. He is still recovering as it was pretty major and is praying to be released by his surgeon to return to work at his 2nd post-op appointment next week.

With Gene being out of work, we have been blessed to still receive a full paycheck from his job, but he had to give up his part time job which was a huge help. With finances tight, I had asked him to pray about my hotel situation for the conference as I had no idea of where I'd be staying. I did not share any of this on my blog, just with my husband. Then I received an e-mail from my blogging friend, Pamela from In His Graces, who I will meet for the first time this Friday at the conference offering to pay for my hotel room!!!! Gene and I were blown away friends...still are!


I feel God has confirmed that He wants me to go to this and my hearts' desire is to just obey Him. If you are going to the conference or are just wanting to be in His will and be obedient to the calling He has placed on your life, I want to share what God put on my heart to write and send to my dear friend Joy at Ponderings . Joy will be leaving Canada Friday to attend the conference also and is scared of flying...really scared. Joy is also blessed with the talent for writing and like with Pamela God has big plans for her.

I hope this brings your heart encouragement as you seek to do whatever He asks of you....

When I was younger my Grandpa used to hunt a lot with my uncles. He always took his hunting dog Molly with him. Grandpa used to shoot his pheasant and on his command to "GO", Molly would take off through the fields and retrieve what her master had killed. She would sniff until she found it, grab it in her mouth and take it to my Grandfather. He would then reward her with much.

Molly had a job given to her and entrusted to her by her master and whatever she had to do to please him, she would do it. That meant fearlessly running through fields filled with mice and snakes. That meant running in the cold snow. Whatever my Grandpa asked of Molly she would do it. Molly was created to be faithful to my Grandpa and to be obedient to what he asked of her. She was never created to plan out what field they would drive to. She was never expected to aim at the target and shoot the gun. Her job was to "go" when my Grandfather told her to.

She had to trust in him enough to know that she was going to return with something to lay at the feet of her master that would be pleasing to him. She loved hearing the words "Good job Molly, you faithful dog!"

My point is, that just like Molly, you are on a mission for your Master. He has given you the command to "GO". Go without hesitation. Go fearlessly because you trust that your Master is the One sending you. When you start to doubt yourself realize this is not about you, but all about Him. Trust that you are going to return to your Savior with something to lay at His feet that your obedience alone will be pleasing to Him. Whatever you lay down, it will be something that will cause your Master to look into your eyes and say, "Well done good and faithful servant."

Love,

Come back tomorrow to read more of God's greatness as I co-post with Yolanda from Higher Grounds on the God who really pays attention in great detail to the desires of our hearts!