Chicken Stew for Two & Homemade Cards

Honestly, it’s amazing not to have any more homework –or, at least, for a little while before I start my Masters. I get to explore so many new activities I’ve been wanting to dive into such as hand-made cards, learning to cook, quilting projects –and of course all while watching movies. A couple days ago I even had my first “company for dinner” and shared homemade chicken stew with one of my best friends.

Throughout all my new endeavors and the freedom to really choose how I spend my time, God has been continuously finding ways to remind me that my main focus in what I do should not be the selfish seen –but the eternal impact that is often impossible for me to comprehend in the moment. I was reading in Lamentations; and chapter 2, verse 19 really captured my heart: “Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.” I was recently offered a position of leadership in a local horse ministry, but what had I been doing to truly prepare for it besides worrying if I had what it takes, if I would know how to touch the children’s souls, or if I could possibly keep every safe, etc.? While my time in crafts is definitely positive skills to develop, I can’t possibly allow myself no time to let God prepare me for reaching out to the spiritually starving children of my neighborhood.

God has given me this present season to live and learn –to discover how to use my time wisely to bless others, how to improve my skills to better serve and uplift others, and to become more and more secure in my fellowship and calling in Him. What am I waiting for?

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” –II Cor. 4:18

All My Worry Was In Vain

Once again God has overflowed my cup. I asked for four walls within which to sleep and store my things –He provided me with a beautiful home. I could not imagine what life would be without a steady income –He handed me a job that I love with people that I am already fond of. I begged for time with horses and children –He opened a door for me to help direct a local ministry that outreaches to the community’s youth through horses and the outdoors.

I am so grateful for my time in what seemed like a desert of a lot of unanswered questions for more than a month. It changed and grew me in so many ways. New perspectives, a more grateful heart, and a better sense of belonging to Him are only some alterations in my little heart, mind, and soul. No, He does not always choose to provide us with so many unexpected blessings as I am experiencing now; but He ALWAYS gives us His grace, joy, peace, and fellowship…and eternal rewards and deliverance from pain and evil will come one day very soon.

This morning, I realized how happy and excited I am now; and how distant, vague, and faraway challenging-December seems. All that worry and fear has become only a blur. I wonder if that’s what heaven will be like: so amazing every day and so full of beautiful discoveries and fellowship with the Lord FOREVER that we will just forget everything that was so evil and painful on earth.

To all of you still going through the desert -PRESS ON. It’s worth it. The seasons of waiting are some of our most growing ones. As Carroll Roberson so beautifully sings, “Now I’m living on the mountain, all my worry was in vain, so if you’re going through the valley, just keep praising Jesus’ name…Sometimes the valley can be good to get our focus on the Lord, When He brings us through the trial, we are stronger than before.” AMEN.

2013 -Another Step towards Shiloh's Mount

2013 -WOW! I hope it's a great growing time for all of my audience! I am sure many of you made lots and lots and LOTSSSSS of resolutions...even though we already kknow we will all fail them at some point. But I hope that through our coming failures this year in 2013, we will only grow closer to our Lord and marvel at His fellowship with us through Christ despite our daily shortcomings.

To start the year off well and 'in order,' I will go ahead and give a little explanation to my blog title change. I loved my previous title; but when I came up with this one...it seemed PERFECT: it described perfectly, I believed, my journey and the recent lessons I had been learning.

Why WILD HEARTS?
Let's face it: I love horses -tremendously. Something that amazes me about them is that no matter how trained or tamed they are, they still enjoy to run free, roll in the grass and mud, and reveal their nature so well: they are wild at heart, truly. They represent freedom -true freedom: the kind that is not limited to situations...the kind that Jesus gives.

GYPSY SOULS
As you can see in one of my recent posts, I learned the hard way that feeling like a gypsy can be a good thing, if it means that I am becoming closer to my Lord. Besides, are we not supposed to consider this world only our temporary home?

Hoof...BEATS!
Again...I LOVE HORSES and they inspire me tremendously (but you already knew that :P). But I maily chose to use hoofBEATS because many times in this life, we cannot see what the future hold, we have no assurance of tomorrow or of our dreams coming true. We mostly have to go day by day, holding true to our faith and believing that He will guide us through this life and take us home.

Journey to SHILOH'S MOUNT
I have always loved the word 'Shiloh' and I even thought of naming a horse that. But the other day, I was looking up exact meanings of this beloeved word, and I found that in Genesis 49:8-12, 'Shiloh' is a reference to the Lord. This life is but my journey to His kingdom, hence my blog subtitle.

HAPPY READING & HAPPY NEW YEAR