Dear Sojourners,

At the beginning of 2016 I put 4 petitions before the Lord of things that I wanted 2016 and I to accomplish together! Now that the year is half spent, I am in awe as I observe the methods that the Lord is utilizing to perform my petitions. I think what is interesting is that when I first made my petitions known, I assume that He was going to use the materials and/or persons that were currently in my life! I WAS SO WRONG!!! 

So what did the Lord do? He chose to press my faith by moving me into arenas that I did not have the resources for; by placing a gulf between me and those that could not enter this new phase in my life; by introducing new individuals that actively demonstrates the Lord's divine care for me and by increasing my influence by shifting me from one territory into another! Every move that I have made this year was totally unexpected, illogical and not sought after!! All of this proves one thing to me!! It is none of my business how the Lord decides to perform a thing--I just need to know that He is well able to perform exceedingly above all that I asked or thought!  

My relationship with the Lord is years old and established, but I learn new aspects of His character in every season I walk in! He does nothing the same, yet my faith is built upon what He has done in the past!! What makes me laugh is that He doesn't even ask my input on the prayers I send up to Him!! LOL! All He cares about is if I am going to believe Him! Besides that, I need to get somewhere and sit down to let Him work!! I love and admittedly hate that about my Heavenly Father, but the end result is unarguably a masterpiece!

Now those of us that know the breaks of serving an Almighty God knows that the mastery of a piece is not easy! While we wait, it will get darker and depending on the method our Great Potter chooses, there will be some spinning, watering, shaping, firing and staining until the work is finished!! We must be confident that while the Lord is answering our call, He is making us ready to receive!! For He that has begun a good work in us, shall perform it until the day of Jesus Christ!!! 

With that in mind, I might as well keep asking!!