Sapid

The word of the day! I like it :) it means - "Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor. Agreeable to the mind; to one's liking." (-dictionary.com)

That pretty much sums up how my map drawing is going. "Agreeable to the mind". I think I'm almost complete the draft. All I have to do is finalise it and get it approved! woo! hehe
But then comes the struggle of colouring it in :P
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"Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image." - A.W. Tozer (From The Pursuit of God)
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Another thing I've been learning lately is to let God take over every inch of me- including my thoughts. To strive for Him in everything, to focus on Him, to think about Him and (my favourite!) to chat to Him whenever I feel like it. Isn't that last one the coolest thing ever? That God is there ever minute, every moment, willing and wanting to listen to what you say to Him. Whether I'm out prunning and decide to give Him an earfull of whatever it is on my mind, or in lectures distracted from the teaching, in the bus bored as, making breakfast and tired or WHATEVER I can just talk to Him and He listens... now i dont know about you, but I think that is an incredible sign of love. If you woke me up at three in the morning because you had something to talk to me about, I think I'd slap you and then roll over and pretend you werent there. Ok thats a lie, if it was serious I would, but not for the things I talk to God at those times for.
So that is my mission, and so far I'm succeeding. I intend to become lost in God. Consumed by Him. In love with Him. its true!




Have this pic on my study desk and i thought I'd share it because it often makes me smile and chuckle when I need a pick me up - its a classic!

Step 1: Daw the map, Step 2: Hand it over for approval

God told me today that he is going to start helping me make the decisions i need to make. Which is awfully exciting...
I've been struggling lately with knowing what it is that God wants me to do and how. But tonight I had an very interesting discussion with a wonderful sister in Christ- Lisa :). Something she was saying is that her view on "God's will" is that its not a straight path that we must follow, but a forrest full of adventure, that we approach with a compass, map and traveling companion- then pick a route and say to our companion "what about this" and He says "Sure, I''ll go with that". It helped me think about that maybe I dont need to go searching for the specific one thing God has planned for me but too look at all the possibilites and make a choice (a rational, well thought out one of course) and ask God what He thinks. Maybe I'll get struck by lightning or burned up by flames- and then I'll know its a no and to try a different route... but maybe I wont, maybe I'll feel Him saying "yes Sarah, I like it, I know your future and I can agree with that plan".



So thats the plan for now, to think properly about the choices and decisions and hand over the results to God for the final judgment.... tick of approval or flames of torture... who knows, but I am ready and waiting... :)

Help!

What would you do if all the issues and decisions about your life came flying deathly fast into your face all in the one week? I just kept on moving. A rolling stone gathers no moss right?
So I'm here at Teen Ranch, and must I say that I thank God so much for letting me come. It has been great being here, kind of unreal really. But the the thing I have been struggling most with is being faced with Major decisions, challenges and issues surrounding my life- all at once... and well, I asked for it. I said to God before I came here- "can this be an opportunity to makes some decisions please?", but boy, I did NOT know what I was getting myself in for.
So many life altering decisions, and challenges I've never had to face before, are popping up left right and centre, just waiting for me to swing the bat and hit them the right directions. But I am so lost only God can save me know.

I need a clear mind.
I need answers.
But all my mind will produce is a measly little "help!".


But for Him, that is all that is needed.