More to come!

If you have followed my devotional blog and have noticed that the study in Hebrews is on "pause", I am sorry to keep you waiting.  Here are a couple of reasons for the delay:

1. God is calling for change.  My husband and I have been strongly lead to make a huge change in our lives of ministry and are extremely focused on walking in His calling.  We have been serving in one location for 19 years.  As we have lived, loved our Christian brethren, worshiped and reached the lost, God has continued to train us up.  Some of the training has been painful, but it has produced the fruit of the righteousness of Christ through us.  Now He is leading us to go.  We are searching.  We are following His lead to go. . . we don't know where . . . or when.  Our main focus is on prayer and to do much searching.  There have been serious times of doubting on my part; but as I doubt, I have held fast to the clear calling on both of our hearts.  The calling is intangible.  It puts a sense of intense joy and energy in us that can only come from the One who calls.  Our decision looks illogical and foolish to the world, and we have faced some who have challenged us at the core - but the result has been a greater resolve to follow God's calling.  Even when we fear that we are too old and all washed up to do the kind of work that God has put on our hearts, we remain steadfast on the calling - trusting that God has called us because He is not done using us.  My prayer this morning, as I delivered to Him my mouth, hands, heart, head and feet, was, "Use me all up, God."  We spend our lives on God and the message of salvation through Christ to those who don't know Him.  We don't want to store up anything that will distract us from that purpose.  We want Him to use us up.  We want to spend all that we have on Him.
2. God is calling all readers.  On January 1 of this year, I had a clear and irresistible leading from God to read through the Bible as quickly as I could.  This is something that I hadn't done since college.  I looked up the number of chapters that are in the Bible and found that I could read through the Bible in roughly 180 days at the pace of 10 chapters a day.  I completed the journey through the Bible on May 5th, and I have to tell you that it was one of the most amazing experiences that I have known.  God has offered such clarity to me through His word regarding doctrinal thoughts on which I have felt unclear.  Overall, the experience has given me a beautiful perspective of God's story from creation to Christ's return.  It is my great privilege to "file away" fresh understanding of the love of God to share with others.  My reading continues, and I am excited to appropriate more time to studying Hebrews again, with the intention of blogging about it.  :)

  Many blessings to you as you read God's word!  See you soon.