God's timing and will

I received the Lord Jesus into my heart at the age of six years old but didn't always live like it. I am thankful to the Lord for never giving up on me and drawing me back to Himself time and time again.

Phil 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ

From what I have observe since I surrendered my life to being faithful to the Lord back in 2004. The Lord's timing and will usually has a way about it that you might say within yourself "really Lord?" I know this is true in my own life. I know this was true about meeting my husband. I had just come out of an unhealthy relationship and within three weeks of that the Lord brought my husband before me. Out of no where here he was and the Lord made it so clear to me that Scott was the one He had for me. God has done this many many times in my life. A funny one I can think of is when I went to my pastor and told him there was a need for a nursery ministry within our church. He gave me the responsibility of doing it. That was more than 5 years ago now. I wasn't expecting that in expressing a need I would be the one given the opportunity to fill it. If any of you reading this have ever been involved in the nursery ministry you know why I found this one funny! Nursery ministry especially coordinating it can be very very trying...it is not an easy ministry to take on. But you grow through it and I know that is why the Lord pressed it upon my pastors heart to allow me that ministry. Like I had mentioned in a previous post I was anxious to be a pastor's wife and I was like this about other ministry opportunities. I so badly wanted to be given the opportunity to teach a Sunday school class. Well it wasn't until the Lord  had taken my Pastor and my Dad to heaven that I was given this opportunity. A short three weeks after my Dad had passed I was asked to fill in as the Sunday school teacher for a woman within our church who was very ill. She ended up passing and I inherited it full time. This was very unexpected to me but I knew the Lord was in it because He was preparing my heart for a lesson on the Lord being in the details of our life. He was working on me three days prior to my being called upon to filling that class teacher position. I felt overwhelmed that I needed to share it with someone and didn't know who until I was called that Sunday morning.

I am seeing a pattern in this three week thing...I just noticed it! I guess we might see if any other huge event change in my life will bring a new opportunity within 3 weeks LOL.....See always thinking ahead but no on a serious note; I am thankful to the Lord for allowing me the opportunities He has to serve Him but I am also happy that He hasn't allowed me anything until I was prepared and ready for it. I would have messed many things up if I were to rush into new opportunities! I am always full of new ideas to help the ladies ministries within our church but the Lord hasn't allowed yet so I will continue to wait on His perfect timing! He will make it a beautiful thing if He wills it!

I thank you Lord for your perfect will and your perfect timing! I also thank you that you work in this  body of clay and you are refining it for your perfect will. I surrender all!



1. All to Jesus I surrender;
   All to Him I freely give;
   I will ever love and trust Him,
   In His presence daily live.
   
   • Refrain:
     I surrender all,
     I surrender all;
     All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
     I surrender all.
2. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Humbly at His feet I bow,
   Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
   Take me, Jesus, take me now.
3. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
   Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
   Truly know that Thou art mine.
4. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Lord, I give myself to Thee;
   Fill me with Thy love and power;
   Let Thy blessing fall on me.
5. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Now I feel the sacred flame.
   Oh, the joy of full salvation!
   Glory, glory, to His Name!