Dreams do come true!

September has already started off pretty crazy for me we just got back from one of our best friend's wedding in North Carolina and it was beautiful! We reunited with some great friends and really just enjoyed ourselves! I love weddings!

Well a few posts back I wrote about a new journey that was in the works. My husband Lance and I started applying for positions at other churches a few months ago we really felt God was taking us in a new direction we just didn't know where and decided to just "move" and take a step somewhere. Well to make a long story somewhat short our steps lead us back to where we started. Funny how God works and the ways He works I am  constantly in awe of His splendor!

I have had a dream for about 5 years to be a director of Masters Commission USA, these past 2 years I felt that dream slowly slipping away. I stopped thinking about it stopped planning for it and stopped dreaming about it. Honestly I wasn't really sad about it I just thought maybe God had other dreams for me and that was just something to encourage me for the future. Well turns out that, that dream never disappeared but God had it stored in a secret place, I like to think that God placed it in a crock pot and turned the heat on slow and let it cook just at the right pace so when I tasted it, it was made perfect just for me! 

This year I get the opportunity to work with Masters Commission as an assistant director and I am so excited. A passion of mine is to see young people loving God with everything and seeing them at their full potential and that's what I will get to be a part of this year and I can't wait! 

I have a lot of dreams and sometimes I feel that my dreams are so big that they kind of just wander into space and might not ever come down to earth and happen but now I can whole-heartedly say "dreams do come true" and it's like nothing I have ever experienced and my challenge for those reading this, is this... "Dream, dream bigger than you think, and if you stopped dreaming come alive and pick that dream back up because there is an All Powerful God that wants to create dreams for you and He needs you to be patient and carry those dreams out! We were all created for a purpose and I believe the dreams God gives us are little pieces of that purpose."

"Nothing happens unless we first dream." 

"You are never to old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream. " C.S Lewis

Vacation

 I don't have too much to say...This past week was a little busy and definitely sad. We said good bye to one of my best friends and her husband. They are headed to Boston, they felt like they were suppose to leave and be closer to their family. I fully understand that, family is important and especially when your thinking about starting one of your own you want to be by them. I know friends can come and go but I truly believe I will be friends with her forever so it doesn't make me too sad just sad to know she's no longer in the same state. 

Well summer is pretty much over and I'm almost ready for it to be because I love fall! But the reason I'm not quite ready is because I haven't really taken a vacation lol I mean to me that's what summer is all about. Not to worry though Lance and I are about to go to South Carolina to visit grampy and then we will head to North Carolina for one of our best friend's wedding. It's gonna be a good week and its pretty much our vacation. I'm looking forward to it and hopefully being able to finish my book (since that was one of my summer goals) 

So until then, enjoy whatever is left of summer!

Jaimie Lynn Marie

You will have to excuse me I'm not myself today. Actually, around this time every year my emotions are usually all over the place.

 I wasn't going to post anything especially today because this week has been a little difficult but I really wanted to share what has been going on in my mind because for one what I'm going to say is the one thing in my life I rarely talk about and my husband asked me why I don't and the truth is... I think I'm scared to talk about it because I fear it will make me sad but really I need to because I don't want to forget and second it's a part of my life and I started this blog to share the things God is teaching me and about His love. So here it is...

9 years ago today the most devastating thing happened to our family, my mom passed away. She was one of the most amazing women I know. Her name was Jaimie Lynn Marie, she was a school teacher and was actually mine and my sisters 5th grade teacher( and no we didn't get special treatment) 

She's the first person who taught me how to worship God. At the private school she taught, every morning she would make her students sing and said that it didn't matter if you had a good voice but that we needed to practice because that is what will be doing when we get to heaven. She is also the first person who taught me to read my Bible. She would get up every morning at 5:30 and read her Bible, I wanted to be just like her. She loved coffee, cats, and jewelry, I guess that's where I get my likings from.

 These past couple years I have missed her the most I think because of all the transitions in my life she would have been my go to person and the other day I felt like I was forgetting her so I wanted to share some things for my sake but also to say that through this unexpected situation I began to have a real relationship with God something I don't think would have happened if my mom was still here. Even though I miss my mom's love and her presence in this world, I know God's love is so much stronger and is everlasting. Really I needed to begin to rely on Him more. Not only that but he gave me a husband and best friend that will talk about her with me whenever and that is something I prayed for because it was such a sensitive event in my life.

 Honestly most days I don't think about her, and some days I will randomly cry, but I know I will always love her in my heart. God really does have a plan for everything, good or bad if you just trust in Him! Through this I have learned that healing is not always a "one time thing" but a process that God wants to break down so He can rebuild and take out the hurt and pain and make us stronger. I have learned that what was once my pain can become someone else's healing. Lastly I have learned that God is the only consistent thing in my life and is always there for me.
I leave you with this my mom's favorite verse:

Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."