I have less than 2 weeks left at my job. I am supper excited! Not only will I be unemployed in less than 2 weeks but I will also be at the beach with 3 of my amazing friends! I am so looking forward to this week in St. Augustine. I have been blessed with so many wonderful friends and love being able to spend time with them!
Speaking of friends my best friend Shelly is now married! I am so happy for her as she embarks on this journey with the one guy she lasted more than 3 months with :-). I also met another friend of mine, Lauren, for dinner. I've known her since diapers and even though she is married and lives 2 hours away, I love that we both still find time to meet up and talk for hours with one another. This weekend has been full of friends and I just LOVE IT!
Even though there are many things changing in my surroundings, it has not hindered God in the process he is putting me through. If anything, he is making himself more vocal to me and ensuring I hear what he says, even if that means being called out. And trust me, he is calling me out. He is not letting me use anymore of my excuses. He wants my attention and he is ensuring he gets it. I've always felt that God is to use me in a big way, I just never knew what for. I'm still not a hundred percent sure but he's placing people in my life to hold me accountable and not allowing me to shrug off or put off what he has placed on my heart to do. I am so grateful that God has led me to the church I am at. I'm finally at a place that his spirit is present. And it is there that he is building me and helping me grow so that his voice isn't a static noise anymore, but as clear as the music that is playing on my computer right now. Recently, God has shown me that this past year has been apart of his big plan. It is through my job that he opened my eyes to the needs of people. He has allowed the families that I have worked with to touch my heart. The things I have seen have forever impacted me. The other day as I was thinking about what to do after I leave my job, I began thinking how much I will miss the families I work with. Even though what I do is very stressful, I honestly and truly love the people that I am trying to help. I have had the privilege of seeing people who are hurting and giving them a little glance of hope. As I was thinking about this I thought, "I don't EVER want to forget these people and their struggles." Thats when God placed an idea on my heart. I want to start a ministry where you would go door to door and give families a basic need item, such as bread or milk. One thing I have learned is that money and food stamps are tight at the end of the month and the pantry becomes very bare in anticipation for the next months food stamps to come in. I want to bring these items to people's homes once a month, at the end of the month, to help them. I honestly do not know how or where to start with this but it's something God has placed on my heart to do and you better believe I am going to do it. So, if you have any idea's or would be interested in helping to do something like this, please contact me. My email is emilyrwalters88@gmail.com. I am open for any idea's or suggestions on how to get this started. And if you want to help, please let me know! I could use all the help I can get! If you are worried about going to people's homes it's totally understandable. But my intention is to use this to start relationships with people. It won't be to get them to come to a particular church or to ask them for anything in return. I just want to do what the church was intended to do and that's to go and show love to others. If you read through the new testament, Jesus, Paul, and other apostles WENT to people. They did not sit in a building and expect people to come to them. They went out and built relationships with people and ultimately showed them love. My intention is to bring back this old school way of loving people and ultimately show people the love that Christ has given to me.
Again, any comments or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. If you know of anyone who would be helpful, feel free to share this link to my blog.
Well, I'm done. I hope everyone is having a great week :-)
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