“So put more time and energy into developing your relationship with Me, seeking not only My Presence but also My will. Be ready to follow wherever I lead. I will guide you along adventurous paths that can fill your life with meaning”- #jesusalwaysdevotional #jesusalways #jesusalwaysbysarahyoung

Developing my relationship with God is what I have been doing and focusing on for the better part of the last ten years.

This adventure I have been on has brought me into ministry for the Lord where I least expected it- youth, teaching, grief counseling, life encouraging.

It has brought me new passions for my future- ministry prep college classes, potential job opportunities in grief ministry, blogging, speaking, preaching.

It has brought radical healing and change into my family- freedom from alcoholism, renewed and restored marriage, parent salvation, an additional member to our family when we least expected him.

I have been challenged, hurt, broken, repaired, wounded, healed, strung out and stretched, comforted and strengthened, and never bored.

The desires of my heart have become His desires…those that He has placed in me.

Ten years ago I spoke of being a writer with a girlfriend of mine- but it was only “joke talking”. I never dreamed a passion to write (and also to speak) my thoughts would become as necessary to me as breathing.

I was born to be a “talker” and have never been one to refrain from expressing my opinions. I never dreamed that my talking would turn into a desire to encourage God’s people and to proclaim His Word at any invitation to a platform.

I have always been one to be hopeful and to desire a home open to many kids- especially those in need of extra TLC. I never dreamed how many would respond to the openness of our home and that one would find a forever place in our hearts and family in whatever manner he requires.

I knew my husband was special but I never dreamed that he would have the impact he has on his family, our friends, his community, and at his work place that he does now that he walks with the Lord.

Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

When I doubt His plan because life doesn’t seem to be looking as I think it should- when it feels like the path is bumpier than need be-this verse comforts me.

Just because the fruition of the desire implanted into me has not come to pass as of yet does not mean it won’t or that something is “wrong”.

It simply means NOT YET AMY.

The desires on my heart are too far-fetched for them to be my own doing, so I will continue to trust in the timing of the One who put them there in the first place.