The Journey

When my husband and I first got married we would lay in bed at night writing out our dreams for our life.  We talked about ministry, kids, houses, you name it we talked about it.  I even remember laying in bed, and David would draw up floor plans of what type of house he would build for us one day.  Life moved on from there and I remember mid-marriage saying, "you know what would be SO exciting?"  I'm sure in his mind he wondered, "Oh no, here she goes!" I would continue to tell him about how exciting it would be to sell everything we have, move to a different state, and follow the Lord on a journey.  Well..... watch what you wish for!!  Little did I know July 27th 2015 at 7:00am that dream would be our reality.

We accepted the call to Trussville Alabama to start a NEW journey.  We opened up our house and sold everything in it but a few things we asked the Lord to please let us keep, sold our second vehicle and waved "see ya later" to Texas.  

I was driving home from a small group on Tuesday night I began my prayer time.  As usual at this stage in our journey I began to tell the Father how I felt.  I let him know I was feeling every emotion one could feel and I needed answers.  I was a big sobbing mess who was searching for details.  The Father and I have had multiple conversation like this here lately but this one changed everything in my spirit.  I told the Lord, "You called us here to Alabama to Go and Do, and we aren't doing ANYTHING."  I know there must be times He has to be shaking His head, thinking, bless her heart... haha.  His response back to me was not what I was expecting.  He proceeded to ask me, "Did I?"  He added "I told you to Go, you added the Do.  I want you to just BE."  Here I am waiting for this big WOW moment, and He says, "Just BE."  I asked Him who He would like me to be, and what in the world does that mean.  He said, "Learn to BE who I have created you to be, and then, you will be able to DO what I have created you to DO."

 Here I am on my journey of BEing.  I woke up the next morning and began seeking out the definition.  Much to my surprise my mind has been blown.  To "BE" means to exist or to live.  In this season I believe He is calling us to learn how to exist and live in the unknown.  I continued my search, and read through the synonyms which are listed below:

Synonyms for be: abide, act,be, continue, breathe,endure, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive.

I thought you might also be interested in the antonyms: cease, depart, die, discontinue, forsake, give up, go, halt, idle, leave, lose, pass, quit, refuse, reject, stop. 

Through this blog I am going to learn and hopefully help you learn to BE.  I am going to take one synonym at a time and walk through what it means and how to apply to our life.  We are all on a journey, and so we have a choice to make.... To BE or not to BE.