Stepping Out

This past week I have expanded my boundaries.  As I prepared to get out from where I felt comfortable I felt a lot of fear and anxiety about what to expect.  I went past where I felt comfortable in the natural into a area I had never been before.  Once I reached the destination I was able to feel more relaxed as I got use to my surroundings.

Our walk with the lord is very much like this He calls us to go beyond where we feel comfortable to go to places we have never gone before.  The enemy seizes upon this opportunity to bring fear, cause doubt and get us to rethink letting go and going beyond where we know what to excpect.  For me this has been not only a natural journey but a spiritual one as well.  I see so many corolations between the natural things and the spiritual journey.  I have been enjoying experiencing new things.  I have been learning to let go of preconceived ideas of what I think I want to happen and to learn to just let go and enjoy with out getting all worked up and stressed.  I am excited to see some of my boundaries expand and some old ideas change.  Looking forward to growing in more freedom and gaining some more confidence.

New Experiences

As our family is settling in to our new environment we are having new experiences.  Just like our spiritual walk our natural walk is filled with fresh and new experiences.  We will experience things we have never encountered before.  We also will have things that we have experienced before but they will be new we will see them and think differently about them.  For me this week I had the opportunity to do a few things with my kids that reminded me of a time in my childhood and how much I enjoyed them and it was good to have these experiences with my own children.  I think of what the bible says about talking with our children about what God has done for us to share these experiences with our children.

Moving out of our comfort zone

My family is moved to a new place.  During the process we have had to leave a area that is familiar to us and venture out to where we have to relearn how to get around town and to find new places.  Much like this process in the natural is our spiritual walk.  At times in our life God will ask us to get out of our comfort zone and leave behind teachings and ways of doing things that are familiar and comfortable to us.  He will ask us to relearn and think differently and relearn how to navigate the spirit realm, think differently about how we are to get to the next place he is asking us to go.  He may ask us to narrow our selves and our thinking down a bit and to focus on one specific area instead of the end result and over all picture.  We are excited about learning how to do things differently in this season.