The Shard building stands behind a cathedral that is over a 1,000 years old Here I sit in another country, on another continent and all I can think about is how God is working on and in me. Yes, I've shared my journey with each of you and yes, I've always tried to be transparent, but honestly in recent months I've felt like I've veered off the path God had planned for me and allowed my own desires, hopes, dreams and wants overtake His will for my life. With my new home almost complete and with lots of changes taking place in our life, it has made me reflect on God and what I'm working to allow Him to change within me.
You see I have peace for the first time in a long time. I have hope that He has plans for our future. I see Kaitlyn moving into a new phase, with a new attitude and hope and it makes me feel incredibly blessed. God has promised to do a new work within us if we allow Him to. We never have to worry that He has the best desires for our hope and future because He ALWAYS does. The part that you and I tend to get caught up in, is our own agenda and not trusting His timing. We want it our way and as I've written about recently, I'm not a patient person, so these concepts are especially hard for me. I've thought about this new Amy and how God is working, convicting, cultivating and stretching me and how He is bringing me back to being all He has planned for me. While I've toured London with Kaitlyn we have seen some incredible buildings, sites and learned some great history. One of the many things that has struck me here is the reality of having a 1,000 year old building standing next to and in stark contrast to a building like the Shard in London. Is one better than another? Does the beautifully designed old cathedral mean more than an engineering feat like the Shard? They both have beauty. They both represent someone designing, creating and building their vision. When I look at my life, I see a lot of old, broken, but beautiful buildings. They may be sad in some ways, but they also are my history and my past and they still line the streets of my life. I also see these new things God is doing in my heart and life. He is building something beautiful that will become an engineering feat in my life. Something I could never imagine or believe was possible after my pain and sadness. God is working on this old, broken down building and I'm excited to see how He will continue to build me into something new. What work do you need to allow God to do in you? Have you veered from His path? Have you allowed your own desires, wants and plans to cloud what He has planned for you? Do you have some broken, but beautiful buildings that line your path that you know need to not be the only buildings in your life? All He wants is the best plans for you. Your journey to becoming new and all He wants for you may not be easy, but if you and I turn to him, He has promised to make us new creatures. Let's allow God to build us into His beautifully designed creation. This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
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