Follow: Five Minute Friday

It's much later than I had thought it would be, but here I sit for only five minutes to put together a post on the prompt "follow".

Where He leads me I will follow.

What does it look like to actually follow a leader? I can tell you after multiple dances at my college where boys were a rarity, that I learned to lead. When I then got married and tried to follow my husband's lead in a dance class, I learned that I'm not a very good follower.

And? Following comes from trusting.

If we want to follow God, first we have to trust His leading, rather than our own.

So much He is teaching me about grace lately, and through learning to trust Him, to believe that grace cannot be earned by my multiple attempts to be like Him (and miserable failures), I am learning to listen and to follow.

"Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, let me walk upon the waters, wherever you would call me. Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander, that my faith would be made stronger in the presence of my Savior." (Oceans by Hillsong)

I want to follow God's plans and purposes for my life. I will not be weary or faint if I'm focused on Him and what He purposed me for and delighting myself in His pleasures and goodness. I'll be renewed with vigor because I'm doing what I was designed to do!
Some of us are speakers, some are writers, some are listeners, and some are still searching. Deep down, you are exactly who He is calling you to be. Will you follow??

Praying that you will enjoy learning to trust Him and that as He proves His faithfulness, that it will be easier and easier to listen to His leading instead of barreling ahead on your own. (Speaking from my own experiences here, and never pretending I've "arrived" somehow.)

~Tammy

Meet: Five Minute Friday

This week's Five Minute Friday prompt is the word "Meet".

Go.

Immediately, a song from my late 90s/early 2000s CD collection came to mind.

A band named Ten Shekel Shirt had a  song called "Meet With Me."

"I'm here to meet with you
come and meet with me
I'm here to find you
reveal yourself to me
As I wait, you make me strong
As I long, draw me to your arms
As I stand and sing your praise
You come, you come and you fill this place
Won't you come, Won't you come and fill this place"

This week was the National Day of Prayer. And? A true miracle for me. A month ago, I had a vision of our entire school joined hand in hand, surrounding the school and praying together. The privilege of all my girls at a private school where prayer is allowed has not been lost on me. Still, to take time in May and stop the entire school day for an all-school assembling of students to pray was a vision that became a reality!

What a joy and yet a humbling moment to hear the sincere prayers of 2nd and 6th graders (pre3 through 12th grade at our school) in the hallway where I stood. And? The simultaneous prayers of all students of all ages was the most amazing part. We were there to meet with God, and "wherever two or three are gathered, I am there."

This will not be the last time we all gather to pray, but it was a first and it was a God-sized dream. He will meet the desires of your heart. When you search for Him you will find Him.

Is God waiting to meet with you too? Will you give Him the joy of your time and attention??

~Tammy

Door: Five Minute Friday

Friday, I was on an airplane for the better half of the day, but while on the ground, I received the prompt for Five Minute Friday. "Door".

Here's what I wrote on a plane on Friday in five minutes.

Go.

Door.
Though I am writing these words with my thumbs and am flying over the Rocky Mountain range, and I won't be home until Monday, the five minutes still count.

I stand at the door and knock. Jesus knocks at the door to our hearts and if we open the door, He comes in. What strikes me is that the same mighty hand closed the door of the ark.
I had a clear door closing this year and another opened the same week. The richness of depth in my understanding of God's word is immeasurable. Who would have thought teaching children the Word would lead to simple understanding?
Now I am reading the Circle Maker and waking up to praying Big Hairy Audacious Prayers and doors are flying open!
Answer the door and your life will transform! He's knocking--will you answer?

~Tammy