The Story God Wrote For Me

April 9, 2019 The kids and I were walking today when I spotted a 5 ft black snake head raised, slithing toward the pavilion. I grabbed Elia, watched it, walked around and continued my walk with my kids. I warned others of the possible danger but didnt think about it again. A year ago, I would've screamed, ran inside and got my trusty shotgun and blew it to smithereens. However after living in "nature" environments for the last couple of months, the rangers don't take kindly to an imposter  Ella Mae Clampitt shooting their protected critters, so I had to conquer my fear. Spiritually, we should be no different. As we grow in our walk with God, we should conquer our fears, trust God, and continue on our path. We should warn others of learned snares/dangers along the path. Satan would love to freeze you in fear. Watch out for his snares, open your eyes to your surroundings so that when a snare comes, you can see it, walk around it and continue on your walk with Go

It is amazing what having Jesus in your life can do. You can have hope, reassurance, peace, love and security. I can't imagine how a person can walk in this world with Jesus. With that being said, here goes my story. I had a beautiful flower. I watered it, trimmed it, moved it into the sun multiple times but it would not bloom. The last two times I have gone home and came back, guess what? Beautiful welcome back, bright red blooms. I guess I was pushing what I wanted on this flower and not allowing it to bloom and giving it what it needed ,to be left alone so it could grow. Spiritually, we can all be in different places. 1st, We can be in complete peace and in God's will. 2nd, We can be living for our own needs and desires, and living without Jesus. The third places is being as a Pastor friend told me once, " shelf life", where God is teaching us and preparing us for the next level. We aren't useless, we are being prepared so that we are ready when God says g