The weekend has come and gone.  A new week is before me.  As I was reflecting this morning with God about the next steps, applying what I am to do with all I learned from the weekend, I read Jeremiah11-16.  In these chapters God is having Jeremiah tested to see if he is ready to complete the assignments given to him.  There are some important, critical items God wants brought before the Israelites.  Jeremiah has some tough assignments ahead of him so God ran him through testing.  I can sense my own testing now that I’m home. I sense God asking me if I am willing to do any next steps on His terms?  All through my life I’ve been one to get new info and very quickly put it into action once I’m home.  Any teacher who ever taught for me will tell you they cringed when I went to conferences knowing I’d be coming home with all this new learning for us and new applications to try.

This topic of sexual brokenness–how well I know it–cannot be addressed as though it is a passing topic.  There is a toughness needed to tackle the topic, but there is also a tenderness and sensitivity needed too.  God knows when His children are ready including when He has His leaders ready.  I told Him this morning I want to be in His timeline.  It is then that God’s Kingdom Work is accomplished.  I do know God has been working on me with my own story preparing me to use it for Him.

As I told my story to the congregation of my friend yesterday one lady told me afterwards that she could see how God has been helping me step out of myself and stepping into His Purpose.  I hadn’t thought about this from that angle, but after hearing her say this I can see the progression of God’s healing and His focus on using the healing as a motivation to help others do the same.  God is so Good.  Helping others find healing is a tough but wonderful assignment.  I praise God He would even consider me for this.  To God be All Glory.