Today Kathy and I go on a weekend trip with another couple visiting friends in another state.  These are very close friends we are going to see so I know the time will be filled with fun and laughter.  However, there is an overriding sense of heaviness which supersedes all the other feelings.  That heaviness is weight of bondage.  Our trip is primarily to give support where it is needed.  These friends had found freedom from their hurts, hang-ups and habits while living here.  After their move the old temptations began to return.  Support is thin where they live and reaching out is not happening except to those here.  So, in some way, I feel like we are on assignment today and through the weekend.  I don’t have a plan except to listen closely to God’s Holy Spirit within and respond accordingly.

Yesterday was spent reactivating the consulting work I haven’t done for a few years.  I spent the day with the two principals I’ll work with in their schools as well as with their superintendent.  I felt as though we can make some great progress as we move forward.  It will be a good team.

Many months ago I thought I needed to pull completely away from this consulting work but God helped me understand that my pulling away was more about what I thought I was to do for Him rather than what He wanted me doing for Him.  Now that this is clear, I feel free.  The bondage of completing a task for God hoping I’m doing it well for Him is replaced with the inspiration to complete the work with Him.  God never ceases to be AMAZING.