As you probably know if you read my blog, I am an author. I love reading and writing and plan on doing so indefinitely no matter where in the world I end up. I have always wondered, though, to what end? If nothing else, simply because I enjoy writing, but I have hoped that my books will not always be just for me and my friends who have read them. This last week, we had a speaker named Bob Hartley. He is a very prophetic man and taught on Hope. His teaching was really great, emphasizing that God is the reason for everything and worth adoring. It is in adoring Him and loving Him that we grow closer to Him, and that is when we can hear Him more clearly and when we have hope that fills us up. Such a good reminder!! In addition to his awesome teaching, he prophesied over quite a few of both staff and students, including myself. Prophecies coming from someone you don't know are always to be taken with a grain of salt, but everything he said rang true. He had the most detailed words I have ever heard before - he knew my friend Danny's phone number!! And the word he gave me was also very impressive considering he had never met or even seen me before. He said I was going to write a 5 book series that will help restore hope to people's hearts who have been rejected and lost hope. That is so encouraging!!! I had not been planning on writing such a series, but just knowing that God has a plan for my love for writing is awesome! I also know that such a thing would not be something I can just make up on the spot. While I might be able to brainstorm ideas for stories, I want what I produce to bear the best fruit possible, and that means God being in the center of it. I will write what and when He wants me to and I can't wait for Him to open the door for that partnership with His heart for the broken. Until then, I will continue to seek His face and keep working on the book I am already in the process of writing. Who knows? He might give it to me tomorrow or next year. Speaking of the prophetic, my sister! My grandma, my mom, and my sister Elora came to visit me for Elora's 11th birthday and she ended up tagging along to a lot of our class stuff. Even at age 11, I love seeing her own love for God growing. It is so encouraging to see one so young find her own relationship with the Holy Spirit. She is proving to be a mighty prayer warrior as well as increasingly prophetic! She joined us one night and we ended up praying for healing for people in the room. Not only did she boldly go around praying for sprained ankles, headaches, etc. but she also [inadvertently, I think] prophesied and sang over two of them without fear or hesitation. My students were astounded and I could not have been more proud, not event hat she prophesied over them, but that she is so solid in God that she would step out and do something like that. At an age where I was declining hard and fast, she is rising and singing - it fills me with such hope and joy for the future!!! I love her SO MUCH and I am so blessed to have her as my sister, my friend, and someone that I get the privilege of walking through life with!
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