His love is extravagant!

Wow! What a great night tonight. My God is so good. Tonight was my first night with my new small group. I was nervous to go, almost scared. I even thought about not going since my brother and Kandy weren't goin to be going tonight. But I went. I told myself it was def. not as scary as when I left for the Army where I knew no one...at least here I knew someone, a few of them actually. I'd like to share one of the things Jesus made aware to me tonight...

I was asked to share my testimony and so I did. It was during that, that Jesus reaffirmed in me how much control He has in my life whether I recognize it or not. You see, He wanted me home from the Army way before I even knew he did. And then I got injured. And then the Army said I had to go through the medboard process. In February maybe I found myself scared and alone sitting in front of this retired Colonel. He looked through my file. He looked at me. He asked me some questions. Then he checked out some of my functioning. He looked some more at my paper work, then he put his glasses down on his huge desk and asked me point blank, "Do you want to stay in or get out?" I knew this question was probably going to come, and up until that very second I was on the fence. One moment I knew I was getting out, the next I was surely staying in...back and forth back and forth. I closed my eyes as he waited for my response...and the only thing or should I say the only one who flashed through my sight was Jackson. So I said I wanted to go. And he made it so. I came home not even 3 full months before Jackson's accident. God knew what He was doing. He used my brother and sister-in-law's amazing faith to call me back home. He knew I'd follow His calling when He showed me Jackson that day in the doctor's office. He knew what was going to happen and He knew that as everything happened I would come home...to Him that is. And thats exactly what I did.

God has placed me with an amazing group that I can already see will be a huge blessing in my life. The women of this group I can surely learn alot from. I'm so excited to see and participate with what God is doing. What an AWESOME God I serve.