Today is the beginning of the rest of your life! I suppose this is in my heart today because yesterday I enjoyed witnessing the union of two special people in my life, Tyler and Lesha. It was a great wedding. Two lives joining together to become one forever. I was able to renew friendships of some of my favorite people that I haven't seen in a while. I had quality time with my husband and some great folks from Monticello called their family in Memphis and treated us to an awesome dinner.(Thank you, Candy and John) It was a happy day for me.

A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to get to know someone that I have admired from a far for many years. We were both speaking at a retreat and we were sharing a room for the night. She is a beautiful woman on the outside and also she has an inward beauty that draws you. She is a "radical" woman in her walk with God. As she shared with me about her new ministry, I became excited and challenged. So today is my first post to my new blog.

It is around 4:00a.m. and I felt the Lord speaking to my heart and so I am up trying to write what He is sharing with me. I have been asking God to reveal His purpose for my life to me. I understand the word of God to say that He has a plan for my life and yours. Jeremiah 29:11 reads that God has a plan for us. He has plans for our futures. I think the reason that I can't sleep this morning is because of the dream I had. I was dreaming that the world was in a state of fear and chaos. That we were hiding and running from danger and people were being hurt and I was trying to help. I woke up and fear was upon me and then I began thinking about that scripture it reads, "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." God is going to remove His church before these things that I was dreaming about come to pass. I lay there thinking about my children and friends. Have I done my best to instill the word of God in them? Do they understand that they need to have that personnel relationship with God? This is part of my purpose, to help prepare my children and those I know to live for God and to accept Jesus. We don't want to be here when the dream that I had tonight comes to pass and it is going to happen.

I have a lot I want to write but I think I will wait until next time. I look forward to getting to know you as we become "blogger buddies." The thought that I want to sign off on today is, search your heart. He is waiting on us to allow Him to fulfill the plans that He has for us.

Karen