God is faithful...

...and that is really all that matters!

Since the last post, God's been challenging me in several ways asking if I actually believe His faithfulness to be true. Satan's hoping I give up on God's faithfulness and instead fight to take care of things myself. God is continuing to remind me of all the ways I've seen Him be faithful. I feel more like an Isrealite than ever before, needing constant reminders of their earlier Exodus from Egypt to follow God in the present day. Even above and beyond, God has been faithful to provide those reminders Himself.

I was leisurely clicking around on http://www.h2okent.com/ and came upon the 3-year reunion video that I'd seen twice before. I decided to watch it again to make sure it worked and then share it with my best friend who hadn't seen it yet. I ended up watching it all the way through and at the end of it was so struck about what God did with the 21 people He led to plant a church at Kent State! Hearing specific stories about this church's impact on the students now involved is phenomenal! Thinking about how He called me out here, and how I seriously questioned it a year later, and even how challenging the first two years were for me to adjust, it's just amazing that He used even me to impact some of the people at Kent. We were so little when we left BG!! Now, we're so big, and while numbers alone aren't everything, the numbers of lives being changed through this church is indeed everything that the Church is designed to be! I remember a meeting before we left where we were truly encouraged to "dream big." I remember things being written down, but I don't remember anything on it. I'm praying that someone from the launch team still has that list, but I'm positive things on it were met these past three years, because I know God! I know of His faithfulness and His truth. I believe He is faithful to do what we ask when it lines up with His will, and based on how lives are being changed, I know this church has been in His will!

I dreamed big before, and I'm certain God's delivered. I've seen people dreaming big and things happening. The phrase "dream big" has always made me think of BGSU's advertising slogan my freshman year of "Dream B!G" and it always brings a warm, fuzzy feeling! Here I am, 7 years later, deciding again to "dream b!g" believing God will be glorified as He accomplishes those dreams! I feel so honored at the privilege of seeing the Creator of the universe be faithful to the prayers of such broken, unfaithful people, myself obviously included. I'm listening to Stephen Curtis Chapman's song "Speechless" right now, and that's exactly how I feel when I reflect on God's faithfulness!