Taking the Leap of Faith

It was 3 years ago today since God has taken a special person out of my life. He was my coach, my hunting partner, my hero, …… my dad. It’s also been about 1 1/2 years since I had that conversation with my sister. The conversation that changed my life. I got to a point in my life where I was lost and confused but mostly scared. I could almost see my future of just living my life day by day just waiting for that weekend to come. That’s when I thought there has got to be something more. There was! Mandie (my sister) and I got to talking about being “saved” or “reborn”. At this point iv’e never heard these words before. She went on to say that God saved her when she gave her life to Christ. So, I got to thinking, what in the heck do I have to do for God to save me. No, the clouds didn’t part that day or a beam of light didn’t shine down from heaven when I made the decision but what happened was I started to get freaked out. I mean, I just told God to take complete control of my life. Oh! Believe me He did. I started to realize that the pointless things that I cared so much for didn’t last. I thought I was pretty cool with my new cell phone that I got until I sent it through the washing machine. That didn’t last long. But most importantly I started to focus on things that did mattter, my relationship with God. What amazed me the most about thise whole thing was the power of the Holy Spirit. I realized it has been talking to me my whole life but I could hear it clear now. STOP!! Close your eyes. Listen. What is it telling you now. Take that leap of fait? Tell your wife, husband, and kids that you love them? Go get a cup of coffee with a friend just to talk about old times. I’m not blowing smoke at you when I say it was the best decision of my life. I simply said God here is my life you are in control. Scary huh? Haha. Look where he has brought me. I’m running around in Africa making some of the best frineds i’ll ever have, helping people with their relationship with God, and enjoying God’s control. Am I weak because I made that decision? To be honest I feel like more of a man than I ever have. A Godly man that is.

 

Mandie, I know it was the spirit talking that day but you were BOLD and I thank you for that and so does He. What a women of God. I suggest if you are going to make that decision don’t get scared. Get jacked!! Because you will have a totally different outlook on your life and pease tell a friend…. tell me. I want to get jacked with you.

 

Take that Leap of faith! He is waiting for you……

 

I also want to tell you another story. After my dad past away I had a dream. It wasn’t just any dream. It was the most realistic dream that I have ever had in my life but for some reason I haven’t told many people about it. It was a dream that you know was from God. My dad and I were sitting in Heaven and we were sitting and holding eachother as tight as we could. We both were crying because we knew my dream was going to end soon and it would be the last time we would see eachother until I die. Seconds before my dream ended my dad and I hugged eachother as hard as we could and then I woke up. Tears started to flow but I was so thankful that God gave me that dream so I could say by to my dad.

 

I was telling my mom that story on our way to my brothers house a couple days before the trip. She also went on to tell me that she had a dream that was different from any other dream. God speaks!

 

This past Monday we decided that we needed a day of spiritual time. Blair and Patrice said go wherever you want for two hours. I headed straight for the woods. I found a perfect place about a mile away from where we are staying. From where I layed down I could hear the stream flowing and some crazy animals that I didn’t even know of. I found a perfect tree that is pretty much a hammock and I just laid there. I started to get sleepy and my eyes closed. I haven’t had this happen to me since my last dream but this time I saw my dad walking up the hill to where my hammock tree was. He had that smile on his face that he always had after he got done baiting one of our deer stands. He got right up to me and sat down but didn’t say a word. All of a sudden I heard a loud crash and a grunt and my eyes opened and I saw about 15 monkey’s in the tree above me.

 

God is in control!