Healer Dude

That's my J.  He's a healer dude.  It's pretty cool. I like it when he calls me and tells me stories about seeing people healed.  Like the guy that had a stroke 2yrs ago that couldn't use his left leg so good...and then he walked away without his crutch.  Or the guy that had a fever, and 5 minutes later the fever is gone.  My personal favorite- the 8 year old boy who got poked in the eye by his little brother- eye is all bloodshot and red, after 2 prayers, perfectly fine.  

I"m really excited for all he's learning at Bethel.  And for all the nifty books he's readin', I'm not so sure how he feels about that! :-)

In May, he's trying to get to Ecuador, to see orphans that are healers too. And to just be a big hugger for those cute kiddos, and to visit dudes in prison....

If you wanna help him get there- you can!  Just visit here

He would be stoked! And so would I!! PS. You can take it off your taxes...
"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,^[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give." Matthew 10:8

A Day in the Life...

Most people have been asking the same question of me lately, "Nashville! Why are you in Nashville?"



And so...I shall answer the 100million dollar question..... Because Jesus wants me there, to work mainly, but to do other things too...

But first the beginning...
A few months ago I was offered a job in Nashville, working for the same agency that I interned for last fall. But, I could never get the peace that I needed to move down and start to work. So I did what I hate to do, I waited. And I waited, and I waited. But somewhere in that waiting, God was slowly showing me that waiting doesn't just mean sitting in my room. Waiting means actively persuing what God is trying to show me. So after a few weeks of actively waiting, one night I got a phone call.
It was a wonderful friend that I met last year in Nashville. She was calling to offer me one of her bedrooms to stay in while I picked up some work...for free. She and her husband, and her 2 adorable boys, have graciously let me crash into their home for a few nights a week, so that I can work.



So that's it. I'm working in Nashville, a few days a week, AND I'm still able to come home most weekends to be involved in worship at church.
All in all- God's plan is WAY better than anything I could ever, think, hope or dream...but then again, He already told me it was....


Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

^"How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone." James 4:14

Today is a sad day. But a day like today always reminds me that life truly is like a vapor. Here one minute and gone the next.  

A very good friend of mine said to me today, What's it all worth Hannah? We work and work, but we can't take it with us...what good is it? 
What good is life, if we don't point everyone we know in the direction of the One who Gives Life? Honestly, it's worth nothing.  A few years ago, I'm not sure I would have had an answer to that question. All I wanted in life was success and money.  But over the last year, I've learned that the ultimate calling and responsibility is for us to be so immersed in Jesus that He is what we work towards. He is the ultimate success. Being able to tell my friend, that we have to choose where we spend eternity, was one of the best minutes of this sad day.  He knows it, but sometimes we run from it.  

Life isn't about money.fame. fortune. Because in the end, you can't take it with you. Life is about showing a lost world, just who Jesus is. It's about being so in love with Him that He is all you desire.  In the end, it'll all work out. 

Life is a vapor. Here one minute and gone. Are you living so that your vapor of a life will impact someone else? Or are you living only for yourself?

Waiting...

As a soceity we hate to wait. Thus the invention of fast food, instant photos, and microwave popcorn. I also, find myself hating to wait, but often times it's the waiting that shows us the right path. 
A few weeks ago, I was faced with a decision to make and I felt no peace about it at all. After many hours of praying and crying I decided to wait. 

But then I learned that waiting doesn't mean sitting in the floor with your eyes closed listening. Waiting is a act.  Sounds like an oxy-moron... Actively waiting. But many times in life that is what God requires of us, to actively wait.  Thus often times we, as humans, try to make our own way instead of waiting on His perfect timing.  I am one of those people, and I stuggle with my waiting everyday.  I love to have a plan. In fact, on more than one occasion I have asked God to "drop me a line, letter or calendar". This would consist of knowing specific dates for important things like marriage, job opportunities, and when to talk about the hard things in life.  However, much as I have prayed and wished, my calendar or letter has never come.

Just recently I began to realize there will never be the perfect time. Someone will always have a judgement, opinion or statement about what you are to do. There will never be enough money, time or resources. But some how in God's time, the waiting is all worth it. 

I had a very good friend call me last night and offer something I will forever be indebted to her for. And today, after 2 missed calls I realized that God's timing is always perfection.  One call about a job that was not to be, immediately followed by a job that is so promising, I would be foolish not to go. And granted, the job takes me away, but not completely.  This is a flexible job-one that I will still be able to be involved and grow with. One that will push me to be better, for the next chapter in my life. 

So while I used to just wait for the audible voice, I now realize that actively waiting. And constant surrender is how God speaks.  Perhaps He just wanted to see if I would wait, and trust. And that I did, and will
continue to do...for the rest of my life.

"Our soul waits for the LORD;he is our help and our shield.For our heart is glad in him,because we trust in his holy name.Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,even as we hope in you." Psalms 33:20-22