Trust

It's been awhile since I gave an update. I have been debating on what to say or if I should say anything, but here goes.
Tomorrow morning I am heading with one of the recruiters over to New Orleans. I will be going through the screening process and swearing into the Navy on Tuesday. I am so excited! I also have little moments where my heart beats really fast and I have no idea what I am about to do. Then I take a deep breath and think on what my pastor has been saying for the past month about trusting God. More importantly I think on who God says I am in Him.
You see, I can't do this on my own. I'm not one of those strong willed women who think I can do anything a man can do. That's not who I am. I do know though that I can do anything God says I can. He didn't say it would be easy, in fact he says the opposite. Isaiah 43:2 When you go through the deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through the rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. 

I know I can't do this on my own. I don't want to think I can do this on my own either. I don't want to become prideful or take light of this by saying, "Oh, people join the military all the time. You grew up military, you married military. You are familiar with this." Those are comforting words to say to myself, but they make me believe in myself, not in God.

John 17:13-21 "And now I am coming to you. I have told them many things while I was with them so they would be filled with my joy. I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not. I am not asking that you keep them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They are not part of this world any more than I am. Make them pure and holy by teaching them your words of truth. As you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. And I give myself entirely to you so they also might be entirely yours. I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me because of their testimony. My prayer for all of them is that they will be one, just as you and I are one, Father- that just as you are in me and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me.

I believe God has set it up for me to do this, in this season of my life. I believe that with God, joining the military will be a catalyst. Setting into motion his work through me.

I am asking for you as a reader to be in my corner. I need to be reminded who I am in Christ. I need cheerleaders. Pray these versus over me. Philippians 1:2-6 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. Every time I think of you I give thanks to my God. I always pray for you and I make my requests with a heart full of joy because you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again. 

With Love,
Audra