Thanks!

Thanks, EVERYONE, for your comments in the last post, and for your prayers and helpful thoughts... as well as for the kicks in the butt that I needed! I've also received some emails that have provided much help and encouragement, and I just want to say that all of this is providing a tremendous boost in my heart and soul.

I look back, and the timing has never been right. I used to get very frustrated, but throughout the process I've really learned to trust more and more in my Father, and in waiting upon Him, and trusting in His timing and in His moving and working in me to will and to do according to His good pleasure. Each time I've thought the time might be right, various things have happened, or haven't happened, and I've grown to understood in my heart that it's ok. There's no hurry. Just as with anyone else who has ever tasted of the genuine, sweet, juicy, tasty fruit that God produces through His children, and has also tasted the fake, sour, unripe fruit that comes from mere human, religious effort, I want the genuine stuff that takes time and care and much grace, rather than the rushed product that falls apart and doesn't last.

At the current time, I see nothing standing in the way of this dream, other than simply sitting down and doing it! As some of you have encouraged me with... when the time is right, it's a matter of jumping in and just doing it! So I'm jumping in, and I'm excited to see what happens.

I value the friendship of all of you, and that's why I brought this up on the blog. I feel kind of vulnerable doing this, because I'm showing you my genuine weaknesses that I really do deal with. But with this kind of exposure of weakness, the body gets a chance to work together and encourage one another. I'm taking all of your thoughts and tips to heart, and I'm weighing them out and seeing what fits and what will work. I truly appreciate everything, especially your friendship and your prayers.