I am introducing another one of my non-blogging friends to you today. When I was thinking of people to guest post for the blog while I was out with baby, this beautiful young woman came to mind. Micaela has a heart of gold and there is no doubt that she desires to live her life for God. She is so young, yet full of so much wisdom. I knew that God wanted to speak through her to someone today and I am so glad to have her share through this space. I pray that she speaks to you through her words.
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Hi everyone! My name is Micaela.
First I would like to say how much of an honor it is to me for Ally to allow me
to share a bit of my heart with you, Thank you Ally!
and example to me, even though we live so far away! I live in North Carolina, I
guess you would call that Ally’s “homeland”. We had always grown up
around each other, but really connected with each other as co counselors at a
kids camp (haha, she hasn’t changed much! 😉 At that kids camp we had an amazing
time with God and the kids… but we also had some girl talk… she shared how
she met Chad and their beautiful and God led relationship, how they fell in love and planned to get
married in the future… I know, I know!… **sigh**…
beautiful isn’t it?
to that man and their relationship has truly been a blossoming flower! The love
they have for God, for each other and for their newborn is strongly evident!
You may wonder if I am attempting to write a story about their lives…
actually I am painting a picture for you…. A beautiful one. Something that
each of us strive for everyday. You may question: To get married? To have a
child? Maybe you have already arrived at
those times in your life. But still, every one of us strives towards things…
our hopes and dreams to be exact, and whatever they are, we always desire for
them to blossom, and to become beautiful.
been blessed with an amazing God ordained relationship, and marriage is in the
plans! I also just applied for college and I am starting my own business. Even
beyond those types of dreams, I have dreams with my family and friends, I have
dreams about big things and small things. Sometimes our dreams are overwhelming
and we have no idea how to achieve them! But God knows our dreams. He has a lot
to say about them too. Do you know God dreams about us? He actually has dreams
for us!!!
“For
I know the plans I have for you” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall
direct your paths.”
The most beautiful dreams we have
are the ones that align with Gods dreams for us! These are the ones that
blossom, that bring us the greatest joy and sense of fulfillment. You may ask:
how do I walk in Gods plan? Through trusting and depending wholly on our
Heavenly Father we can access His dreams for us! When figuring out my direction
and dreams I often felt anxiety about whether I was walking in “His
perfect will”. It felt scary and far away until I realized its not that
complicated! Its not a formula or difficult task, its simply staying close to
Father Gods heart and allowing Him to dream with you!
everything is going to go right. I had found a sense of security in feeling
like I knew what was going to happen in my future. God spoke to my heart
yesterday. “When you are faced with something overwhelming to you, instead
of planning, pray” It started to
make sense to me! Instead of praying when I was faced with things, I often just
responded by planning. Not that planning is bad… But not going to God first is…
I had unintentionally planned so I could gain control of my dream instead of
praying to give God control over the dream He put in my heart.
the Author, Director and Producer of our dreams! He wants to bring something
beautiful to pass… Instead of striving
to achieve our dreams we can rest in knowing Gods power is working in us to
bring them to past as we walk with Him! When we do this, He make our dreams
flourish and removes the obstacles and makes every impossibility vanish!
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” Ephesians 3:20
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