An appointed Time for Everything

So, as you can see, I am making some changes to my blog. There are several reasons for these changes...

1. I like to change things around-in some things I am a creature of habit, but in others I really enjoy adding new dimensions. This is one of those, and I get to put my creativity to good use, so this is my outlet!

2. I am heading into some unknown times...for example: How much longer will I be in Longview, TX? Is this the year that transitions me to international work? If so, what country am I being prepared for? What exactly will I be doing? If not, what does God have up his sleeve for me? (And some of the more honest questions being:God, how much longer are you going to make me wait for the fulfillment of the vision & desire YOU put in me????? How many more doors will be closed before the right one opens up? Could you at least open a window so I can get a glimpse of what is ahead? Please?")-Come on folks, let's be honest...we all have questions deep down just like this, don't we? ;)

3. And it is these questions that propelled me to change the name of my blog from Skies of Texas to Paths Uncharted. I don't know what lies ahead of me, and how bumpy the road may be, if there will be anyone else on that journey with me or if I'll have to continue to walk it alone, what valleys or mountains I may experience as I go, or who I will become in the process. The road ahead is uncharted. It's territory I've never walked before. But even though it's never been walked by me, the way has already been made straight by my Father. He has gone before me to make my way straight in the wilderness, and no matter if I am alone or not, He promises always to be by my side and my rear guard. I just need to trust him with all of my heart and not give in to the temptation to lean on what my mind understands or doesn't understand. His ways are higher than mine as are His thoughts.

All of this reminds me of a verse God gave me for leading worship this past Sunday:

"Thus says the Lord,
Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh His strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
For he will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when prosperity comes
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness; a land of salt without inhabitant.

But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose trust IS the Lord
For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream
and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit."
_Jeremiah 17:5-8

Wow, as I write it I realize how much this verse pertains to me in the current state of my heart and mind. I long to be the latter; may it never be that I take the way of the cursed man.

As the psalmist prays, so I pray:
"Lord, when you said 'Seek my face', my heart said to you O Lord, 'Your face I shall seek...teach me Your way O Lord, and lead me in a level path." ~Psalm 27:8,11