Discerning the Voice of God

God is so good! I am doing this study called Discerning The Voice of God by Priscilla Shirer with some fellow women from Evanston Alliance Church and God has been showing me some pretty powerful stuff. His voice is a voice of LOVE, not one of condemnation. As humans if we have questions or are contemplating something we usually want the answer to that particular thing twi seconds ago...right?! We live in such a fast paced society that sometimes we lose focus of what patience is and even more importantly what patience is in God's eyes. I like the way Priscilla put it, "Often we seek to know God's direction more than we seek to know God...God wants to speak to you because He wants you to know Him; knowing His direction is just a by-product." Amen! The answers aren't what we need (yes it's what we want most of the time), it's a relationship with Christ is what we truly need (the answers and direction will come when we chose to get closer and closer with God). 


I don't know about you guys but I am definitely guilty of this sometimes. If fact, just this past month I was really starting to wonder if I was ever going to hear back about a potential job offer. Now, I wasn't getting frustrated or losing sight of God's will but I was just starting to wonder. I knew that I didn't have to worry about where God was going to put me but I could tell I was letting my mind wander and little too much so I took it to the Lord. Within the last week I have heard back from two different places. God not only answered my prayer but He answered it abundantly. Will and I are excited to see where God is going to place me and for those of you who keep track of our prayer requests this is another one. I have complete faith that God is going to show me which one of the two is right for me and I also believe that if neither one is where He wants me He will make that clear as well. 

One of the beautiful pictures that my cousin Katie took for our one year anniversary!

As for tonight, Will and I are going to watch one of the future youths play some baseball. It is a beautiful day today so it should be fun to spend some time outside. Thank you for all of your prayers and loving advice as we are transitioning here in Evanston. We miss everyone so much and hope so here from some of you soon. We would love to here how life is going for all of you so if you have any funny stories or even just want to say hi feel free to shoot me an e-mail at kayla.j.kelly@hotmail.com Ta Ta for now!