Day 30 ~ Walking With God ~ A Journey Of Being Altar'd

When God calls, it sounds a bit like, “Come, [or leave] follow Me . . . and I will bless you . . .”

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.  I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.  I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:1-3


Will you leave your career in hair, and be a SAHM?” [StayAtHomeMom]
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you leave your sweet little home in White Bear Lake, MN and move to a remote place in WI where you don’t know anyone? Because, to your surprise your husband wants a hobby farm?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you trust me with the trauma of this early birth, and this six-week-old needing surgery?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you trust me in this painful financial trial with all these medical bills as your car died while you are living in the ‘boonies’ with these two babies?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you put your house on the market, and when it sells rather quickly, endure moving in the basement of your friend’s house with your two little ones because you won’t find a place to live for two long months while your home and business is boxed up in several locations by accommodating friends?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you risk looking weird and homeschool your children?”
Altar’d and so blessed.


“Will you trust I am leading you and put your children in public school?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you endure the pain of rejection a hundred and one times because you are following Me and people don’t get you?”
Altar’d x 101 and blessed x 101.


Will you endure this lonely and terrifying journey through anxiety and depression?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you leave your beloved big brick home across from the beautiful lake and the sunset view that you love and move with your husband to [another] farm?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you take a risk dear cautious one, and open a gift shop on this farm?”
Altar’d and so blessed.


“Will you endure the scorn of those who don’t understand what is happening as you endure this trial with your daughter being judged and misunderstood?”
Altar’d and blessed.


“Will you let go of your children – again? and again? and again? and again? and trust me with them?”
Altar’d Altar’d Altar’d Altar’d and so, so, so, so blessed!


“Will you close the shop, sell the farm, move and move and move again? Giving up your rights, your reputation, your proximity to your children and grandchildren, the church you love, the people you’ve come to know as family . . . and come with Me?
Altar’d * Altar’ing * Blessed *


. . . and looking forward to the blessings.

Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?”
Jesus replied, “I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.  But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then. Matthew 19:27-30 [emphasis-mine]

#WalkingWithGod is a journey of being Altar’d [Romans 12:1-2]


Selah – I Lay Me Down


I’ve kind of bombed at writing consistently for 31 days . . . it was a lofty goal, I knew that, but thanks for hanging in here with me.


And for today . . . I hope you are encouraged to count the blessings you’ve received in all the places you have left and followed Jesus. <3


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