Commit your ways to the Lord

This morning during my quiet time I read about how fear often holds us back from doing what God is really calling us to. I'm working through The Confident Women Devotional by Joyce Meyers. The thing that stuck out to me the most was how we sometimes get involved in ministries because we think it's the right thing to do or it's expected of you to serve. Sometime we even carry on serving in a ministry because we don't want to be left out.

The last point really stuck out to me because I have a bad case of FOMO. When got married last year and decided to step out of ministry I had a serious case of FOMO. I thought I wouldn't be included in anything, no one would talk to me etc. I knew I had to step our of ministry and learn how to be a wife and focus on being married but I struggled with this. To be honest - I haven't missed out. People still talk to me, I still talk to the kids from Gap and Teen church and I'm still as much a part of my church community as I was.

When the time came to start serving again I immediately wanted to jump back into the "known" ministry of teen church but my wise husband told me to wait on God and see what he says. I did this and God opened the door to a totally new ministry - the tween girls in our church and it's so much fun. Yes - we are called to serve but I think it's important to see where God wants you to serve so he can use you for what he's created you for.

This verse kind of sums it up for me...

Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him and he will do this. (Psalm 37:4-5)

God knows what we want to do... and he knows what we're equipped to do. He gives us our desires after all. I think if we trust him with the process and trust him with the journey then he will open the right doors for the right ministry he wants us to serve in.

xKx

How I feel about life

If I could describe how I feel about life right now it would be like this...

 

I'm so over everything and I really wish that I could just stick my head in the sand and when I pull it out everything will be sorted and life can go on like normal again.

 

xKx

untitled...

I don't really have anything interesting to post about at the moment... or anything nice to write about. I'm pretty angry about a lot of things at the moment and I'm not to sure what to do with it. I spent some time venting to God at lunch and it kind of helped... but I think I need to let it all go and let God take over.

There's so much feels like a mess as well at the moment and some of it isn't even my mess to sort out but somehow it has become my mess to sort out.

I guess one truth I can hold onto during this time is this...

 

 

I know everything may be a mess right now, I may be angry about a few things but I do know that God is God and He will make everything beautiful again because He is God.

 

xKx

What I learnt about mountain biking part 2...

A few weeks ago David and I attempted mountain biking for the first time, http://alittlebitofcrazi.blogspot.com/2015/04/what-i-learnt-about-mountain-bikining.html. This weekend we attempted our first fun ride out in Somerset West. It turned out to be a lot more fun than I imagined.

Mountain biking and what I learnt this weekend...

1. When arriving for a race you don't need to arrive 3 hours earlier than the start time. You don't need more than an hour to set up you bike and register for the race.
2. It's ok to walk up a  hill - there is no shame in getting off an walking up a steep, scary and rocky hill. It's way better than falling down it.
3. Carry spare tubes - the chances of getting a puncture is a lot higher than on the road.
4. Carry a pump or an air bomb thing to inflate your tyre.
5. Don't let the professional riders freak you out by their speed.
6. Don't let grumpy riders throw you off while cycling - you're there to have fun.
7. There are nice people doing the race for fun and are willing to help you when things go wrong.

More about the race...

The race was called The Nissen TrailSeeker Western Cape Series #1 Helderberg.

 We cycled through three, (I think) wine estates in Somerset West and the views were breathtakingly beautiful. There were moments where I just wanted to look at the view. The terrain was nice to cycle on - it was mostly grass, gravel and sand. The only bit of technical was a rocky hill which I walked up, as did many other cyclists. I even managed to get a puncture. luckily it was 4km from the end and a nice couple stopped and gave us a bomb to put air in my tyre which got us to the end. I found some of the down hill parts a bit scary - but I'm sure in time I will get over that.

My favourite thing about the race was that I got to cycle in a beautiful place with David. It was really nice to just be outside chatting, encouraging each other and having fun.

xKx

Be still..

I was looking at Exodus 14:14 now  and I kind of linked it to Psalm 46:10...

 

 

 

To be still before God in my world is to just sit with Him and to just absorb Him. It's to be around him and to feel his strength and power - kind of like a daughter sitting on her daddy's lap. To be still is to get to know Him better by listening to Him - kind of like two best friends having tea. To be still is rest in who God is, all His promises and all of His greatness. When I rest in God, I kind of get my focus back and my batteries get recharged. It also allows me to stop fighting what's going on round me, it allows me to take a step back and to just breathe deeply. While we do this it gives God a chance to fight for us. We get out of the way and God has a chance to step in and "zap" whatever is attacking us.

 

Life can get super overwhelming at times. Sometimes it even feels like we have the WHOLE world coming at us and nothing is going right. Sometimes it even feels like we're at the front of the battle all alone. God doesn't want us to feel like that because He's always with us - but he also wants to fight for us and let's face it - God is way more powerful than us and besides that He already has the victory over the battle. Jesus won that at Calvary.

 

On Sunday someone on camp quoted Ephesians 6:13 - "therefore put on the fill armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand." and then said, God doesn't tell us to put on the armour and then rush into battle - he tells us to stand. The armour protects us from the attacks - but because God has the victory, he's already won the fight we can just stand in the truth knowing that God's got this. How cool is that?

 

I can only stand firm with all of my armour if I can trust God and to trust God I need to know Him. The only way to know God is for me to spend time with him and to rest in who He is. The more I do this  the easier it becomes to stand firm on who He is and His promises. When I'm able to stand firm I am able to let Him fight the battle for me - which is what He wants to do.

 

I hope this makes some sense in some way...

 

xKx 

 

 

 

The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Scarf

One scarf... Five girls... And it fits us all!

 This weekend we had the ladies camp at Mizpah Youth Camp in Grabouw and it was AWESOME! Amanda has a blue scarf that was worn by her, myself and three of my other close friends this past weekend. I can't remember who was wearing it at the time but Wendy was like, "It's like the sisterhood of the travelling pants - only more realistic". It's a great movie and I love it but the idea of one pair of jeans fitting four very differently shaped girls didn't gel to well with us... but now we have our version... a blue scarf.  :-)

xKx

Camping

Last weekend David and I went camping just outside Kleinmond at the Palmiet Caravan Park. It is a really nice campsite with stunning views of the ocean and surrounding mountains. It's also clean with nice ablution facilities - which is always a plus when camping. For me the ablution facilities are often the make or break if I'm going to stay there.

We arrived on Friday evening and after setting up camp we went for a walk on the beach - one of the best beaches ever!

 

Saturday arrived with some over cast weather, warm enough for shorts but not hot enough to swim which made the perfect conditions for the hike David had planned for us. We hiked all the way from the river mouth all the way to where the road crossed over it. We attempted a few ways of crossing the river but eventually decided that the safest option would be to use the road. The fynbos we saw along the way was very, very pretty and the views breath taking.

We had lunch at the end of the hike on the beach before heading off on our next adventure... Tea and cake at the Arabella hotel. It was divine!

We awoke in Sunday filled with excitement for our first attempt at mountain biking - you can read more about that here.  After the ride we headed back to camp for lunch before heading off to Benguela Cove for some wine and chocolate pairing. This was a fun experience of discovering new flavours and how flavours work together to give your mouth an explosive experience.

We spent the evening at Stoney Point in Betty's Bay watching the penguins - this was a highlight for me. We stopped for some hot chocolate at Jakes before heading for some supper at The Boat House in Kleinmond.

On Monday morning I woke up in quite a bit of pain from falling of my bike the day before so it was quite nice to know that we would be heading home soon. We packed up camp and was on the road by 8am.

The weekend was awesome and it was wonderful to spend lots of time in the wild with David doing what we both love - hiking, cycling, walking on the beach and camping, but it was good to be home.

I am super excited for all the future camping trips we're going to have together...

xKx