I often wonder what God's GREATER plan is for my life? Will I continue on the path I am walking now, or does something greater await me? Now, that is not to say that the path I am currently on is wrong or uneventful, for God is constantly at work in my life and teaching me so many lessons along the way. However, I often look around me and see so many people doing great things.....doing "hard things" and I want to be one of those people! I remember reading the book Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris years ago and I was struck with the realization that I wanted to do something more with my life. I wanted to be like the people whose stories were in the book! I wanted to be a young teen who was changing the world! I wanted to raise money for orphaned children, collect shoes for people in other countries, fight human trafficking, encourage teens, and soooooo much more. I wanted to go out and DO SOMETHING!!! Did that happen? Not completely, but I have realized that while I might not have done BIG things like I had anticipated the small things I did made just as much of a difference. Furthermore, I have realized that over the years God has been working in my life to show me what breaks my heart and lead me to a path that he has called me to one day accomplish great things! I would like to believe that the time is NOW! That this BOLD > REVOLUTION is the Greater thing.....that HARD THING that I have always prayed God would call me to and lead me towards! I have confidence in knowing that God works in mysterious ways and that he never allows anything by accident. It is no accident that certain events in my life have challenged me to speak out for what I believe and stand strong in my convictions! It is no accident that he has gifted me with a passion for writing mixed with a desire to share my heart with others! It is no accident that I have started more books than I care to count all leading up to the one book he really wants me to write! It is no accident that I had to re-take a Sociology class which made me think about the things that influence teens decisions! It is no accident that my Sociology teacher presented the idea of me doing an in depth sociological study! NOTHING IS AN ACCIDENT!!! While at times my heart might waver in trusting God with my dreams and plans......I have to step back and realize his plans and dreams for my life are greater than my own! I have to recognize that God has brought me this far and he will not abandon me know! TRUST.....that is the key word here that I am free to let go and let God!!! The other day I received an email on the mailing list from Brett Harris. In the email he was talking about how much God had accomplished in the 10 years since he and Alex had started the "Relelution" and written Do Hard Things! He referenced the Blog post he had written 10 years ago when everything began and he said this in it: You may wonder on reading this whether I will follow through with this resolution. Will it be only sad irony ten years hence that such a thing was ever written by these hands? Will this be a scrap of broken dreams and aspirations? Will I forget in an hour what was so clear and true now? The AMAZING thing is that his dream became a reality! That post didn't just exist in the cyberspace of the internet, but manifested itself in a movement and God has done GREAT things!!! I ended up reading the entire post (you can go read it for yourself here):
http://therebelution.com/blog/2005/08/the-rebelution-a-challenge-for-my-generation/#.VlHfYXarTIW and I must say it was quite inspiring! I saw myself in the words and I am currently on that same path......trusting in a God Sized Dream! I would like to say that I know where this BOLDrevolution will be in 10 years, but I don't know what that might be......only God knows!!! Therefore, until then I will trust in Gods plan that is far greater than mine knowing he will do GREAT things!!!! -Madison
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About The AuthorMadison is a college student passionate about empowering Christian teens of the 21st century to live life BOLDNESS in a weak world. Join me as I seek to start a BOLD>REVOLUTION. Archives
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