I am back home in Charlotte and I have reflected many times on what God has done and what He is doing in me over the past few months and especially days. I let the thought of "what am I doing?" go through my mind at least once during the day, and most of the time it's a lot more. Or I wonder, "am I on track?". I can get so caught up in what is happening around me that I worry that I'm not where I need to be with God at that time. I know that I will always have areas to grow in and be strengthened in, but I want to know if where I am at RIGHT now is where I am supposed to be RIGHT now.
Do you ever do that?
Then, just when I start to question things around me, I will hear a voice or experience a situation that shows me that I am where I need to be for now. I think my biggest problem is taking on too many things at the same time and I can get overloaded with the busyness of them all. Are you following me?
I will be doing one thing at work, another with my children, another with ministry, and another with school....and all at the same time...and then wonder, "what does God have for our family? for me and Don? What is it He has mapped out for our personal life?"
I think way too much about STUFF.
A woman at the luncheon this weekend spoke the most beautiful words to me. She was one of those women that had been on this earth for 80 something years, and you knew that she had seen a lot in her years. You knew that she was a woman of God when she walked up to you...you could sense His love and see His eyes as she looked at you. I knew at that moment that she knew what I felt, that she "got me" and that it made sense and that it was okay and it was right. She spoke and instead of hearing a voice from an 80 something year old woman...I heard the voice of God speaking to me....speaking life into my craziness and my wondering.
No, I cannot share what the lady said...mainly because I cannot remember word for word what it was and I do not want to mess it up...just trust me that He knew at that moment what I needed to hear and God used her as a vessel to pour those words through to me.
Let's stop worrying so much about what the day or weeks to come are going to be consumed with...because we can get overwhelmed with it all. Let's just take it moment by moment. God will direct your path. He will tell you when to turn and when to stay straight. We have to wait and look for those voices that He uses sometimes to direct us.
I had a wonderful time this past weekend in Amelia Island but the reality of it all is that I am called to be here in Charlotte for now doing all of the craziness that I am doing. I can't wait to see what and where God calls us to next. Until then, I will remain in prayer and openness to the days ahead.
God bless you as you encounter more of God as you seek more of Him.

Jennifer

Well, we had a wonderful Saturday today. We were blessed to have the opportunity to speak at our first women's luncheon in Amelia Island, FL. God worked out all of the details, helped calm our nerves, and His presence filled that church today. We will post pictures of some of the event in the next few days and share more of what God did, so check back in.
We will be heading back to Charlotte in a few days and getting back into our normal routine of blogging and waiting to see what God has in store for us next.
Keep us in your prayers and know that we are here for any of you...just email us.
God bless you all.

Yahweh Sisters

Are you content to be Good?

I know it has been so long since I have written. This thing called Life gets in the way. My hope is to start writing again on a more regular basis. Esp. when the kido's are back in school.
As I sit here this morning in my quiet time, God continues to speak to me about me living my life halfhearted!!! Wow that hurts. My love for him being lukewarm! I am so content in being good! How about you? Are you content with being good? Well guess what girls! We are called to be so much more. We are called to be Godly!!!!
This is me:
I am running this race called life; but I feel like I am running in place! Anybody? I am seeing no eternal value to my efforts. My service is predictable and routine. I am in a familiar habit of serving others through my church, bible study, volunteer work etc. Although well intentional, yet there is still a piece missing. I think I have been so busy spending time pleasing others hoping that God would be pleased as well. So what's missing? There is a higher call than completing programs of service designed by others. It is pleasing God!!!
So you may be asking How? How do you adjust your life to God's plan and discern whether or not your choice is a good thing? Or a God thing? Look at this verse:
1 Peter 5:6-9;
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares for you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith......
Just because your Church and other Christians are pleased, doesn't mean that God is pleased as well. We have to work for God's honor, not other people's opinion. Don't trust what other's think will be good. Trust God...then your strength and guidance will come from Him alone. Our primary goal has to be in pleasing God!!!
Satan doesn't mind if people think you are good. He doesn't mind if you fill your time doing good things. In fact, the devil will try and tempt you to be so busy with doing good that you don't have the time to spend with God. The good person does not bother the devil. The godly Christian poses the threat. Satan will tempt you to be good because he fears you will be godly.
Don't spend your walk with God being content with being good. God has called us to something more. Make your primary goal in life to please Him! Beg Him for a spirit-led journey. We need to do what God created us to do. Our true rewards await us in heaven, don't spend it here working for earthly treasures. Don't settle because that's just what satan wants you to do. Hang in there my sweet friends. There is a God in heaven who will strengthen us and give us a touch from Him that will help us do what we are called to do. Just Believe!!!
God Bless you ,
Love...Robbie
Thank you Father for this opportunity to blog. I am saying Yes to your call, equip me Father let us begin a new season of walking with you. Praise your precious name.

Just to give everyone a quick update...we will be traveling to Amelia Island, FL the weekend of August 14th for a womens speaking event. We are excited to ponder on what God is going to do, but also have a lot of nervous energy stored up inside. This is our first speaking engagement and we honestly do not know what to expect. However, we can already see God's hand in the midst of it all. He is speaking and pouring into one of the Yahweh Sisters and then confirming it with another. He is opening up doors for individuals in Amelia Island as they plan for this event that they know is ordained by God. Prayers are being answered.
Our lives over the summer are always slightly bit more chaotic than when school is in, so we do not get as much time to talk amongst ourselves or see each other and discuss what is going on and where we are at with God. This can be a bit stressful when you are supposed to be planning an event together and have no idea where to begin or what the others are working on or what direction God is pulling them. You begin to wonder if we are all going in the same direction. Yet, God shows us that giving it to Him and allowing Him to orchestrate it will bring it all together in the end. We have to trust that He has called us to this point and that He will equip and bring us through it.
So, we are excited to know (after talking) that so far we are on the same page, going in the same direction, and allowing God to continue to speak to us as He wants to. God's timing is not as ours is, and in saying that, He is also never late.
We can't wait to see what God has in store and we hope that you will begin to prepare now for that day. If you are going to be attending the event, begin to pray for God to speak to you and be open for whatever God has in store for you. Come expecting and we will do the same. I know that God can move mountains and calm the sea, so whatever it is we need for Him to do...He can do. It is not about us...we are just the vessels. God is going to show Himself to you that day and we are excited to see Him move.

Trusting (even with the small things)

Where do I even begin? Maybe with...I'm sorry.
The Yahweh Sisters have not fallen off of this earth, and in fact, we are still right here in Charlotte where we have been the whole time.
So, why aren't we blogging? I will give you some reasons, but sometimes I feel that reasons are just excuses for getting too caught up in the things around us or for our own laziness.
Robbie has been holding a bible study this summer and it has taken up a lot of her time. With a new season in her walk with God, she has found that also comes more studying and preparation for what God places in her hands to do.
We have also been trying to prepare for our speaking engagement to come in August in Amelia Island, FL. You hear about how much goes into such a thing as this, but until you have to walk it out, you really never know. It has consumed us with numerous hours of reading, studying, praying, and listening for the voice of God to speak to each of us.
With that also has come attacks...both in the physical and in the spiritual realm.
I wish I could tell you all that has went on, and if God wants to use one of the situations for His glory and for me to blog, then I will, but until then....I will hold onto some of the details.
This blog was a beginning for us...to share and open up to ourselves and to you. We never knew where God would take it or who would read it. All we wanted was to share and hopefully touch at least one individual with what God was speaking to us.
So, I apologize for our absence to it. I hope that you will hold on and wait patiently with us as we continue to prepare for what God wants to do at this upcoming engagement.
We have had to step back just for a moment and put our focus on another aspect of our ministry, but that does not mean we have walked away from it (we are still in the learning aspect of this whole thing that God is doing with us). We will be back and I know that God will continue to pour out His words onto this blog in His timing.
Until then, I pray that the fire of God consumes your souls with the burning desire to seek Him and find Him and He explodes anew inside of you causing you to run hard after Him again and afresh.

Jennifer

I have been able to spend some time listening to a very good friend of mine struggling with some spiritual battles that really do not make since to her right now. She is at a place in her walk and in her life where things should be good and she should be happy...And she is not. She is walking away from something that looks so good...so why is she walking away? Because on the inside she doesn't feel like it's right.
How many times have we been in her shoes? We may be looking at a situation or circumstance that looks so good and like we should be jumping on the opportunity but something is telling us to wait, to hold on, and that it is just not right. It doesn't make sense to us or to anyone around us and when we try to explain why we are walking away, we look stupid to them. They try to convince us that we are losing our mind or that it is anxiety or that we are just not thinking things through.
So, what do we do? Where do we go from here?
Sometimes when God speaks to us, it looks very stupid to the world. It doesn't make sense to even us sometimes. We can't even explain what we are thinking because it cannot be put into words and when we try to explain it, it sounds crazy to the fleshly ears of ours. So, WHAT?
WAIT....Wait on the Lord...Wait in His presence...Wait for Him to speak to you for the next step...Wait and stop listening to others.
Seek Him for the answer. And even when we think we have sought Him enough and don't hear anything, then seek Him even more.
In church on Sunday the speaker talked about being on the outer circle when we see a vision or have a dream and when we start to seek God for the clarity of the dream or vision then we get into the inner circle.
Sometimes we can't make sense of what is going on, but we know that God is saying, "STOP". We are in the outer circle...and sometimes we tend to run to our friends, our mentors, our strong Christian neighbors for answers to what it is He is trying to say to us. We need to seek Him ourself and get in the inner circle so we can get clarity. Who knows better what He means when He speaks than the Man Himself?
Not sure who this may be for, but maybe God has whispered something to you that may not make sense to you or to those around you in the fleshly realm, but you know deep down that it is God speaking. Seek Him for more clarification so that you can understand, and even if you don't get it right away continue to seek Him and don't move until God says to move.

jennifer

What do we need God to do for us this week?
What is it that we need to see God do in our lives this week?
Do we want to draw closer to Him and come to know Him in a deeper, more intimate way?
Do we need Him to wrap us up in His arms and love on us this week?
Do we need Him to spark, or respark a fire under us?
What direction are we going with the Father right now?

Let's ask Him to reevaluate our lives this summer, this month, this week, this day. Let's see what God wants to do with our lives in the coming weeks and months. We all go through different seasons at different times and we need to step back sometimes to see where we are heading with the Father. We may not see the direction mapped out, but we need to see that we are moving forward. Are we moving forward? If not, then what do we need to do to start?

Do we need a bible study to direct our reading? Do we need a mentor? Do we need to be a mentor? Do we need an accountability partner? Do we need a new praise and worship CD to motivate us? I'm not saying that these things will bring God, but sometimes we need help getting that fire relit underneath us.

Seek ye first the Kingdom of God....
And see what will follow

Jennifer