Faithful Friday / Crooked Paths With Purpose!

This may be old news to some, but for those who don't know I'm going to back track and bring you up to speed.

November 2007, the Lord spoke to me through a prophetic word that I would give birth to twins . . . a book and a movie. He had already spoken to me about the book, but NOT the movie! To say that it was WAY OUT of my comfort zone is a HUGE understatement!

I was terrified! Let me just go on record and say when Jesus tells you to walk on water, it ain't fun. It's SCARY! Though it wasn't the first thing that God had told me to do that scared me nearly to death, I didn't have a clue how to obey Him in this! So, I started doing all that I knew to do at the time which was try to educate myself on how to make this happen! I had to obey God or die trying!

There have been so many starts and stops along the way. So many roads that looked like it couldn't possibly be the right way. And even more that looked so promising, only to end up a dead end or with yet another rejection letter. I've sent out hundreds of packets of our family's adoption journey information with my now 2 books written, our short film "Refuge Ranch" which we filmed in 2012, plus our vision and mission statement for making the film. Even more than the number of info packets that I've mailed out are the number of phone calls, emails, etc. that I've made trying to generate interest in our story

. . . or I should say God's story!

Honestly, I had become quite weary with the whole process of trying to promote the 'Movie'. I was tired of striking out time and time again. What did it matter if I now had a dozen or so contacts with peeps in the movie industry? I still with all my efforts had not been able to OBEY MY GOD and make the movie that He told me to make, and that was breaking my heart!

So, I chose to wait . . . sitting here waiting for direction . . . waiting to know exactly where to go, what to do, with whom to connect to . . .

Then on February 6 of this year while studying Genesis 12 where God told Abram "to go and He's show him", this wonderful revelation came.

What if it wasn't supposed to be a "straight" journey? What if all the pit stops, detours, and pauses along the way were to bless or encourage others, or to teach me something that I needed to know to handle circumstances further along the road? What if the impossible looking road was the right road after all?

Abraham didn't know where he was going. God sent him to "a land that I will show you" (Gen. 12 : 1). As he walked it out with God, it definitely wasn't a straight path! It looked impossible! There were even GIANTS in the land. But what I realized was this. It makes no difference how crooked the path, or how impassable nor impossible. Daddy G makes crooked paths which a Purpose. Every crook and turn, every obstacle has a purpose. Nothing is wasted when we follow Him . . . not time, energy, nor money . . . He redeems it all!

I love The Passion Translation of Romans 8:28,

" So, we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together to fit into God's perfect plan of bringing good into our lives, for we are His lovers who have been called to fulfill His designed purpose."

So friend, enjoy your crooked paths! They do have a purpose. I've lived so much of my life, too much of my life, striving to get to the destination. I have learned that the "prize" is not at the end of the road, it's Jesus walking beside you every step of the way orchestrating those crooked paths with a purpose. Revel in His Presence as He walks beside you. He is the Prize! The TRUE GOAL indeed!

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