Blind Man's Walk

So, I shared part of this tonight at youth group but I thought I would post it here.

This past weekend marked exactly one year of God bringing me to L.A. Its really crazy to see how far I've come. I literally came to L.A. on complete blind faith that God was gonna provide everything... and he DID! I came with no job, enough money to get by 2 months or so, no church family, no security in anything really. But it allowed me to completely trust and rely in Him... and Im so glad he did. I have grown so much in the past year and have been blessed by God on countless occasions. From the people I have met, to my job, to finding an amazing church, it just blows my mind.

I remember right before moving down here, God gave me this image of my relationship with him being like a blind man's walk and I was reminded of it the other night. I grew up in Northern CA and up there we had some awesome redwood trees. One thing you can do in the redwood forest in take this one path that has a guided rope. You can choose to close your eyes and follow the rope through the forest. I remember when I was young, I would always open my eyes and peak to make sure I wasn't gonna trip over anything. Sometimes we go on these journeys with God that requires complete faith and most times its so much easier to just open your eyes and try and take control ourselves. Sometimes, we may have bumps along the way and might fell like we are never gonna reach the end, but when you make it to your destination knowing that it was completely God who guided you along the way is the greatest feeling ever!

So here I am, 3 days and counting to my departure and once again am going on this blind path, but this time, instead of being completely blind to my destination... he has given me some light to help make my path more clear. Im sooo thankful for everything that he has done for me in the past year and Im just even more excited for Hawaii. I just love Jesus so much!!!!!!!!!

Ill end with this... In jeremiah 29:11 God said "for I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future." I love that he know the plans he has for me. Even when I can't see them completely or they seem impossible or scary, I can trust that they are plans to prosper me and not harm me... to give me a hope and a future.