Long Time No Talk...

Hmmmm.... Where have I been? Dwelling in the secret place of course. (smile)

Actually, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. I'm going through, well, a transition of sorts I guess. I've been spending a lot of time in prayer the last several weeks just seeking the Lord about alot of things. My purpose in life, how to balance a family with a full-time ministry call, and how to maximize the time I've been given here on planet earth to the fullest. Can you say more deep thoughts from Jack Handy?

Honestly though, this is actually the kind of stuff I think about all the time if you can believe it. I've never been very good at small talk really. I always seem to go deep. So for those of you looking to escape the real issues in life or not wanting to talk about things like "why are we here" or "what's the purpose of life," then you'd better run when you see me coming... (smile again)

But really, this is a very interesting time for me. I can sense a changing of seasons in my life just as summer is turning into fall here in Chicago. Somehow I know that change is coming for me, although I'm not sure exactly how. It's like I can sense something great right around the corner and I have an impatience in my spirit for it to happen even though I'm not exactly sure what it is. The last time I think I felt like this was when the Lord called me to leave my well-paying comfortable job at PeopleSoft to go into full-time ministry. So uh-oh... Who know what's bound to happen!!!

One thing I do know though - it's going to be GOOD!!!!

God's word says in Jer. 29:11-13 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." And in Ephesians 3:10 it says "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

God has awesome plans for us. And since I've been walking with closely with him for almost five years now, I can honestly say he's never let me down and that every year is better than the year before. When I look back from where I came from I am amazed. I mean - I went from being a depressed, lost and hurting person to someone who gets to experience the miracle working power of God on a daily basis! How awesome is that?

Sometimes, I feel like Jesus' disciples must have felt. I mean who am I that I get to work for Jesus and see his awesome miracles? I mean today for example. As I prayed for a man after service he was completly and miraculously healed of arthritis. He had been in pain for years he said, but not anymore. He walked out of church pain free after our prayer. God is awesome!!!

I never get tired of seeing him work. I never get tired of watching miracles happen and I never get tired of seeing the devil defeated. I'll tell you, before I started following God, I used to think all this healing and devil stuff was a joke. But now, I'm thrilled to see the same things that the bible says happed when Jesus walked on the earth, happen right before my eyes!!! Oh the gospel of Jesus Christ is glorious and what Hebrews 13:8 says is soooo true!!! "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and for ever!!!" He's still healing the sick, he's still mending the broken hearted and he's still casting out devils!!! Man what an awesome thing it is to know him personally for yourself!

So as you can tell, I'm really excited and as I've been seeking the Lord this last couple of weeks, that is sort of what I've been studying - the life of Jesus. As Christians, we're supposed to live like him. We're supposed to walk in the supernatural everday and take the kingdom of God with us everywhere we go. If we see someone who's hurting, we should have the answer. If we see someone who's sick, we should have the cure. Why? Jesus is still alive. Living inside of every born-again Christian and guess what - he's still the same miracle working, water walking, bread and fish mutliplying, sinner loving person that he was 2,000 year ago.

Man do I love him... He's the best thing that ever happened to me!

Peace,

Schlyce