Taking Life One Day at a Time

So, I know, it has been a few months, and there have been many times, I thought, hey you need to write more on your blog, to update people on what God has done and is doing in your life. And I agreed, but none the less, I did not find time to write, so here I am on a grey Tuesday afternoon, looking at my to do list and there it is - "BLOG"! So it is time.
The last five months, in many ways have been a blur - things seem to be moving so fast that I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is almost here. The speed of time does not take away from the fact that God has been so gracious to us as a family each step of the way.
In late June, I started as Executive Director of Serenity Ranch, which is a drug and alcohol recovery centre. Part of my call to ministry has always been centred around Luke 4, where Jesus picked up the scroll and read Isaiah 61, where Jesus said that part of the reason He came was to set captives free. I know the freedom that Jesus gives me and I know that I have been released from many things because of Jesus. So working here, is not too far out for me, but it has meant that I have had to learn a lot about addiction, and how addicts think and act. That is and will continue to be challenging for me.
This has been a safe place for me to be and to be the person that God has called me to be - I have my leadership MOJO back and it feels great. I have had to fire and lay off people, hire others, write new policy, lead the staff in a revisioning process as well as meet high up people in government, armed forces and business. It has been fun.
But, I can honestly say that God has been so good to us - in early August, I went to a table meeting where the 12 steps of AA and NA are gone through in one day - for our group it took 15 hours. As I wrote down my character defects, my resentments, my failures, my anger and some people that I absolultely do not care if I ever see again, God set me free - free from myself and made me new - the old was gone again. The table meeting allowed me to forgive, to move on, to become free, joyful and at peace. I felt like the nation of Israel in Ezra 3 where they stand up and half cry and half shout - but they are praising God for the rebuilding of the temple - that is how I felt - I was crying, I was shouting because that junk was gone - I was no longer carrying it - I was free once again.
Now, that being said, I still have moments, but it is in the past - the future is bright and I am excited about what God is doing in my life right now, what God is doing in our family and what God has for us in the future. My boss likes to say taht if you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you are peeing on today - so today is what I am enjoying and where I am living - tomorrow will take care of itself.
There is so much to say and write - and that will come - God's mercies are new every morning - I know because I have seen them - I am living them - thank you God for who you are and what you do and that your love is never ending and never failing! Amen and amen.