Change is....... good! :)

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55: 8-9

My brother and I Singing at Flamingo Road Church

This verse is one that I've always carried with me. One that reminds me that I don't always have to understand why I have to do certain things. Instead it reminds me that I just need to trust God and be obedient because his plans are wayyyyy higher than my plans, and I'm much better off trusting what God has for me, even when i don't understand.

About three years ago, my family moved to West Palm. Previous to that we lived in Pembroke Pines and were super involved at our old church Flamingo Road Church. We went there for about 7 and a half years, and it became another home and another family to us! We were always at church, and I was able to spend a lot of my time growing up serving in ministry and learning how to use my gifts for Christ. I sang in the praise team, worked with students, and participated wherever I could. I learned a lot, made great memories, met amazing people, formed great relationships and was able to see God work in amazing ways! When I graduated HS my family and I moved to Wellington. Although we now lived one hour away, we did not want to leave FRC because that is where we felt called to be, and that is where our heart was. However, after about 2 years of driving down for church, events etc. we realized that the distance was taking a toll on how much we could be involved and that is something that really bothered me and my family. I wanted to serve, I wanted to be there all the time, but living an hour away, working, and going to school made it hard. We prayed about it a lot as a family and realized that God was nudging us...that it was time to look for a local church.

This was really hard to do. I remember talking to Holly(ministry assistant at FRC and a great leader to me) on the way back from camp last year, and I remember tears welling up in my eyes. I prayed a lot. I wanted to be at FRC, my heart was there. But another side of my heart knew that i needed to listen to God, that I needed to step out of my comfort zone, and that I just had to trust. We went to visit Christ Fellowship. A great church that reminded us a lot of FRC. We liked it a lot, prayed and decided to make that our new home church. It was a weird feeling walking in, starting all over again, but even though it was hard, I knew that God was in control and it was gonna be good!

We have been at Christ Fellowship for about 10 months now. We have become members and I've already been able to see God at work. My family and I are getting plugged in again and its really exciting. I am now currently part of the Praise team there and last weekend was my first weekend singing. It was great being back on stage, singing and worshipping God. It was a new stage and new team, but it was awesome, and 3 of the songs were songs I used to do at FRC. Then this past week I spend the whole week at camp with CF's student ministry. We took 415 students and It was amazing!!! The coolest part is that the church is two lights away from my house.

That verse keeps coming back!! God's thoughts are higher than my thoughts and his ways are higher than my ways!! I love FRC. It's still my family and it holds a big piece of my heart. But now I have added another church to the equation. CF is great and I'm excited to see what else God has in store for us there! This summer I got to go to camp as a counselor with both churches! It's cool to see prayers being answered and God working in mysterious ways. I LOVE GOD and I'm happy that his plans are higher and better and wayyyy cooler than my plans!! :)