surrender and blessings.

can i get a PRAISE THE LORD - to begin with?? I am SOOO thrilled to be writing this message to you today... The Lord has been doing so much recently and most of it pretty difficult. Basically, he has reminded me that Jesus is not only my savior but Lord of my life. More than I have ever experienced, he has asked me to pick up my cross and follow him. No matter what the cost whether I lose everything, I must be obedient. Obedient, obedient. Whether I completely understand, I must be obedient. So to move on past all my tears and pain and hard stuff I want you to rejoice with me in my blessing... BOY OH BOY has he honored that surrender. GUYS!!! This is SOOOO STINKIN UNBELIEVABLE, it has to be Jesus!!!!

So, are you SO EXCITED to hear what is going on here and how the Lord blessed me?!!

I had a great time of prayer last night with the people in my house. Prayer is real and Jesus does miracles. My heart is SOARING. I am FULL of JOY and PEACE, and full assurance that MY GOD WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN. He has me and all the ones I love in the palm of his hands and promises to love and sustain us... And so I surrender all that I have held onto, not that I cease to love and cherish, but all that belongs to him. I don't need to worry or take controll of these things... All has been given to me as a blessing - He has freedom to give and take these blessings; all I must do is receive and be thankful.

And after such time of prayer - it is a NEW DAY! I had an awesome conversation with my dear Melissa today and while we were speaking I got a phone call from Myron at Rainier Media. Last week when I talked with him and Evan it seemed that there wasn't much work for me to do and due to all the changes that a new company goes through and the times of waiting I was basically put on hold... Well, yesterday I emailed Evan with my concern and need for a job and apparently he forwarded it on to Myron... Well to back all this up - Last week I was able to share with them my passion for web design and the process I am accustomed to going through... And I guess they heard that desire and joy that came from my heart regarding design... And today he basically told me that Rainier does desire to do web design and although they didn't think it would be this soon - He wants me to basically do it! Head up the "department" help get the foundation laid, begin the process of finding clients... Can you believe it?!!! I am FLYING!!!! I've let go of the branch - confident that the Lord will prosper the tree and will bear such GOOD fruit and I'm SOARING! I weep with tears of JOY and BLESSINGS of my God.

So of course, I don't know much about starting a business or laying the foundation of a web design company... but I know that I can learn. He has blessed me with people to help and I have had SUCH great experience through my opportunities in Greenville...

Anyway, I humbly ask for your prayers as the Lord continues to work in my life here and root out all that hinders me from being the best Bethany Jesus wants me to be. I ask for prayer that the Lord would bring practical guidance as this transition begins and I go in for a meeting tomorrow at 3:00 (Pacific Time). That he would give me clarity and discernment with respect to important business decisions, etc.

Thank you so much for being such a great cloud of witnesses.

Ohh and check out Jeremiah 30 and 31... SO good. AMEN!