Anticipation

According to Webster's Dictionary, to anticipate means:

1 : to give advance thought, discussion, or treatment to
2 : to meet (an obligation) before a due date
3 : to foresee and deal with in advance : FORESTALL
4 : to use or expend in advance of actual possession
5 : to act before (another) often so as to check or counter
6 : to look forward to as certain : EXPECT

My heart is filled with anticipation...i am pregnant with the hope and anticipation of what God will (and is) doing. JOHN truly is being borne and birthed through the prayers of the saints. Lord, let the window open! Lord, let the dam break! Lord, you are the one who provides seed to the sower. Let your people sow -- not into a "Christian movie" -- though important and precious -- but, rather into the birthing of souls!!!

In developing the new JOHN website, we are getting closer. One thing i'm anticipating will happen is the new Discussion Board feature. This will allow the saints to communicate and pray for one another regards to JOHN in a more effective way.

So far we have been only been able to use the Comment feature every time I post a new blog entry. But the Discussion Board is going to take off! And God knows where he wants to take that!

I just received words of deep encouragement from a fellow commenter through our blog. There is really no way for me to personally respond in the blog forum, so suffice it to say that I am going through some stuff right now in my personal life and those words just confirmed the faith that I had about the goodness of God and his heart toward me.

Saints, let me share my testimony. I hope it encourages you as you walk the adventure that is life in the Kingdom with our God who is (as the late Rich Mullins has described him) "a wild man."

God is shifting -- as tectonic plates -- the ground under my feet, transitioning me and "catapulting me into new dimensions of ministry and life."



When you're on God's catapult, the first part is CONFUSING. What's going on? The questions run through you as you feel as though you are sinking and being tied down onto that catapult.

Then you are sprung into the air and at the apogee -- the height of your free-flight -- it is the most TERRIFYING because you are no longer soaring, but you are realizing you're about to plummet to the ground and death is looming into view.

But as the ground comes up closer you realize you will SOON TOUCH DOWN SOFTLY onto "green pastures" that the Great Shepherd has provided.

So I'm at that apogee and fear is giving way to hope and hope to assurance that "all things work together for good to them that love God who are the called according to his purpose"(Rom. 8.28).

This is the hope that He has called us to:

To trust and believe that His heart toward us is good...

Meanwhile, work on the new website continues in God's grace!