One in a Million

FINALLY finished my book, One in a Million, by Priscilla Shirer, and once again, it was life-changing! The Lord truly used that book to guide me spiritually through my personal wilderness over these last 2 years. The book follows along the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and that is one of my favorite stories in the Bible! Here are some great excerpts from the book that I thought revealed powerful Truths:

• God doesn't lead His people to a place where survival is not possible but rather to a stretch of land where they can be sustained.
• Remember, this is not a desert; it's a wilderness. There's a big difference. Refreshment can be found along these roads. His Spirit is always with you--guiding you, leading you, communicating with you, directing you in the Father's will. And if you'll keep trusting and keep watching, yielding to His direction, He will even surprise you now and then with some strategically placed, sovereignly created Elims of refreshment. It'll be exactly what you need. And it'll keep you going when you think you can't.
• God has brought you to this place, for in it stands a mountain in which God's presence will appear. Often when external blessing seems to elude us, internal spiritual gifts come tumbling our direction. Sometimes--not always but sometimes--it takes being in the worst shape of your life to see and hear the Lord.
• Abundant life is not borrowed from yesterday's surplus; it's rekindled by today's consistent supply.
• You have been here "long enough." Don't run back inside when God has told you to break camp. Step out onto the road to Canaan. Welcome the winds of change.
• Einstein called this the definition of insanity: "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
• Major losses take time to get over, especially when the thing you've lost is what has kept you going thus far and what you expected to keep you going until the end.
• So when the time for weeping came to an end, it meant they chose to stop participating in the act of mourning. And at some point, like the children of Israel, we too must choose not to participate in mournful acts anymore. this doesn't mean our hearts are no longer saddened or that tears no longer fall from our eyes. It just means we've stopped acting in a way that keeps us focused on what we've lost or left behind. This isn't easy for me to suggest to you because it isn't easy for me to do. To stop acting sad when I feel sad is difficult. I still enjoy talking about the details of my hurt feelings on the phone with my girlfriends and rehearsing the issues in my mind, dwelling on the sacrifices I've made (or have been forced to make). But at some point mourning is no longer appropriate. We must move on. A new day is dawning. It always does when God is drawing us toward the Promised Land.