Come Away With Me

God, as always is calling on us. He's warning us. Everyday we fight a constant battle against ourselves. Against the enemy. Believe it or not, we do have one. He's out to take everything away that God set before us. It's our choice. Don't hit rock bottom before you go crawling to God, before you cry out to Him to save you. Go to Him right now. And He can rescue you before you fall. Give Him your worship, give Him all that He deserves. Do we really know how great our God is? Do we really know how much God loves? Do we really know how strong that love is? It never fails. Never gives up. Never runs out. Never. He never stops pursuing us with His love. He's constantly there calling out. He's constantly there. 

Our God has a plan. He has one with your name on it. He wants you to drop what you're holding and begin to chase after Him with that never ending perseverance that is placed on the inside of you. Go for it! Think about it. It's not just about us. The other day God so clearly came to me and He told me this, "It's not just about you." What I do and what i'm doing...it's not just about me. It doesn't just affect me. It affects the plan. The plan that God hand designed for MY life. For YOUR life. This...this whole "Jesus thing"...it's bigger than us. It's bigger than you. It's bigger than me. We need to learn to trust. To trust in our God. He's in control, but we need to give him the control over us. Let Him work inside of us. Let Him teach us how to live. Let Him live through us. Through our words, our actions, our steps. Every aspect of life. We have no idea how God can use us. Let us not doubt, but believe. And expect. And with God, well He never does anything less than mind-blowing. We don't know...oh we just don't know what God is doing with us, and through us. But know this...it's bigger than who we are. It's grand. God...use us! You never know what God has planned. He might even have you on a path to change a poverty stricken, faithless nation. 


"I shout out Your name. From the rooftops I proclaim, I AM YOURS. All that I am I place into Your loving hands. I AM YOURS." 

I Wanna Be Used By You

You wanna know something? I’m not perfect. Not even close. I definitely have my flaws. I listen too much to what other people say about me. AND the worst part is that I care about what they’re saying about me. Just a few minutes ago I was breaking down in my heart because I listened to what others had to say. I felt a sense of betrayal. I felt trapped. Oh, here I am...in a foreign country...away from all my family and all my friends back home. What am I going to do? 

In the midst of my emotions, I knew I had 2 options. I could lay there and feel sorry for myself OR...I could get up right then and not let my emotions run my life. Guess which option I took? Immediately, God spoke to me, “Susanna...I’m here. I’m on your team.” I had to let Him take control completely over the situation. I had to let Him take my sorrow away. And you know what? He did. It’s all gone. 

God has a plan for each of our lives. I don’t know about you, but I am determined to give everything I am to live out that plan. There’s something that you need to be aware of though. We have an enemy. He’s out to distract us from the plan of God. One of the biggest ways He does that is with our emotions. When we get caught up in the way we feel...at that very moment, it’s like nothing else matters. We become completely focused on the situation...not even looking to THE solution. That’s what the devil was trying to do with me. He was trying to make me feel isolated, betrayed, all alone. And..honestly it was working. It was working until I realized this: The ONLY thing that matters is God’s opinion. I need to listen to what HIS voice is saying about me. When you know who you are in Jesus, that’s when God can really use you. Because you know who you are, and you’re not listening to other voices trying to figure yourself out. You already know! 

I wanna be used by Him. So, I will listen to His voice. I will know that He is for me. Know that He is for YOU! He’s on your side, He’s on your team. Let Him fight for you. Let Him take away your sorrow, your suffering, your heartaches. And let Him replace it with His never ending joy. It’ll be a decision that you’ll never regret. He loves you. So, let Him show you JUST how much.

You Are For Me

Have you ever felt alone? So alone that you feel you have no where to turn to? It feels like it's you against the world, doesn't it? And it feels as if the situation is completely hopeless. This song puts me back in my place. Right back where I belong. It reminds me that God...He never leaves us. And when you feel that you are all alone...and everyone is against you...just remember the One who is always on your side. And know that He's all that matters. He's always there for you. Never leaving or forsaking you in your weaknesses. So, realize it! Make it a known fact to you. And lean on Him. He's the one that will make you strong.

I'm Still Here

The past few weeks I've been living in Guatemala. And it's been kinda busy. Waking up early, going to school, drilling spanish into my mind for 5 hours everyday, working with the students at the ACE on campus, going home, doing homework, going to bed. That's basically my schedule at the moment. Therefore, my mind has been all over. And some people might say, "Wow! You moved to a different country to follow God! That's awesome, I bet you are so close to Him!" Well, for me...that wasn't the case. YES, I moved to a different country to follow God. But I've felt far away from Him in the past couple of weeks. I felt like I wasn't hearing His voice, and I was so longing to. It began to get discouraging to me. 

This last weekend I traveled to a town in Guatemala called Palin. There was a small group of students going to do an evangelism outreach and I tagged along. One night the pastor of a church wanted us to go and present a drama to his youth group. The church was in Amatilan, a town about 30 minutes from where we were staying. Only 5 people were needed, but I was asked to go. So, we presented the drama...and then the pastor went up and started to lead us in worship. I was there, I closed my eyes...and for the first time in a while I heard God speak to me. He said, "I'm still here...I haven't left you." Well...it became one of those moments where you just can't hold it in anymore and tears began to fall. While I was standing there in the presence of God, He began to show me different things I’ve been through...and how He’s rescued me. He showed me how He was there then and how He is here now. Never leaving or forsaking me. Then, He told me...“Now GO!” 

God will never leave us. No matter what we feel or think. He’s always there. Always. And He’s calling out our names. We just need to be sensitive enough to hear Him. And to respond. It’s simple. Yet, sometimes it’s so hard to say no to what you want to do. And say YES to what we need to do. Soon enough it will become a desire of your heart. And you won’t be able to refuse His calling. But, right now...don’t get discouraged. You’re not alone. He’s right there with you. Telling you, “I’m still here...I haven’t left you.”