It is a cool summers evening.
I am sitting on my raised patio in my back garden in London. Jake my puppy is stretched out beside me asleep.
Man it is quiet.
All I can hear is a feint breeze and the constant drone of city traffic in the distance.
I sit here tonight on the other side of my lifetime in the Salvation Army.
For the first time in years I feel peaceful.
I left because I was treated badly one too many times. I couldn’t really see any change ahead for the SA either, although remember that is just my opinion.
So I just decided.
To leave all that behind.
And.
Its peaceful.
Before me lies a new panorama.
Yes I have speaking engagements in the diary but I am going to have to find work. Some people may be scared by that. But I am just peaceful.
There lies a lot of hard work ahead.
And I haven’t felt that excited for a long time.
A whole new world awaits ahead of me.
This really is a step of faith.
And I realise that this is where you find out about your faith.
Thankfully my faith in God somehow feels much stronger.
I know he is going on ahead of me.
There was a time when somehow I had got myself so entrenched in the Salvation Army that I sometimes forgot about God and I also began to believe there wasn’t a life beyond the SA.
But.
There is.
There really is.
And.
My eyes are back on God.
I am loving the fact that I just know he will take care of me.
I’m thinking tonight of a few verses from Isaiah that talk about God going before you clearing massive obstacles out of the (Isaiah 45:1-3)
And I want to encourage anyone who needs to make a change in their lives.
Don’t be afraid.
There is a life outside whatever your stuck in.
Keep the faith.
