Has It Really Been A Year?

by Paul Dawn
Published January 7, 2006

It has been awhile since I have just sat here at my portable desk, with the oil lamp lit, pondering things!

I kind of miss my front porch back in Texas, yet here in Kennesaw, Georgia the Lord has given me places to write. The little park down the street, Starbucks, and here in my office/study/room.

I can open the window, listen to the sounds of the night or the early morning, the wind blowing through the pine trees, the sounds of birds and other small creatures, a few lizards that make themselves at home on the screen at times.

I can hear the trains off in the distance, the gentle rain, the thunder, the lighting, all reminding me of other times of sitting on the porch back in Texas and remembering the things the Lord spoke to me. They were and they still are precious times now here in Georgia.

Sometimes it is hard to leave things behind but there comes a time when we must let go, truly let go and allow the Lord to have the reign of our heart, of our lives, trusting Him in every aspect to lead us on the path that He has for us that we might fulfill His call on our lives.

I find it hard to believe that I have been here just a little more than a year and so much has happen, a lot of changes, mostly for the good. Everything that has happen in this year has been in the Lord’s hands.

When we walk with the Lord, with the Father, He prepares the way before us. He puts everything in order! There are no accidents in the Lord! Each person, each opening, each door is an opportunity to move forward.

The birthing of Hill Country Thoughts last year and then basically being thrust forth from Junction, to be in the center of God’s purpose here in Kennesaw as been amazing to watch. For I know that I know that this is the place that He wants me.

The Lord has consistently networked me with other brothers and sisters in the Lord, to visit various home groups at North Star Church, to go through the Divorce Care Class, with Greg and Julie Jones, which was totally awesome, through the Saturday morning Men’s Coffee and Fellowship at Starbucks. I have met other writers, bloggers, and ministers there.

I have also met a lot of awesome college kids, who love to talk and visit and share and it is kind of neat to be able to just listen, to share a little and to be a friend, the Lord opens the doors, we just have to walk through an leave the rest to him.

There are a lot of young people looking for reality, and they need to see the reality that is in Christ, they need to see it reflected in our lives. I think one of the things the Lord is teaching me is to be quick to listen, slow to speak, really

I became a member of the Christian Authors Guild in Woodstock, Georgia last year, hopefully soon, CWG, will have a local Christian Writer’s Group monthly meeting in Douglasville.

Several months back I was invited to attend a Nehemiah Ministry meeting, that meets every Tuesday for prayer in Acworth and it has been totally awesome!

I have become part of Calvary Chapel in Marietta, Georgia. It has become another life changing time for me. To be part of the body there, to be involved with men with a heart after God, with a heart towards the father.

There is such a presence of the Lord and the heart of the people there, are hearts of a servant!

Yep, I met my pastor at Starbucks about four months ago

Also want you all to know that the Social Security ruled fully favorable so my benefits will begin in January and will also be retroactive to February 2003 when all this began. God’s timing is everything. He makes the way and the provisions and His timing is perfect.

Just sharing with you some of the events of the last year and to let you know how much I appreciate each and everyone of you. For my friends, family, for those who blog by, who leave comments, who E-mail and encourage me, for your love in Christ for me. It is so appreciated.

I know the Lord has great things in store as we step out in faith in this new year coming. As we put pen to paper, hand to keyboard, in faith, we will see the Lord make himself know through us, as we reflect Him in all that we do.

That as we share, as we encourage others, as we are real, that others will see that we really are real people, living in a real world, serving a real and living God, a risen Lord, who has called us to follow in His steps, to make His presence know in all that we do.

As friends, as mothers and fathers, as grand-parents, as employers and employee’s, we are to walk in the ways of the Lord, that others will see Christ in us, not so much by what we say, but by what we reflect!

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