There have been many times that I was afraid to move into an unknown area even when I felt it was the Lord doing the pushing.

I was afraid when it was time to publish my first print magazine. We did not have the money. Christ said in my sweet closet, “Go to print anyway.” So I did.

A few days before that bill was due came a knock at my door. A guest handed me two checks. I thanked them and placed them on my desk.

Holy Spirit said, “Add them up.”

I did. Combined, the two checks were 2 cents more than what I owed on my printing bill.

No regrets.

Without faith it is impossible to please Him. Period.

The more deathly scared I’ve been of failure the more I’ve known it was Jesus.

He goes all in…

For over a year our team prayed for a building. We were meeting women in 3 different locations for support groups in different cities and we were getting tired of physically moving things each month. After many steps forward and backwards, He pointed to a building in my home town. Again, we had zero funds for a building. I retreated to my little closet.

My phone was in the other room and I heard a text come through. I ignored it because I was praying..:))) Little did I know God was answering the prayer already. It was the landlord of a building we felt strongly about but had no idea how it would be remotely possible. He blessed us to move in while we began to fix it up before taking on monthly rent. I had just prayed for that, exactly…

No regrets.

4 Monthly later we are moved in and He has paid every bill despite the fact that we do not charge for support groups, have helped many find their voices through media outlets, and we have provided girls magazines and poetry books free of charge to women’s prisons, ministries with girls recovering from child sex slavery, and emergency shelters and jails housing girls and women.

No regrets.

I don’t know if you’ve felt a holy nudge to try a new thing that seems as ludicrous as impossible…but I’ll tell you this…

Do not go to your grave with regrets.

Go knowing full well everything Jesus asked of you was tried.

And at times it will be tried by fire. Trust me.

Yep, there have been times it seemed I failed. But I’ve learned He was after something besides what we call “success.” Some seasons simply build character with pain that produces an unseen promise.

What we see in the world as “success” is often not Gods success at all. Process is everything. Obedience is required.

It all burns up in the end. Do NOT leave anything on this earthly table.

What is it you’ve been dreaming about that you’ve been too afraid to try?

Pray about it. Make sure it’s Christ.

If you see that it is, go for it with your whole heart.

No regrets…