Trusting is so beautiful

The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:7

Oh wow! How true does that psalm feel to me right now. I am so joyful and happy in leaning on the arms of Christ. It sounds so silly, but to me I feel like such an infant in my joy for His provision. As I venture to trusting God to get me to Bethel I am seeing the little things that count so much! They count so much because I know it is all being done by God! I know that God is giving me an amazingly wonderful deal on my plane ticket out. I know that God is allowing the perfect gap of time for my parents to come to Redding to see where I will be living and to help me move.
Even today, as I live and do the things I do normally, I see God with me. As I spend time with Him and nurture this hunger I have for Him, I see how easy it is to be with Him in all things. I see that the things that used to bother me go away.
I'm not sure what has changed. A couple months ago or even a year ago, it was so hard for me to be happy about life. I definitely had a love for God, but something left that I had when I first started my walk. I was less hungry. I was filling myself with things that did not last, like knowledge. Don't get me wrong-learning is great! We need to learn, but when you come to the point when your only hope for living in this world is to have knowledge and to understand everything...it gets tiring. You never think you're good enough.
I love all the experiences I had in the last 2 years! I loved them all and I would never take them back. I lost my focus though. I lost my steam and energy for loving God.
Lord! I ask for more, more, more! I am so thrilled by Your promises! Your promises are true to everyone! I pray for your promises to be released to all who have come across this blog and desire to know! You promise the best for all because You are good :) ALWAYS. And You made us good. Help us to see again what is good in us and what You created us for and give You the glory.
In Jesus name!

A New Adventure!

I feel passionate. I feel peace. I feel ready!

For this next season of my life, I have decided to attend Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, CA. I am so encouraged by people I have met while deciding to do this and I feel that God is preparing my heart by expelling fear and giving me a hunger for more of Him. Before graduating from Eastern, I felt that my post-grad season needed to be something that engaged my heart with God. To me, that means worship. I wanted to just worship God and get to know Him more. I feel as though He is already allowing me to do that. Out of my desire for Him he has shown me how I can get to know Him more and He has shown me the time that I can set aside for Him. Going to Bethel is for this same reason. I want to set aside this next year to engage my heart to worship Him while, also, receiving tools and being equipped to be sent out into the world. My desire for future ministry is to be so wrapped up in His love that people's ears are opened to His heartbeat by their own personal encounter with His love. I feel confident that Bethel's school can prepare me for that and they can set a foundation for my vision for ministry.

Listening to faith-driven lovers of God the last month have encouraged me in what I need to do to prepare for Bethel. The biggest thing I need is prayer. I am moving across the country, which is a bit scary for me. I need a job in Redding. And I need to find an apartment. All of these things I know God will provide in time, but I would love to have people to support me in prayer and I want to communicate to my community the ways you can be supporting me. As a person who feels called to do ministry in the future, I feel I need to start getting better at communicating with the body of people who are supporting me from long distances.

So far God is being so faithful in getting me to Redding. I have found wonderful encounters with friends and strangers (now friends!) that have encouraged me in my journey to Bethel. God has provided more hours at work in the past week which is so great for saving money.

I pray that my time at Bethel is encouraging for others and that it doesn't just effect me, but the people around me.

Love to you all! And if you read all of this, THANK YOU! :) If you have any questions about the details of Bethel, please e-mail me at eascheihing@gmail.com or facebook message me!
-Emily