God is with you!!!

I just felt led to send a word of encouragement your way! I am gonna get vulnerable for a minute so bare with me... Tuesday night I was talking to my wife and I kind of broke down for a minute. I had a moment of reality blow up in my mind! We have been extremely busy...working on stuff for 24-7 and trying to reach teens, moving to Delaware, digging out of financial bondage, helping to build a b&g club board, prep 4 our new CD to get done, in helping our children's church expand and doing live worship for our kids every week after the worship time in our sanctuary is over...all while my wife works close to 50 hours a week at her salon and yet still trying to maintain consistency in our faith walk! I am not in anyway complaining...we are amazingly blessed! Our life is incredible! I am a christian! I have an incredible marriage! I get to serve @ Dagsboro Church of God! God has done so much in our lives...and all the above things are great things...but at times it can be overwhelming! I have a friend who recently gave his life to Christ! Every time I call him he is at a breaking point because he too is overwhelmed! I have been trying to speak life into his situation and bring hope..and Tuesday night I had to be reminded that the same hope (Jesus) I was sharing with him, is also mindful of me and he knows how I feel! However...there are some adjustments he wants me to make in order for my life to produce less busy (even though with good things!) and more fruit! 1 of those things is to once again allow the reality of my weakness to result in surrender to him!! I don't have to have it all together all the time...but my life does need to point to the 1 that does! Living for Jesus Christ is worth it! Also..you give your time/talent/treasure to those things that matter most to you! I believe God is challenging me to once again evaluate how I am 'spending' my life and make sure he is 1st, my wife is absolute 2nd and that time with him and her take precedence over everything else! Then...do everything else that I do for his glory alone! So I said all of that to get to this! If you are tired, overwhelmed, discouraged, broken or lonely...know that you are not alone! If you are confused why you feel this way (because as a christian we shouldn't right?) know that you and I are still robed in flesh...and again I say...you are not alone! Also...know that the Savior of the world...the King of Kings is mindful of you today! he wants to heal you!! Set you free!! Give you hope!! And overwhelm every aspect of your life with his presence and ridunc-ulously unconditional love! I heard it for almost 7 years at Joe's place and I say it again: You are loved, valued and God has a destiny for your life! I encouraged you to walk it out! And if you need to...take a second...inhale............exhale! God gave you that breath! You are blessed! Be encouraged friends!

Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) ¹⁷ The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

-jimmy akers