God's prompting.

In my life, there has been an extreme number of times where God hits me with... something. It could be something as little as, "Hey, go talk to this person," or something as big as, "Hey, go to this school." While they both might be big things in God's eyes, sometimes I don't listen to the little things and just go for the big ones instead.

Months ago, God placed it on my heart to read "Irresistible Revolution" by Shane Claiborne. I didn't listen and instead did, well, whatever it was I did.

A few weeks ago I met Stacy. It was one of those days when I was sitting at an amazing Christian conference and God told me to go sit by her. I've learned that when He says stuff like this, I better do it (happened with my friend Amanda as well, but that's another story for another day). So, I went and sat by her and ended up spending the rest of the weekend at the conference with her. She is the type of woman that totally radiates God. You can tell her heart is so enraptured with Him and it's completely beautiful. She will go wherever the Spirit leads her to do His work and His only. She's just incredible- there's no other way to put it.

The last day of the conference, Stacy brings me two books to read, one of them being (you guessed it), Shane Claiborne's "Irresistible Revolution". Wow. I looked at her and I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped as I tried to spit out some form of a sentence to tell her that I was supposed to have this book. I was supposed to read it. Another one of those little things that I neglected to do for years, but this time God wasn't going to let me get away with it.

I'm not even all the way done with the book yet, but I now know what God wants me to be doing. And now that I know, I feel such peace and joy about it. I am a little nervous, but the more I let God take control and the more I trust Him (now if I could just let it all go and trust Him fully), the more He astounds me.

I know you're curious about what it is and if you've read "Irresistible Revolution" you probably already know. I am going to start a hospitality house in Minneapolis. Essentially, me and whoever God puts in my life to live there with me will have normal jobs to pay for the house (and our own bills of course) as well as the added expenses of serving the community. This includes things like community dinners, fun stuff for the kids in the community to do, the garden, Bible studies and materials and whatever else comes up. The point of living like this it to focus on God, fall deeper in love with Him, love the socks off of the community He puts us in and spread the fire He has placed in our hearts. I know my life and the lives of my housemates will be radically changed as we fall deeper and deeper in love with Him and as we allow Him to bless us as we trust Him for everything we have.

I am so excited about this opportunity and the doors God is already opening up. Right now, I am praying over a certain piece of property on Penn Ave N. in Minneapolis and looking for other homes to rent or even possibly buy (if that is what God wants, I'm open!). I'm also praying that God sends the right people to this community home to live and do His work in Minneapolis.

I will hopefully be posting on a daily basis now on this blog. Getting rid of my facebook has freed up a lot of time (and I just got rid of it this afternoon! Crazy!). I will be posting Bible verses, many pertaining to this hospitality/community house (I feel like it needs a name!), many pertaining to whatever God is teaching me and what He wants you to hear. Don't worry, for all you people who don't want to hear about that crazy God stuff, I promise you'll be able to pick stuff that you want to read out of these posts.

I love you all, but God loves you more than I ever could. May His Spirit dwell in our lives richly as we love on our communities!