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Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.

I am in my third week of no longer working in the beauty industry…awaiting what God is telling me to do next. It seems I always think I will stay in a place forever; then God decides that the season is coming to an end and it’s time for me to make a move again. Apparently, comfort is not ever going to be a place that I get to stay in for any amount of time. Each moment I feel like this may be a rhythm that I have found, the Lord decides to shake me up and relocate me again! This time, I literally have no idea what will take place next…I have a few “no’s” that that He has given me with regard to job opportunities and two scriptures to cling to that have continued to pop up over the course of the last two years!

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NET)

For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the LORD. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.

With each passing day that I cling to the Lord and wait for an answer of some sort, I am comforted by His word and faithfulness as I stay in this interim season. I know that He is giving me the peace that I need to make it through this time without having a fit (or any indication of a steady job in the near future). I also know that He placed me where I was for a specific reason and purpose; however that reason seems to have been fulfilled and the time is now to move on after seed-planting. I know we would love to see the fruit of the things God gives us to do; but we know that He is faithful in everything He calls us to, even if we don’t get to see the outcome firsthand. This is a truth I can hold onto with joy as I walk into the next thing.

As I sit, pray, wait and write…I get to watch the two scriptures that He has given me unfold right before my very eyes. I will make sure to keep you all updated on where this leads. I also intend to write an anthology of short stories to share the interesting antics that took place in my life over the last 12 months. Please stay tuned and keep me in prayer!

Hearts and hugs,

Jacquelynn Marie

Joshua 1:9 (NKJV)

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Is the Lord calling you to do something new? Are you hesitating because the path is unknown?