A Cat. A New Beginning. New Hope For You

Well, I did it. I brought a new member into the family.

A cat. I can't believe I'm saying that. I used to NOT care for the little furry creatures, you know?
Click here to see the furry creature.

Well, Anna and William have cats and I've grown so attached to them. My adult children are so precious when I told them I was thinking of getting one.....  So off we treckked to the animal shelter where I found Zulu. 

My mom suggested Alex for a name. Ok..I have a "man" in my life now. lol. SO I named the cat Zulu Alex Schreck. (He was known as ZULU at the shelter and Schreck...well my maiden living on in a movie. 🙂

Reality hit this morning as the pouncing little bundle of fur kept me up all night. When I said good morning, he jumped up on me and we had that moment...Eye To Eye....The cuddle didn't last long.

He scratched my favorite chair. So now, worship music on, coffee hot, Bible in my lap and squirt bottle ready to spray for scratching my chair!!!

This is Tees house!!!

New adventure for sure.

Kind of goes with my heart right now as I buckle down for three different ventures. 

One is like my Redeem Your Voice Camp but bigger. I believe in self development, not just in dealing with grief. Jesus is coming back to a spotless church. How can we be that without constant time in His presence, community, and re-fueling as you give out to others in your callings and purpose.

Make sense?

I think of you and think this:

“YOU are created for a purpose. You are enough.

YOU have that gift(s) that are wired into your DNA.
YOU were created for such a time as this!

I read this in my devotional this morning:

“ASK God for guidance and wisdom, and you will receive it. LOVE Him with all that you are… heart, soul, mind, and strength. FAN INTO FLAME your gifts and talents. GIVE yourself to others. INVEST in relationships; they’re a mess worth making. TAKE NOTHING, but RECEIVE all He gives. REST in Him and His provision for you.”

I hope that resonates. 

So I ask you. Do you feel at times the pressure of life creates a dark mental fog or the constant demands make your mind reel, or maybe just some days you feel like there is nothing in you...to give out with the pressures in your life.

You might feel so drained or feel it's the same things you seem to be stubbing your foot on.

I get that totally....before and after Dave's passing.

So I know God has heard my cries of my heart for you specifically.

 As much as I’d love to fire up and offer you the Voice Camp again…I know I can’t. Obviously I would want to teach from a whole, healed place. I AM getting there but grief is not linear. There are still little trauma mines that want to explode.

Sorry. Not there yet.

BUT…..

As Pricilla Shirer once said, “Nothing is too far gone that God cannot resurrect. Keep going.”

I wrote a special message for my Redeem Your Voice Camp former members.

If you would like to see that video, click here.

In a way, as you have opened my emails months, years after another, I always was so thankful for you.
You have ministered to me, gave to me, and always brought purpose to my heart...even when I had NOTHING to offer you....except my pen speaking my heart (or a video)>

There is a new day bringing life and confirming the fact...And not just in a cat. 🙂

You are enough.

Be You,

Theresa

Click here for that personal video.