There's just something about the Fall season that's so creatively inspiring! The combination of perfect weather, beautiful colors, and timeless traditions paired with the excitement of wearing layers, scarves, and boots all together stir up the creative juices in me and the desire to do something! Anything!
I've decided that this beautiful season in my life is about baby steps. The thing about baby steps is that they are (adorably) small and often heading in one short distance and direction. This is where I'm headed. Just inching along from point A to point B. Once I've accomplished that, I'll inch along from point B to point C. And so on and so forth until I get to Z. Where is Z? I have no idea! But that's the beauty of walking with Christ.
If you were to look back at your life, would you say that you've traveled along the path that you always intended? Did everything work out as you had always dreamed it would? Probably not, huh? It doesn't work that way for anyone. Thankfully, I serve a God who will always work things out for my good!
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
I see this verse and I think, "It's okay to take a risk, Kayla. Just go for it. If it fails miserably, at least He promises to work it out for your good. So why not?"
So here are the baby steps that I'm taking in the month of October. Let me preface this by saying this is still a very rough draft of the many ideas in my head! And I'm trying to be brave and step out on a limb here by going public with all of this.
1. To get a name for the Arts Company/Ministry that I want to start. This company/ministry will start as a core group of dancers and artists who will come together at least once or twice a month to take a master class and work on choreographing different pieces. As a start, I see it being somewhat similar to the LXD (League of Extraordinary Dancers) in that, we will be creating various short stories of choreography each with a common redeeming theme that ties back to Christ. I don't know how God will be able to use this core group and the work that we do, but I do believe that He is calling me and several others dancers to use the gifts He's given us to bring Hope and Freedom to others.
2. To launch a website for the Arts Company/Ministry that will describe in detail what it's about, its mission statement, and core values.
3. To file the Company/Ministry under a non-profit status.
So there it is! Just a few little baby steps I'm taking out of faith. Again, I don't exactly know where all of this will lead, but I'm hopeful that God will see fit to use me and whoever feels called to join in a truly amazing and unique way. The Arts, and dance specifically, are a very powerful medium, and I've seen firsthand how God can use dance to speak volumes and move people's hearts in a profound way.
So, here's to "FALL"ing before God and trusting Him for my future!
"Some things cannot be expressed through words, and that is why we dance."
Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Here's a link to Mountain Lake TV where you can listen to an inspiring message on how God can take "your lunchable" and turn it into one of the most amazing miracles in history! Take a moment, pour yourself some coffee, and listen. It's really worth it.
http://mountainlake.tv/watch-and-listen/
http://mountainlake.tv/watch-and-listen/
I Wonder...
23 “Truly[f] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:23-24
Often times, when I'm faced with one thing or another, I hear myself say, "I wonder" or "I don't know how."
"I wonder everything will work out."
"I don't know where that money will come from."
"I wonder if anyone will take me seriously, I'm only 23."
"I don't know how we will make all the loose ends meet."
The word wonder is the noun form means, "A feeling of puzzlement or doubt" and in the verb form it means, "To be filled with curiosity or doubt."
I start so many sentences and face so many mountains in life with doubt and I don't even realize it!
Now, there have been past circumstances and trials in my life that I know cause me to doubt God's goodness and provision in my life. My past explains why I feel as I do, but it is not a reason to stay in bondage to my fear and doubt. God is our Provider-Jehovah Jireh.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1
Today, I'm making a change in vocabulary as well as a change in heart. I am going to take hold of the FREEDOM that Christ paid so heavily for. I'm not going to be held back by the fear or doubt that God (Jehovah-Jireh) will not provide the things that I need. I'm going to step out in Faith trusting Him to work out all things for good regardless of what happens.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
Matthew 6:25-27
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
This past week, God has been speaking to me and challenging me to step out in Faith and move forward in a new direction-to "Do Something." Naturally as I began to really think about this new movement, I began to wonder. And the theme that constantly plays in my head is, "I wonder where I'm going to get the resources." Whether that be money, materials, people, or the prayer to back up the project, I am always wondering. And it's usually in this phase of dreaming and moving in faith that people become paralyzed and just give up all together. In John 6, Christ performs one of the most amazing miracles that shows us if we give Him what little we have, He will turn it into something HUGE. He is our resource. So today, I'm offering up all that I've got and trusting Him fully to finish the good work He's starting and to be my provider (Jehovah-Jireh).
3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always praywith joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:3-6
Mark 11:23-24
Often times, when I'm faced with one thing or another, I hear myself say, "I wonder" or "I don't know how."
"I wonder everything will work out."
"I don't know where that money will come from."
"I wonder if anyone will take me seriously, I'm only 23."
"I don't know how we will make all the loose ends meet."
The word wonder is the noun form means, "A feeling of puzzlement or doubt" and in the verb form it means, "To be filled with curiosity or doubt."
I start so many sentences and face so many mountains in life with doubt and I don't even realize it!
Now, there have been past circumstances and trials in my life that I know cause me to doubt God's goodness and provision in my life. My past explains why I feel as I do, but it is not a reason to stay in bondage to my fear and doubt. God is our Provider-Jehovah Jireh.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1
Today, I'm making a change in vocabulary as well as a change in heart. I am going to take hold of the FREEDOM that Christ paid so heavily for. I'm not going to be held back by the fear or doubt that God (Jehovah-Jireh) will not provide the things that I need. I'm going to step out in Faith trusting Him to work out all things for good regardless of what happens.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
Matthew 6:25-27
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
This past week, God has been speaking to me and challenging me to step out in Faith and move forward in a new direction-to "Do Something." Naturally as I began to really think about this new movement, I began to wonder. And the theme that constantly plays in my head is, "I wonder where I'm going to get the resources." Whether that be money, materials, people, or the prayer to back up the project, I am always wondering. And it's usually in this phase of dreaming and moving in faith that people become paralyzed and just give up all together. In John 6, Christ performs one of the most amazing miracles that shows us if we give Him what little we have, He will turn it into something HUGE. He is our resource. So today, I'm offering up all that I've got and trusting Him fully to finish the good work He's starting and to be my provider (Jehovah-Jireh).
3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always praywith joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:3-6
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