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God doesn’t seem to be leading me anywhere right now. It has been almost two years since I left my church staff position. At that time the only direction I had was to write a book based on my curriculum designed to grow women’s influence. I spoke at women’s conferences and retreats—opportunities which God clearly provided by his sovereign hand. I am now completing the final edits on the book to self-publish it. But what is next? No doors have opened; no voice has spoken; and no sign has appeared in the skies. I don’t like being in limbo and am getting impatient with this waiting. Have you ever felt that God left you without a compass?
How do we navigate such times? What path do we take without clear direction? How do we maintain faith when God seems to have forgotten that we are available? How is God guiding when he seems so silent?
Even when God seems uncommunicative, his word still speaks. His commands direct us; his promises give us hope; and his character builds our trust. When my faith is small, I remember that God is indeed at work behind the scenes to perfect me in everything (Rom. 8:28-29), even when that everything seems like nothing. God has created me for purpose, but his primary goal for me is to be like Jesus. This period is likely more about who I am than about what I do. Maybe he has given me a stop sign instead of an arrow so that I trust in him instead of myself (Ps. 46:10).
If God is working on me right now, I need to be listening by assessing my heart against his word. Do I love what I do for God more than I love him? Can I truly accept where he has me for his purposes or must I have something larger on the calendar? Have I died to self? Honestly, I don't measure up well in those areas.
God’s word provides guidance through its commands. “Give thanks in everything” comes to mind. Living in the present with its blessings and its difficulties and thanking God for the ways he shows up every day in the little things is important when there is no major word from him. Instead of concentrating on the future, I need to refocus on today and see every relationship and situation as God’s opportunity to love and serve him and others.
Have you ever felt in limbo, waiting for God to move or lead or speak in some way? I would love to hear your proven ways to navigate such periods of life.
Jack Schulze with parents
Recently my youngest son was given a photo of his grandfather Jack with Jack's parents. That doesn't sound too exciting but it is. No one in the family knew much about Jack's parents. All we knew was that Jack's father was either Otto or Oscar Schulze and his mom was Harriet.
Years ago I asked my son's father to ask his mother about the Schulze family. Since she
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WW1 ID Tag Canadian Soldier
This is another Tribute for a Canadian soldier. His name and service number are given on the front of his WW1 ID Tag - A. Fitzgerald, Service Number 55422.
This tag is made of aluminum and we know it was issued early in the War. Aluminum was expensive and at some point tags were made out of a pressed material which was between paper and cardboard in feel.
We do
Season 3 of Who Do You Think You Are? sponsored by
Ancestry.com will be the last Season. NBC announced that it has cancelled the popular genealogy show for next year.
I'll miss the show but it had a good run! Considering the small niche market I think the decision to not run another season was understandable.
Read the Press Announcement from Ancestry.com
Welcome to Week 20 of our 52 weeks of Sharing Memories - A Genealogy Journey for 2012. This is our third year writing our memoirs and childhood memories for our descendants.
If you are just joining us, you can take a peek at the last two years'
of prompts by clicking on the Sharing Memories tab at the top of the
blog. You can jump in at any time and you can skip topics that you don't
like.
Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner
does it again with twelve (12!) days of specials for National
Scrapbooking Day and Mother’s Day. If you haven't read how much I love
my Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner and the different ways I use it, please take a
minute to read my Flp-Pal Stories
This
is such a versatile little scanner. I use mine when I visit my elderly
auntie, so I can scan photos while we chat. I also
A fellow blogger, Amy Coffin of WeTree Blog, wrote an article about her blog being included in Australia's Inside History Magazine's top 50 genealogy blogs. I went to Amy's blog to congratulate her, then headed off to see what other blogs made it to the list. I'm always looking for new genealogy blogs to follow.
Jill Ball, another fellow blogger whom I met at RootsTech 2010 wrote the article
The following announcement was sent to Olive Tree Genealogy Blog and I'm off to take advantage of this offer. Hoping I can find my English grandmother.
The 1911 Census is complete at Ancestry.co.uk.
They've finished all the transcriptions, so you can search for your
relatives just as you would in any of their other census records. Better
yet, they've made the whole thing absolutely FREE 11-
Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner
does it again with twelve (12!) days of specials for National
Scrapbooking Day and Mother’s Day. If you haven't read how much I love
my Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner and the different ways I use it, please take a
minute to read my Flp-Pal Stories
This
is such a versatile little scanner. I use mine when I visit my elderly
auntie, so I can scan photos while we chat. I also
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