You know when you feel like God is trying to tell you to do something… but you hesitate… you put it off? Where Feet May Fail is a product of that hesitation. I’ve been feeling like God has been telling me to start a blog to share all the things He is revealing to me for awhile now (to say the least) and here it (finally!) is!

Some ways I believe God was leading me to create this blog:

• A friend told me that while praying for me, she saw a giant mouth (not my mouth… though it is quite big). The mouth was laughing and talking etc. and she said she believes that God is going to use me to be His mouthpiece… to speak to many… to share. I still remember the feeling I had throughout my body when she said that to me. That… confirmation feeling.

• I kept having this reoccurring discussion about our gifts and talents and how they were given to us for a purpose… for THE PURPOSE of bringing God glory and fulfilling His call for us to make disciples and be a contributing member of His Church Body. (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 12) Friends were talking to me about spiritual gifts, my mentor was telling me to use my unemployed time and writing talent to start a blog, and devotionals I read were discussing discovering, using, and harnessing your spiritual gifts. (more on Spiritual Gifts later)

• I am often told that I write well. Whether it be for a school assignment, a school newsletter and even my Facebook posts! Many people were messaging me and telling me how encouraging and inspiring my posts on Facebook were to them… they complimented my writing and one friend even sought me out to contribute to writing her book!

• Along with these Facebook posts I also send out “E-mail” blasts, so to speak, among my friends about things God revealed to me that I just can’t keep to myself! (To which my sister once responded “I don’t remember signing up for this newsletter!”) I LOVE to share… to particularly talk about things that get me excited… passionate… etc. So now… no more E-mail blasts (or I should say less of) I will share through here.

• Most recently… last week I was praying and asking God to use me today and use my talents for His good. As I’m praying, I’m simultaneously mulling over what my “gift(s)” is/are. I asked God… “Lord, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to sing? to act? to dance?… to write?” Then, I prayed over the blog. Over my hesitation in starting it and I asked that if it is His will that He would let it be done and help me to stop procrastinating and give me all the ideas for the layout the posts the title ETC.! Then I literally just kept on walking. My prayer is done, I’m walking and people watching on the streets of NYC. Then I start thinking about the Michael Brown shooting. About my response to it.These thoughts led to a discussion on Identity with myself.. then I was like WOAH I gotta share this! (here comes another e-mail blast!) but then, I stopped. I thought to post on FB. I signed onto FB getting ready to share and the first post on my newsfeed is a link to a poem entitled “Does Anybody Know that You’re a Christian?”(which was really good by the way watch it here) Then something told me No, not FB… So I stopped and I said to God “Lord, is this confirmation? Is this what you want me to do?” So I stopped procrastinating and here we are!

(WARNING: Long winded, detailed explanations are a thing to get used to while reading this blog. However like me, I hope you all can appreciate a story chock full of details!)

So… the title of the blog, Where Feet May Fail, really holds ALOT of significance to me on so many different levels.

For starters, this year I decided against New Years Resolutions and opted instead for “One Word“ RELEASE. God has been doing some REAL revealing to me through this word and some real work in me (which again, I am sure will be shared through the various posts to come).

One of the reveals was my FEAR, my hesitation to go there with Him. To release those fears and to release myself fully into Him and what He has planned for me. To TRUST HIM. A DEEPER LEVEL OF TRUST. A Trust where I can no longer rely on myself… no longer rely on my own feet to carry me, but need to rely on HIM. So my prayer became the lyrics from “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” by Hillsong.

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior

Honestly… every lyric from this song continues to speak to me and just… makes me feel a way that is indescribable!

As I spend time with Him… growing as His… I hope to gain deeper understanding and more experience (uh oh! be careful what you ask for 😉 ) of what this means… what it looks like… and to share that journey… that journey where walking on water is just the beginning of all the miraculous things God has prepared for ALL OF US to do through Him.