Unraveling Gods Gifts-PART 1

Let me share from the beginning.

Two and a half years ago, with just a whisper, the Lord said, “Kimmy, prepare your house to leave so when I say leave you will be ready.” My response was “ok,” even without knowing what this meant, and that’s where my journey began…

I started to empty my house of anything that did not need to be there. I remember when it was time to confront my bedroom, the last room to go through. I heard “not now, Kimmy,” and I was so relieved. I knew I would have to go through things from my past that would need to be addressed: my son Wesley’s personal items and paperwork that I had not gone through since his death in 2008. It was like an elephant in my closet. Throughout the next year, I gradually was able to go through it and close doors I needed to close.

Doing my best to be diligent in seeking God's plan for my life, at the end of each year, I try to sit before the Lord and ask Him what the New Year will bring. For the year 2022, He said, “know my word inside and out for what’s to come.” I instantly wanted to know what He meant by “what’s to come.” The Lord began to reveal His Word to me. He took me to the scripture

Matthew 7:21-23: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and, in your name, perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers."

I began to feel the sorrow of the Lord for us that are lost and started to weep. As the year began to unravel, I realized that many seldom, if at all, read the Word much less meditate on it day and night like the bible tells us to. As the year continued, I found myself busy with distractions and not studying the word, even close to what I should be.

In November, my son Trevor was moving back home. I felt in my spirit that I needed to give him my bedroom, and I needed to move into the extended laundry room we had added onto the house a few years earlier. He struggled with the thought, and I just kept letting him know it was ok and that I wanted him to have it. He said, "Mom, I can’t take your room from you." Honestly, I didn’t really want to give it up either because of my adjustable massage bed and all my soft linen. The extended laundry room would have just enough room to squeeze an XL twin bed in and a tiny desk. The hardest part really was giving up my bathroom, however, all these reasons just didn’t trump that I knew I needed to give it to him. Finally settled in the laundry room and it was the end of the year again, 2023 was coming and I began to ask the Lord what the new year would bring. He said the same words to me, “know my Word forward and backward for what’s to come.” I realized I had let my life get in the way of closer intimacy with Him and I was saddened. I knew with Him saying to me the same thing two years in a row it was of great importance to Him. Through the years, the Lord has given me knowledge and understanding of many of His precepts, but He was calling me to do more.

My cousin Sue had mentioned going to an Andrew Womack conference on January 5th and I felt God wanted me to attend, but there was no way I could go because I had a full schedule at work. Around the same time my dear friend Kim, who was also my biggest work client, called and asked, “are you talking to the Lord?” “Usually about something,” I replied to her, curious as to why she asked the question. She told me my work schedule cleared up for the weekend of the 5th.

Amazing! I knew positively now I was to go and quickly called Sue and told her I could go! I went with her and her husband Roy to the conference, but still did not know why God wanted me there. Shortly after arriving they were talking about Charis Bible College, and I soon had confirmation in my spirit, God wanted me at that college. That’s why I was sitting in that chair that day. I didn’t hesitate, I signed up online to start at the Arizona campus in just a week! I got home that evening and started to read more about the school. After reading well into the night the Lord revealed to me that I would be leaving Arizona to attend the College in Woodland Park, Colorado. To be continued… 🦋🦋