PURPOSE

Hi, I’m Sherrie and I’m riding on Purpose with Grace (Julie).  The power of saying ‘I will’ has completely changed how I view my life.  It took me awhile to know that I was riding on.  I have been a Christian for over 30 years, my husband, Steve and I have raised 5 beautiful children. I’ve also home schooled, gone to church, taught Sunday school, been an intercessor, been on prayer teams and have preached a few sermons on a Sunday morning.  But for as long as I can remember I have had this nagging voice in my heart.  What are you doing?  Why are you here? Are you doing enough are you doing too much.  People would talk about their calling; I didn’t have one, no set goal.  I felt like I was drifting and random.  I always felt I was in Plan B.  I kind of let life happen to me and it did.

But the day I said ‘I will’ and climbed up on my camel and started riding hands free was the day all of that changed.  For weeks I waited to know my camel’s name.  I woke up to these words one morning ‘Ride on Purpose’. From that moment on my life made sense.  

Everything I do and have done is on Purpose.  There is no plan B.  I am in plan A where there is nothing missing, nothing broken and nothing lost.  Knowing my purpose is the very thing that was stolen from me.  Purpose is what I have always been riding on.  It will take me to my Bridegroom.  I choose to stay on Purpose.  The freedom, provision, confidence, hope and joy that came with knowing what was carrying me all this time was incredible.  I believe Him now.  Everything I do, every conversation I have, every prayer I breathe is on Purpose, His Purpose.  I never have to question again.  My ‘yes’ gave the Lord permission to search the inner most parts of my mind and heart and hold the reins.  I am in a seated position, being led by the Holy Spirit.  He takes me back around old circumstances just to show me what it looks like from a new height from His perspective.  He has surrounded me with traveling companions and brings them alongside as we need each other.  I don’t live will without them.

There nothing the same about my life except my circumstances.  My inner response, my outer response changes daily as He show me His miraculous transformation in me and in others as He adds to the church daily.  I am no longer asking where I fit.  I’m actually in His perfect will and called to ride hands free on Purpose for His Glory.  2 Tim 1:9

GRACE

Hi, I’m Julie.  In the fall, Sherrie and I and the girls’ college Bible study began studying this story in Genesis 24.  It took weeks, then months of reading, praying and asking the Spirit to grant us understanding before we came to the conclusion that GOD was telling us, “If you say ‘I will’ and sit still and trust me, I will bless you and show you amazing things!”

2012 was one of those years that tried to wear us out.  We tearfully buried my husband’s sister after a 13 year battle with cancer.  Our family prayed through the deployment of our son and daughter-in-law to Iraq and Afghanistan, while our other four children were in the process of moving out and finding their way in this great big adult world. Next was my diagnosis of breast cancer and the surgeries and recovery that would follow.  While we tried to maneuver the speed bumps and potholes, GOD continued to show us His amazing grace.  It became obvious that He had enlisted my husband, children, family members, friends and voracious prayer warriors to be grace-givers.

When the idea of riding back in time with Rebekah and her bridesmaids was presented, we jumped on it.  We pictured ourselves on the backs of our camels high and lifted up, hands waving in the air, giving the Spirit complete control of the reins.  The thought of naming our camels was challenging for some but for me it was obvious.  GOD had showed me His character of grace at every turn and now He would ask me to show grace to others.  I will spend the rest of my life’s journey filtering everything I do and say and think through Grace, and Grace will lead me home.  Amazing!