Good Morning Gorgeous!
It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to rise and run to the arms of Jesus.
He is our safe tower.
He is our ever present help in our time of need.
He is the One who has good plans for us to prosper us and not to harm us.
He is our provider, sustainer, and deliverer.
And when everything around you is shifting and changing and moving, there is a steady rock.
When it feels like the safety net has been pulled out from underneath you, there’s an opportunity to rebuild on Him.
When the wind blows and the rain pours in, He can administer peace into your soul.
And when things around you start shifting at rapid speed, He can be the One to take your hand and steady your feet.
I am in a transition season where what I’ve known for 20 years is changing.
I have been an elementary teacher since I was fresh out of college at 22! I went from being in a classroom to leading a classroom and I never looked back!
Teaching has brought me immense JOY! Its been a fulfilled dream that God placed on my heart when I was just a child. And to live it out has been amazing. I have taught some of the most creative, innovative kids and they marked me. They etched their sweet faces right into my heart.
And yet, here I am resigning from a career that has been part of me for almost half my life.
Why? The Lord has shifted my sails. I don’t know how else to explain it other than a swift change of course set in motion by the Lord. And when we say, “Lord, I surrender all you You. Everything is Yours. You can have the work of my hands and the sweat of my brow.” , do we mean it even if He calls us out of something we love into a new assignment?
I love my job. I love my school. And I love my students. And yet, I know the assignment on my life as elementary school teacher in public school has ended. And I’m grieving. Grieving the comfort of routine, grieving the cyclical nature of the school year, grieving not getting to the 30 year mark.
But with the grief comes the realization that the Lord is calling me to something NEW!!!! BRAND NEW!!
Check out this FB post from almost 2 years ago!
Wow! Where He calls, I’ll go!!!!
I will walk through every single door the Lord asks me to even if my heart is pounding and my knees are knocking.
And He started right away! May I share a testimony? My last official day of school is Monday, June 3rd.
I have been asked to preach that same day in the evening at my church for the opening night of Youth Conference!
Like what? The conference is 4 nights and previously I was not on the schedule to preach. Also! I could have been asked to speak any of the other nights, but the Lord assigned me to June 3rd.
The SAME day I will leave my classroom and close the door, I will walk into the sanctuary doors of my church and be able to preach the gospel!
God is so gooood!
May I encourage you that He is good. He has WONDERFUL plans for you! And when He calls you forward, there are miracles and open doors on the other side of your yes!
Remember the Israelites crossing the River Jordan into the Promised Land. The water didn’t part until they stepped in! If you know you’ve been called forward, may I encourage you to take the first step! There’s a miracle waiting.
Lastly, I’ve been invited to join my youth pastors to take our Holy Spirit conference for kids and bring it to California in July!
This conference will teach kids that there is NO Junior Holy Spirit and that in the Kingdom, they are VERY valuable and able to minister right now even as children.
If you feel led to sow into this mission. There are three ways!
1. Please pray for our team of seven to hear clearly from the Lord, minister His Word to the children clearly and that the children would receive.
2. If you feel led of the Lord, you can sow financially.
3. Consider sharing our Mission Go Fund Me link on your socials.
The full story of what we are doing and how to support is found here:
I have MORE news to share regarding what I’ve been called to do next, so I’ll post that in the days to come!
Dear Heavenly Father,
Wow! You are sooooo goood! I pray that You would bring clarity to each person reading this. That they would hear YOUR voice and follow Your leading. Lord, that You would make it clear to them the next obedient Yes.
In Jesus’s Name, Amen..
Blessings!
Vanessa Lynn
