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Sometimes life is at such a pace that I feel I need to lace up a pair of sneakers just to keep up. Which is kind of funny because I am not a sneakers kind of girl. I’ve owned the same pair for probably 7 or 8 years and they still look brand new! But that doesn’t stop me from feeling like sometimes I need to wear them.
For the past five months my husband and I have been meeting with an amazing group of people in San Diego. We are launching just launched a new church campus, in addition to the church that we already pastor in the Palm Springs area. And, as if that’s not enough to keep us busy, my husband (a two-time world champion skateboarder) has begun skateboarding again after a 7 year hiatus. It may all seem kind of overkill on the schedule, but it is all part of God’s plan for us.
“Why?” You may be asking. “Why would you chose to keep such a crazy schedule?” Well, my dear hubs has been one of the few professional skateboarders who has been an openly professing Christians for the last 26 years. Over the years we have been honored to receive personal calls and messages from professional skateboarders when they have given their hearts to Jesus. You can’t put a price on that! After all these years God is merging my husband’s two passions together; skateboarding & Pastoring (which we prefer to call “Loving People to Life”). Because of our faithfulnes, God has given us a new assignment to start a church in San Diego where people in the skateboard industry and those far from God would feel welcomed.
Due to our accepting of this new assignment, our lives have become very full! Let’s just say I live my life out of a suitcase!! We spend 3-4 days in the desert, 2-3 days at the beach and 1-2 days in Orange County (or some other skateboard related location).
I love my life and I love my husband! I can’t imagine living life any other way!! I talked about this a little bit in my post My Life In A Bubble. I love that God gets us out of our comfort zone and into His zone!! Life is so much more exciting that way!
A verse in the Bible that I would call my “life verse” is Ephesians 3:20. It says, “God can do anything, you know-far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. (MSG)” I love that!!! I am a visionary (big dreamer) and so is my husband!! And I get really excited when I see that God can do more and bigger things than I could ever dream of!! I feel like I’m living a bit of that right now!! I’ve lived a pretty amazing life so far. One that many people can only dream of. I have a great marriage, a wonderful family, traveled the world, met amazing world changers and influencers and had nice things, but nothing compares to what God has in my future!!
God just wants us to imagine, guess, request and dream! And when He opens up the opportunity to experience those things we have imagined, guessed, requested & dreamed, we must be courageous, adventurous & obedient to grab God’s hand and say “Okay God, here I come”!! It’s not always easy or comfortable but it is always worth it!!! So lace up your sneakers and run toward that extraordinary life God has waiting for you!
I’d love to hear about some of the dreams you have in your heart!! Share below and we will dream together and believe God for BIG things!!