"Ask and it will be given to you;

Seek and you will find;

Knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds;

And to him who knocks, the door will be opened."             

                               Matthew 7:7-8

                I asked and I received, I seek and I am finding, I knocked and the doors opened.  It is only 10 days till I leave for Africa and this verse rang in my ears the first time I read it. Well the first time this week I read it because I have read it before but for where I am in my life it rings a whole new meaning. My facebook status the other day said "I am fixing to go to Africa....My little girl dreams are finally coming true." This status was so true and it is so true. When I was young God put a desire on my heart to go to Africa and over a year ago he got that passion going again. So then I began asking, seeking and knocking looking for some way to go to Africa.  He answered, God answered the door I found him in my heart and he opened doors for me to be able to be right here in Mexico waiting for the day I get to leave for Uganda, Africa, I cannot believe it I am going to be this tiny spec on the huge continent of Africa working for the Lord and advancing his kingdom. It almost seems impossible, I was talking with the girls on my team and I said "It is so weird that when I am older I can tell my kids, ‘yes mommy has been to Africa'". Praise God that I will be able to say that, praise God that he puts desires on our hearts, passions and callings and then he is big enough to see those passions played out in our lives and gives us huge life changing experiences. I do not want this to be a cool trip I want it to be a life changing experience. I want God to show up in big ways rocking my world and sending it in a spiral upward. I know my God is that big and I know my God is your God.  Our God wants to do the same thing in your life as he is doing in mine. Matthew 7:7-8 told me to ask and seek and knock and I would get what it is I am asking for, I will get what I seek and doors will be opened for me.

                 I want to bring God praises for this right now but I also want to encourage you that Matthew 7:7-8 is not just for me, it is for you as well. What are you looking for? What door are you knocking on waiting to be opened? Are you seeking and asking for it? I am not just talking to the daily church go'er or the Christian who is patiently asking and waiting for God to answer them on the next step in their lives. I am talking to the man who tries and denies the Lord; I am talking to the college kids who are in college because it pleases their parents. I want to talk to the crack addict who is trapped in bondage or the prostitute who can't find a way out. The Christians and the non Christians, my friends and family and people who I do not know and will probably never meet and those who are too afraid to ask because they think what they are wanting is impossible to have given to them. I want to encourage you to find, seek, knock, and ask..Nothing is impossible for him.  God gave me this opportunity, I asked, I sauté and I knocked on every door I could. DO NOT be afraid to go after those desires he has put in your heart. He wants to give them to you, you deserve them and it would delight our daddy so much to please his child.

          God Bless and go seek ....No matter who you are, your situation or your  past issues God see's past all of that and he still wants to give you the desires of your heart..So ask.

                         GRACE, PEACE & LOVE.