Last night...

...I didn't get much sleep. It's not very often that the Lord wakes me up, but when He does, I am WIDE awake (which doesn't lend itself well to falling back to sleep). I just needed to be praying for an individual in my life who satan is stealing from God's purposes. This person isn't a believer, but I have seen the amazing and powerful purposes God would have for this person and I am thoroughly appalled and furious at the lengths satan would go to pull this person even farther away.

On the other hand, I am hopeful, because if the enemy is working so hard against someone who doesn't even know the Lord, I would think that the enemy felt especially threatened. Maybe there was going to be a turning point. I am interceding for that turning point to still occur, and I already see how God would turn this situation around for HIS purposes.

I am also beginning to see a place that might be helpful for me in my process of healing from "institutional" church. As I have said before, I'm not certain I am released from the place where God has had me serving, but I know that I need to be away for the time being. Even though it would be "easier" to take the coward's way from church, I really don't wish to be totally disconnected, and I am hopeful about this other church. I am asking for a third confirmation because I want to be sure the Lord is directing me before I invest myself. In this spiritually fragile place, I just need to lean back into my Father's arms and ask Him to send me to a safe place.