The Solitary Vision
Happy New Year to all my Family and Friends. God’s greatest blessing on you all.
First and foremost for all readers of this blog, some of you
are not in a walk with God and some are wearing your own groove out from years
of travel…. As for me, well I am a
newbie Christian. Being Baptised August
12th, my walk is only far enough past the start line that you can
still see the ribbon I cut as I walked through.
I make no apology for this blog, it is simply my ramblings and I have no
idea where it will head, but for the sake of interest lets document it. As I sit here, I have a foothold in both my
new world and my old, but do not fit anywhere completely but with God, so I
will follow that route.
Its funny really.
What started this Journey, was loneliness. I was tired of being alone. I figured it would be better to be alone and
lonely than with someone and alone….. so here I sit, 8 months later, in
Starbucks in Thailand Airport on New Years Eve,
ironically still alone….., waiting to board a flight for Ethiopia of a
journey that the Lord has set me on to serve.
On the flight over from Perth the Bangkok this morning, 2
things, well to be honest about 473 things dawned on me, but we will only
discuss 2 here…..
11) I get two
“Happy New Years” – not normally particularly interested in New Years, I was
always a Christmas Girl, but, this year is different…. In so so many ways. So in about an hour the bell will toll to
ring in 2013 and at 1am I will board a flight and loose 4 hours and miraculously
have another Happy New Years, on Ethiopian Time…..! My first thought, almost distain… 2nd
thought, through God, Maybe this is God’s way of saying, “well Meredith, I have
put you in this particular spot, which only a few thousand people will be in,
boarding a flight after the new year and arriving before the new year, and I
have, as always done this deliberately.
This is the marking of your New Year, and because it will be double
blessed in reward for the despair of 2012, you will be one of the chosen…. So I
just won the lottery. Happy New Year.
Praise God.
22) As
I sat in the departure lounge in Perth Airport, through my tears, my thoughts
focused on one guidance from God. “Flee from Greener pastures – Validate your
life with God.” To elaborate – as I did
on the flight over, this is what I wrote – in part – in my travel journal –
(Thanks Pam). “The Lord, my all sufficient
Savior, has lead me on a Journey to all
ends and I have obeyed, sometimes willingly, sometimes not so, but I
obeyed! I fled my Greener Pastures and
all the trappings and stresses of the Western World, to learn to seek humbly,
salvation in my Lord, a Peace and Service to the Lord that only a believer
understands. I have opened my heart, at
all costs, and believe me I have lost a lot, to have this Solitary Vision and
begin my Journey with the guiding breath of the Holy Spirit upon my ear. I will serve the Lord my God, with all my
Heart and all my Soul. That is my
Solitary Vision.
So there you have it. 2 thoughts, 1 Heart, 2 Happy New Years,
1 Vision and 2 Starbucks triple shot Caps to top it all off.
I will continually pray for guidance and understanding and I
seek a homage of heart dedicated to Gods Glory.
There are no mistakes according to God, and I refuse to hold onto the
World view that I am one. So until next post, I will seek another opinion! Online Therapy….opps… just put someone out of
a job…..!
Take care, God Bless, and Happy New Year with a huge
resounding Echo. Missed the first one while blogging, good job there is another.....
To my little man at home. Truck kisses.
