"Love my job!"

Stepping out in RED shoes!

- Day 11 -

Last night I sat in my friend's car 

-- sporting my RED shoes -- 

and poured my heart out about

  The Red Shoe Project. 

I love my friend, Ann.  There's something special that happens when we get together.  I minister to her and she ministers to me.  I'm not quite sure how that happens, but it always does.  I think it's because we're so ourselves with one another.  Add God to the mix and wonderful things happen!

Last night we got together and drove to see an amazing woman of God who was preaching at a local church.  As good as that event was, it didn't compare to the time we spent in her car on the way up, on the way back, and in the driveway.  God was with us!  We shared our victories.  We shared our challenges.  We testified of God's faithfulness.  And we prayed up a storm!  

When we pulled into my driveway, last night, I was attempting to answer Ann's question of what God had done in my life last year and where I was headed this year.  Instead of searching for what I thought she might want to hear -- what sounded good -- a nice polished, victorious answer --  I just opened my heart and let the truth of it all, pour out.

Every night, I sit at my computer for about four hours and type out my discovery of God for the day.  I don't think of it as a page in a soon to be released book.  No, not at all!  Instead,  I view it as an evening spent with the Holy Spirit,  trying to put into words something that resembles, as close as possible, what I've experienced that day with God.  I pray a lot,  asking the Holy Spirit to help me present His story for the day.  That's what makes the difference.  As He weaves the different parts of my day together, I type it out accordingly.  Often, it's right then, that it all comes together.   It all makes sense.   I get the message that He's trying to tell me.  That's when you can hear me shout...  

"I love my job!"

Yes, working with the Holy Spirit is glorious!

As I shared my life with Ann, last night, I, myself, caught a glimpse of what my life is really like.  Usually my vantage point is a  "walking it out, day by day"  perspective.  But in the car, I heard myself telling her the process I go through in getting the reality of my life into written form.  I was reminded of how I strive to be transparent in the hope that people will somehow be able to grasp ahold of the things God is teaching me each day.

"Oh my gosh!"  I thought to myself.

"This isn't a bunch of stories, this is My Life!  

It's real!   It's heart-felt!   It's true!"

I turned to her with tears in my eyes and asked her.  "Does it seem that way from the Reader's perspective?"  

"Yes, it does!"  she responded. 

Here's my prayer for today.  That somehow, my readers would be able to grasp ahold of the truths that God is sharing with me and work them into their own lives.  I hope you realize that I'm just a person searching for a closer relationship with God.  Everything that happens in my life could just as easily happen in your life.  All the conversation with God --  All the spiritual abundance --  All the grace and power and glory --  It's there for you!   You know that -- right?  

Don't live through my story...   

Be inspired by it and 

live out your own!  

Let's step out in RED shoes together this year!

Gail