Celebration 27 Jamie Young

Celebration 27
Role Model Jamie Young.

I don't know Jamie well, but what I do know of her I really love.  I'm going to admit when she first started attending Mitchell Church of Christ I had my guard up!  Rumors that I heard and chose to believe about her liking to cause trouble in the church were most certainly untrue.  She has a sweet spirit about her and is not afraid to voice her opinion when it comes to speaking God's truth.  I admire that about her.  What others see as trouble, I see as powerful!

What she probably doesn't know is that I watched her closely.  I watched her reactions.  I watched her worship.  To be honest, at first I was probably looking for fault so I could validate the rumors, but what I found out was truth and transparency.  She was sweet.  She was thoughtful.  She never speaks ill of her husband or children.  She is a woman of faith.  She fears God.  She loves God.

One thing that I have always been fearful of is the gift of being spirit filled.  Can I talk in tongues....nope. Can I heal the sick......nope.  Can I raise the dead.....nope.  Do I feel spiritual battles happening around me.......yep.  That's hard for me to type.  Some would say that it's just paranoia, some would say that I'm just being dramatic, some would say it's not possible, or just plain weird.  I would disagree.  Jamie taught me it's ok to believe in the spirit and embrace being in tune.  I have gut wrenching, wake up in sweat, need to pray moments in my life.  Everything stops, I don't know what I'm praying for, but I know who I'm praying against.  Again, something I don't talk much about except for people who really know my struggles and fears.  I'm 100% sure God speaks and prepares me for events in my life through my dreams.

Now that I'm older :)  I'm embracing who I am, even though I still don't understand it all.  What I do know is this.  I'm also a woman of faith.  I fear God. I love God.

Jamie taught me to embrace my Godly gift.  In her honor, I'm obeying his voice and letting go and letting God work.  Satan is using me as his tool in the church.  I have hurt feelings that I'm hanging on to.  Today I'm choosing Grace.  Today I'm choosing forgiveness.  Pray with me and for me.  It's a battle.