March 15, 2015

Darlene Lumpkin

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.  For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

It will be 5 years this July since God drastically changed the path of my life.  I had been taught all my life to choose a career by the amount of pay that could be earned.  If I didn’t want to struggle and my kids to struggle, I needed to be in a career that I could make large amounts of money.  So following my Dad’s example I started with a company and gave it my all, both feet in!  I began in sales consistently producing top numbers.  I was asked to move and assist to open a store and manage that store.  I achieved top awards, great trips and huge bonuses.  I was the companies 1^st female regional manager.  I was living the dream.  During this climb, I married, bought a house, had 2 children, traded cars every 2 years and we always had the newest tv in every room.

In 2008, I participated in Disciple I.  During this class I began a true discipline of reading the bible everyday and praying faithfully.  I began really listening for God.  My faith increased and my heart began to change.  My walk hand-in-hand truly began.  In 2010 during my 1^st trip to Haiti the Lord moved my heart and changed my eyes in such a way that I resigned from my career when I returned.

It was thru leaving that season of my life that he has been able to reveal  to me the abundant life that he wants for all of us.  As my faith grows, he fills my life with good things.  Nothing that I accomplish, only what he fills my life with daily.

Loving God,  Let our faith increase that we may be able to trust and receive all the good that you have for our lives.  Help us to do good in the world. Amen.