Praise God

Just want to praise God for helping me today as I stood in front of the church group and spoke about groups.

Trace and I did this together and it was so amazing to feel God in the moments and connect with Him with prayers.

There was a song in the line up and one of the lines was, "You make me brave," and I was, like, immediately, like, "Yes, Lord, YOU do make me brave, because aside from You, I have NOTHING to give."

So I spoke at both services.  The first I felt like I did good (as in didn't fail or fall off stage) and then the second I was even more calmer.

And this took a lot of work.  So it was work and prayer that saw me through.  Trace and I spent the weekend practicing and we even practiced on his PA system with a real microphone!  I'm so thankful for my husband, how he valiantly took this leap with me and that we both got through it together.

I'm thankful to the pastor for him asking us to do it and I'm thankful that he gave us a high five at the end as reassurance.  And I know this stuff may sound so menial to someone, but for someone who has stage fright and anxiety, it was a big deal.  Having faith in God to see us through, having faith in myself, and working hard to be able to do it--that's a big task for me.

So thankful to God for His hand over me today and that I spoke the words He would have me speak, and I'm so thankful that one of our friends from group was sitting with us and giving me a boost of moral support.

Thank You for your sweetness, Lord.  Thank You for challenging me and then holding me up through this endeavor.