Definitely Not in the City

Time has seemed to slow down these days. I guess that happens when you are out in the middle of nowhere. Man, I am such a city girl! I miss the sights and sounds of the busy city life. And I especially miss having a car and being able to just go and do things. It's really weird when you step outside and everybody seems to have cleared out. But in spite all of that things are going pretty well. I'm completely out of my comfort zone and that has been a huge stretch. You know, I just found comfort in Houston and then I had to leave. But I trust that God is going to use this time of such uncomfortableness to draw me closer to Him and prepare me for what's to come when I leave for Africa. God does things in strange ways sometimes, well actually most of the time. I was reading through Joshua today and in the chapter when the walls of Jericho fell down. What a weird way to bring a city down! Why couldn't God just have immediately sent the army on attack and given them strength to break through the walls? I suppose it's because He wanted to show His strength and power and make it to where the Israelites could not take the credit for it. The other thing the Lord was teaching me as I read through Joshua is that He had commanded them earlier to destroy the city, every living thing there, every idol there, everything. And they followed through this time. But later down the road they don't destroy all, but leave a few things here and there and that brought about their downfall. I realized that their are probably things in my life that I need to completely destroy so that nothing will hinder me in my relationship with the Father. What is it that you need to destroy so that you can fully come before our Lord and walk in victory?