We just ended another month. As with most months this year, it is leading me to wondering where I should go and what I should do on the way. God has given me the gift of writing and the ability to coach people. I spent a lot of money on the path I should go on for the coaching. However, things did not go as expected and then small, but better, things cropped up that kept me from truly setting up a coaching business.
I have three books published and a coaching certification which culminated in January 2025. However, after my one month of just having fun and determining where to go, I felt like some things got stuck. We’ve hit May and I haven’t started any large project I had thought of doing. I was thinking I’d have a new way to roll people into the coaching side of things on my website done in March. Nope. I thought I might start working on the next novel in April. Nope.
However, I’m sure what occurred in the past three months was the better plan. I’ve mostly kept up with weekly posts here. I have a fun sci-fi serial fiction I roll out weekly over on Tales of Karnum and Beyond. One completed story is fully contracted for an anthology, and I got asked to help with another that is due by the end of May. I’ve had fun sharing what I’ve learned and having people ask me questions because they see me doing the things. Even if some things did not turn out as expected, it led me to knowing where my tribe is for writing support and what I should write for my readers.
Having said all that, it wasn’t just me stewing over all of this on my own. No, I was having a lot of discussions with God about the good, the bad, and the ugly that happened. He knows what is the best way. We can make plans, but he will direct our steps. He put these talents and desires in my being when he created me. The least I can do is use them the way he intended.
Now, we won’t always recognize if he is walking with us or not. The two men walking to Emmaus after the resurrection of Jesus were still puzzling over how his body was missing, but people were confirming he lived. They wound up walking quite a way with Jesus, who kept himself hidden as he discussed the prophesies from Moses to the current time that told of Jesus’ crucifixion and his resurrection. After Jesus reveals his identity to them and disappears, they claim their heart burned during the discussion of scripture along the way. You can read the full story in Luke 24:13-35.
Jesus has overcome to prove he is better than all things and the better way. Actually, he is the only way back to God after the separation caused by disobedience by Adam and Eve in the Gardern. Jesus is our advocate who prays for us. God is in the middle of everything in our lives, whether or not we want to accept that. He’s not sitting there wanting to chastise us, though he will if we wait too long. His love wants to see the best for us. He wants us to have the better life. Let me add that does not mean easier or without trials and bad things. From my experience, life is just better with him.
I have faith in God because he proved himself the better way from the get go. As soon as I accepted what Jesus did for me, my life pivoted into a new trajectory. My faith in him ignited a desire to know his Word and how to please him. My faith is still growing as I go deeper into the relationship with him. Faith activates the Word and nothing is the same after. Faith starts as a spark and when it meets the dynamic Word of God, an explosion happens. Even twenty-plus years into my walk with Jesus, I’m still having mind blowing revelation as my faith sparks fresh revelations to explode from the Word. The Word, along with the Holy Spirit, our helper, supplies all that we need to know to live life as intended.
Just like the men on the road to Emmaus, I also proclaimed my belief without hesitation. My friends saw me reading my Bible everywhere. I even had it at live action role playing events. It confused people and made some of them decide to keep a distance from me. I remember a staff member of the gaming group saying, “How do you know I’m not being friendly to you because I have to?” I can’t remember exactly how I responded, but I claimed it didn’t matter and I would be nice regardless if she liked me or not. That is what God expected. Not because of the rules, but because of His love, I would be nice. My faith made me desire to be obedient, not just to follow rules or to gain some gold star from people.
Nothing God has for you will make sense until your heart burns to know more, which will lead to your faith growing and sparking the understanding of the Word. The Bible did not make sense to me or inspire me to truly know God until my heart was ready for it. I’m glad I made the choice, even if life has felt far more turbulent amid his better. Time is running out. At some point, Jesus will return and all of us will have to accept him as the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Wouldn’t you rather try getting to know him before then? What’s the worse that can happen? I assure you the church roof will not fall on your head, but your life will change in a way that will blow your mind.
For extra study, check out the book of Hebrews. It has a refrain about how Jesus is better than all things. Check out theses verses.
1:1-4 - better than angels
7:19 - better hope
7:22 - better covenant
8:6 - better promises
9:23 - better sacrifice
10:34 - better possessions
11:16 - better, heavenly country
11:35 - better resurrection
11:40 - God provided better
Jesus had to die and overcome death to provide us better by clearing away the rift caused by Adam in the Garden.