Boaz Material- Let Go and Let God

Happy summer everyone! I've been super busy the last few weeks. Been to Ashville, nc, Georgia like 4 times, Aberdeen, Nc, pigeon forge, Tn and later today I am going to Charleston... Last week I had the honor to help at the power of two youth camp for the junior aged kids. The camp was in Georgia. Very grateful I got to go even though I am in school Monday through Thursday. Then all the workers got to go take a trip to TN. We went to Dixie stampede, zip lining, and to dolly wood for two days! It was a lot of fun. It was nice to get away from the world and be around other Godly young people.

Well I really wanted to blog today so here I am lol. I guess I'll consider this to be part if the Boaz Material Series since it does go along with it. :) I have been stressing some this week because something didn't turn out the way I thought it would. Isn't it funny how you think you've got it all figured out and then one thing changes and you realize you have nothing figured out...that's what happened this week. As you may know I am graduating in 3 weeks and am searching for a dental assisting job. I was interning at a periodontist office and I loved it there! There was a job there and I was hoping and praying I would get it. I put all my apples in that basket and now I wish I hadn't. Anyways I went back Monday to that office and they had hired a new girl. I knew it as soon as I pulled in the parking lot when I saw an extra car.

I am constantly trying to Figure everything out. I sit around and daydream constantly. I want to know everything and I want to be in control. But God is constantly trying to teach me that it is a bad thing when I am the driver and he is the passenger. So last night I was lying in bed praying that he would help me and open one door and shut all the others. I prayed he would make it clear...that is, whatever he wants me to do. I know without a doubt His ways are the best! But it is hurtful when you get rejected and things don't go your way. He brought to my mind Proverbs 3:5,6,7. I am thankful for those times he gives a verse to encourage me!

Trust in The LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear The Lord and depart from evil. -Proverbs 3:5,6,7

We can not be wise in our own eyes. Faith isn't seen, it's practiced. I lean own my own understanding way too much! I told God I want my life to be exactly the way he wants it to be. I love that song "when God has another plan, walk on and just say yes, when God has another plan be assured that he knows best. When all your dreams are shattered rest in his sufficient grace...you don't have to understand when God has another plan."

Ruth was one who didn't mind not having understanding! I'm sure in her eyes her whole life never made any sense. She just went where God and Naomi lead her. Read Ruth 1:16,17,18. Ruth walked on to a land she had never known knowing she would be considered an outcast. I am sure Ruth believed in her heart that her decision to go with Naomi completely diminished her chances of finding another husband. But deep down she knew God had a better plan...and he sure did. I know years later when she looked back on her life all she saw was Gods hand leading and guiding. Opening and shutting doors. She became a servant and God gave her the best bachelor in town! He gave her Boaz! And he let her be mentioned in the linage of our dear Lord and Saviour! I'm sure she was glad she trusted God instead of her own way and wants.

I want his plan and only his. Whatever it may be. Please remember that rejection is God protecting you from something. For every no, there is a greater yes! We need to take our hands off...let go and let God. A true Boaz is looking for a girl who will submit to God and his way. No matter how crazy it might seem :)

Right after I got saved in 2009 someone gave me a card with this poem in in...it's one of my faves.

Let Go and Let God
by Emily Matthews
When you are searching for truth and you can't find your way,
When people don't hear what you're tryin to say,
And answers won't come to the thing that you pray
It's time to let go and let God...
Let go of the bad and the good will appear,
trust in the knowledge that he is always near.
Then answers and choices are always more clear when you let go and let God.
Just lift up your hands and surrender your heart,
tell him your worries and he'll do his part,
let go of the past and your future wil start, when you finally let go and let God.

#1 Boaz Material "Moab or Boaz"

Hey y'all I am so excited to be writing the first official Boaz Material post! I actually wrote this in my blog journal last week but am just now getting around to typing it up. I have been trying to learn more and more about the Book of Ruth. I totally have enjoyed it, I just keep reading it over and over. It never gets boring.
I just want to mention one thing beforehand. A few weeks ago when I told my mom and sister God had laid this study on my heart my sister said how can I tell others about Boaz when I don't even have a boyfriend and I never have. I thought about that for a second and I told her this isn't about me and its not coming from me it's coming from God. Yes I have no experience with a true Boaz (except for Jesus) but I do have something better...the Bible! He gave it to us so we can learn. He shows us what Boaz is like. Better yet he shows us what a godly lady that a Boaz is looking for will look like. No I'm not "qualified" in everyone else's eyes but God can do this and I want him to.

Last year in January of 2012 I was reading a book that I can say has literally changed my life! I've talked about it before on here. It is called "Young Lady in Waiting"/"Lady in Waiting". I always had a desire to wait but after reading "Young lady in Waiting" I had a much stronger desire to wait for "my Boaz" and the Lord also gave me a desire to want to help encourage other girls to wait. The greatest lesson I learned was I can only be complete in Christ. No one but him will truly make me happy. Anyways a few months later I started this blog because I wanted to share my desire with everyone I could.

If you don't know me than I'd like for you to know I just turned 21 on June 10. I have yet to have a boyfriend and I've yet to meet and fall in love with my Boaz. I know that is rare to be as old as I am and never had a boyfriend. I thank The Lord for that NOW, all those years in middle and high school when everyone else had a new boyfriend every week I didn't. And I hated it. I struggled so much with my looks and wondering why no one ever liked me. I have liked so many guys in my life it is not even funny. I've fallen many times but none of them ever fell for me. That broke my heart time and again. But now I am thankful for those little broken hearts, if I'd had it my way I'm sure I'd have a broken life right now. Your heart will grow back stronger but you only get one life. Just one chance and its easy to blow it! So now I am just trying my best to do what HE wants and trust in HIS timing.

Ok now that I've said all that here is what I wrote the other night...

"Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife, and his two sons. And the name if the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon, and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there." -Ruth 1:1,2

Have you ever quit something when it got tough and then later regretted it? I'm sure we've all done this at least once. In the first verse of Ruth we see that Elimelech and Naomi left their home town Bethlehem-Judah when life got tough. There was a famine in the land, so they decided they would go visit (or sojourn-a short time) Moab for a little while. He took his wife and two boys from the place God had chosen for them. In verse 2 it says they went to Moab "and continued there."

"And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband." - Ruth 1:3,4,5

So my question is how did it start as just a short trip and turn into staying in Moab? And eventually dying?

When Naomi and her family had to deal with the famine I bet they began to notice Moab. I bet they thought it looked so much better than what they had. The devil was all over that as he always is when it comes to us being unsatisfied and seeing how "good" everyone else has it. He knows what to put in our path of sight to discourage us in our walk with the Lord. I want to interject ---don't let his good looks fool you.

I don't know what your struggle is but I chose this as my first post in the Boaz Series because if you truly want Your amazing Boaz, you can not give up and go to Moab. When the Lord showed me this it helped me so much. Sometimes I am so close to giving up that I don't know how I haven't yet. The devil tells me I am not good enough, pretty enough or skinny enough for any guy to notice me. I am learning to ignore him and his worthless advice but sometimes it still gets to me. But I am glad I know what the Bible says and I know other ladies who decided to wait for God's best and He blessed them for it.

It is easy to give up, give in, give yourself away to any worthless, worldly guy(s) which will later lead to regret...But it takes faith to hold on and stay right where God wants us to be...which is SINGLE!

I wonder how Elimelech's family would have turned out if he'd stayed in Bethlehem-Judah and endured the famine. I wonder how great and amazing your life can/could be if you would just stay single. Endure singleness.

Don't give up. Don't give in and go on "just one" date with some guy you KNOW is so not Boaz Material. Our hearts are weak, they fall fast and they fall hard! They also break just the same! If you wouldn't marry him you shouldn't go out with him. That is a trap from the devil.

I feel like we are in a famine...lacking Boaz's!!! I search and search but there aren't many out there. But nonetheless don't sojourn to Moab. It won't be worth it, and you will regret it. That little visit could turn into a lifetime! So do you want somebody from Moab, or do you want your hand picked Boaz!?  I know which one I want ;)

Boaz Material Series

Hey yall!!
I plan to start a series of blog posts about Boaz from the Bible. I recently learned about Him close to a year and a half ago and how great a man he was. It is a work in progress and i am still praying about what all God wants me to do with what he has shown me. Let me start out by saying Boaz is amazing. I pray this will encourage young single ladies to WAIT for God to send you your Boaz. We will learn about the qualities of this man. Also we will learn about the type of lady that will attract a true Boaz. Join me on this journey if you'd like :
In the midst of this study keep in mind
  -he is different.

To the world his kind of different is weird but not in the right eyes. So make sure YouR eyes are right  :)
This study will come from the book of Ruth mainly. I recommend for everyone to read it. I love reading it! It shows me that God can/will/wants to write beautiful love stories but we must obey.

Happy ONE year!

Soo yesterday was a whole year since I started this blog! Seems like it was just yesterday I was sitting at the kitchen table trying to come up with a name for it. I thought, brainstormed, prayed, googled and and wrote like 100 other ideas down on paper...but finally I chose From Pieces to Peace :) I have done 35 posts since I began this journey last year. I love love love blogging. The only problem is TIME. I wish I had more of it.

Right now I am finishing up my 5th semester of college. I just had one exam a few minutes ago, have another at 1:30, and one on Friday morning. Tuesday is my last exam...then it's no school until May 16. What a big break! NOT. That will start my last semester. 10 weeks later...I will graduate on August 2, 2013!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been a L-O-N-G year. For those that don't know I am in school to become an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant. After I graduate I will take 3 board exams to become a Certified Dental Assistant. Myself and 20 other girls and one guy started this program in August 2012. We lost a few along the way. We now have 17 girls in the class. There has been lots of drama, lots of laughs and lots of tests! As I see it all (finally) coming to an end I think I just might miss it a bit. I will most definately miss the friends I made! So thankful God put Gerry and Savannah in class with me. He knew we would need each other to make it out alive!! lol!   Sooo if you are maybe wondering why I am not posting much that is why. Life is crazy for me but I love it. I actually have some blog posts I have written in my journal I just haven't typed them up yet...

Very excited that I have had views in 10 different countries. Cool! this is a way I can reach people I will never meet here! I also made a Facebook page for my blog...if you have a FB you should go like my page and share it :)

So happy one year to my blog! Thank you to everyone who reads! it means so much to me when I know someone reads it and enjoys it~ Thankful God laid this on my heart! it has been a blessing to me, hope it has to all my readers as well.

~megan~

What Easter is to me-Easter 2013

Hope everyone has had a Happy Easter! We had a great Easter...great services at church, great food, great time time being together with my family! :)) My pastor preached about "He is not here" and gave many reasons why Jesus is not here (in the grave). Jesus is not here because: He is comforting the saints, he had to commission the saints (to proclaim the Word), he had to be at the conversion of the sinners, so he can intercede and plead my case, because he is coming soon and lastly because there is going to be a crowning of the Son. It was good! Earlier this morning, I got to teach my sunday school class about the greatest love story there ever has been. We read Matthew 27:1-56, as i read it I thought about how unworthy I was to be reading it! We are so blessed to have the word of God; I know I sure don't deserve it!!

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. -Matthew 28:6

 

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities:

the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.-Is. 53:5

 

I asked my boys (in my class) to tell me what Easter meant to them. They both said it was about Jesus and that he arose...and candy. (can't forget candy lol) I want to say what Easter is to me... it wasn't until 4 years ago when I realized what Easter was really all about. In 2009 my family traveled to North Carolina to be with family. My cousin's church had a live resurrection play on the Friday night before Easter. At that time I knew I wasn't saved and God had been dealing with me for months! I remember watching when Jesus was bearing his cross and the towns people mocked and scorned him...One lady yelled "that's what you deserve!!" Tears came to my eyes. For the first time in my life I believe I truly saw not what HE deserved but what I deserved. Jesus didn't deserve what WE did to Him. I realized that i put him on that cross. Easter isn't about dyeing eggs, petting bunnies, or getting a new easter dress...it's about Jesus and the cross of calvary. It's about the fact that he did die but he didn't stay dead! He made a way for us to get to him! His compassion blows me away. I can't comprehend how Jesus and God could love this world, how he could love me! So thankful He didn't treat us the way we deserved to be treated. On that glorious morning He proved who he was to all the unbelievers! If you don;t know Jesus you are missing out. He said he would arise again and he did!! He says He is coming again and he is!! That in short is what Easter is to me.


I know I haven't blogged since January but I have been super busy with school and life. Tomorrow is the first day of April. Happy April Fools!! I started this blog last year in April! So thankful for it. I LOVE writing on here! I pray that I am a blessing. My only wish for this is that I say what God wants me to and not what I want to say. If God's not in it; it won't do any good.
-megan:)