I’m not that Quiet

If you came around me and I didn’t know you, you would believe that I am a quiet person. Possibly shy but kind. I used to believe that I was quiet too and not because I didn’t have anything to say but at one point, I believed that my voice didn’t have value in certain rooms, so I opted to say nothing. At the risk of sounding stupid or crazy, I just remained quiet. And now looking back I realized it was a disservice to allowing people to know how brilliant God truly made me!

I am a teacher. I’ve been a teacher all my life. If I know how to do anything and I believe it will add value to your life I will be the first person to want to show you how. When God called me a teacher I retreated because I felt like I didn’t know enough about the bible to tell anybody anything, but it was the very reason he chose me to teach. I just found myself explaining to people what God was explaining to me and it wasn’t perfect. It wasn’t poised or anything like that. It was just me sharing my heart and honestly, it was enough but somewhere in this development process I yielded to the thoughts of inadequacy in my head, and I stopped. It was like every time I went to open my mouth to speak the words in my mind would get lost coming out of my mouth and I couldn’t say what I really wanted to say and for me, it just reiterated why I wasn’t a good speaker or a good teacher.

But it was a lie, and it was the enemy planting seeds of doubt, and I watered them with my thoughts and things I said out my mouth that contradicted what God said about me. It’s so easy for us to continuously blame the devil and not acknowledge how our lack of faith at times plays a role in where we find ourselves. This is why it’s so important to eat the word, to pray, and to turn back to your first love, God. God is the source. He is the key. His word has everything we need, and I find myself not only deep-diving in His word but also blogging again. I feel led to share my thoughts with the 88 of you subscribed because maybe you are also finding yourself in a season where God is SOLIDIFYING who you are, and it is UNCOMFORTABLE. It is challenging everything you thought you knew, and you find yourself fighting because you ARE indeed becoming a different person, and going back to the old you is not an option but this NEW YOU is uncharted territory and it SCARES you. AND that’s okay! But we have to move out of this stuck place in faith with the knowing of who our FATHER is and the reminder, He has promised us a FUTURE AND HOPE, plans to PROSPER US not fail us. (Jeremiah 29:11) So, if I know nothing else, I know that my God won’t set me up to fail. He won’t set you up to fail either.

My ask today is that you study Saul’s story (see previous blog here) and that you pray and surrender to what God is doing in your life by saying yes and then obeying what comes with the yes. The outcome I promise you will far exceed your expectations.

I love y’all

Until next Time

Ashley Lacheá