6 Days!

In 6 days I am moving to London, Ontario! I have been planning and thinking about this for a year and a half, and now it is finally happening. I find it hard to believe that something that has been talk for so long, is now all happening on Sunday! I am super excited. I would REALLY appreciate your prayers in the next few day especially as I get everything organized to move. The big prayer request is crossing the border with a car and all my stuff. There is a strong possibility that I could be given a real hard time about a few things, so please pray that everything goes smoothly! 

When I first arrive I will be staying with a family from Pioneers, and will continue to until I find a place of my own. The first week or two will be spent organizing details of settling into life in Canada, and then middle of March I will be starting work at Pioneers!

My time in Michigan has gone really well! It has been great reconnecting with family and friends, and being able to share about what God is doing in my life. Thanks so much for being apart of this journey with me!

I want to make much of you, Jesus!

You are Invited…

To come share dessert and hear more about what God has been doing in my life as I head to work in Ontario with Pioneers! 

On Friday, March 2nd at 7:00 pm. 

At Griswold St. Baptist Church

1232 Griswold Street

Port Huron, Michigan

I would love for you to come and be apart of this! Please RSVP asap at victoria.j.cowan@gmail.com. 

Trust.

I just wanted to share something that the Lord has really been challenging me with recently, and that is:

Do I really trust God?

We say we trust God all the time, but how far do I believe this? It seems like God has been trying to teach me to trust Him over and over again and yet it never fully sinks in! I think this is because I trust Him, so that He will change the circumstances I am in, and so maybe God will be pleased that I trust Him and fix everything for me. 

But do I trust Him. Full stop (period)! Not based on if things go good or bad or just in between! But do I fully trust Him no matter what circumstance lies ahead? So that when God blesses me, I can trust Him, when God allows life to be hard, I trust Him. From now on I want to live my life in confidence knowing that God is in control! He knows what is best and has a plan!

I will trust the Lord. FULL STOP.

“Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5

At the beginning of this year I heard a sermon on Joshua 14, and choose verse 8 to be my verse for the year:

“Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear, but I followed the Lord my God fully.” Joshua 14:8

I was challenged by this verse because so often I am like the other spies that went into the land and all they saw were GIANTS.  Caleb on the other hand, all he saw was GOD and how God would deliver them. So often I find in my own life that all I see is the big giants in front of me and up head and I lose focus of God. The giants seem too big. But I want to be like a Caleb and be able to say no matter how big the giant that I have to face –

I followed the Lord my God fully.