My GPS Life Journey Story - Sue Lock
I just read the testimony of a 24 year old young woman and I thought to myself, wow, I wish this had been available to me at 24.
All my life I have felt slightly off keel, a round hole trying very hard to fit into a perfectly ordered square peg. The truth is I spent so much time and energy focusing on what I was not that I have very nearly missed the boat. Good news is, I am uniquely made for God’s purpose, and those negatives were only there to remind me that I was made for something different.
When I was younger and setting up home and family, I felt it important to keep a tidy home, Monday wash, Tuesday iron, Wednesday meatloaf. I tried so hard but by mid-morning on Monday I was stripping wallpaper, fixing the pump or having tea with my friend. The laundry and cleaning and yes even meatloaf got done but never in an orderly fashion. I never felt “fulfilled after cleaning windows or weeding the garden. I felt like a failure.
However, when there was a crisis, it was me that got the call from a neighbor, friend or relative. I would drop whatever I was doing and run to their aid to listen, encourage, help and serve.
Going through the GPS Life Journey workbook allowed me to see for the first time that these were not faults, I was not made to be an effective “ if it’s Monday I must be washing” kind of woman. I was made for God’s purpose and that is such an awesome revelation. I trust in the Lord to continue to guide me in the areas that He has illuminated for me through the GPS Life Journey.
The other day I went up the carpeted stairs and thought, “These need to be vacuumed.” Then I laughed, “I’ll do that later. I have to pack to come to GPS! I’m on my mission.”
I have freedom, power and clarity on who I am and how I am made. Discovering my God-given mission through the GPS Life Journey has changed my life.
I was much more at ease when crisis and calamity struck. Neighbors would call and I would go running, I thrived at being able to help someone through a crisis.
