PERHAPS THIS IS THE MOMENT...

Life is full of moments.

Little moments, big moments.

Simple moments, complex moments.

Random moments, planned moments.

Short moments, long moments.

And then there are God moments.

Moments where God intervenes.

Moments where God causes something to happen.

Moments where God moves.

His plan, brought to life.

Divine Intervention.

I believe I am living a moment of divine intervention.

I believe that this is a moment of God working in my life.

& Perhaps, this is moment where I tell you all about it.

About 4.5 years ago my life flipped upside down over my silly expectations of love.

I thought I knew what love was, I thought I was experiencing real love, but really this “love” was pulling me away from actual love, the love from God.

The love I needed.

I believed I was in love, when really I was missing love.

While falling in love with a false love, I was falling out of love with God.

This left me brokenhearted, and even more alone.

But, God stepped in.

Divine intervention.

He placed what I needed in my life at just the right time.

A guy.

And no, not in a romantic way (at least not in that moment).

But, in a way that guided me back to God’s love.

This guy didn’t pursue my heart, He helped my heart pursue God.

Okay, so this guy God placed in my life, did turn into something more romantic (I mean, I am married to him now), but God’s first intention was for him to help me.

Then, when my heart fell in love with God, again, I was able to genuinely fall in love with a guy who loved the Lord more.

And I didn’t realize it at the time, but now I do, it was divine intervention.

I had to go through a necessary heartbreak to bring me to who I was meant to be with.

Divine intervention.

A God moment.

Turns out this guy was joining the Marine Corps, which meant time apart.

Lots of it.

He left for boot camp, then left again for training, and my entire world, once more, was flipped upside down.

It was also during this time that I decided to take a year off of school and experience life elsewhere.

I felt that God wanted me to really figure out who I was and what my passions were.

So, I packed my own suitcase and dipped my toe into the unfamiliar world that came with The Hamptons and LA.

I worked for a friend in the fitness industry.

Met new people.

Choreographed.

Worked out.

I was an engaged, 19 year-old, living in LA, getting my foot in the door with an awesome job opportunity- living the dream as some would call it.

It was fun, but God soon told me that it wasn’t for me.

Quickly, actually.

Like someone flipped on a light switch.

Divine intervention.

I went to bed one night feeling confident about the choices I was making, and woke up the next day surrounded by a world that I knew nothing about.

I was living in a world without God.

I was doing life with people who knew nothing about God.

And, I was getting involved in a secular business that was pulling me into the wrong lifestyle.

What was I doing?

Well, I can tell you exactly what I was doing, actually.

I was all alone in Beverly Hills, hiding in a bathroom stall at my boss’s studio, crying on the phone with Logan.

He listened to me sob.

And sob.

And sob.

Then, he suggested that I go visit Amanda (for those of you who do not know, Amanda is Logan’s brother’s wife).

Amanda was living in California at the time, about 2 hours away.

Amanda and I had just met for the first time about six months before at Logan’s boot camp graduation.

We didn’t know each other well at the time.

Because of this, I was hesitant about driving all the way there just to spill my emotions onto her.

But, I was alone and I needed someone.

So, I packed up my little blue spark, and made the drive to see her.

And, I am so glad I did.

Divine Intervention.

The words she spoke to me will forever be engraved into my heart.

She encouraged me to always choose to stand up and fight the giants in front of me and speak truth into the situation.

At the time, the giant was the secular world around me.

I spoke truth, and two days later, I was back in the car driving back home to Indiana.

Because of Amanda’s boldness and wisdom, I made a life choice that changed the course for my entire life.

Divine intervention.

From my experience with a secular world, I was able to write about it, which is where my passion for writing started to grow.

I started a small blog, which then grew into an idea for another blog: Lines of Faith.

Now, let’s fast forward another year later.

I was newly married.

Living in a new place.

And launching my first website.

It was around this time that I began to feel God calling me into ministry.

But, the funny thing is, that I wasn’t supposed to do it alone.

I felt God calling me to go into ministry with my now sister-in law, Amanda.

Crazy right?

Want to hear something even crazier?

She called me and told me the same exact thing.

We both mentioned the verse Esther 4:14

Divine Intervention.

We talked about it.

We felt crazy.

But, we decided to not ignore it.

We ended the conversation with the promise to pray and be faithful.

Fast forward to December 8, 2016.

Amanda called me asking for advice for a website she was putting together.

We started brainstorming and talking about ideas, soon our individual thoughts were blending and turning into one vision, and that is when my mind went to that conversation we had six months ago.

I began to bring it up, but Amanda interrupted and said “I already know what you are going to say.”

Two hours of conversation later, we knew what was happening.

Divine Intervention.

We both knew this was the moment.

This was our time to be obedient and listen to what God was putting on our hearts: a ministry.

And, it couldn’t be more perfect.

Here we are, two completely different women of God, living two different lives, pursuing two different passions, sharing the same vision.

The vision of ministry.

Divine Intervention.

I was meant to be with Logan.

I was meant to experience the secular world.

I was meant to be a Marine wife.

And, Amanda & I were meant to be sister-in-laws, for a time such as this.

This was our moment to be obedient.

This was our moment to take a leap of faith.

This was our moment for collaboration.

This was out moment to form a ministry.

& perhaps, this is the moment for Lines of Faith.

I have no other way of explaining it other than divine intervention.

Meet two women that know our purpose is to grow together in ministry.

We believe in this moment and this purpose.

We believe this is what God has called us to do.

So now we live out that moment by bringing to you the new ministry of Lines of Faith.

One where writing & study meet lifestyle.

A ministry that removes the line between faith and life, and encourages others to live out their faith in their lives.

A ministry that inspires others to fill up, faithfully and live faithfully!

From the very beginning I knew Lines of Faith was missing something.

I knew it was made for more.

And, I didn’t know what that was until Amanda and I had that conversation six months ago.

We both knew God was calling us into ministry.

But, Amanda, what you didn’t know was that you were also an answered prayer.

You were the addition to Lines of Faith that I had been praying for.

You were the missing piece.

You were the more.

And now, Lines of Faith is complete.

Lines of Faith has found its direction.

Lines of Faith found its calling.

And what better calling than a ministry shared between two sisters.

Thank you, Amanda, for always encouraging me and confidently speaking out in faith.

Thank you for always being a friend.

& Thank you for walking in obedience along with me.

I am so thankful and so ready to take on this new journey, together.

Though the outcome is unknown, and what lies ahead is still in God’s works, I will remain confident in the fact that this is our moment.

Here’s to Lines of Faith & the future of the ministry.

With all my love,

MKG

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