The Moment God Spoke to Me Through a "Burning Bush"

Often, we find ourselves standing on Holy Ground when we least expect it.
Friday I led a workshop for parents who are exploring new territory. As you know, parenting does not come with a handbook. Hills and potholes appear out of nowhere and we are left confused, exhausted, and strategizing how to be better prepared. When your children struggle with chronic health needs, navigating parenting becomes even more challenging. Because of our family’s experiences with mental health issues, God grew a burden in my heart for other families in similar situations.
Once we started digging ourselves out of the trenches, I felt God nudging me to educate, ,encourage and empower others. But how?
Visions began to unfold. Whispers from the Holy Spirit spoke into my heart. And I put them on the back burner of my mind.
Until one day. God spoke in the midst of my weekend routines; my familiar paths.
“God said, “Don’t come any closer. Remove your sandals from your feet. You’re standing on holy ground.” (Exodus 3:5)
“Can you do a workshop for our women’s conference?” asked my friend. Of course I wanted to do it. But I wasn’t prepared. I had nothing put together. Was this a holy moment?
When you are confronted by God’s voice in a burning bush, you can’t escape. Especially, when you take off your sandals.
Later, I watched the fire radiate from God’s voice speaking into the vision that had been put on my heart. A workshop was birthed.  A new calling commenced.
The first time I presented that workshop, i walked in with trembling knees. Would anyone come? Did God really call me to this place?  The room; packed with women hungry for hope, became a sacred space.  I pinched myself in that moment.  It was real.
What is God speaking into your life? Have you taken off your sandals yet?
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