Hello My Name is John:

Despite the somewhat late night on Friday I could feel God pulling me to awake and start my Saturday strong with Him

So I set my alarm for 6:50
And made my way to the beautiful sancutary of my church home.

It was there, on the green carpeted floor to the right of the alter in the streaming light of the stained glass window that God spoke clearer to me than I'd heard him all summer.

"My Beloved Heather,

You not only are studying the life of John the Baptist, I'm calling you to live the life of John the Baptist."

Just as John dressed in camel's hair

(unusual dress for the day)

I'm living out of suit case with 98% sports wear

Just as John ate locusts and honey 

(must have gotten pretty tiring after week 4)

So I eat the same meals weekly

Just as John lived in the wilderness with no bed or "home"

(must have stunk getting sand in his underwear every day)

So I sleep in the church basement

Just as John spoke hard truth into people's lives

(nobody likes being told that their lives need to change)

So I call middle and senior high students to see the areas in their lives
where Jesus is not King yet.

Just as John had doubts

(Jesus sure didn't look like the knight in shining armor that an Israelite was looking for)

So I wonder some days when exhaustion is high if this is actually the path I should be on

And just as John stuck to it till death

I have decided
To say NO to everything self

and continue to say YES

To proclaiming the coming of the Lord
As a voice calling in the Desert
Prepare the Way for the Lord.

So Hello,
My name is John
And I'm living a life with a message
That is worth dying for