What If It’s YOU? 🌿

Dear Friends,

We know our lanes.

We’ve been running in them for years now—quietly, faithfully, steadily.

We’re the moms and nurses, the school teachers and bus drivers. We’re the ones who lead the weekly Bible study, cut hair in town, bring the casserole when someone’s sick, volunteer on Saturdays. We’ve built lives that are good and stable and honorable.

And yet…sometimes God stirs something that doesn’t fit in the lane we’ve been running in.

Sometimes His Spirit nudges us toward something unexpected. Something that feels risky. Something that makes us want to clutch the sides of our lane and whisper, “Not me, Lord. You’ve got the wrong girl.”

A couple of days ago, I felt that nudge.

Actually, it was more like a shove—straight into unfamiliar territory.

The Holy Spirit made it so clear: there are people God is running after. People He is desperate to love, to heal, to deliver. And He wanted ME to deliver a message to THEM. *blurg*🫣

In what can only be described as absolutely absurd, He asked me to…I’m embarrassed to even write it…pray online. Every single evening.

Until He tells me to stop.

No script, no outline.

I would simply hit record and He would give me the words.

All He needed was my obedience.

And y’all…praying out loud? Online? NOT. MY. LANE.

I wanted to laugh. I wanted to negotiate. I wanted to run back to what felt safe.

But here’s the thing: God never promised us safety. He promised us His presence.

And so I said yes.

I don’t know if three people will see these prayers or three thousand. I don’t know if the very ones He is chasing will find them.

But the beautiful part?

That’s not my job to figure out.

My job is obedience.

My job is to show up.

And maybe…just maybe…that’s your job, too.

So I want to ask you:

Is there a small stirring in you right now? A gentle nudge that feels uncomfortable?

A whisper that keeps repeating, “This…this is where I want you to go.”

Friend, the world is hurting. It is desperate for hope and love and light. And that light is not a vague, far-off idea—it is you. Yes, you.

Don’t wait for someone “more qualified” to show up. You may be the only one willing to carry the light into that specific dark place.

Why can’t it be you?

A Prayer of Obedience

*Lord, here I am.

My hands are open.

My heart is willing.

I lay down the comfort of my lane,

the boundaries I’ve built to keep myself safe.

If You call me, I will answer.

If You send me, I will go.

If You speak, I will obey.

Make me bold enough to step where I’ve never stepped,

gentle enough to love where I’ve never loved,

and faithful enough to trust You with what I cannot see.

May my life be an offering,

and my obedience be the doorway

through which Your light can flood a dark world.

Here I am, Lord.

Send me.*

Amen.

If you feel that nudge today, don’t ignore it.

Step out. Say yes. See what God might do.

With love and trembling obedience,

Melissa 🌿