Story Time ~ The road home {volume two}
The road home was not an easy one for me.
Literally.
Getting to Orlando was a monumental battle for me.
And I do not mean traveling on I4 although that is indeed a battle no one wants to face as well (insert sad face here).
As you know, I recently moved from the beach to my happy place near Disney World. It has always been my dream to live by the Magic Kingdom.
And to prove just how long a journey this was, you can look back at this entry when I thought I was coming here last year…
For some reason, I feel I just MUST talk about my favorite poem of all time here.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.
Actually I feel I’d like to include the ending here…
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“I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
By Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken
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I have always loved that poem and it just makes me think of my journey here.
”…and I - I took the one less traveled by,”
Following God is most certainly the less traveled path in life. Many times that path is filled with gigantic obstacles and diversions.
That is exactly how getting home has been for me, but worse. I’d describe it as one of the hardest times in my life honestly. A nightmare of torment.
Who was so against this move as to torment me?
The devil.
At many moments, he won. I was debilitated at times. The torture was so intense in my mind. Excruciatingly so.
I was not “okay” during this time. I was a mess.
Even using all this descriptive words, I just can’t properly convey the horror it was getting on the road home.
I mean horror is a pretty strong word. And when the devil attacks you in such profound ways horror is indeed what it was.
Why? Why in the world would it be so bad?
Because God is starting to use my ministry here in very clear ways. Profound life changing ways. Freedom ways. None of those are what the devil wants for me.
But in the end, God PREVAILED. Over and over I heard His mighty thunderous voice to my heart.
”Kendra, I do not want you here.”
Ok good. I got that part. Yes, yes I’ll move from the beach. But where?
Early on, I felt it was Orlando. Why ~ you may ask?
When I planned to move to Florida from Ohio 10 years ago, I originally was coming to Orlando. Then at the very last moment, I thought “I think I should go to the beach instead.”
That was the path I took.
Matthew 7:13
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
And in the end it turned out to be a very traumatic path. A path the devil wanted me on.
A path more traveled by.
God allowed this for my good. For the greater good of His Kingdom purposes.
Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
God is going to use my testimony here in Orlando in a MIGHTY way. The devil is diametrically opposed to that way.
Why did God allow such a painful period in my life?
To teach me some CRYSTAL CLEAR TRUTHS in following Him and only Him.
To teach me to trust in Him and only Him.
God allowed it because He loves me.
The path to the beach was required to give me a testimony to share.
To start my baking ministry. To start writing. To start to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I’m on a new path now. The path that led me home. The path that leads to light.
Matthew 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
So we’ve come to the end of this story time. And come full circle to the end of Robert Frosts poem.
”And that has made all the difference”
And in the end it turned out to be…
In God’s TRIUMPH I am now home.
So here it is.
Follow God and Write from your Heart,
Kendra