When God Said, “Go.”
For the last few years, I’ve been on a really interesting journey…
And in the last six months, it’s intensified in a way I didn’t expect.
God has led me into places I never would have gone on my own.
Spaces some people might avoid. Stories many would question… or simply not understand.
And if I’m being honest…
At first, I felt it.
The hesitation.
The uneasiness.
Because this wasn’t something I chose out of curiosity…
This was something I felt led into.
A nudge in my spirit that simply said,
“Go.”
So I did.
I listened.
I leaned in.
I sat in conversations… Zoom lives… messages… podcasts…
And what I found there wasn’t what I expected.
I found hearts.
People who love God. People trying to navigate their world… their story… their relationship with Him.
Even when their path didn’t look like mine.
Even when it didn’t fit the box.
And something in me began to shift.
Not in a loud, dramatic way…
But deep.
It was like another layer of religion…
Of subtle judgment…
Just quietly broke off.
I didn’t even realize it was still there.
But God did.
I remember early on in this journey, someone asked me,
“Why would you go there? Don’t you know what they do?”
And I understood the question.
But the truth is…
I didn’t go there on my own.
I went because I felt led.
And when God leads you somewhere, it’s not your job to judge the place.
It’s your job to carry His heart into it.
He didn’t send me there to fix anyone.
Or change them.
Or correct them.
He sent me to love them.
To hear their hearts.
To recognize that they, too, are made in His image…
And that He is meeting them right where they are.
All I did was listen.
Honor their story.
See them as people.
And that alone impacted more than I ever could have by standing at a distance.
In the process…
He freed me even more.
More love.
More compassion.
More light.
I feel it in the depth of my heart.
I find myself drawn now…
Not to what’s safe.
Not to what fits neatly in a box.
But to the real.
The raw.
The unique.
The unexpected stories.
Because that’s where I’m seeing Him show up in ways I never imagined.
When God leads you into the unknown…
It’s not to confuse you.
It’s to expand you.
And what He’s been expanding in me…
Is the ability to see people the way He sees them.
To look past the outside.
To go deeper than the surface.
To truly see their heart.
And in that…
He’s been gently breaking things off in me.
Judgment.
Self-righteousness.
The need to stay within the lines.
The weight of what others might think.
Things I didn’t even know were still there.
And as those things fall away…
What’s left is more love.
A deeper love.
A freer love.
The kind of love that sees people…
And meets them right where they are.
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Part of the Breadcrumbs collection by Abby Lewis—true stories that leave room for God to speak.