When there's nothing to say...

What do you say when there's nothing to say? I think the answer is 'nothing'.

I've been writing on this blog for years, and 265 posts later, there has come a quiet, peaceful place that leaves me with the apparent approval from the Holy Spirit to bring it to a close. I've loved the journey, I've met some unbelievable people because of it, and most importantly, God has used it as a means to my healing.

When you've spent your entire life feeling like you have no power and no control, you have to have an outlet and Living in Balance has been the vehicle to give voice to a hurt and abandoned soul. But what I hadn't counted on was the time when the blog would end.

To be honest, I walked this walk for the past 4 years totally in faith. In the beginning the only thing I knew was searing pain and the knowledge to fight hard to get out of it. I was unsure that God really lived in my life, moved in my life and talked to me. I now have the confidence of a new, and deeply emotional truth that God is alive and intimately involved in my choices and future.

The inventory process of our lives is the beginning of knowing God and healing. Living in Balance has hopefully documented to you my pain and then true healing. There are also places of my heart that will never see the light of day. Places where words don't exist, just emotions and hurts, maybe one day God will see fit that those dark places are revealed. Most of those dark places would be painful for friends and family to know. Besides, I think there comes a time to move on and respectfully put those events to rest. For me, they have the potential to be a foothold for the Dark Enemy and I guard my new found faith against the things he may use against me.

So, precious friends, this is the last of my postings on Living in Balance. I'll not close the blog so it sits quietly for others who may find it helpful to their journey. But the writing here has ended. I have a sense that a new blog is in the future, where and when is unknown, so I'll wait for God to reveal. In the meantime, I return to school and eventually move on to a new career of counseling others who need a soft place to fall. I'm confident that God is blessing my decision to enter into a unique ministry for hurting people.

In closing. its my prayer that God blesses you as He has blessed me. When I began, my faith was small, my God in a box. But now, He is a powerful, amazing force who loves me without end.

I love you all.

God is good...God's love immeasurable!

~~Jo Ann