I didn’t know it, but God did, of all the reason He choose Waco as my new hometown. It’s been a year ago today that I was here in Waco looking at houses and knew that I was to be here. I could feel the presence of GG Grandparents in the area where I was looking at homes. It is near Waco that my GG Grandparents Charles Millican and Tillman Burch had settled, Bosque County and where much of my family history comes from. I have always been interested and fascinated with my family heritage and where we came from and what we stood for. I know that my GG Grandfather Charles was a preacher and carried his bible under his arm. I have learned to accept that blessing and stand firm on its foundation. God has reminded me many times over the months leading to Waco that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob blessings go for 1000’s of generations and I received that blessing. A Christian Family Heritage.
As I stopped near downtown Waco and near the Brazos River Bridge, I walked onto the main bridge and God overwhelmed me with His presence and the reminder of a vision He gave me on Christmas Day 2019 as I spent it alone with Him. I was crying and trying to speak as I made myself a video so that I would never forget that moment. I have it on my phone and it’s not consequence that I am typing this chapter today, One year later. God is so Good to His Children. The bridge is part of my ministry, my calling in connecting others together and connecting them to God. Bridging things together for others through Christ Jesus. I know that He will continue to reveal in time what all of it truly means.
As I have said in previous chapters, there were only 3 people who knew where I was and that was something the Lord had planted in my heart. That morning in a text message to my beautiful friend in Ft. Worth, we had talked about the 3 cord, that it is not easily broken and that there were 3 of them praying over me and for God to reveal what He had planned. I know that when I stepped onto the bridge and God’s vision came to reality, I knew that I was in the right place that God was truly opening the doors for me to be in Waco. I had heard in my heart and mind for several years the phrase, “For such a time as this”, and “Then suddenly”. I was getting ready to see those phrases come to pass in many ways.
On this day 1/6/24 I was excited to make new beginnings and to watch and see what God was going to do. I had already made a couple connections from places I had gone into to eat and stay. God was already opening doors and I had know idea what was before me, But God Knew!