I feel a blog post is necessary to let all my clients, friends and family that follow the blog know that I am alive. : ) Actually I am so much better than alive, I am living ABUNDANTLY!!! God is so good and He is doing great works in me. I have been in a season of transformation.

Some of you already know that Bill and I learned less than 2 months of moving to Charlotte that we would be having to move again. YES AGAIN!!! GEEZ…. Seemed crazy at the time. It was a hard reality to come to terms with. All sorts of worry swirled in my head. From the condition of the Real Estate Market to the effect of yet another move for my little gypsy children were just the tip of the insurmountable iceberg. They have endured a many of moves in their short little lives. I have been battling great guilt for not providing them a place to call home. A place to set roots. We truly felt that making Charlotte our home was it. For years, Bill and my goal has been to move and settle here. Charlotte is equal in distance from his family in Pittsburgh and mine in south Georgia. It has a perfect mixture of four seasons with a mild enough winter for my thin southern blood. And the added bonus of being close enough to the beach for a day visit yet far enough to be well protected from hurricanes all seemed too perfect. I was stopped in my tracks, having to put all of my grand plans on hold. The Big Launch Party for Shara Lana Photography that I had been planning for the city of Charlotte all of a sudden made no sense. It left me with a lot of questions and time. I had to decide what to do with that precious time. I was in a time of waiting. My life on hold I felt. But God had different plans and I have listened. : )

I have taken a real honest look at my life, where I am and where I want to be. God made it clear to me when we first got the news of the move that I definitely needed to be 100% available to my family. I needed to be their soft place through this transition. I knew where I would find my strength and I had a lot to learn and still do and forever will. As I see it now, God has blessed me with this time of waiting. It has been time with Him that He rarely got before. I was like many, church on Sunday, a prayer when I or someone I knew needed something, telling my children that God loves them, going through a lot of motions that at the time seemed appropriate. Maybe enough I thought. But as I put my own desires on hold and gave God all of my time, all of me, I have learned that His plans for me outreach any thing that is humanly possible to imagine. I LOVE God with all my heart and all my soul. I want more than ever to do His works. I don’t know what the future holds for my family but I do know that it is a life lived abundantly through Christ. I wish that there would be no more hurt from my doings or that of others but it is there that our testings will be. How will you, I react? I am still battling with a lot of hurts. It never seems to stop at times. As much as I would like to change a few folks that do most of my hurting, I can’t. At times I want to shut that door between I and them but I don’t think Jesus would approve. And I don’t want them to close the door on me. All I can do is go to God with it and be as Christ like as I can through it. Asking Him for the wisdom I need and the strength to get through it. I have fully embraced Him, not a hug here or there. I know that our journey with Him has peaks and valleys, belief and doubt, love and hurt but I have reached a new understanding and I celebrate that today. I praise Him for all He gives. He has me forever and He will never let me go.

Our country is facing some tough and uncertain times. Things are swirling, changing, churning, turning and there is but ONE that is unchanging and certain. He is the One that we must hold on to with all that we have. He provides all. It is ours, we just have to believe.

AND I BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AMEN.

If you ever need encouragement, I would be honored to be your soft place too. I too could use your support.

Love in Christ,

Shara Lana

For some Inspiration go visit Carolyn Pankalla’s Website. She is a Christian Artist that has an incredible testimony and Love for Christ. I like to think of her as an old friend. She is just beautiful. Jesus shines through her immensely. You will LOVE her!!!!!!!!!!