Let My People Go

Over the last few days the Lord has been showing me that I need to let Joe go.
For the past month He has told me that it's his time to be in the service and not in the family room. Then at bible study Friday night the thought came to me that maybe I am not supposed to be with Joe right now in the service. The next day as I was driving home from a friendship meeting the Lord said to me, "He's mine first, not yours let him go." This reminded me of the time back in August when the Lord showed me that Joe will be saved to worship Him, not me.
We did not make it to church over the weekend. Sunday night the Lord impressed on my heart to make more of an effort to get my family to church. Joe really needs to be there. Last night at the last minute I decided to go to Royal Identity's Thanksgiving Feast. While there I met a lady I had never met before. She was awesome! As I listened to her talk the Lord showed me that I don't have to feel bad that my lil' ones are sitting with me in church and I don't have to feel bad if I don't put them in the toddler room. I am where I need to be for such a time as this.
This morning the Lord is telling me to "let my people(Joe) go" So I looked up that story in the bible. He led me to Exodus and in chapter 8 verse 1 the Lord says to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to Him this is what the Lord says:Let my people go so that they may worship me."
It's Joe's time. Time to find himself in the Lord apart from me. Just like I have had to find myself in the Lord. He belongs to Him first. The Lord is also showing me to let him go and He will give him back twofold.