Our recent visit to a metropolis was wonderful and exhausting all in one. It is a lot bigger than the city I live near.
Being somewhat submersed into the culture, I was over come with the need of God to truly be in the lives of the people.
I was sadden by behavior of grown adult. Sadden they don't know a better way - God's way.
The statues of great men and all they accomplished without a mention of their source of strength - God.
The pro-choice advocacy poster.
The homeless who carried all their owned in backpacks
The assault of evolution in the museums.
This city is not alone. There is a hope. For God is there. He is working - through His people, His church, His power. The battle is being fought for this city.
You're the God of this city
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of these nation
You are
You're the light in this darkness
You're the hope to the hopeless
You're the peace to the restless
You are
There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God greater things
Have yet to come
And greater things
Are still to be done in this city greater things
Have yet to come
And greater things
Are still to be done here
~Chris Tomlin
Ok, I must admit that over vacation I didn't spend as much time with God as I should and needed to . It left me slightly off and the first thing to go was my thinking. To be real, I need to share what was a wake up call.
I recently heard news of someone. Instead of focusing on the situation, of how I could be of service, of how I could pray, my first thought in my mind went to how this might be an answer to my prayer (in a selfish way, it it was an answer to another prayer). Thankfully, it didn't take long that the Holy Spirit said "What?"
I repented of my selfish thoughts and prayed over the situation and those involved.
God is so good to convict and correct those He loves.
We recently went on vacation. So thankful for scheduled posting on this blog. I'll share some of our adventures as soon as I get an opportunity to write. That is difficult with my girl home. I did have my pen and paper in the car and wrote a few blogs, which will be coming to you soon over the next month.
Somehow, I have bruised my foot. It is incredible painful to step down. I know this is a symptom of other foot issues, but it is a bruise. So I'm hobbling along in super comfy shoes.
I'm trying to determine the right amount of daily review for my girl over the summer. Subtraction isn't so easy for her and next year she'll need to know it much better than she does. Balance...
I normally donate things when I decide to clear house. However, a friend is having a yard sale. I don't live in high traffic area and would have to put out a lot of signs to lead traffic to my home. K wants to do a lemonade stand, so she and her best bud will hold a lemonade stand when the mamas do a yard sale. Its amazing how much stuff you can find just going through the house. I've ignored my garage for years, so I'm ready for it all to be gone. We're looking forward to making money. Our initial goal is enough to buy a Kindle Fire.
On today's agenda is baking my famous oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, which I may share with you soon, for our Life group tonight. We're reviewing a book at our church, which we're also discussing at Life group. I'm not ready mention the book, since I struggle with how topics are presented in the book. I'm hoping our summer Life group will help me understand a little more.
Speaking a Life group, this is our fourth year doing a summer session. The core group has remained the same for the past couple years. We meet at parks all over the area, have one sitter for the children while they play and we meet (most kids are now above 3). Every other week we have a cookout. We bring enough main dish for our family and a side dish or dessert to share. Praise the Lord, in the four years we've done this, Wednesday evening have had the best weather all summer long!
