Tonite I feel the need to blog. Not sure why, but am compelled to write about the intensely personal God that I serve. Hopefully this will encourage someone along the way.
Sundays are a mixed day of emotions for me. We have to get up, get our stuff ready for our services, out the door, and pray that God blesses it and we experience Him in a supernatural way. Some services we are running late - try as we may, our week is filled with busyness and I feel like we can barely get out the door without forgetting something. But nonetheless we serve the church in the only way we can. Sometimes we fall flat on our faces, wondering who we offended and why people can't have grace enough to overlook our mistakes.
Anyways, I better get to my point. Sunday morning was one of those times I felt like we fell flat on our face. There were only 3 people in the service...and one left early - probably because the worship music was completely off key. I had a hard time hearing the key by our guitarist because he was singing too.
But it was one of those times where you want to go bury your head in the sand and cry because you think you are making an impact, then only 2 people show up!
Then there was the night service, and God in his grace, mercy & love showed up in the midst of the praise and worship time as well as the preaching of the Word. I sensed His Spirit so strongly that I just fell on my knees and worshipped Him.
I say all of this to say that my Jesus is so personal that He reaches down to our needs, and takes care of them. During the worship time, I just felt like the Lord was giving me a hug! He does things like that to let us know that He is not just a force or an ethereal being; but He cares for you and for me! He loves us deeply and intensely with a passion unlike any other.
Just my thoughts for the evening. Now I must go to sleep!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Infanticide
My friend posted a video clip of Obama's stance on live-birth abortions that were supposedly passed in the Illinois Senate. I feel as if I have to post it because I had never heard of this before. I have tried to remain neutral about presidential candidacy, and am not promoting McCain either. I just think this practice is abhorrent and we need to be informed of the issues at hand.
So when I watched this video, there were a few things going on in my mind - 1)Why didn't this nurse speak out earlier or try to do something about what was going on? That part is left out of this video. Also this video can be quite manipulative - especially with the scene at the end.
We should have known abortion carried out to its extreme would result in this. Perhaps the issue of legalizing abortion has desensitized us so much that our national leaders are accepting of this practice.
A friend of mine and I were just having a conversation about becoming desensitized to issues that she once viewed as wrong - such as smoking marijuana. She said that before she came to this country - her view about it was that is was wrong. But coming here she has met so many people who smoke marijuana every day, and she would never have imagined that these "normal people" would be using. For her she is now wondering if it is so bad as she thought. This is called "desensitization." It can happen with any major issue. And I believe it has happened with this issue too. If you hang out with people who do somewhat questionable things opposed to your own morals and values soon you will become desensitized. This nation's leaders are becoming desensitized to the issues. We'll fight for animal rights, but what about the rights of these babies that are literally being left alone to die?
Here is the video -
So when I watched this video, there were a few things going on in my mind - 1)Why didn't this nurse speak out earlier or try to do something about what was going on? That part is left out of this video. Also this video can be quite manipulative - especially with the scene at the end.
We should have known abortion carried out to its extreme would result in this. Perhaps the issue of legalizing abortion has desensitized us so much that our national leaders are accepting of this practice.
A friend of mine and I were just having a conversation about becoming desensitized to issues that she once viewed as wrong - such as smoking marijuana. She said that before she came to this country - her view about it was that is was wrong. But coming here she has met so many people who smoke marijuana every day, and she would never have imagined that these "normal people" would be using. For her she is now wondering if it is so bad as she thought. This is called "desensitization." It can happen with any major issue. And I believe it has happened with this issue too. If you hang out with people who do somewhat questionable things opposed to your own morals and values soon you will become desensitized. This nation's leaders are becoming desensitized to the issues. We'll fight for animal rights, but what about the rights of these babies that are literally being left alone to die?
Here is the video -
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
electricity out for a few hours... & 4 year anniversary!
Tonite we had the electricity out all throughout the canyon. Brian & I decided to look for ice to place our refrigerated items in because we weren't sure how long it would last. Interestingly enough by the time we got everything in the coolers, ate dinner and started cleaning up the lights went on. I'm not sure if I was glad about that or disappointed to not be able to have a little adventure and "camp out" inside the house :)
Tomorrow is our 4th anniversary! I've been blessed to be married 4 years to a wonderful hubby and a caring daddy. The 4 best years of my life. I love you baby! Happy Anniversary :)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Herding Cats!
Pastoring has its challenges, and we love it, but I never thought of this analogy, but it really hits the nail on the head! Check it out - Pastoring: It's like herding cats! :)
Monday, July 21, 2008
Potty training
Here is the latest pic of Mercy. She is learning how to be potty trained & today was her first day of using the potty :) Hopefully it will sink in soon and she'll understand what happened.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
there and back again
Well, we went on our trip to California. We got to spend good quality time with family, and had a meaningful memorial at David's gravesite.
We each put a white rose in the container for the flowers and said something meaningful to David or a memory of him. We handed Mercy a white rose too, and after Brian spoke and put the rose in, it was almost like she knew it was her turn. She needed a little bit of help, but she seemed to want to be a part.
David loved Mercy so much. He was happy to be an uncle. He was pretty amazed at the technology of our 3-D ultrasound too. We made him a copy of a 3-D video because at the time we didn't know how much time we had with him.
Anyways, it was good time with extended family, but we didn't get alot of time for just us 3. So it wasn't really a vacation for us.
But I am glad to be home, and back in the swing of things.
Today was a full day with church in the morning, family in the afternoon, property olympics in the later afternoon, church in the evening, then family time saying goodbye to Brian's parents after church. A full day, a good day & a memorable one at that.
Last week at church, my dad prayed for Zonnie & she was healed. God healed her of some problems with her nose. So she shared that tonight. I have been stepping out & playing some praise & worship on the keyboard. All I really know are chords, so that is something I know can be worked on. Then after I shared, we all celebrated one friend's decision to commit her life to Christ. She is such a sweetheart and has been close to making this commitment for a little while. We are happy for her new life and the different changes that are taking place in her life.
Well, I gotta go - I am worn out, can hardly keep my eyes open...............gdnt!
We each put a white rose in the container for the flowers and said something meaningful to David or a memory of him. We handed Mercy a white rose too, and after Brian spoke and put the rose in, it was almost like she knew it was her turn. She needed a little bit of help, but she seemed to want to be a part.
David loved Mercy so much. He was happy to be an uncle. He was pretty amazed at the technology of our 3-D ultrasound too. We made him a copy of a 3-D video because at the time we didn't know how much time we had with him.
Anyways, it was good time with extended family, but we didn't get alot of time for just us 3. So it wasn't really a vacation for us.
But I am glad to be home, and back in the swing of things.
Today was a full day with church in the morning, family in the afternoon, property olympics in the later afternoon, church in the evening, then family time saying goodbye to Brian's parents after church. A full day, a good day & a memorable one at that.
Last week at church, my dad prayed for Zonnie & she was healed. God healed her of some problems with her nose. So she shared that tonight. I have been stepping out & playing some praise & worship on the keyboard. All I really know are chords, so that is something I know can be worked on. Then after I shared, we all celebrated one friend's decision to commit her life to Christ. She is such a sweetheart and has been close to making this commitment for a little while. We are happy for her new life and the different changes that are taking place in her life.
Well, I gotta go - I am worn out, can hardly keep my eyes open...............gdnt!
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