WOW! Well it’s
been about 2 months since I’ve posted anything... Sorry to leave you hanging for
so long!
It’s been a month
since we got back from the MAGIC convention in Chicago.
In the last month
I have realized that it was okay if I wasn’t bearing fruit... Or if I don’t even
have a clue what fruit God wants me to grow (my tree has been really
confused!)… I have been undergoing a ginormous growth spurt! I attended the
Global Leadership Summit at my church... I would Love to go the MAGIC convention again next
summer and watch GLS live in Chicago!!! I also went on a marriage retreat with
my husband! I’ve just been soaking it all up and waiting for God to lead me.
from the retreat
the beauty of Lake Tahoe!
I wasn’t sure
what to write. I’m not the best at dealing with disappointment; this has been a
struggle for me since I was very little. It’s been even harder to deal with
knowing I will have to disappoint others.
Most importantly,
I want you to leave this knowing that our hard work was not in vain. It seems
God’s plan was a little different than mine. To be honest I am still not quite
sure what the plan is, and I am okay with that. It’s time to adjust the sails
and go in whatever direction he sends me. I am incredibly happy to finally be
in a place where I can do that without spending months/weeks/days trying to
power through and losing ground.
Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I
know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope.
I don’t write
until I feel like it. Until I feel a little tug, and the sense that there’s
something important to say. It helps to have a somewhat complete thought to go
along with.
Today was an
inspiring day, a gift to wrap up the last month, and the gentle tug to finally
put everything into words... A lot of words!
I watched people plunge into the river and
come out NEW, baptized in
Christ! My church had a picnic in the park by the river in downtown Reno. Our
family packed our lunch, and a lunch to give out to a homeless person. We also
baked brownies and packaged them up in little bags to give away.
The current “theme” at church is
LOVE LIKE JESUS,
and that was in the forefront of my mind today as I watched everyone gather to worship. I was overwhelmed with LOVE! That only grew as we shifted to the river to watch people get baptized. I wonder if you can get baptized more than once. I mean, I’ve been saved 15,743 times (funny story, when I was a kid I was never sure if the last one “stuck” so whenever they talked about being saved and said that prayer I raised my hand and did it again), so why shouldn’t I be able to get baptized again? If I ever do, I couldn’t imagine a better way of doing it! As each person went under and came back up the immensity of what was happening started to set in! I looked around at the people gathered all over- on the rocks below me, the sidewalks, and on either side of the river. I saw people coming over wondering what was going on, stopping as they walked by to check it out. I was amazed to sit there and watch God working. I realized that what he has planned is far better than anything I could do on my own.
The current “theme” at church is
LOVE LIKE JESUS,
and that was in the forefront of my mind today as I watched everyone gather to worship. I was overwhelmed with LOVE! That only grew as we shifted to the river to watch people get baptized. I wonder if you can get baptized more than once. I mean, I’ve been saved 15,743 times (funny story, when I was a kid I was never sure if the last one “stuck” so whenever they talked about being saved and said that prayer I raised my hand and did it again), so why shouldn’t I be able to get baptized again? If I ever do, I couldn’t imagine a better way of doing it! As each person went under and came back up the immensity of what was happening started to set in! I looked around at the people gathered all over- on the rocks below me, the sidewalks, and on either side of the river. I saw people coming over wondering what was going on, stopping as they walked by to check it out. I was amazed to sit there and watch God working. I realized that what he has planned is far better than anything I could do on my own.
Continued from Jeremiah… Then you will call upon me and come and
pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me
with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will
restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places
where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent
you into exile.
So much went into
getting to Chicago…
Months of preparation and hard work.
Immense amounts
of kindness from friends, family, and strangers in our community!
All of it leading
up to a dream, something I thought we could never do. Proof enough of the
awesomeness of God. Even if that was all I was able to get out of this, it is
something to marvel in! I shattered through the glass above my head, I know
there is no limit to what He can do!
That’s all for
tonight… I leave you with a cliffhanger! MUAHAHA
Soon, soon I will
post the rest of the story (working on putting photos into it etc… Making it
pretty for you!
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