What a wonderful day!!

Brothers and Sisters, today has been a wonderful day. I have been so worried about our Sister Myrna, as she is truly struggling in her walk with the Lord. Her husband has slipped back into drugs, in an attempt to feel alive again, and I know the emptiness that comes instead all too well. I pray for her and her husband and ask all who read this to do the same, as it only takes a moment to ask God to help them both in their struggle.

I got to spend yesterday doing gardening work at our church. It was so wonderful, seeing the cars and trucks spilling into the parking lot. Eager faces descended upon the work and made it into a fun day of fellowship. Everything looked so clean and beautiful when all was done. My husband and I had to leave before it was all finished, as we got a call for help from his mother. His dad was cutting up a steer that he had raised since last spring, and at 64, could not do all on his own. I spent the day wrapping and labeling meat, from 1 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 at nite. We got to eat some of the meat, cooked as cube steaks, by his mother when we were all done, and took many pounds of it home for our own family. The bounty from our day of work was tremendous!! Unfortunately, I was hurting and sore all over by the time it was done. Too many hours of standing on a concrete floor, no doubt. I prayed as I lay down last nite that God would heal my body and make me ready to receive his word this morning at services.

I must share that our brother (my husband's younger brother) made it to services today. He has been wandering for years, unhappy and unsatisfied with his life's accomplishments. We were overjoyed to have him there. I worried at first that my mind would not quit chattering at me, so finally I closed my eyes and begged God to come into my heart. When a fellow wanderer stood up and professed his love for our Father, it really tugged at my heart and the tears spilled down my cheeks. I was so happy that God had softened my heart and made me feel again. I looked over at our brother and was so glad to see that he also had tears in his eyes. He was quick to leave services when they were over, but Todd sent him a text message to see how he was, and he replied that he had a lot to think about. Talking to him further, we found that he had been touched during services and had started searching his heart and soul for meaning in his life. Finding none, he was wanting to consider things further and had made the commitment to come back to services next Sunday. Praise God, for he is SO wonderful in his gifts to us!! I worry on a daily basis when I don't 'feel' as I should. We all need to be 'undone' before the Lord, on our faces begging his forgiveness and love to come into our hearts. We need so badly to really FEEL things, and to not be dead inside, as it has become a way of life for so many of us. We are all so very composed as we come to church, so rigid and still, when instead we should be ON FIRE for God. Our passion should be overwhelming in its power, but instead we give weak responses and weak praise, saying meak and quiet prayers so that no one else will hear us.

My challenge as I face the coming week is to find the fire and passion inside myself. God knows my heart on this, but it is my brothers and sisters who need to see and feel my passion, so that it can become contagious and spread like wildfire!! I ask that you all pray to feel the fire, the passion and love you each feel for the Lord. Pray also for me, that I may come 'undone' on a daily basis, and that I may spread my passion to every life I touch. God Bless and keep us all!! God is AWESOME!!