- Relaxing at home... reading a good book. I read the WHOLE book of Genesis today.. what an amazing story! loved it ;) Go
- Is at Panera... eating a bagel, drinking coffee, studying my first course from Moody! Reading alot of the WORD ... Go
- Going to bed... it's been a good day. Go
March winds are blowing in….snow still covers the ground and it is so cold.
I am amazed at how fast my days fly by yet it just seems summer can’t get here fast enough for me this year.
I have so many plans this summer I have different things I want to do but I am so impatient! I just want the warm sunshine and I want it right away. I don’t want to wait.
I was reading in Ecclesiastes 3 yesterday. This is such a beautiful, beautiful chapter in the Bible. This passage talks about seasons in life. We all have seasons we will go through. Times of weeping and times dancing, times of war and times of peace…
I guess I just noticed even more that God has set for me a season, a time, a place He has me for that very minute in my life. I am to enjoy each season He gives. I am to obey and trust in this season and realize He gives all seasons “in His time”.
Kyle and me used to sing a duet together and I still sing it sometimes it’s called “In His Time”. That song still reminds me today that God will make all things beautiful in His time.
He will bring the spring flowers and warm rain showers in His perfect time. He brings sunshine when He knows it’s time. He brings all things and makes them beautiful in His time. The birds will sing again, in His time…
“Lord please show me everyday as your teaching me your way that you do just what you say in your time.”
Yesterday as I was getting ready for the day this thought crossed my mind. I stopped and wrote it down.
I desire to do Your will, Father
I need nothing more,
I want nothing less.
This is the exact prayer of my heart.
Last night I watched myself on video. It was the video of the Gathering speaking on homemaking. It is so hard to watch yourself though I am know it was good for me. I learned a lot about what I need to improve and so on. It was so funny to watch though! Anywayz …
I have finished piecing my wall-hanging quilt! It is so beautiful. Now I just have to machine quilt it. And I will be done. Mrs. Krause, a lady here on staff has been so sweet to teach me everything she can about quilting. It is so nice to have someone ready to teach you like that.
I have a sweet story about my Great Grandma’s quilting I will post here soon. She passed the tradition on to her daughter, grand-daughter and great grandaghter, Me.
Today it is gray, but I have so many neat things to do. I can look forward to today… yet VERY ready for spring and summer more so than any other year it seems.
I just got back from Bible class tonight. We are learning about church history. Some things I understand and some things I really don’t get at all but I really like the thought of learning more about the Bible. It’s fun.
Today I came up here to get some things done and reclined back in my chair and went to sleep. The rain was falling outside my window and I went sound asleep with my soft blanket. It was really nice to just sleep…
I have been working on my beautiful quilt wall hanging. It’s blue and yellow. The colors I picked are gorgeous, even if I do say so myself. J The pattern is called the ?Ohio Star’.
I am still working on my scrap booking and really love to see it come along. Though now I need more pages to fill.
Today I got the neatest letter from a girl who attended the Gathering. It encouraged me so much as she told how she had a complete change of heart while here.
She said “I realize that the Highest Calling is being a Mother at home” She said that she is coming home from the career she was pursuing, obeying her parents and changing her course though this was not what she really wanted to do at all before.
I was SO encouraged to open my email this morning at the desk and see that! I realize that is true ministry to obey God then He does the real work in the hearts of others. I love being involved in life changing ministry! She said the “Gathering changed her life”!
I never forget going through what I felt was real opposition over the Gathering and many nights I would cry because I really felt like I couldn’t do it yet God wanted me to. I see that was satan at work and I am so thankful that Jesus Christ is victorious in everything and made it a beautiful success. I am seeing now why, He wanted to work in the hearts of eager young ladies who came.
I am so excited at the prospect of new ministry opportunities I am looking into right now. I just cannot not wait for the next thing God has. I am really excited about being able to work with the E.V. girls on a project here in Flint hopefully soon.
It is so excited to be working for the Lord and doing His service!! I was thinking about this the whole day off and on even while I slept I would wake and think about Him! I so love Him… and am so excited about the paths He is leading me on in ministry.
Psalm 96 — “Oh worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness” I read this this morning and love it. True beauty is holiness of life.
There is a little red pail that sits on the Front Desk. Growing out of the pail are three red daisies. I think they are called “Gerber Daisies”. People often walk by and say the flowers remind them of spring.
Today I noticed when I came to the Front Desk the beautiful bright daisies looked a little wilted, bent over not nearly as bright as before…
Psalm 63:1
“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee, my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is…”
I was thinking about this verse lately and was reminded of it again when I came to the desk to work this morning.
There is a little red pail that sits on the Front Desk. Growing out of the pail are three red daisies. I think they are called “Gerber Daisies”. People often walk by and say the flowers remind them of spring.
Today I noticed when I came to the Front Desk the beautiful bright daisies looked a little wilted, bent over not nearly as bright as before.
Chuck noticed too and went to give them some much-needed water.
I read so much about how our bodies need purified water and lots of it. Just like we need water daily we need that pure water that only comes from Him. We need the purest water of life from our Father. We need Him daily, hourly all the time to make our lives bright and outstanding to others who need Him too.
That pure crystal flowing water will brighten our lives just like those flowers. But we need to thirst for and drink of Him all the time in order to be spiritually healthy, just like my “Gerber Daisies” sitting on the Front Desk need water every day to stay bright, cheery and healthy.
Just some of my thoughts today…
