Weird, not at all my natural inclination, so all by God's grace and in His strength... Cool, that's the way it should be. Relying on Him fully.
The last few days have been rather adventurous.. and this is a nice word... I could say tumultuous ... or I could use other words I would not use... you get the picture... many things went wrong... not horribly wrong but still causing upheaval and extra stress, unnecessary and just ughhhhhhhh....
It started on the weekend with this stupid cold and cough... and then the window ... got that fixed,.. finalizing the move, the mortgage, the presentation for tonite..taking care of everything and still being sick.. drove to Cambridge Wednesday morning, parked my car in the front... new window.., didn't want to run the risk of it being smashed in again.. :(
my little one at "take your kid to work" day... calling me sobbing.... throwing me off, on my way to pick her up I realized I left my purse at the Center... thats 60 km away from home... thankfully someone I know who works in Cambridge and lives half way my way was kind enough to meet me with my purse... drove there in a fog, feeling like I was going to faint, went to see a friend on the way home and.... left my purse there AGAIN....not sure what that means... my head is spinning with too much going on, information overload and a sinus infection..... I should not carry a purse... or, someone was trying to throw me off enough to be too frazzled to do what I believe God is calling me to do...
which is to respectfully present to the Elders of my church the passion God has placed in my heart and ask them for direction and confirmation...
It's all good, my purse is safely with me at the moment, the presentation prepared, movers scheduled, services moved to the new house, paper work signed and moneys transferred... children comforted, floors vacuumed, laundry folded, dogs taken outside and fed, teenage mothers encouraged, friends prayed for..... all is good... and all is well with my soul.....
Reading in 1 Peter 5 this past week... verse 8 to 11:
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
I think that was what was happening... he was prowling... he got me frazzled, he got me exhausted, he got me foggy and dizzy.... but in the end, he cannot stop God's good and perfect will from being accomplished... because we also know this:
... the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. ( 1 John 4:4 )
So I am saying... bring it on, you can't stop me because I am a child of the King of Kings.... and He is sovereign over all creation.... may His will be done tonite as the Elders, called by Him, will discern if I have been hearing from God and if the timing is right... Whatever the outcome will be, to God be the glory forever, Amen
