the lawn chair lady

So after work today I was driving down 141 making my daily trek back to grimes. Off the side of the interstate there was a lady sitting next to a department of transportation car in a lawn chair. I laughed and did a double take. How odd, a women on the side of the road looking as if she is laying out at the beach. I thought, I know who will love this. I picked up my phone to call sarah ann. Danget. She is across the world in moldova. I miss my friend. I must say that lately I have been quite proud of my friends. Sarah and rob answered gods call and made the trip across the world to serve the people of moldova, and phillip harder made the journey to africa. They are taking it to the ends of the earth and I am so proud. I don't know what the lawn chair lady was doing, im sure she had some sort of a purpose, but that will for sure be one of the things I tell sarah about when she gets home.

Bigger than my heart

1 John 3:18-23 (the message)

My dear children let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love. This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality. It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves. And friends, once that's taken care of and we're no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we're bold and free before God! We're able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we're doing what he said, doing what pleases him.


I have been reading 1 John, Over and Over and Over again. Sometimes I do this until it finally sinks in. I have probably read the above passage about 30 times in the last week. Those who know me know that I am incredibly critically hard on myself, or debilitating as the message so eloquently puts it. Every time I have gotten worried or scared over the last week I just keep repeating to myself. “God is bigger than our hearts” That is so amazing to me. Especially right now. Katie recently laid in the grasp of death, I was so scared for her, for her family, for our church, but “ God is bigger than our hearts” He proved to me, and to so many others, that if we just let go for a second and pray and “Stretch out our hands, we will receive what we ask for,” HEALING. “Because we are doing what he said”
I want to live in Gods reality. I want to practice real love. I want to shut down the self-criticism, even when there is something to it. Good thing that God is so much bigger than my worried heart, and I don’t have to do a single thing really. Just believe, love, stretch out my hands, and receive.
Beautiful.

Prayer... Prayer....Prayer......

This morning my phone rang at 5am and it was Rob. He said that Davy's (an elder in our church)wife katie had a brain anerurysm this morning. I believe she is currently out of surgery now. I'm not sure what the outcome is. Just please pray for her, for healing, for her family. They are very much adored in our church, and by everyone who meets them.
For more updates read mere's blog http://confessionsofaslackermom.blogspot.com/

Thanks for the prayers.