Coming Together

It's amazing to me how things just come together. I have put more than a few projects on my plate and didn't see my way through til today. With some careful planning, it will all be completed. Haven't you had this experience? Things are just crazy. You're running from one end to the other. Then all of a sudden things fall into place. The suddenness I find is because I wasn't expecting God to move in the way He did. Suddenness because I hadn't quite realized I had bitten off more than I could chew. Sudden because I moved over and allow the Pentecost Spirit to have Her way.

Money or Mission

Why do we do what we do? What is it that gets you up in the morning and starts you on your way? Are you hiding behind a job you hate just to get paid? I ran into a old friend today, who quit her job because she was not being treated in the mannner she felt she should. She took a lower paying more fulfilling job. And man is she happy. Are you willing to let go of the dollars to find your happiness? What motivates you is probably your mission.

Direction

It's funny how we seek other people's approval for what we do in life, but we don't allow them to make decisions about our life. Or do we? When we don't do what is in our hearts to do, for fear of what someone will say or think, then we allow them to make decisions for us. Is your life heading in the right direction? The direction that gives you peace? The direction that makes you look forward to getting out of bed? To stop moving in your direction is to give control of your life to people who are struggling with their own. Direction. What does it mean to then to step out on faith? To follow your heart? Listen to the voice of God. Move away from the chaos towards the quietness of peace. There you will hear what God has to say to you. Then move in that direction.

Nothing is working

You seem to be in the same old rut. Nothing is working out. You've prayed and prayed and still the same thing is happening. No change. Well, if that is you, it's time to make a change. Stop trying to control the situation. Try doing what God is telling you to do. Easier said than done? Not necessarily. When we move ourselves out of the way, we discover something -- a solution. But timone, you say, you don't understand my problem. Maybe not. But I do know that if what you are doing is not working for you, then you're doing the wrong thing. You're in the way of yourself.

Women's Day of Reflection

Saturday, 19 May 2007 I facilitated a Women's Day of Reflection on Living the Resurrected Life. I worked really hard at putting this day together and it didn't turn out the way I expected. I was disappointed in the turn out. I really expected about 50 women to show up. A dozen did. The schedule I had planned got off track right from the start. Don't you just hate that when it happens? You spend hours planning something thinking it's going to be this grand thing only for it to turn into something else. I got calls and emails later asking me how the day went. I wanted to say "you should have been there to find out" but I didn't. I just told the truth. Those dozen or so ladies and I allowed the Holy Spirit to have His way. And have His way He did. I discovered that it was necessary to let the schedule go when introductions took 45 minutes. Who would have guessed that hearts would be touched and transformed during introductions?