It's been three weeks, so it's past time for an update. I'm not sure I have much to say.
Will had a great time on his first trip to Pine Cove, a Christian camp, for a weekend retreat with the midschoolers. A friend & I were counting up the years we have had kids going to Pine Cove. For her, it was 7. I realized that over the last 11 years, when my daughter first went, my kids have gone every year except last year. They continued to go as high schoolers on the servant team (serving meals for the midschoolers). My older son even went once as an "adult counselor" after graduating high school. He skipped last year, though.
Today was Missions Meal. This is a monthly (most months) meal we cook and serve to raise funds for our Haiti Sister Church or other missions cause. It's always fun to get together with friends and work for a good cause. We're raising funds with a new roof in mind for our brothers and sisters in Chambellan, Haiti. We had a small crew, but we got it done eventually, starting at 8:00 a.m. and finishing up at 2:30 p.m. We hung out for an hour to wait for the midschoolers to return from Pine Cove.
I've been convicted about a couple of things -- time in the Word and in prayer, and financial giving. I'm posting it here so I'll be accountable to you, my reader friends. So far, I haven't made any changes. I find time to read fiction all the time, but I'm having trouble getting motivated to read my Bible. Right now, I'm not in a Bible study other than my mini-church (home group), so I don't have a class to structure my reading. I'm terrible at deciding WHAT to read, and that stalls me out. I have a devotional that would at least keep me going, but I'm not picking that up either. So, when you see me, asking me how I'm doing on spending time with the Lord.
Although I enjoy the relative simplicity of having fewer people around, I do miss my big kids. With my daughter in Germany for 9 more months and my son in Toronto for a few more weeks, it's been quiet. But I do enjoy the smaller grocery bill! Only I have to adjust my shopping habits to buying for three, not five. We can get by on a gallon of milk each week! Wow!
OK, I guess I had something to say! I'd better wake my younger son and see if I can get him to do a little more school work!
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Sometimes life feels like that...like we are just going through.
I will pray for your right now that the Holy Spirit would bring LIFE into your space, and that He would tweak your spirit when you have time to read His word and that you would listen.
That is the biggest thing for me...if I get all wrapped up in my own life, I will sort of "forget" to read my Bible, but it only takes a prayer...a "Father, please remind me when I have time!" for me to hear the Spirit again calling me to His Word. I'll be getting my coffee in the morning and I'll "hear" him say "Jenny...now is a great time!" And if I obey that tweak, then my hunger for His word increases.
I mean, the word is an acquired taste. Maybe a little like coffee! Once we experience the deliciousness of the liquid, the community of drinking it with others, the luxury of a large cup in front of a heater on a cold morning, the effect of the caffeine, we never go back! Ha-ha! (Not the best analogy, but it is funny)
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