Hello World,
Boy, am I thankful. I am thankful for this beautiful world that gets smaller and smaller everyday. I am thankful for the capacity to type and for dogs to cuddle and a warm place to sleep. I am thankful for my husband, cooking for me right now. I am thankful for this moment to exist and breath.
I have been so incredibly blessed this year.
I started it in Utah. We had planned to tour in the States from that February.Then we went back to France as a huge old shock. It was an abundant-over-the-top-extra joy and the story to tell about it is one that I'll never get tired of telling. Here's the link to that awesome story. It was with immense pride and joy to find out that the wonderful lady we trained and lived with took on the reigns of leadership after we left. We came to the States this June and have spent the last six months here. We reopened an old area, and had an amazing time of it. We trained up a girl who's parents were in Covenant Players back in the 80's! Our first second generation CPer, pretty neat honor there.
I want to write more (no, I really mean that) AND let you into my world more, about what the prayer needs are, and what I'm seeing and experiencing. Since I started sewing bags out of denim and other materials, my diary has been pretty much ignored, so maybe writing here will actually keep me writing.
I do plan on sharing things I've read in the Bible that jump out to me, or just nudge me into thoughtfulness. I was reading about when Jesus rose from the dead, and the thing that nudged me was how the angel rolled the stone away and sat on it. Maybe there's an immovable rock in your life, but it's not permanant to God. He can send one of his angels to roll it away. The physical image of this simple triumphant stance just resonated with me, and I don't seem to be able to put it into words. But maybe that's okay. Maybe this image is meant to touch someone who reads this, and give some spark of faith and confidence to the One who CAN handle the things we can't.
Be blessed and Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Sunday, July 6, 2014
The Little Huge Blessing
In Covenant Players, we have our own lingo, words, abbreviations and stuff. That's been established a few times by now, I'm sure. CPCC is Covenant Player Covenant College. It's our training time and it's a wonderful time. It's intense and together and full. We are knitted together in a way unlike anything else, because we are taking classes and putting together plays and learning lines and cooking and cleaning and joking and rubbing shoulders and our iron sharpens the next person's iron. I may be running out of sense.
On Saturday something happened that I haven't actually told anyone yet. So, I'm telling you this story of my little blessing first. It was hot. Of course it was. This is Southern California in July. I went for a walk to get some mountain dew at a gas station and look at my script. Near the gas station is a 99 cent store, and I looked around and wished that I could think of something someone needed. I prayed for the chance to be a blessing to someone. Either through a smile or some kind of divine appointment of some kind. Anyway, when I finally did get to the gas station, they didn't have mountain dew, at least not as a fountain huge option. I wasn't going to give up so easily. I went to a fast food joint and joked with the lady that I was disappointed in that station because they didn't have any dew, and that was the only thing I wanted to have. She smiled and got me a cup. I asked how much it would cost, and she just shook her head and walked away. I was so surprised. I went to fill up the drink, and looked back, and there was no one available. As I sipped my drink and walked out through the parking lot. I started to laugh and then to cry and went back and forth as the Lord just touched my heart through this seemingly small blessing. He really does care, and he says the same thing back- I want to bless you! I want to show you how much I love you through small little things like a soda. I felt His love so near, I felt like his arms were around me and like I had just gotten the Christmas present that I had been waiting for since October.
On Saturday something happened that I haven't actually told anyone yet. So, I'm telling you this story of my little blessing first. It was hot. Of course it was. This is Southern California in July. I went for a walk to get some mountain dew at a gas station and look at my script. Near the gas station is a 99 cent store, and I looked around and wished that I could think of something someone needed. I prayed for the chance to be a blessing to someone. Either through a smile or some kind of divine appointment of some kind. Anyway, when I finally did get to the gas station, they didn't have mountain dew, at least not as a fountain huge option. I wasn't going to give up so easily. I went to a fast food joint and joked with the lady that I was disappointed in that station because they didn't have any dew, and that was the only thing I wanted to have. She smiled and got me a cup. I asked how much it would cost, and she just shook her head and walked away. I was so surprised. I went to fill up the drink, and looked back, and there was no one available. As I sipped my drink and walked out through the parking lot. I started to laugh and then to cry and went back and forth as the Lord just touched my heart through this seemingly small blessing. He really does care, and he says the same thing back- I want to bless you! I want to show you how much I love you through small little things like a soda. I felt His love so near, I felt like his arms were around me and like I had just gotten the Christmas present that I had been waiting for since October.
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