Lesson Learned in the Sand
The Wednesday Girls have returned and I feel confident in saying that a good time was had by all! The combination of good girlfriends, Jesus and the beach brings the term "religious experience" to a new level - one that has us going about our business at home with a little sand on our shoes and a praise song or two in our hearts. I'm an early riser, so I was up and out on the balcony early each morning. The balcony of my friend's condo looks right over the beach and the vast blue sea beyond. Each morning there was a lone fisherman at water's edge, with a chair in which to sit after he cast his line and a bucket in which to store his catch. Yesterday morning, there were a lot of pelicans...
Wednesday Girls Go to the Beach
You may have noticed the mention of my "Wednesday Girls" a time or two. They are the precious women that hang out with me on Wednesdays for Bible study and living life together. This past spring, we decided that, in addition to our reading some books together over the summer and meeting every couple of weeks for discussion, we would plan a weekend to gather at the beach for a retreat. I love doing new things. Of course I've been to the beach and I've been to retreats before, but I've never done it with these girls. It will be new and fresh and significant because of the specific combination of souls that are present.I love the limitless creativity of God. I love how His Word is new...
Walking His Unknown Road
"Surrender" seems to be a recurring theme in my life these days. I surrendered my life to Christ when I was just a girl, but now, at the age of 45, He is tapping me on the shoulder and getting my attention in ways that are requiring a further surrender. I'm being called to surrender some things in my life that are functioning as "idols" to me and taking up room in my heart that belongs to God. I'm being called upon to continually surrender my children to God's care and keeping, since I can no longer (at least in good conscience!) micro-manage their lives. I'm also receiving the message - loud and clear - that I'm to surrender to God's call to minister in a way I've never ministered...
Ruined
You may have realized by now that I am a wordy kind of girl. I like words. A lot. Since God obviously knows this, He seems to have taken to communicating with me through the use of words lately. Now, I don't mean that He's using audible words to get me to catch a clue (although that would be very cool in a Cecil B. DeMille - epic Bible movie - Charlton Heston sort of way, and I'm totally open to it). I mean that, lately, He's just been dropping random words into my head and then continuing to put them in front of me until I get what He wants me to learn. Perhaps you remember "erode" from not too long ago. Over the last couple of days, the word has been "ruined". It just popped in...
New Artist Buzz
Well, I was visiting Boomama's blog and she made a recommendation for this artist, who I had never heard of. Wow. Check Brooke Fraser out for yourself! The song playing here is the title track from her Albertine album and it's an editor's pick this week on I-Tunes - the whole album is available for $5.99 and it's well worth every penny!Enjoy!