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I Serve an Amazing God!

I want to SHOUT it from the rooftops that, "I serve an amazing God". A God that is so patient and who never gives up or leaves. Okay...Pastor Moe... this post is for you! God has really placed on your heart some very timely messages in the past few months. I know that I am not a lone Parkway attender who could say "these golden morsels of truth have fallen on good soil."

So why today? Such a proclamation. I mean this statement was obviously true yesterday and has been for all time. He just did not start working today. But that is what is so great, He is working all of the time. But today He allowed me to "see" a portion of the bigger picture and work as His instrument. Thank you Lord.

Let me set the stage:
God has been calling me to action and into his service in a particular area, but He kept reminding me of this one specific area that was needing some SERIOUS attention before all that God has for me could really manifest. And honestly I have made it much more difficult than it had to be! And in yet another sermon on the mountain... God was trying to get the point across to yours truly!!!!

November 25, 2007 Pastor Moe was discussing living a life of surrender. He went on to talk about the life of Mary. "Mary lived a life of surrender. Think about what would have happened if Mary had not surrendered to God's perfect plan? Now...Think of all the people who can benefit if you live a life of surrender! When you live a life of surrender you are living for the bigger purpose. It will allow you to know God in a deeper way because as we live a life free of our issue we are now able to see a clearer vision of our part in God's plan for our life.Remember not my will be done, but yours God!"

Now this statement really stuck with me... I wrote it down... I typed it out and put it on a sticky note widget on my iGoogle page and trust me the Holy Spirit had this rattling around inside of me for months now. So I took some actions in several areas of my life and thought good... I am going in the right direction, that's good enough for now. (Hmmm...little negotiating with God...maybe...you think?)

Then enters David Tolan who joined us for our Missions Festival @ Parkway at the end of January. What is suppose to be a little "pep talk" for the participants of Random Acts of Kindness, KAPOW!, Hits me big time, and believe me it left a mark! Basically...God calling me to action in the area of my vocation! "God is waiting for people to cross barriers and possess/reclaim land in the name of Jesus!"... Okay God... I am listening... I am willing....I know... I have something I need to deal with!

On February 3rd, Pastor Moe is back up to bat, Consecration vs. Desecration. The message came from Joshua 3.5 Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” We can not move on to the next thing God has for us until we deal with what could potentially hold us back or slow us down. I wrote in my notes from that message " we have to do it so that we know it was God not us". Okay, God I know what I have to do! ... the Holy spirit reminded me of an instruction given to me over a year ago, a directive that I had only partially obeyed. I am happy to report that I completely complied!

Now I have to admit, my flesh was sufferin' something fierce...and experienced a feeling of LOSS, but I kept saying, "I trust you God, it was the right thing to do. I may never know the outcome, but I know you will take it from here"and I prayed for two specific requests related to this situation... Today, I got a unbelievable good report. It is true "he has done great wonders" The events of today were no doubt 100% God'... My cup overflows with joy...

Winter Weather Event!

Two weeks ago we had a beautiful snowfall and I took a picture of the back yard and thought, "Oh, I need to blog about our first real snow". But, I got busy enjoying my snow day and let the moment pass.
Well... there will be no delay reporting this one! We have had a winter weather event that is absolutely blog-worthy! The first ice storm of the season has arrived. I was of course laying in bet at 6 AM hoping for a snow day. I got up to check the delays and cancellations. I only had a two hour delay, so I decided to go back to bed and snuggle :-) Well about 8:10 as I continue to struggle to get out of bed...Chuck and I hear this horrific sound. We both bolt out of bed. We go down to the main level to look out of our picture window. In front of our eyes is a huge section of tree down across the front yard and drive way! The first thing out of my mouth was "Thank you, Lord!" Now before you jump to conclusions, it was not because I was not going to be able to go to school! On the contrary, I really was thanking Him for protecting our house, both of our cars, the light post, and even the trash can! Chuck and I have decided to stop procrastinating and get that tree in the front yard taken down!