This day follows a horrible sleeping night - or I guess I should say sleepless night! Our son's band was here and one of them - I AM NOT EXAGGERATING had the worst cough I have every heard in my life!
This kid is probably 6'4" and 250 pounds and it sounded like he was coughing up a lung all night long! Since he's 24 years old it's not like I could trot upstairs and rub Vicks on his chest or shove a spoonful of medicine down his throat. But HOW I wanted to! ha ha
Anyway all that to say - I got up prepared oatmeal, scrambled eggs, sausage, toast, juice and coffee before they headed to Indiana.
Now my day off begins with a headache, a blanket, my computer, books to read and the couch covered with coupons and grocery lists with lots of inexpensive - nearly free grocery items to add to my stockpile. I love a good bargain!
Monday, February 8, 2010
weekend report
Interesting weekend! Our Saturday night service was canceled - we were under a level 2 storm warming both last night as well as this morning. But, we just had to have church! So we all got together this morning for 2 services and it was great!
Our Setlist:
Beat It - Jackson (we had video of people around our ministry trying to moon walk- just wanted to have some fun. Even some of the older crowd told me they could hardly stay in their seats when the band played it!)
Announcements: Our youth guy Jesse Rider took care of announcements
Praise: My Savior Lives - New Life
Worship: Hungry - shortened
Worship: Lead Me To The Cross - Chris and Conrad
Message: Ephesians Pt. 4 - Senior Pastor Tim Armstrong
Financial Update: Wendel Anderson
Exit Instrumental: Lead Me To The Cross
To see what other ministries did around the country this weekend go to theworshipcommunity.com
To watch our services on line go to www.crossroadswired.com
Our Setlist:
Beat It - Jackson (we had video of people around our ministry trying to moon walk- just wanted to have some fun. Even some of the older crowd told me they could hardly stay in their seats when the band played it!)
Announcements: Our youth guy Jesse Rider took care of announcements
Praise: My Savior Lives - New Life
Worship: Hungry - shortened
Worship: Lead Me To The Cross - Chris and Conrad
Message: Ephesians Pt. 4 - Senior Pastor Tim Armstrong
Financial Update: Wendel Anderson
Exit Instrumental: Lead Me To The Cross
To see what other ministries did around the country this weekend go to theworshipcommunity.com
To watch our services on line go to www.crossroadswired.com
Saturday, February 6, 2010
simplicity
I LOVE bad weather when I'm home! When I have to go out later I won't be so happy I guess, but, when I'm home life is simple.
We didn't get anything with this storm compared to other areas of the country, just enough to keep us off the roads for a while today. But, what the storm did do by limiting our choices for one day is it gave me the gift of simplicity.
I sorted through stuff, washed clothes and made homemade potato soup sprinkled with bacon and cheese.
I talked to my dad who told me he just stuck his cane out of his w
indow and pulled a bird feeder toward him in order to refill it, and was now watching the thankful birds eat! Can't you just see a cane drawing an empty bird feeder into a window? Simplicity - focus on details - enjoyment of little seemingly insignificant life stuff.A sabbath of sorts. A 8 inch deep, cold, beautifully white simplicity!
Friday, February 5, 2010
snow is here
I have been away from blogging for the past day or so due to my aunt's passing - man, did she love the Lord - so while we are down here shoveling she is dancing in heaven so glad to be home!
And the snow has arrived!
I must confess, I have dedicated much of the past two days to making fun of my friends that
were concerned about the storm. They were right and I was wrong.
Did I just just admit that...
I took a little nap and when I woke up an hour later everything had changed, including my ability to see the road in front of our house! These are shots from my back door of my car that I drove an hour earlier! Yikes!! How is it where you all live?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
preparing for communion
Tonight is communion at Crossroads. Time to prepare. I am referring to preparing myself, not the service.
We should not participate if we do not prepare our hearts for communion. Blameless before the Lord.
I am tempted to take this upon myself like all the other tasks that lay on my desk awaiting completion. Although we are told to practice communion in the scriptures, it is not a 'to do'. It is to be instead an act of worship, remembering the amazing sacrifice of Christ and the for
giveness His sacrifice provides.
I hope you will join us tonight for the communion celebration, please spend time preparing your heart and I pray the whole congregation will say, "it was good to be in the house of the Lord!"
We should not participate if we do not prepare our hearts for communion. Blameless before the Lord.
I am tempted to take this upon myself like all the other tasks that lay on my desk awaiting completion. Although we are told to practice communion in the scriptures, it is not a 'to do'. It is to be instead an act of worship, remembering the amazing sacrifice of Christ and the for
giveness His sacrifice provides.I hope you will join us tonight for the communion celebration, please spend time preparing your heart and I pray the whole congregation will say, "it was good to be in the house of the Lord!"
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
what I learned today
I continued my study of Sabbath Keeping this week. Amazing and thought provoking!
The most incredible description of sabbath in chapter 3 was where the author said, "Sabbath is a deep symbol of Israel's intimate relationship with God. Violating sabbath is like throwing your wedding ring in the face of your spouse." That is a powerful example of the fact the Sabbath is not another task to be checked off our list, but instead it is about our relationship with God. The sabbath day is dedicated time to further develop our relationship with God.
The Sabbath sounds more and more like something I really must begin to practice in a much more dedicated way than I have previously!
The most incredible description of sabbath in chapter 3 was where the author said, "Sabbath is a deep symbol of Israel's intimate relationship with God. Violating sabbath is like throwing your wedding ring in the face of your spouse." That is a powerful example of the fact the Sabbath is not another task to be checked off our list, but instead it is about our relationship with God. The sabbath day is dedicated time to further develop our relationship with God.
The Sabbath sounds more and more like something I really must begin to practice in a much more dedicated way than I have previously!
Monday, February 1, 2010
my day off
I have normal stuff today - finish spring-ish cleaning kid's bedrooms before they come home this week, laundry and grocery list planning (with coupons)...but I still feel weak from the depth of terror I felt last night.
This probably sounds overly dramatic, but, we got a call from our daughter who was driving home from Michigan to Indiana last night when a tire blew out! GOD was present and kept her car from wrecking, but, she and 2 other girls found themselves in pitch black stranded on I 69. Four hours from here and almost 2 hours from school.
Talk about a sick feeling.
We kept her on speaker phone as she drove 'on the flat' a couple miles down the side of this busy interstate to get off on a ramp to get out of the way. They then called the State Patrol who arrived and helped them put the donut tire on their car.
The ramp they went down led to nowhere so it took some doing to even get back on the interstate. The patrolman had told them they could not drive far on it, so still on the speaker phone we tried to think of a solution for help at 9:30 on a Sunday night.
As they drove 35 mph down 69,only going 4 miles since reentering the interstate, a Michigan State Policeman pulled them over to tell them their donut was flat. He told the girls to get in his car and he'd take them to get a tire. This period of time was perhaps the most scared I have ever been in my life! All the horrible news reports, including a couple stories I had heard about how supposed 'fake road side assistant' people would intercept police calls and attack people came flooding back and sent me into a panic.
The next call we got was an amazing call. The policeman called a friend who owned a car repair place that was closed of course, but, the guy met them there and could only find a tire that was one size too small but GAVE it to them. He would not let them pay! The policeman drove the girls back followed by the store owner who changed the girls tire and went on his way.
As the man drove away the girls saw this sticker on the back of his pick up truck "Jesus Saves"...
I have been praising and thanking the Lord for His obvious intervention and protection, and for a reminder of how LOUDLY our actions can speak, and how AUTHENTIC our testimonies become when we serve those in need!!
This probably sounds overly dramatic, but, we got a call from our daughter who was driving home from Michigan to Indiana last night when a tire blew out! GOD was present and kept her car from wrecking, but, she and 2 other girls found themselves in pitch black stranded on I 69. Four hours from here and almost 2 hours from school.
Talk about a sick feeling.
We kept her on speaker phone as she drove 'on the flat' a couple miles down the side of this busy interstate to get off on a ramp to get out of the way. They then called the State Patrol who arrived and helped them put the donut tire on their car.
The ramp they went down led to nowhere so it took some doing to even get back on the interstate. The patrolman had told them they could not drive far on it, so still on the speaker phone we tried to think of a solution for help at 9:30 on a Sunday night.
As they drove 35 mph down 69,only going 4 miles since reentering the interstate, a Michigan State Policeman pulled them over to tell them their donut was flat. He told the girls to get in his car and he'd take them to get a tire. This period of time was perhaps the most scared I have ever been in my life! All the horrible news reports, including a couple stories I had heard about how supposed 'fake road side assistant' people would intercept police calls and attack people came flooding back and sent me into a panic.
The next call we got was an amazing call. The policeman called a friend who owned a car repair place that was closed of course, but, the guy met them there and could only find a tire that was one size too small but GAVE it to them. He would not let them pay! The policeman drove the girls back followed by the store owner who changed the girls tire and went on his way.
As the man drove away the girls saw this sticker on the back of his pick up truck "Jesus Saves"...
I have been praising and thanking the Lord for His obvious intervention and protection, and for a reminder of how LOUDLY our actions can speak, and how AUTHENTIC our testimonies become when we serve those in need!!
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