a dark parking lot

I stood outside of Crossroads last night with the door propped open listening to our team practice for the Night of Worship on November 3rd. I was working on a Christmas prop.

I was attempting to spray paint a skinny branch from a tree. The weather man is predicting 50 mile an hour wind today and it was beginning to pick up last night.

As I tried over and over again to spray paint the tiny little fingers of this branch in the dim light of our parking lot pole lights, I watched tons of over spray drift off into the night. Wasted paint and little to show for my efforts!

It reminded me for some reason (maybe the Lord speaking to me), about how many wasted words and wasted time come out of me daily - blowing away in the wind.

How God tolerates such waste is beyond me - but, I am oh so thankful that His mercy is new each day.

My hearts desire is that my words and my work be Kingdom words and work, or nurturing words. Kingdom work does not only pertain to those in ministry of course, each of you, wherever God has placed you have Kingdom work to accomplish today...join me please.

Weird day

Work = details for the weekend finished
Directors meeting
filing done
phone calls returned
gone!



next...... Milliron recycling - pink hardhat just for me!
scrap for our stars for the Christmas set design at Crossroads
preparing for the artists to create stars on Tuesday






home.....ironing done
more Christmas cards written
volunteers Christmas gifts done


I LOVE variety. This can be good and this can be very bad. Focus is necessary to accomplish GREAT things.




Focus is necessary to mature and learn. Focus is necessary to hear and understand when God speaks.


I confess, focus is not one of my greatest attributes.

FOCUS - to concentrate: to focus one's thoughts.

To focus one's thoughts...I have wasted a lot of time in my life feeling guilty about a lack of concentration, feeling guilty about a lack of accomplishment in the stereo-typical way, feeling like I need to work twice as hard as everyone else to get anywhere.

I am so thankful NOW to be in a place where my talents can be used, where people truly care about me and where I want to be. I feel close to God there. I feel surrounded by friends there and I even get to be with my husband there. God is so good.

We each bring something unique to the plate, we each are created by a Sovereign God, we each happened on purpose - even if our earthly creation was considered an accident!

I love the variety in my life and I look forward to all the many things God will once again bring into my life tomorrow!