It's Hot in Missouri

Hey. Just in case you haven't heard...it's hot in Missouri. Fortunately it's Summer, so it's supposed to be hot. But does it have to be this hot. Crossroads Baptist Association Children's Camp began today. Youth Camp begins on Tuesday afternoon. At this present time we have 59 students registered for camp. Last year we had 62. It's going to be another good year. This year's theme is Stop, Look, and Listen. Pray that as the students are away from their normal surroundings that they will stop, look and listen to God. We have youth who come every year without fail. I want this year to be different. To make an impact. To make a change that will hopefully last far into the new school year. Here is our chance to..."Be still and know that I am God..."


Why is it so hard for us to stop our daily routines? We are too busy to be still. Too busy to look around us as see God's handy work. Too busy to listen to Him speak. He doesn't force Himself on us. He never has. He patiently waits for us to respond. For us to stop. I am thankful that He is so compassionate and caring, loving and God. He said it all when He introduced myself. I AM THAT I AM. Everything we could ever want or need, ask or imagine, He is. Do you need love...He is love...peace...He is peace...forgiveness...He is forgiveness. Anything...Everything is found in Him. He is I AM...I AM He is. 

Wow

Wow! Haven't written in a while. Life has been flying by at the speed of life. How else would it fly?  God is still on His throne. Therein is our hope. Will write more soon...I hope.

Here We Go Again

For those of you who follow this blog, thanks! And you have seen this theme before if you'll go back a couple of months. I keep coming back to this question of why. But this why isn't a why going back 2 and 1/2 years. This why is a gnawing why with all that we've been through recently, why do things still get me down? Little things and big things. Nothing as big as losing Kayla and Alicia but big in the scope of our daily lives. My trust isn't child-like although at times it seems childish. I am so easily distracted...squirrel. So easily drawn away. "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love." That's me. But the verse continues, "Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it. Seal it for Thy courts above." That court seems very distance although I already have family and friends there. Their purpose is simple...worship their Creator and His Son who paid the price for them to even approach the Throne. Simple time...simple thought. Makes me homesick for a home I've never seen before. "I close my eyes and I see your face. If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place. Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow. I've never been more homesick than now."