Take Hold of the Life That is Truly Life!

I've been feeling so blessed this past week.  We are blessed to have generous families in our church who are willing to share their swimming pools, lake homes, time, resources, and most importantly, friendship with us.  God uses all of us in different ways.  I don't think people know how much of a blessing they are to another family when they share a part of what God has given them.  May MY family live the same way.  We all have something to share, big or small.


 We've also been feeling blessed to have some big prayers answered in big ways:


-We've been praying for Uncle Tim, Aunt Mindy, Grace, Will, and Eden to have a safe trip to Uganda.  They are there as I write this, and have their sweet, baby boy with them.  Now they are a family of 6!  


-We've all been praying for Aunt Mandi's house to sell, and it looks like that is going to happen this week!  


-We've been praying that our Home Study would be finalized so that we could send in our ever-important (not to mention, wicked expensive) I-600A form to USCIS.  This is a huge step in the process, and...We received our Home Study in the mail on Saturday!  I sent it to Dallas the same day.  Let's do this!!


Yesterday, as I was sitting in church, feeling blessed to have the freedom to worship in a public place, I was overwhelmed at how good my God is.  He never leaves, He never forsakes.  He knows exactly what we need, exactly when we need it.  He shared his Son with us.  He is my everything!


God is good, all the time.  He can't be anything else.  So as I'm thinking about all of my blessings, I'm also thinking of those throughout this world who are broken and hurting.  Those who are being persecuted daily for their faith, those who are starving because of a famine, those who are lonely because their families have shunned them, those who are lost because the enemy has deceived them...  Our God is good, He loves us all the same, so why do some people have to hurt?  Sometimes I think that when humans have to suffer, they are more likely to seek God's face.  I have to be careful not to get too comfortable basking in my blessings.  I want to be seeking His face every minute of every day.  I don't ever want to be comfortable with where I am.  I want to be challenged.  I want to grow.  I am so thankful that I can say, "Life is good," but that doesn't mean that I want to ignore what is going on in the world around me.  


My prayer is this, "Lord, daily show me how I can share my blessings with this broken world.  Use me in any way.  I am yours and you are mine.  May my heart always be after yours."