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Entry for May 8, 2008
Tracey and Scotty two days after Tracey donated his kidney to his nephew Scotty! Praise the Lord!
Entry for May 8, 2008
Curtain
Back in the Old Testiment in the book of Exodus, it tells of the curtain that separated the holy place from the Holy of Holies in the Temple. The Holy of Holies is where the presence of God was. This curtain was in place and only people that could go beyond the curtain were the High Priest and that was only once a year. In Matthew 27:51 it tells that at Jesus' death the curtain was torn into two pieces. Later in Hebrews 10:20 it tells us that because that curtain was torn we now have access to the most Holy Place through the Blood of Jesus. Okay, now that we have all that set into place, let me explain what I God showed me on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Tuesday I flew out to Baltimore MD. to see Tracey and Scotty Garst. Tracey gave a kidney to his nephew Scotty and the surgery was at Johns Hopkins Hospital. (Both Tracey and Scotty are doing well- I will write mroe about them later today or tomorrow when I hear more about how they are doing). On the way to Baltimore in noticed something most people have seen before while flying, the door closes and the flight attendant flings the see through mess curtain that seperates 1st class from economy on the plane. During my two flights dinners were served to first class while the rest of us got a Coca Cola. Now I was not hungry or jealous. I just noticed that when the flight attendants were serving, people were watching through the mess curtain. I sat two rows behind the curtain and you could smell the food. (not that it smelled good ) Many of the people watched as they were served and I thought is this how some people look at the church. People are watching us. Actually there are people all over the place watching our church and us personally. They are the ones who ask questions about the church and say, "Someday I will come out and check out your church", but never do. They are the ones who know something special is in your life and church but do not know what to do with it. Here is what I see... I think we have to take down the curtain! Be ready to share about what God is doing. Invite those who are watching! Jesus' Blood tore down the curtain into the Holy of Holies, it is time to take down the curtain that causing people to just watch what is going on. Jesus is calling us all to 1st class! Who can you open the curtain to and invite into the 1st class!
Entry for May 6, 2008
Coming Home
The Dominican Mission Team are on their way home as I write this. They are in Miami waiting for their flight. I am excited to hear from them.
Today we also want to keep the Garst Family in our prayers. Tracey is GIVING a kidney to his nephew today. Please keep Tracey and his family along with Scotty in your prayers. God bless.
Entry for May 5, 2008
Testimony
A couple of weeks ago Randy Carnock gave his testimony of how God was working in his life. It was awesome. I am praying that more people would have a wonderful testimony of what God was doing in their life. Today as I was reading scripture I saw a verse in Psalm 66 and it says "Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue". Psalms 66:16-17 (NIV) It reminded me of two important parts of our walk with Jesus. One is to tell others what God has done in our lives the other is to always have praise on our tongues. Too many times we are more interested in tell others what "I" have done and not what God has done. We also tend to have negative speech patterns in our lives. We tend to focus on the negative and not keeping our tongue full of praise of our God. What's your testimony? What do people hear coming from your mouth? Tell the world what God has done in your life and give Him praise!
Entry for May 4, 2008
Comfort...
Shelly and Ashley (along with the other wonderful ladies who went to the Dominican) will be back Tuesday night. With Shelly being gone, a couple people have wanted to "comfort" me, Justin, Jared and Lindsey. Curt and Linda Knapp had us over for dinner on Saturday night for a great dinner. Linda cooked an amazing dinner that was awesome comfort food. Today after church mom and dad had us over for lunch. They grilled us steak along with baked potatoes and other great stuff. I thought to myself, it doesn't get much better than this.... All I could have asked for to make it better would have been Shelly and Ashley to be there. It is interesting to see what comforts you. We all have different "comfort" ideals. Today, being at mom and dad's with the kids and dog was an ideal comfort day. As I thought about it I thought about the promises God makes to us about His comfort He provides. In the book of Isaiah it says "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you;" Isaiah 46:4 (NIV) That Scripture is comforting to me because it says, God will handle it! He will sustain us which means He will bear our burdens. Do you have burdens today? If you have been reading my blog lately, you probably have figured out I have.... We need to take comfort in the promise God has made to us to sustain us and carry us! God wants to hold you close during your tough times. These are the times He can hold you and teach you. Do you remember when one of your kids fell when they were really little. They would run to you and want to cry on your shoulder. They depended on your comfort. I tried to use this time to comfort them and encourage them. It was a teaching time. I would tell them it would be ok and that it would get better. I feel God wants to do the same thing. He wants us to come to Him when we are hurting and He wants to carry us and encourage us that it will be ok. Do you need comfort today... Run to God! Let Him hold you and take the burdens. Let Him tell you it will be ok. God is great and worthy of praise!
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