deep thoughts by oswald chambers...

Man, what a weekend! Today is my crash day. I was at the building from 8:30am to 9:45 PM! We had our Tech Ministry training day in the morning, and then I spent the afternoon getting final details set for Sunday’s services. We hosted the Lipscomb A cappella Singers Saturday evening. They did a great job, what a blessing. We had a pretty good turnout. We had a last minute showing for our house scheduled for Sunday afternoon; so Angela had to miss the concert to get the house ready. We slept up here on the northside with the Sellers…they are the best! Unfortunately, Angela ended up bringing me the wrong pants for Sunday; I have a pair that shrunk and make me look (in her words) like a gump! I was so tired, I wasn’t sure what I was gonna do for Sunday, so Angela and Vanessa went out at 11PM to Meijers to find me some pants that fit :-)

Sunday, as I already mentioned, went awesome! But today, I have hit the wall. That’s not good, because this week and weekend is actually much busier than last. LTC is this weekend and I take care of their A/V as well as the worship leading. That’s enough, but somehow I ended up transferring hours and hours of video tape to DVD for their Bible Talks and Christian Drama. When I said I would do that, I was under the impression I would have a few weeks to do it, I got the tapes on Friday! On top of that, it’s Easter! I’m a bit nervous about our special music…hopefully things will go a bit smoother at practice Wednesday. This should be fun.

Anyway, I took a moment today to read some great words from Oswald Chamber’s from his great book, “My Utmost for His Highest”.

“…the only test we should use to determine whether or not to allow a particular emotion to run its course in our lives is to examine what the final outcome of that emotion will be…if the outcome is something that God would condemn, put a stop to it immediately. But if it is an emotion that has been kindled by the Spirit of God and you don’t allow it to have its way in your life, it will cause a reaction on a lower level than God intended. That is the way unrealistic and overly emotional people are made. If the Spirit of God has stirred you, make as many of your decisions as possible irrevocable, and let the consequences be what they will.”

We cannot kindle when we will
The fire which in the heart resides,
The spirit bloweth and is still,
In mystery our soul abides;
But tasks in hours of insight willed
Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.

Thanks Oswald!