tuesday, march 15

it's been 2 long weeks since my last post. our "vacation" ;-) was great; but it sure wasn't long enough. mike did a great job (as usual) filling in for me while i was gone. the video lesson i put together for the gathering seems to have been well received. after the video and some discussion, John B presented an intro to the prayer technique lectio divinia. Mark W. did a great job leading worship. it was fun to help put together the gathering, but i wish i had been present to experience it. its great that NC has folks who can lead in capacities such as these. although i still worked at the planning stage, its humbling to know things can go on just fine without you...every minister needs to remember this.

ever since getting back, i have wanted to share what's spinning around in my head, but i'm just not able to at this point. some of you who read this, know there's been a lot on my mind recently. god is definitely teaching me patience and trust. one of these days, i know i'll look back and i'll see how all this makes sense (like the director's cut idea for elevate camp this year.) but at this point, it's just a lot of questions without answers.
Ironically enough (or is it?) i'm writing this as i take a break from planning church stuff...listening to the CD, Chillout: a Worship Xperienceand the song "why" is playing. vamping over the ambient drum loop, a women with a cool Australian accent is saying,

why does my mind wander off in so many directions?
why does my heart desire the things that lead me astray?
let me sense your presence in the midst of my turmoil.
take my tired body, confused mind, give me rest,
simple, quiet, rest
give me rest, simple, quiet, rest

Amen! Lord, this is my prayer.

this weekend, we celebrated angela's birthday. we went over to her parents on saturday and kyra spent the night. we didn't get to go out as i had planned, but we cleaned the house all saturday night :-) we had a showing sunday while we were at church. they better have been impressed, because our house looks great! :-) i have no idea how it went; but i sure hope this is the one. please keep praying for our house to sell...as i've said before, this is getting ridiculous! between the gas, time in the car, the loss of the buick's 4th gear, and over-mileage fees (our sentra is now costing us $11/day to drive to NC!) i'm ready to go back to Jesus' days when everyone walked everywhere...OK, not really :-) back to work.

have a blessed day!