Quote for the Day

"Don't make any decisions until you hear Gods heartbeating love for you." - Tim Ekno

I am still pondering this thought! Amazingly, I got a call from some "old" friends this past week. They had been missionaries to Vietnam, Thailand, lived in Hawaii for a time, and now voila, they called to say they took a church in Palm Desert!

We took the long drive to the desert to spend the day with them. We enjoyed carne asada tacos and yummy homeaid brownies that Sophia made with Vanessa. It was great to spend time with Tim, Vanessa, Megan, and Joel. It was like a blast from my past.

It is always nice to talk with people who have the edge on God's grace and sufficiency. I had never thought about waiting for God's heart to beat love to me before making a decision! Now, I'm saying, "Show me the love"!

They had a short Bible study tonight and it happened to be on prayer. Strangely enough unbeknownst to them, I have had some struggles that have kept me pretty numb to praying. You know that feeling like you're not worthy or that you prayers are worthless hitting the ceiling and falling back to the ground. Well, tonight I heard that prayer often is more about listening and less about talking. What a darn relief because the whole talking to God thing is not happening for me right now. Perhaps, this is because He is waiting for me to listen!!!

My last thought is that life is full of ups and downs and certain things suck, without question. I believe what makes us or breaks us is how we respond. I pray I can foster good healthy responses to life's heartaches in my kids. In order for that to happen, I must model it. OH MY - so much work to do to raise little God followers!