I am officially Old! Yep it is true. I remember my parents and grandparents always talking about how they are so much more productive in the morning. I thought they were crazy....well....I'm there...in oldvill! Yesterday morning posting was easy after trying and trying the night before and finding nothing in my brain. This morning I awoke just before 6 and finished an outline for the sermon my dad and I are going to preach for Alumni Weekend. Quite an accomplishment. It was one of those hanging over my head things.
Sent an email to all the staff about Drama tour. Now posting, then home, to get ready for Drama and work on some plans for Drama tour. Yea! Then back here to pick up students on Friday am. What a week. What a few months it will be.
Tuesday, was literally running from one spot to the next. In the midst of it all a beautiful story.
I prayed yesterday morning that God would show up in my life through experiences since the craziness of life makes it difficult for me to concentrate and delve into the word. I just expressed to God my desire to spend time with him, to have some quiet moments that I know are God filled in the midst of the chaos.
Around 4 in the afternoon my feet were propped on my desk and I was so tired and stressed my mind was freezing up like my computer likes to do sometimes. I couldn't get anything to go. So I sat there frozen. Then in walks Mr. A with a huge smile and he asks if I will do him a huge favor. He needed something very important "over nighted". I agreed, we talked about what service to use and I grabbed my things and ran out the door. All I could think was, perhaps I could also stop and pick up a caffeine drink to help wake me up! As I walked out the door I say Madison. Madison is a wonderful girl whom I love! At some point in the last week I saw her eating lunch alone in front of the church and had wondered how she was. So when I saw her standing outside I asked if she had any plans or if she could run with me to get a drink. She was waiting for a ride home, I offered to take her home after we ran the errand and got a drink. She agreed and we climbed in the car.
The next two hours were spent finding the best way to over night this package, deciding on supper instead of a drink, and having just really meaningful conversation. Let's just say it was a joy filled two hours that nourished my soul, my body, and my heart! It was a blessing for her and a blessing for me. Then as a bonus the place she wanted to eat had Rick's favorite pizza, and I knew with every crazy thing going on for him at the office that perhaps he would like one. So I took him a pizza which later fed, Rick, Beth and Ed Pelto. :) It was such a blessing! It was just really remarkable and totally a God thing that Rick asked me, that Madison was standing outside next to my car, that we had time for dinner, that we found the cheapest and fastest way to get the package where it needed to go, that we were able to feed ourselves and others too!
I experienced God yesterday in the middle of crazy, crazy! It was a terrific example of how if we ask he will answer, it is just who he is. Yet he takes care of us fully! He nourishes us, feeds us, communes with us. Hears us, abides with us. Oh what a God we serve! Oh what a God we love!
So today, I am again asking God to please help me experience Him! Let me see him, know him better! I'm expecting great things!
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