Spiritually Overwhelmed?

Is being spiritually overwhelmed possible? Maybe that is not a good choice of words, maybe "in awe of all the Lord is doing" is better. However you say it I just have this overwhelming sense of amazement at the work of our God.

While on vacation (details on Kennedy Connection) I got a phone call from a very good friend with very awesome news... She is now not only my friend, but also my sister in Christ! After years of praying, many, many prayers were answered. So many things are happening so fast in her life that it is obviously the work of God.

I have also been doing a study in Luke... just a week after the news of my friend I come upon the parable of the soils in Luke 8... v.15 "As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the Word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience." WOW... bearing fruit with patience!! It has taken literally years for this friend of mine, but with patience, I finally saw that fruit! Something about this whole situation strengthens my confidence in the my Lord and all that He promises.

So here is another "a-ha" type thing going on... Before Miles and I moved to Wichita we read a book written by the President (and founder) of World Impact, Keith Phillips. It is called "Out of Ashes" and kind of chronicles the beginning of World Impact and the love and compassion he had/has for the inner city, poor people of America. As we read his book we kept saying "that's us... that's what we should be doing... that is why we grew up the way we did...", we knew the Lord wanted to us to minister to others who are going through things we had. So then a couple weeks ago Miles "randomly" finds this video by a guy named Francis Chan. We thought his name sounded familiar so we began doing a little research... He is on the national board for WI. He has also written a book, "crazy love". We began reading it the first day of vacation. The title sums up the book... the love of God is crazy, the love we have for God is crazy, the things this love causes us to do is crazy... all in a good way of course. Two sentences out of this book have been tattooed on my mind so to speak.

"Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy. Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers." (crazy love, Chan, pg 114-115)

This book is exactly what my heart needed almost 2yrs after moving to Wichita...
Thank You Lord

Missing Momma

So this is the tattoo I got in memory of my mom. I knew I wanted a dolphin but couldn't come up with a design I really liked, not to mention making a decision as to where to put it since dolphins are not something I am normally in to. They are pretty and cute and fun to watch but I had never thought about getting a tattoo of one. So while on vacation I had some time to really think about it and found this design that I really love. It fits my personality/style/type, whatever you want to call it and it reminds me of my mom. So I decided to put it on my forearm/wrist (inside part) so I can look at it whenever I want to. Oh yeah, and the eye is green because that was mom's favorite color.

I am so thankful that the Lord knows my heart and knows what I need. I have really been missing my mom, wishing I could see her, wishing she'd come visit again soon...

So we have had more people come visit this summer than ever before and it has just been great and it's not over yet...

I have been so blessed to keep in touch with a couple of my mom's good friends as well as making new friends here that have so much in common. I have a few women that I can share my heart with in regards to my mom and that helps a lot but nothing will ever replace her.

The thoughts of wanting to call her to tell her something or send her pictures of the kids make me just want to fall on the floor in a heap and sob.... thanks to prozac, I don't do it that often!

Hahaha!

OK... maybe that is TMI and maybe I should clarify that I'm not a chronically depressed person. After having Lincoln 3 1/2 months after mom died I was just an emotional trainwreck! So I am finally approaching the 6 month mark and doing extremely better and will be off the meds soon!!

If you are one of the ladies I have talked about, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

You are truly a blessing!