Home Sweet Home

Hello! I've been in China the past three weeks! 

It was an amazing adventure!

 I'll be sharing about it in blurbs here and there over the next however many days, weeks, months to come!

 

Stay tuned!

Whole Grain

This weekend I spent time as a counselor up at our church's Jr. High camp. God was really moving up there, and not only in the kids' hearts. I learned and realized so much all over again. He is truly amazing. 

I take prayer for granted far more than I ever care to admit and I truly do not want to continue this pattern. God longs to spend time with me - amazingly enough - and so often I blow Him off because I have things to do or places to be. How ridiculous is that?? I need to spend time just chatting with Him, sharing with Him and just giving Him my heart. And I want to. As I did leave camp a day early, I got to enjoy two sweet hours of prayer with my God on the drive home. I was expecting a sad, lonely drive because I missed my husband, friends, and campers before I even left, but instead God blessed me with some wonderful God-&-Kay time. He helped me to turn off the distractions and just focus. I'm so thankful!

I am one tiny grain of sand floating around in a world of a million beaches & a thousand deserts. If my life is so small and what God has done for me is so great, how can I give just half or even a tiny portion of my grain? Give Him the whole grain! I have to. My debt was so great and He paid it all because He loves me. My heart should always be overflowing with love for Him and thankfulness for what He has done. It kills me that my heart slacks and gets lazy in my love for Him. But instead of listening to Satan's lies that tell me God won't forgive me again this time, I'll hold tight to the promise that He's given me. A promise of forgiveness, grace, mercy, and hope. He has repositioned my heart once again. 

So, here you go, God. Here's my whole grain!

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