No limits

This morning - I finally can blog after my time in the word. (it took 3 attemps to get our internet hooked up) I've missed it so much. I love what the Lord teaches me when I read the scripture.

I was reading John 8 - Jesus testimony about himself to the Jews. They did not believe the truth about Jesus. It didn't matter what Jesus did they plotted to kill him. Why would I ever think that I will not be persecuted for my faith. When we stand up for what is right, when we speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, when we speak the truth of scripture...we will be blessed from God himself. I don't need the approval of man and I don't want to write about "what their itching ears want to hear." The truth of scripture is loving and convicting. So often we want to hear all the loving stuff but we do not want to be challenged in our faith walk. Jesus did not beat around the bush in his teaching. He wants us to grow in him. A faith walk is seeing Jesus everywhere we go. Taking his hand and allowing him to take you where you go. If I am trying to do the leading I will surely get lost, even scared. But when I submit to him, ask him to lead the way, laying everything in my life down, it is a walk that will be blesssed!

Lord, strengthen me for the next step in our journey. As your hand has surely been in all of our steps, keep me humble and open to whatever you want to do next.

As I sit in our new home I am thankful where God has brought me. We are very tired of moving, making trips back and forth from the house to the storage unit. Tim especially is sore and tired. Yet God's hand is all over this. In no way could we have ever orchestrated all of this. "How great is our God, sing with me, how great is our God and all will see how great, how great is our God." If you are reading my blog for the first time or you have been following my blog, "how big is God to you?" There is no limit to what God can do. Jesus said to his disciples "you will do greater things than these." He wasn't talking just to those particular disciples back then, but to all of us today. Since "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever" that would mean that his power in our lives has not changed either.

When I experience God's power or see it evident in someone else it is exciting to me. I just want to shout it out with joy.

I've gone on long enough. I love you all. Many of you have been so supportive and I thank the Lord for you. Your prayers and words of encouragement have been such a blessing to me.

The following is a link to Denise's blog. She and Mike are in their first week of an 11 month mission trip.

http://denisebickel.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-good-foot-and-lasagna