Well another week has passed, I keep thinking that I will be posting every couple of days, but that just doesn't seem to happen.We are at 13 days 'til lift off today. The list of things to do is pretty substantial. The new trailer has a few issues, and we will need to decide, when , how and where the work will take place. Yes, you can be sure that I am thankful for having an RV Tech for a brother, the who would be doing the work was decided immediately! Last week of course had some difficulties, but I am over whelmed with a sense of peace, that things are just going to work out how God wants them to. I have surrendered this to do list over to Him, because there are just way too many details to worry about, even for a details girl like me!
While this is easy enough to say, it is difficult to fully walk out, because what if He doesn't work things out the way I want them to go? Just saying.............and that is whole other rambling!
This morning my prayers turned to Slave Lake, Alberta, where a massive fire is burning and the entire town has been evacuated. There are times when the magnitude of loss is far to great for my mind to comprehend. I struggle with attitudes that I hear, like " well it's a sign of the times". You do not have to be a scientist or spiritual guru to see there are troubles with the weather and the political climate. You only need to watch the news. Not everyone is called to be a missionary, or preacher, or teacher, but we are ALL called to pray. Pray for one another and love one another. Prayer makes all the difference. It is our instruction from our Father to pray.
This mornings prayer brought me to this, it takes too little faith to resign to the attitude that these are signs of the times and there is nothing we can do. I thought about the line of scripture we use so often, for we walk by faith and not by sight. Try it, close your eyes and walk through your house, it's work, faith is work. It takes commitment and there will be trials. It is a gift, an amazing gift that is complex and profoundly unique and holds inexplicable outcomes for those who possess it in great amounts. That being said, those with great faith didn't get it by having a perfect and easy life. The only way to gain more is to use what you currently have.
So Lord, today I pray that there will be Christians every where that pray in faith to you Lord. That we will pray for our country. We will continue to pray for our leaders, from the Prime Minister to our Pastors, and specifically for the folks in Slave Lake. Lord I pray that there would be an amazing out pouring of Christian generosity and charitable out pourings to the people in Slave Lake. That there would be such an undeniable act of brotherly love, that it too would make the news, not just the devastation. For I will chose to uphold my brother, so the whole world will see that we are not alone!
Amen.
Tammy
While this is easy enough to say, it is difficult to fully walk out, because what if He doesn't work things out the way I want them to go? Just saying.............and that is whole other rambling!
This morning my prayers turned to Slave Lake, Alberta, where a massive fire is burning and the entire town has been evacuated. There are times when the magnitude of loss is far to great for my mind to comprehend. I struggle with attitudes that I hear, like " well it's a sign of the times". You do not have to be a scientist or spiritual guru to see there are troubles with the weather and the political climate. You only need to watch the news. Not everyone is called to be a missionary, or preacher, or teacher, but we are ALL called to pray. Pray for one another and love one another. Prayer makes all the difference. It is our instruction from our Father to pray.
This mornings prayer brought me to this, it takes too little faith to resign to the attitude that these are signs of the times and there is nothing we can do. I thought about the line of scripture we use so often, for we walk by faith and not by sight. Try it, close your eyes and walk through your house, it's work, faith is work. It takes commitment and there will be trials. It is a gift, an amazing gift that is complex and profoundly unique and holds inexplicable outcomes for those who possess it in great amounts. That being said, those with great faith didn't get it by having a perfect and easy life. The only way to gain more is to use what you currently have.
So Lord, today I pray that there will be Christians every where that pray in faith to you Lord. That we will pray for our country. We will continue to pray for our leaders, from the Prime Minister to our Pastors, and specifically for the folks in Slave Lake. Lord I pray that there would be an amazing out pouring of Christian generosity and charitable out pourings to the people in Slave Lake. That there would be such an undeniable act of brotherly love, that it too would make the news, not just the devastation. For I will chose to uphold my brother, so the whole world will see that we are not alone!
Amen.
Tammy
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