Butterfly Girl

Daily learning to fly....

Monday, September 18, 2006

I had a busy but pretty great weekend. I got to keep my sweet Aaron over this weekend. Gotta love to hear a kid saying words for the first time and all his funny faces. I just love him. I had to sing at the church for a bit on Friday...then came home and watched tv with the 2 year old. We went to sleep about 11:00....he in the play-pen and me in my bed. He woke up about 6:30...I got him something to drink and then we went back to sleep till 8:15. I prayed that God would help me watch the baby this weekend...cause I kind of felt like how a single parent must feel. Lots of work and you need more than one set of eyes. He is a very good boy though. We hung at the house and then headed to NRC for the grand opening of the UNDERGROUND. Very cool place...tons of room for the students. We adult leaders sure appreciate it cause we have been like sardines in room 129 forever. It was a great weekend...including Josh hanging from his feet and escaping a straight-jacket! He gave a great message about sin and being in a prison...how our sin was put on Christ like that jacket..Jesus die but broke free from death to save us. Very impacting and great analogy by Josh. Awesome to share that Truth to the 500+ students that came. It was so wild to have 280 on Saturday night! It was great. After church, Aaron and I went to his grandma/my aunts house for a b-day celebration...then home to bed. I had to be at church all day so he stayed at home with my mom....I had RP then Choir then RP leaders party then Elements. Very tired when I got home....but it was good. Today I will meet with my soul-care partner and I am happy for that. Cant wait to see her. I need to see her. God has been showing me some wholes in my heart lately.....and I will be glad to talk to her and pray with her. It is so important to have accountability and a spiritual "partner" in this life. Someone that helps you deal with your past and present through the eyes and heart of God. It has helped me alot. Even just to have a brighter outlook...with the hope of healing....helps me. The dark that I feel at times....has the healing mercy and compassion of Christ all over it. I have had some new moments with God lately....just him and me like old times...and it has been nice. I am such a planner with things and people....always looking ahead....but that is sometimes at the cost of the present. The daily. I need to be more about day by day. And I am doing that...slowly. It is the small decisions that I can just run past....but in life....it is all those small decisions put together that forms my present circumstances and even my future. I need to take it with God...one day, one decision at a time. That is hard for me.

So when you call I wont refuse....each new day again I'll choose. There is no one else for me....none but Jesus....crucified to set me free....now I live to bring Him praise.
(None But Jesus....Hillsong-Mighty to Save)

3 Comments:

  • At 12:35 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Good stuff...love reading your journal! Wish we could have caught up on the phone today...sounds like you have alot to share.

    "We hung at the house and then headed to NRC for the grand opening of the UNDERGROUND. Very cool place...tons of room for the students. We adult leaders sure appreciate it cause we have been like sardines in room 129 forever."

    Much like the Israelites crying out under Pharaoh in Egypt...I was one of those who had hope for such a day...such a place as the Underground. As usual I have mixed feelings; on the one side SOOO excited that its finally a reality, on the other side...a reminder that I'm not there to see it.

    Even more exciting is to see the work God is doing in your heart...and however far away that I am, I still get to be a part of YOUR "underground."

     
  • At 12:43 AM , Blogger Shelly said...

    Oh my goodness, I can totally relate to your "planner" mentality. Having to struggle for attention, I am a list-maker. Mainly because if I don't write it down I will forget it. And if I don't write it down and check it off, I won't remember that I did it! So you can imagine how easy it is for me to be spontaneous. There are some areas of life that are an exception to that, but it is a real challenge in others. Sometimes I think it is a control thing, not in the sense that I want to control it, I just don't want to feel OUT of control...if that makes any sense.

    Anyway...hope you're having a great day. I'm glad you have someone who can help you along the spiritual journey! Love you sister!

     
  • At 10:55 PM , Blogger Shelly said...

    BTW, you did such a great job with that song last night. At one point toward the end I was thinking, "oh no...keep it going...don't end it yet" I looked at your little hand was giving Paul the signal and on it went! Thank you! :)

     

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