116??? really??
Well the last few weeks have consisted of one thing: trying to survive the heat.
I cannot believe how hot it has been around here lately.
I really do think it should be mandatory for everyone to leave the state of AZ for the entire summer. Maybe relocate to San Diego or the Bahamas?? :)
Today I really had to check my attitude. I was so grumpy the entire morning. I went to the gym and worked out, walked outside and thought I MIGHT die of a heat stroke.
I came home and just could NOT cool off! I tried everything from just sitting to showering...and nothing worked. I then decided to clean the house. Definitely not a systematic way of cooling yourself down (haha). oh well.
Now that my rant is over.. I am so glad I have a little time to blog.
Today is my mom's birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
I love you!
We are dog-sitting two yorkies from a family at our church. They keep us up all night barking (which is probably another reason for my sour mood..no sleep!)
Trey is gone with the HeartCry students to San Francisco for a mission trip called PowerPlant. We have been praying for them. We have had a few updates and they seem to be having a really great time.
I leave for school in 4 weeks. It is just totally insane!
I would like to maybe start and finish one more book this summer before I go back to school. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Evangelism has been heavy on my heart. Of course being around my dad and brother is probably why its heavier on my heart than ever. But I have really been challenged lately.
In Sunday school we are doing an in depth study of the gospel of Mark. Mark is the only writer of the gospels that really focuses most of what Jesus DID and not necessarily on what He SAID. Mark 2 is FULL of action packed evangelism. It talks about the paralytic being healed...Jesus seeing THEIR faith..not just the faith of the paralytic, but also the faith of those who lowered the paralytic down to Jesus. but my FAVORITE part of this chapter is verse 17:
"It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinners."
This verse just sends GOOSE BUMPS down my spine! I look at my life, and I see who I associate with. I associate with the healthy, with the ones who I will spend forever with in heaven. How come I am not going to the sick like Jesus did?? There is definitely opportunity to, even down my street. If I go ANYWHERE in QC, I have opportunity to be around the sick.
So I have been thinking of ways that I can get around the sick. And not just be around them...but associate with them. I know so many people in this area, and they know me. In fact, they know what I believe. So my first step is this: PRAYER. something that I always can do better at.
I have been praying for the sick. I have been praying for opportunities to be around the sick!
I have also been praying that when that divine appointment arrives, and I get to be around the sick, that I will not use words that I think of as worthy, but that the Lord will take care of the entire situation.
I might be in a state of my life of many unknowns. Having no idea what chapter is next but I do know this. I was called to live out this command:
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Matthew 28:19-20
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