Hired!

Well, what a great end to the week -- I've been hired. I am now working for my church and I am so pleased that I could............well..............not spit, but I think you get the gist. Although I don't always seem to appreciate it, I really have been treated amazingly well by God, by my pastor, by the leadership at Central, and by the congregation as well.

I have struggled alot the last couple of days and don't really know why. Thoughts will come into my head, and I'll take actions that disgust me. I don't understand. I seem to lose perspective sometimes far too easily. I watched a preview of a movie -- Beyond the Gates of Splendor -- you MUST see it if you have not already. It is a documentary about 5 missionary men who went into a tribe of some of the most violent people on earth, and who ended up being killed. But the story really begins at that point, because the women who lost their husbands visited and even lived with the tribe, and the particular members of the tribe, that were responsible for their husbands' murders. It is an unbelievable story that you will never forget.

I think of the evil that was stopped by the actions of these women and am in awe of the Spirit inside of them.

"Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you. "
From Nehemiah 9:5-6 (New Living Translation)