I like to be prepared, organized and may be considered a control freak.

I began to think,  that God was a planner and liked order.

 God himself sent Jesus his son to a willing young girl and an industrious young man.

Jesus's life was ordered from the birth , to each miracle, to having a relative by the name of John the Baptist who would baptise him, to the His disciples, to his death and resurrection.

God wants our lives to be ordered just the way He ordered the world to be created and the arrival of the baby Jesus.  But He wants our lives to ordered by Him not our own plans and wants, but His.

If only I could get that through my head!

He has everything under control, why wouldn't I want Him to control all my ways?

I wanted to share a note that I would LIKE to receive from a new quest to our church.

I like coming to church.  You said Sunday in your sermon to come as “you are” and I appreciate that.

Normally, I feel uncomfortable when people greet me, but I felt a warm feeling and a comfort that I hadn’t felt in a while.

Your church was friendly but not overbearing. You talked about helping those in need and sharing kindness to those who are not so fortunate.

Then when you talked about God’s love and forgiveness and grace, I really got interested.  For you see am not a bad person, just has some issues in my life.   But, you said God could help me with this issues where others have not been able to.

Yeah, I kind of like your church.  I think I will come back.

 

July 27, 2012

Well, hello everyone.  Life has been busy.  We are starting to prepare for Eastpoint Family Church's 5th year anniversary.  I can't believe it.

We were remembering the nights and Saturdays toiling.  Cleaning, tearing carpet out, cleaning, throwing out trash, getting rid of 4 organs, cleaning, painting, tiling and more cleaning . And then we would go to Sonic at 9pm and get a crushed ice coke and hamburgers. Sitting out on the Sonic patio area and  people looking at us with pity.  We did look kind of pitiful with black dirt all over us and black in our hair, nostrils and dirty clothes. But we were happy as larks, because God had given us a church.

We are still happy and thankful for what God has done.  To God be the Glory for what great things He has done.!

Please join us on September 16, 2012 at 10:30am and join us in a "Joyful Jesus Celebration".

Have you ever wanted to be alone? Friends keep calling, texting, tweeting and emailing with great persistence.

You just need a break.  After a day of relaxing with no conversation, no interaction, wow it was great!

Then after the first day, then I began to feel a little lonely.

Turning to my Bible, I came to Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times” then Proverbs 18:24 “A man that hath friends must show himself friendly” and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.”

Well, I am ready to go back to face book and began chatting again and then go to church Sunday to hear from my “closest friend”,Jesus.

I was looking at a magazine stating all the different blogs to log in.  There were finance blogs, lifestyle blogs, news blogs, pop cast blogs, sports blogs, TV blogs, movie blogs, music blogs and the list goes on.

Today, I was thinking what to title this blog.

I was feeling kind of sad, and then some children came around me wanting to show me how to find an invisible story for scratching a picture with a pencil.  The story revealed how God made the world.

Then I was feeling a little weak, when I remembered in the Bible where is says “the joy of the Lord is my strength”

Then I was feeling thankful.  I had just told a friend how Jesus changed my life.  Is my life not without struggles? No, however I accepted Jesus as my Savior to help me through the struggles.

I guess I would title this today as “Jesus, the calmer of mood swings”.

Next week is Mother’s Day.   I remember my mother as an active and vivacious lady. She is now in a care center, not active at all, sometimes knowing me and sometimes not.  It is painful to leave her after a visit. I pray God will take her home soon without any suffering.

However, when I visit and speak of church, she lights up.  For you see, her and my father’s life was church.  They were not ministers just lay people who loved Jesus and loved to work in the church. That love is still in her spirit.

When my husband was studying for his ministerial credentials, mother knew we wanted a church of our own to pastor. She told us she would be praying for a church in the area, because she wanted us to be close to her.

With realistic thinking, I explained to her that there were not any churches in this area available to pastor at that time.  She seemed disappointed but that didn’t stop my mother from praying and believing for the miracle that was to happen for us.

Four years passes, Mother became ill, my husband and I became her caregivers.  During this time, God was also preparing a church for us to pastor here locally. It was all about God’s timing. It was all about a Mother’s fervent prayer.

God answered Mother’s prayer for us to have a church close and He also took care of her by having us close to care for her.

Never underestimate the power of a Mother’s Prayer.

 Please come and visit us at Eastpoint Family Church, Kansas City, MO. Check out my husband’s personal testimony our website eastpointfamilychurch.org.

You know you are in trouble when you walk into a Subway with a help wanted sign on the door. Then when you see 8 people in front of you, then you know this is serious. Then when you hear the multiple orders of "12" subs, toasted with four different melted cheese, you know you will never get back to work , at least today.

Suddenly, I am trying to recall every sermon Pastor Claude has spoken about patience. All those Bible scriptures and positive sayings that I have memorized seem to fade away as rage begins to infiltrate my body.

As flames are coming out of my nostrils, I look up and guess who is coming through the door, my Pastor, with that happy, friendly smile on his face. He greets me like he always does, with a smile and " I am so glad to see you". The he proceeds to tell me that this worked out, because I was on his mind and since the line was so long, we could visit.

Well, I hadn't look at it like that , but whatever. I must say it was good to have a cheerful talk with him, between orders. I left feeling better than when I came, maybe just like when I go to church.

As I left, Pastor said, I guess, " All things do work together for good, don't they. I had to agree.