A Trying Day
Today has been a busy day. I knew it would be, I had to do the broadcast for the church. It is at 8:30AM, to be there at 8:15 or around that time. I had to get up at 7AM. I actually ironed my blouse and skirt. I had my music and the message ready, I spent yesterday working on it. I also was invited to a family reunion, that I almost wanted to back out of going and I decided to go anyway. They wanted me to sing and speak. I am an OK singer, but nothing great. In fact , when I was asked I laughed a long time.
The broadcast went well, and since Matt didn't particularly want to go with me, I had asked the lady could she get someone to pick me up. She picked me up herself. We went to the park and got things set up. It was an informal church service with "Amazing Grace" song and the word. I am more of a teacher than anything else. I love to teach the Word of God. I didn't take a long time, because I have been on the other end of a function like this and you don't want to hear a long-winded preacher. Mine was short and to the point about the prodigal son. At the end it contained an invitation to receive Christ. The message of the cross is important. They had an auction of things, and the proceeds went to help with next year's reunion. After this the lady got sick. She had several seizures one right after the other. I have never seen that. We prayed and someone called an ambulance. I was scared. I called Matt to pick me up, because by that time church was over. For some reason he wasn't all that thrilled to be having to pick me up.
When he got there as we drove home, I began to wonder if that was the last message she would hear. She had wanted to hear me speak so bad that she said if I was at Heartland, she would come to hear me. Then I began to think, that there was a reason for me being there. I am not sure why, but there was.
I laid around most of the afternoon, then we went to the store. In the store as well as the reunion, people were coming to me telling me what a blessing I had been to them,. I wasn't sure if that was to encourage me, or God will be opening a door for more oppertunities to minister. When I mentioned this to my dad, he was asking what kind of door did I want to open. To be honest I am not sure. My aunt had mentioned that maybe some people would ask me to speak at their churches. I am not sure about that. I will go if asked, depending on the location. I don't drive so I have to be able to get there.
On top of all of this Matt says he is becoming discouraged at church. Church people have a way of putting you in a box and several things he has felt the call to do no one has bothered to follow up with him on it. He runs camera,and works in the food pantry, he likes doing that, but he said that he felt the need to do prison ministry and a few other things.I wasn't ready to hear this and to be quite honest I have been doing spiritual warfare for us both, I am tired. So pray for both of us.
This has been a really trying day. Tomorrow I start fighting all over again....
The broadcast went well, and since Matt didn't particularly want to go with me, I had asked the lady could she get someone to pick me up. She picked me up herself. We went to the park and got things set up. It was an informal church service with "Amazing Grace" song and the word. I am more of a teacher than anything else. I love to teach the Word of God. I didn't take a long time, because I have been on the other end of a function like this and you don't want to hear a long-winded preacher. Mine was short and to the point about the prodigal son. At the end it contained an invitation to receive Christ. The message of the cross is important. They had an auction of things, and the proceeds went to help with next year's reunion. After this the lady got sick. She had several seizures one right after the other. I have never seen that. We prayed and someone called an ambulance. I was scared. I called Matt to pick me up, because by that time church was over. For some reason he wasn't all that thrilled to be having to pick me up.
When he got there as we drove home, I began to wonder if that was the last message she would hear. She had wanted to hear me speak so bad that she said if I was at Heartland, she would come to hear me. Then I began to think, that there was a reason for me being there. I am not sure why, but there was.
I laid around most of the afternoon, then we went to the store. In the store as well as the reunion, people were coming to me telling me what a blessing I had been to them,. I wasn't sure if that was to encourage me, or God will be opening a door for more oppertunities to minister. When I mentioned this to my dad, he was asking what kind of door did I want to open. To be honest I am not sure. My aunt had mentioned that maybe some people would ask me to speak at their churches. I am not sure about that. I will go if asked, depending on the location. I don't drive so I have to be able to get there.
On top of all of this Matt says he is becoming discouraged at church. Church people have a way of putting you in a box and several things he has felt the call to do no one has bothered to follow up with him on it. He runs camera,and works in the food pantry, he likes doing that, but he said that he felt the need to do prison ministry and a few other things.I wasn't ready to hear this and to be quite honest I have been doing spiritual warfare for us both, I am tired. So pray for both of us.
This has been a really trying day. Tomorrow I start fighting all over again....
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