sometimes i am overwhelmed

the world needs God. and i have time to pray for the world to see God. but i think about aaalll the things that need prayer and i chicken out because it seems like too many prayers. how lame is that?

one of my dear friends is in haiti right now, helping with the relief effort. please pray for her and her team. my heart breaks for the family in southern manitoba who just lost their parents. pray for them too. so many of my students and youth think they can just get by believing in God without being devoted. we all need prayer. we need divine intervention.

the good thing is that even though i may be overwhelmed by all the needs in the world, God isn't. he truly isn't. and he longs to partner with us to see his kingdom come.

Lord Jesus, release the power of your holy spirit over me tonight.

no more aught 9

i like new years.

i like snow in the new year.

but i'm a little weirded out with this melting snow thing. it doesn't feel like january.

i really think this year is going to bring wonderful things - my husband is officially a pastor, and when they brought us both on stage at church to "ordain" him and pray for us, it suddenly hit me - i'm in this too! i was so thrilled that he was going to be a pastor, and have his dream job, that i never stopped to really think about my role in it all. as the other pastors prayed for us, i realized that even though tim was the one saying "I will...I do...," really, i was saying it too.

we're one, tim and i. God put us together! and from this point on, we're on this journey of ministry together, and God has a destiny for us that is unique to me and him. i like that. the scary part is that it won't be easy. it's a little unnerving how many prophetic words we've received about things changing and getting harder, but maybe that's why God had me on this 2 year journey of learning to trust him. with more responsibility, though, comes more rewards!

i'm a pastor's wife. that makes me feel like i should have "arrived." but i haven't...oh no, i really haven't. another life lesson, i suppose.

new year's resolution? live in expectation of the Lord's coming!

expect God to come in the small, the large and for eternity!