My world is spinning.
It feels like I'm turning circles.
I can't keep this pace.
I can't see You.
I'm not sure where You went.

I know You didn't leave me.
So where am I?
Did I leave You?
Are You speaking to me?
Because I can't hear You.

I'm scared now.
I'm afraid I missed You.
Did I run past You?
Should I turn around?
I can't hear You.
I don't know where I am.
I'm going to turn around....

Williams Sisters Announce They're Joining DSRL!

This is the funniest thing ever!!!!

Ghostwriter

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Today I will be your hands and feet Father. An author for your story of love. God go with me as I write into the lives of your “least of these”. Help my words be silent and my actions be the exposition. Help my feet to go, my hands to heal and my heart to speak. Let my pen be your Son and my ink be your grace. Today I will write over a page full of heartbreak and despair with hope and love. Today I will write for You.

Signed,
The Ghostwriter

Correction

Disclaimer:

I write the following under duress.......

As to the re-challenge from Brett in our much debated push-up contest, I concede to the Iowa stand-off. I reluctantly hand over the trophy to my challenger if only temporarily. (I have consulted with a colleague and have began training for our re-match). In the meantime..... I declare myself officially beaten.


Whew! That was hard. :)

Feeling Fortunate

I just got home from my Iowa missions trip. It was amazing, devastating, heartbreaking and such a blessing. I still need time to process, so I won't elaborate too much. But some of my immediate take-aways.......

God gives and God takes away and we must be sure to keep our eyes on him both when we "get" and when it is "taken away".

Being the hands and feet of Jesus doesn't always receive the best reception but neither did He.

Jesus has a LOT of hands and feet in Iowa.

Praise and Worship doesn't have to happen inside the four walls of our church and I LOVE THAT!!!

(Problems getting pics to load tonight, but I will have them up tomorrow. Full album will be on facebook. )

Sharing Blessings

So I got the opportunity to share my testimony last week at GCC. What a blessing. I really felt God using me to tell others about him and it was an amazing feeling. He has been so faithful to me over the past two years through some potentially really difficult situations. I am so grateful for my life and all that encompasses. One would think that it would have been really difficult to be so open about my mistakes, but for me it was just something I had to explain to be able to tell people what God had done for me. It wasn't easy or hard, it was just what I had to do to get to the good stuff. (Kind of like eating all the toppings off a Lou Manotti's pizza, just to get to the crust). I am so thankful to Zach and Ginger Creek for giving me the opportunity to talk about the amazing God I serve and how much he loves me.
I had so many people come up to me after the service and tell me their stories, and my heart poured out to these people who had loved ones with similar struggles that were still far from God. All I could say is stay on your knees and don't give up. I am here today because the people who love me never gave up on me. I believe that my mom prayed for me every day for fifteen years and God heard everyone of them.
Thank you to all who have loved me, supported me, and prayed for me. You inspire me and I will work every day for the rest of my life to be the servant that God desires me to be.

I'm Back!

Wow, what a summer I have been having. Great excuse for my current blogging sabbatical. I just got back a week ago from the Bahamas with some of my small group. It was so awesome! What a blessing it was to be able to go and hang out in paradise with such great friends. The weather there is so incredible and the pace of life is so relaxed. It didn't take me long to fall in love. I can't wait to go back next year!

We tagged along with the Southworths. Aren't they cute!!!!!

My luggage finally arrived!!!

Brett and I had a push up contest. He said he won, but he totally cheated.

WE FED THE SHARKS after these sting rays!

Timmy and Linda put us up! They are so cool!

What? turn off my Blackberry!!! He must be crazy!!