I'm here!

This is really quite amazing. I mean, WOW!
God's word prepared me with the passage from 1 Corinthians 2:9 saying that no eye had seen, nor ear had heard what He had in store for me.
HERE I AM!!! Working at Starbucks now for 5 months, and now beginning training to be a shift supervisor. Enrolled at Northwest, attending classed AND now living on campus!
THANK YOU, Father!! Your generosity is overwhelming! As I was walking through campus this afternoon, You reminded me how much I love retreats.....women's retreats, conferences, weekend get-aways. All of a sudden, I laughed out loud as a realized that I am on a retreat....a four year long retreat! I get to live in Kirkland, just blocks from Lake Washington and all the coolness of this area. I am 5 minutes from my new home church, City Church. And just 1o minutes to downtown Bellevue and work, without even having to take the freeway! This is all SO COOL!
He has so much for us..... if we would just trust HIM, surrender it all! The other stuff, all that we cling to, only hinders and prohibits us from receiving His very best plan.
Life with Jesus is an adventure unlike any other!

SOMETHING NEW!!!

Isaiah 43:19 "See, I AM doing a NEW thing....NOW it springs up."!!!!

Northwest University?
Starbucks?

Who would have ever imagined!! I am overwhelmed with amazement and gratitude!

"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him." PSALM 37:7

STILL waiting
"Still waiting"
Still WAITING!

STILL = motionless, unmoving, at a standstill silent

STILL = in spite of everything, nevertheless, yet

WAIT = pause, delay, interval

WAITING = coming up, in the making, ahead of you

Standing silent during the delay while the answer is in the making... knowing there is something up ahead!!

Finishing the race.

"You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?" Galatians 5:7
Who hindered you? Who held you back?

"That kind of persuasion does not come from the One who calls you." v 8
It isn't God.

"You were called to be FREE!" v 13

It is now time to finish the race! Unhindered!

The Year 2011 so far.....

"The year 2011 began with massive snowstorms and incredibly cold weather. Then as spring came, wild weather pushed disaster after disaster across the American heartland.
Epic fires burned more than 2.5 million acres in tinder-dry Texas. Near record-breaking floods drove the Mississippi and other rivers far out of their banks. All of that was followed by the legion of deadly tornadoes, killing more people than in any year since 1950."

So many lives affected by these devastations. We need the LORD'S mercy and grace.
"If my people, who are called by my Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14

LORD, are we a people who please You? We are called by Your Name. May we continually humble ourselves before You!!

A Day in the Life of Me

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ME
BY: EMILY SCHILB AND ALI OLIVER

It was Friday, the weekend of my cousin's wedding

I was assigned a poem that I was dreading.

4 am waking up in the morning

Everybody else in Bellevue was still snoring.

Arriving at my cousin's house for the big day

All the people were jubilant and gay.

Roman and Katie exchanged "I do's"

And I have to tell you, I loved her shoes!

Everyone rode the motorcyle, but me

Next up was my auntie, as brave as can be!

Bow chased her as fast as he could go

But his old legs were just too slow.

A special day we all had together

A beautiful wedding in such beautiful weather.

As the sun went down, we all lay in our beds

Not knowing what was up ahead.

Celebrating the new joining and life of two

What happened next, no one possibly knew.

When we awoke, something was not right

Bow was paralyzed it was not a good sight.

They took him to the vet as fast as they could

The news they received was not so good.

They chose to put the old dog to rest

Our family decided it was for the best.

One chapter closes as a new one begins

And that's all in the grace of our God, my friends.

Re-Focus

Don’t focus on the land; keep your eyes on Jesus!!!
He is refining you through this season to see if you will trust Him!
Don’t look at the land, look at Jesus! Recall where He has brought you from, what He is doing in your family…..
You don’t need the land in order to fulfill His purposes for you!
He can place you anywhere to live…..where you live is irrelevant to His purposes!!