Monday, June 4, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
responce to "my friend, the athiest"
feeling a little more than a little stressed. i want to sleep. but prayer is needed and i love you to much to wait for tomorrow what i could do today. i'll just type with my eyes closed.
first rach, i totally get what your saying about it breaking your heart when people just don't get it. its so simple and beautiful and its so hard for us, who have this amazing savior and friend in our lives to understand how anyone could live apart from that. but its awesome that you are trying to shine in his life and that you are such a hard worker in the field. the harvest is plentiful and you are doing your job in harvesting even though it may feel hopeless. since i got home i've been totally hammered with just how big the harvest is and i'm feeling almost overwhelmed with all the souls out there that need to be saved that somehow i never noticed before. just keep looking to God for strength and wisdom. remember he is the only one with the power to change hearts. all we're here for is to show what a changed heart looks like.
Father God, you have so much power. we ask you for miracles in the lives around us. God, i thank you for rachel and her willingness to do your work. God i pray that you would keep her strong and courageous for you. help each one of us to live for you. God i pray for her friend. We lift up his life to you. you have an awesome love that we want to share with everyone. mold his heart to how you want it. surround him with people that glorify you and open his heart and his mind to listen to you. we want to live for you and give glory to you. Father, i pray that you WOULD send out more workers into the field. we know we can't do it without you and i pray that others would see your heart through our actions and our words.
SHOUT OUT TO GRACIE: IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOUR SIXTEEN HUN!! WOW, WE'RE ALL GETTING OLD. HOPE YOUR FEELING BETTER DARLING. I LOVE YOU.
My friend, the athiest
Well tonight i had a very interesting conversation with a friend of mine from outdoor school who is an athiest. Guess what we talked about. Gay marriage. The first thing he said to me after i said hey was "What do you think about gay marriage?" The question caught me off guard. I wasn't expecting to be discussing this subject just then. A few minutes into the conversation I became quite frustrated because I know what I believe and what I think but I couldn't articulate those thoughts, I couldn't put them into words that seemed to make sense to him. There was a point in the conversation where I wanted to cry because I absolutely hate it when I am talking to someone who doesn't believe in God and I can't seem to convince them that there are any valid points to christianity. It breaks my heart when people I know and care about don't see or feel the wonder I do in God's power and love. God loves them but they don't see it and maybe they never will. What can I say to convince them otherwise? I don't know the answer but I wish I did. So the conversation went on and we started talking about other aspects of spirituality and I asked him what he thought of death. Did he believe in life after death? No. To him, when you're dead, you're dead. Another arrow in the heart. Can God make him see? Of course He can. Will He? I don't know. Can I somehow, through God's power, not mine, show him that there is more than life on earth? that there is life after death, and that he can live in eternal bliss with the creator of everything? I need prayer guys. Pray for my friend, one who does not know our God, that God may soften his heart towards Him and pray that God would give me the words to say and another chance to say them. May God be praised always.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
my bloggy
heyy girls, just letting u know that i have a blog if u wanted to check it out..
its www.duckster-g.blogspot.com
hopefully see y'all tomorrow!
its www.duckster-g.blogspot.com
hopefully see y'all tomorrow!
prayer path, rugby, and pants
1st: who got to go to the prayer path and how was it? i'm just a little mad i couldn't go because it looked... i was gonna say fun, but thats not the right word. hmmm, it looked really .... good. because praying is good because God is good. anyway.... wow, i feel like i haven't seen any of you in years. grrr. i need my girls. softball sucks. i don't know why i play it. it stinks.
2nd: rugby has got to be the most akward, hilarious game ever. sorry for anyone if they actually play it, but it feels like all you do is either stick your head between your teammates butts or hit the ground hopefully with another opponent attached. i was the "eight man" in gym yesterday so i got to see pretty much half of all of my teammates butts sticking right in my face. it's kinda fun. me and paul tackled each other. "i prefer my left side, please."
cheek to cheek- HA HA HA!! then millie girl got this image of trent trying to play rugby and you know that hilarious look he gets on his face when he's shocked or confused? she got that image stuck in my head and we were basically rolling on the ground laugh our heads off.
anyway, miss you guys alot.
God, i lift up my gracie girl to you. we believe in the power of prayer because over and over you showed us how powerful you are and how much you care about the little things that happen in our lives. your depth of love for us is astounding. father, we bring you our sister Gracie as she's not feeling well. We know your healing touch can help our sister. Holy spirit, i ask that you proect our girl from any serious illness and we pray that she would be up and going soon, so each day she could shine for you. Give her joy even through sickness and let her bless your name always. you are so good to us. i ask that if it's your will, you bring Gracie back to full health quickly.
God i also ask that you bless the little boy whos become a part of the Owen family. they have so much to offer this little one and i pray that this child would grow strong, joyful, loving, and patient. I know that the Owen family has a lot of love to give and will protect this little one from harm. GOd i pray that this boy would grow to love you and honor you. i pray that whatever his future might bring, that your holy spirit would forever surround him.
GOd you are good and we love you. I want to lift up all my other sister on this blog and the rest of the missions team as we continue to learn how to daily live for you, honor you, and be a shining light for you. Let your amazing love shine through us. we want to be able to touch the nations and we want to be the workers in the field because we know the harvest is huge is we apply ourselves to loving our neighbours and being fishers of men. God we ask for strengh and peace. Bless us and keep satan from us always.
AMEN
2nd: rugby has got to be the most akward, hilarious game ever. sorry for anyone if they actually play it, but it feels like all you do is either stick your head between your teammates butts or hit the ground hopefully with another opponent attached. i was the "eight man" in gym yesterday so i got to see pretty much half of all of my teammates butts sticking right in my face. it's kinda fun. me and paul tackled each other. "i prefer my left side, please."
cheek to cheek- HA HA HA!! then millie girl got this image of trent trying to play rugby and you know that hilarious look he gets on his face when he's shocked or confused? she got that image stuck in my head and we were basically rolling on the ground laugh our heads off.
anyway, miss you guys alot.
God, i lift up my gracie girl to you. we believe in the power of prayer because over and over you showed us how powerful you are and how much you care about the little things that happen in our lives. your depth of love for us is astounding. father, we bring you our sister Gracie as she's not feeling well. We know your healing touch can help our sister. Holy spirit, i ask that you proect our girl from any serious illness and we pray that she would be up and going soon, so each day she could shine for you. Give her joy even through sickness and let her bless your name always. you are so good to us. i ask that if it's your will, you bring Gracie back to full health quickly.
God i also ask that you bless the little boy whos become a part of the Owen family. they have so much to offer this little one and i pray that this child would grow strong, joyful, loving, and patient. I know that the Owen family has a lot of love to give and will protect this little one from harm. GOd i pray that this boy would grow to love you and honor you. i pray that whatever his future might bring, that your holy spirit would forever surround him.
GOd you are good and we love you. I want to lift up all my other sister on this blog and the rest of the missions team as we continue to learn how to daily live for you, honor you, and be a shining light for you. Let your amazing love shine through us. we want to be able to touch the nations and we want to be the workers in the field because we know the harvest is huge is we apply ourselves to loving our neighbours and being fishers of men. God we ask for strengh and peace. Bless us and keep satan from us always.
AMEN
Friday, June 1, 2007
prayer request
heyy guys!!! im finally posting. well. i have a prayer request for y'all. Well two maybe. One, for myself. I've been sick with a bad cold the last week and i get pnemonia really easily.. i've had it 3 times this past year. its not good if i get it again. So if u guys could pray that God would heal me that would make my week. Also, as most of you all know, our family is a foster family. We basically take kids in and take care of them until their parents (usually a mom) can get better. Hence we have Destiny, my baby sister. This afternon my mom got a call from social services asking if we could take a little 2 year old boy for a few nights. She said yes and when i got home there was the most adorable kid in my house. He doesn't speak a word.. he can but he doesn't talk. he smiles sometimes but mostly he just scrunches his face up in sorta a pout. i m not allowed to say anything else about him, but if you could pray for his situation and future that would also rock my socks. Hope all of ur weeks are goin good. love you all!
grace
xoxoxox
grace
xoxoxox
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