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Well, it’s been a while…
Over the past several months we’ve been busier than a one armed paper hanger with a dollar watch and the seven year itch. We’ve logged over 30,000 miles as we visit our supporters around the US of A. We’ve been from Florida to Washington and weathered both heat and cold. We’ve been to large gatherings and small get-togethers. We’ve seen loved ones, friends and supporters and handed out a pile of DVD’s about the work God is doing in Pereira. Yep, we’ve been busy! Today I’m taking time to sit down and write a bit. Why? Well, because I miss it. 
This little piece of cyber space is a great place for me to get away to and sort out my thoughts. Sometimes I just need a “sounding board”, something to help me sort something out.
Today? Well, I don’t know what to think. A lot has to happen over the next month and I’m looking forward to seeing how God works things out. Scared? Yeah, but not terrified. Scared like you are when you KNOW you can do it – but there’s still an element of risk. In this case it’s because we know that God can do it – but we don’t yet know how. There’s some anticipation as well, kind of like waiting for a special gift. You know it’s wonderful, but you don’t know what it is.
God’s in control. Of that we have no doubt. We only want to get going – in His paths – and to strike out for the other side of this wild ride He’s had us on for our whole lives. As we look back in time we see how time after time He was there – holding our hands, keeping us from falling. But learning to trust Him? That’s been the tough one because we’re to independant.
Oh how I pray that I can pass this faith to my children, and on to others as well. TRUST IN GOD, ALL WILL BE WELL!
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On Mothers’ Day
Today, millions of people around the world will celebrate a commercially driven tribute to mothers, yet how often do we forget to recognize the importance of our maternal parent in our lives on a daily basis? My own mother continues to serve the Lord in northern Brazil even though she is separated from her children by thousands of miles. I thank God for her and her continuing testimony to faithfulness to Christ her Redeemer.
The mother of my children is another person I wish to brag on a bit. Over the years that she’s put up with me I have remained amazed at her love for and devotion to her children. My father’s type “kids will get through it” attitude to many things is not met with a similar attitude on her part and I thank God for giving me such a mate to balance the parenting thing out properly. My sisters are also some of my favorite mothers. I thank God for them and the way they raise their children with faith in God.
Yet should we wait for a day like the one indicated by commercial interests to celebrate the importance of mothers? No. We should not. But neither should we wait for birthdays to tell folks that we love them and are glad that God put them on earth. Nor should we await anniversaries to tell our mates how much God has blessed us by providing us with such a special person. All these commercial and traditional dates are but a gentle nudge to do what’s right and tell folks how important they are to us.
So to all the women out there who are mothers, remember Jochebed – Moses’ mother. And Anna, Samuel’s mother. Both of these ladies had their children with them for very little time, and yet their influence on their lives was profound. In this time of high pressure being exerted upon women to “make something of themselves” I thank God for each of you who has taken the time to “make something” of your children.
