this probably won't last... but i'm curious....

Yeah, I'm totally going to update soon.  I thought about it last night, but went to bed instead...  
So, here's a little update in pictures: New England Vacation with my Roomies  This is what I was up to last week, fun times! 




So next month I might actually write an update... :0)

I'm blown away by these simple words of Paul "though I am the very least of all the saints".  Though Paul was key in establishing the early church after Christ's resurrection, he did not view himself as anything more than he was, a living sacrifice, a humble servant of the merciful Lord who chose to use him.  If I'm being honest with myself, I don't think I'd say that "I'm the least" of myself...boy is that revealing...

Today was one of those days that I had to talk to myself, not one of those easy-to-be-joyful days. But it was a good day.  Why? God's faithfulness.  I was aware of my weaknesses today, mostly because I was battling the thought of "God, why have you given me so much to do and not enough time to do it all?". Tempted toward condemnation and to be more aware of my failures and shortcomings than the amazing amount of grace and goodness that is in my life - and of the Lord's kind call to me to lean on Him, His will for me and my day would be accomplished in my resting in Him.  And so, with that in mind, I come to my books tonight and am so filled with hope and excitement for each day that will be so full of stuff to do reading Spurgeon.

Paul's words in Ephesians so helped me to turn my eyes again to the cross from which comes strength, hope, joy and peace :0) And an incredible challenge that my heart loves and needs to hear over and over:

The apostle Paul felt it a great privilege to be allowed to preach the gospel. He did not look upon his calling as a drudgery, but he entered upon it with intense delight. Yet while Paul was thus thankful for his office, his success in it greatly humbled him. The fuller a vessel becomes, the deeper it sinks in the water. Idlers may indulge a fond conceit of their abilities, because they are untried; but the earnest worker soon learns his own weakness. If you seek humility, try hard work; if you would know your nothingness, attempt some great thing for Jesus. If you would feel how utterly powerless you are apart from the living God, attempt especially the great work of proclaiming the unsearchable riches of Christ, and you will know, as you never knew before, what a weak unworthy thing you are. Although the apostle thus knew and confessed his weakness, he was never perplexed as to the subject of his ministry. From his first sermon to his last, Paul preached Christ, and nothing but Christ. He lifted up the cross, and extolled the Son of God who bled thereon. Follow his example in all your personal efforts to spread the glad tidings of salvation, and let 'Christ and him crucified' be your ever recurring theme.  .... Oh! to speak of Christ alone, this is the subject which is both 'seed for the sower, and bread for the eater'. This is the live coal for the lip of the speaker, and the master-key to the heart of the hearer.

There, I'm done rambling for tonight.

Back to health homework...