Well, I can't believe it is Friday. I am at work and I have a killer headache; I am afraid it is a migraine headache leftover from last night. Please pray for me if you read this soon. Thanks.
Well, it's official. I will be working for Chik-Fil-A PT doing Marketing and I am so excited. I have no Marketing Skills whatsoever, but I am ready for this season in my life to grow and learn new things. I will be at the Library still + Chik-Fil-A. I believe it is an answer to prayer. We have been praying to pay off the house quickly and this new job = more income to pay off on the house and I am just like 'God, You are so faithful!' It also puts me in front of new people and new audience to share the Gospel with!
How can I be praying for you all this weekend? Any answers to any prayer requests??
Have a great weekend everybody. I wish you all the best and if you live in L-ville, come by Dicks in Springhurst(Behind Chik-Fil-A on Westport Rd.) from 11:30-1:30 to get a free sandwich and a coupon for a free sandwich! I will be there, it will be my first day and I would love to see some of you all!
Remember, to keep making time for God and to partner with Him everyday for His work and His glory!
NChrist, Susan
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
QUESTION DAY
Sorry, I seem to be making Thursday 'Question Day' lately. Feel free to ask whatever questions are on your minds.
I had a great Wednesday! We had deer in our backyard and that was Radical! Our dogs went ballistic but it was way cool!
Youth Group went really well. We talked with them about our faith and is it impacting our lives first and then is it impacting those around us. As we wait and hope for the return of Jesus Christ we get the honor of being partners with God to make this world as He originally intended it to be. That was a huge statement Rob Bell said in the NOOMA video last night! So, our challenge to them was 'partner with God' this week. Be obedient to His voice and partner with Him in being used to make this world the place God originally intended it to be: full of beauty, full of holiness, peace, love, forgiveness, etc.
Then we went out to eat with the Firsts and Kramer and that was rad. But, I am really disappointed in myself. Matthew and Patty started to tell us what they did not like about the current curriculum and I got defensive. I thought I was doing okay, but I asked Michael later and he was like you got a little too defensive and I was like 'errr'. I did not do a good job of that first part of James 1:19 'Be quick to hear...'. See I am still working on stuff like that, will be for the rest of my life I am sure. But, I am going to call them today and apologize for being defensive. Thankfully, I think they knew I got that way but it did not hurt our evening. We laughed and kept talking after that. But, I feel on my part, I need to apologize.
And for those of you who live in Louisville. Chik-fil-A is giving away free chicken sandwiches and one free coupon for a sandwich on Saturday from 11:30-1:30 at the Dicks in Springhurst(close to Tinseltown Movie Theaters). Come and see me as I help pass out sandwiches!! Yummy!
Have a great day y'all and remember
PARTNER WITH GOD TODAY.
NChrist, Susan
I had a great Wednesday! We had deer in our backyard and that was Radical! Our dogs went ballistic but it was way cool!
Youth Group went really well. We talked with them about our faith and is it impacting our lives first and then is it impacting those around us. As we wait and hope for the return of Jesus Christ we get the honor of being partners with God to make this world as He originally intended it to be. That was a huge statement Rob Bell said in the NOOMA video last night! So, our challenge to them was 'partner with God' this week. Be obedient to His voice and partner with Him in being used to make this world the place God originally intended it to be: full of beauty, full of holiness, peace, love, forgiveness, etc.
Then we went out to eat with the Firsts and Kramer and that was rad. But, I am really disappointed in myself. Matthew and Patty started to tell us what they did not like about the current curriculum and I got defensive. I thought I was doing okay, but I asked Michael later and he was like you got a little too defensive and I was like 'errr'. I did not do a good job of that first part of James 1:19 'Be quick to hear...'. See I am still working on stuff like that, will be for the rest of my life I am sure. But, I am going to call them today and apologize for being defensive. Thankfully, I think they knew I got that way but it did not hurt our evening. We laughed and kept talking after that. But, I feel on my part, I need to apologize.
And for those of you who live in Louisville. Chik-fil-A is giving away free chicken sandwiches and one free coupon for a sandwich on Saturday from 11:30-1:30 at the Dicks in Springhurst(close to Tinseltown Movie Theaters). Come and see me as I help pass out sandwiches!! Yummy!
Have a great day y'all and remember
PARTNER WITH GOD TODAY.
NChrist, Susan
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
I am Back
Sorry, everybody. We ended up extending our mini-vacation to yesterday. We came home about 1:00 then I worked at 4:30. I thought I would have time to write something at work, but we were swamped. School is out and everybody is starting 'Summer Reading' at the library. Whoo-wee. But, I saw the cutest kid yesterday! He came and stood at the Circ. desk where I work and he had on his little version of the Indiana Jones hat and he was checking out an Indiana Jones book. He was soooooooooo adorable!
We had a great couple of days away down in Southern Kentucky at the farm and at my parents house. We even brought the dogs and Grandma and Grandpa Simmons were so excited to see them and hang out with them. Grandma even bought them big pillows to sleep on. I will have to get a picture of that on here:)
I have not had time to read the next few chapters in Genesis so there will be nothing long on here today. But, I do what to share a quote I heard yesterday on an audiobook Michael and I are listening to by Rob Bell called 'Velvet Elvis'. I highly recommend this book. He is the pastor at Mars Hill Church and does the NOOMA videos. He was talking yesterday about how as an intern he had all these dreams about how church should be and then when he became a pastor all of that came true and he was running a 10,000 member church. Then one day, he figured out how overwhelmed he was trying to be 'Super Pastor' and he needed to decide what to do. He knew he was trying to be someone he wasn't created to be. In therapy, his counselor said this , 'Anything other than the pursuit of who God wants you to be is Sin.' He really liked this, because he realized he was pursuing more of what he wanted rather than just being who God wanted him to be. He wasn't detailed oriented, he is creative. Michael and I stopped the book there and just talked about what kind of Super People were we trying to be and was that our pursuit or God's?? We figured out a lot and where God wants us to be. WE love ministry. We love youth. And if it means being poor doing that, then so be it. Then we are in the active pursuit of who God wants us to be and that is what is most important.
I want my life remembered as a legacy of pursuing the life God wants me to lead everyday. To stop pursuing what I think needs to be done or who I need to be or what I need to be doing with my life. All that is done for people's favor, not God's. I want God's favor, His plan. I want it badly! I have been living in bondage to that super person instead of living in the freedom that God wants me living in everyday. So, today I start my pursuit. Where it takes me, I have no clue. I hope you all understand what I am saying and will ask yourselves 'Am I being the person God wants me to be or am I pursuing who I want to be?' 'Is there junk in your past that has formed who you are today that you are beginning to notice has led you to pursue who you should be rather than getting healing from God or counselors so that you can actively pursue who God wants you to be?' See I have some major healing to go through with my past. Stuff, that only God can heal that I have not given Him fully. Stuff that keeps me from pursuing who He wants me to be.
Love to you all,
Susan
We had a great couple of days away down in Southern Kentucky at the farm and at my parents house. We even brought the dogs and Grandma and Grandpa Simmons were so excited to see them and hang out with them. Grandma even bought them big pillows to sleep on. I will have to get a picture of that on here:)
I have not had time to read the next few chapters in Genesis so there will be nothing long on here today. But, I do what to share a quote I heard yesterday on an audiobook Michael and I are listening to by Rob Bell called 'Velvet Elvis'. I highly recommend this book. He is the pastor at Mars Hill Church and does the NOOMA videos. He was talking yesterday about how as an intern he had all these dreams about how church should be and then when he became a pastor all of that came true and he was running a 10,000 member church. Then one day, he figured out how overwhelmed he was trying to be 'Super Pastor' and he needed to decide what to do. He knew he was trying to be someone he wasn't created to be. In therapy, his counselor said this , 'Anything other than the pursuit of who God wants you to be is Sin.' He really liked this, because he realized he was pursuing more of what he wanted rather than just being who God wanted him to be. He wasn't detailed oriented, he is creative. Michael and I stopped the book there and just talked about what kind of Super People were we trying to be and was that our pursuit or God's?? We figured out a lot and where God wants us to be. WE love ministry. We love youth. And if it means being poor doing that, then so be it. Then we are in the active pursuit of who God wants us to be and that is what is most important.
I want my life remembered as a legacy of pursuing the life God wants me to lead everyday. To stop pursuing what I think needs to be done or who I need to be or what I need to be doing with my life. All that is done for people's favor, not God's. I want God's favor, His plan. I want it badly! I have been living in bondage to that super person instead of living in the freedom that God wants me living in everyday. So, today I start my pursuit. Where it takes me, I have no clue. I hope you all understand what I am saying and will ask yourselves 'Am I being the person God wants me to be or am I pursuing who I want to be?' 'Is there junk in your past that has formed who you are today that you are beginning to notice has led you to pursue who you should be rather than getting healing from God or counselors so that you can actively pursue who God wants you to be?' See I have some major healing to go through with my past. Stuff, that only God can heal that I have not given Him fully. Stuff that keeps me from pursuing who He wants me to be.
Love to you all,
Susan
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