Well, we're off...hopefully, by this afternoon. Concert in Chincoteague, VA on Sunday and Delaware on Monday. Musically, I'm not ready, but when am I ever ready? It's just one of those things where God is ALWAYS faithful. I'm just so confident in the message, the power of His grace to change lives and give hope, that there's no sweatin' the small stuff :)
Frank has agreed to play the sax with me this time, although he's really anxious, so if anyone thinks of us, please pray! I keep telling him, it's not about the music, but the fact that God could put two messed up people with such animosity toward each other back together again. Actually, I still stand pretty amazed myself that out of the ashes of the hurt, disappointment to downright anger, resentment and bitterness, that God could restore love and even a genuine admiration and respect for one another. I keep telling Frank, "Shoot, after all that, the music should be the easy part."
Well, I'm gonna wrap it up. I'm running later than I wanted, with of course, more things to do than time to do it...(so what do I do? Blog :):)
We'll be back Tues night. Hope y'all enjoy your fourth, and if you think of it, all prayers are appreciated.
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Father,
Thank you so much for what you have done in Frank & Melanie's lives. Thank you for how you have transformed them as individuals and how that has renewed their marriage. I praise you for their faith and witness. Please be with them this weekend. Prepare their hearts and just allow all that you have done and are doing and will do come out in their music. Let their love for you be evident and overflowing. Please protect them and strengthen them. I pray that they will be blessed as well as bless others. May their music, their faith and their marriage be an encouragement to all who hear them. Speak to their hearts and help them to hear what you are saying. Please bless them in all they do, in all they say and wherever they are. Thank you for your precious Son - our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ - who's love makes life worth living. In His Name I pray - Amen
Just reading this, but I love your attitude. Prayers that all went well and hearts were uplifted to Christ.
Melissa from Metamorphosis and BNCL.
Hello,
Just stopping in. Wanted to say hi to everyone and thank you for posting on my blog. I'll get back to writing again soon, I promise!
Jojo, thank you for the prayer. It was a true blessing. Want to put some pics on Flikr. Hope everything's ok with you. Just a few more weeks, can't wait!
Melissa, you have a cool way with words as well. Thanks for stopping by.
Lepido, I appreciate your encouragement. And your heart for ministry. Wow!this world just gets smaller and smaller. So you've got a son in Fredericksburg? Where at?
By the way, Chincoteague was incredibly beautiful. Only saw a few ponies. I hear they run at the end of July. We have friends who just moved there and their home is right along the bay where they cross. I've never seen it, but I'd love to, hear it's awesome.
Lepido,
Sorry, just re read your comment and it's your grandsons who live here. Did they go to college here or something?
Well, where are ya?
Hey Poo...
It's nice to know I'm missed:) I'm still here. Life has just gotten a little overwhelming...temporarily, I hope. Could be a fact or some wacked out hormonal stuff that comes along with being forty-some...dang, I forgot, I'm a "bare, naked Christian lady"...so, alright, Fifty!!! :)
So, how's life treating you? Love the picture, by the way.
Life's treatin' me o.k. just lots of transitioning. Good to see you're doing well.
p.s. 50 is the new 40.
Poo,
Yeah, I guess it is, the new 40, that is. I definately remember thinking people were so daggone OLD and decrepid at 50. Now I don't think my mother is old at 72. Well...she really isn't old. In fact, she always calls and asks for advice about her relationship with her younger boyfriend. You think I'd be more mature than this, but, I still want to cover my ears and blissfully sing "la-la-la-" over her need to 'confess' stuff to me.
I can be totally unjudgemental to everone else...but to MY MOTHER???? Sheesh!!!
As you can see, I didn't come by a passionate faith in God from any religious brainwashing at home! LOL
Hope your interviews are successful by the way, it seems to be a curse...I mean, to be so over-qualified :):):)
Have a "fabulous" day!
oh, and btw, loved that little stick guy.
mel
I wouldn't want to hear about that either. :)
Wow, thanks for reading. I hope you come back even though I'm a heathen. I'm still a pretty good gal. ;)
Hey, I love heathens:) I was one myself for a lot longer than not!
I like reading your stuff. Actually I'm a little intimidated. My vocabulary is very limited:)That's what happens when your highest education is 'beauty school'! lol (and I barely made it through that)
Oh, no. Education doesn't have to come from a school. That's just the route I chose. You're doing what I for so long wanted to do...ministry, which is probably why I keep coming back to see what's up.
I used to be very involved in drama ministry. We had such an awesome team. It was when I went back to school that I started to question my entire system of beliefs.
I don't know what happened or where I'll go from here, but it's still refreshing to hear that someone is doing it and enjoying life and enjoying that relationship with God I once felt I had.
I hope you keep the blog up.
Maybe wasn't really God you questioned. Hmm..I don't know, maybe it's all the religion and "ministry" stuff that suddenly didn't make sense anymore?
All I know is that the God who "stunned me by His grace" has proven faithful and true. Organized religion and modern Christianity? Not so much.
Enjoy "talking" to you :)
oh, and by the way, my friend interviewed around this time last year. She sat on pins and needles. They called her after school had started for some wierd reason. She's a first grade teacher, returning to work after 10 years. It's been a job in itself to encourage her after they've pretty much taken a sledgehammer to her self-confidence ever since. One of the side-effects of "education," I suppose.
Ministry no, but organized religion yes (no longer making sense). I believe in God and love and showing love to others which is essentially what ministry is. But- I also can't help but recognize how many Christians have actually been hurt rather than helped throughout the history of "Christianity."
Hopefully I'll one day find a "good place" to be spiritually. Right now, I'm just trying to figure a bunch of things out.
Yeah, teaching is one of the hardest jobs ever. It's many jobs rolled into one. I've taught before, and I know I'll be an even better teacher now...whenever I get a job. :/
Hope things are going well for you.
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