Live it!

Rain, rain go away, come again another day! Has been our theme song this week in our part of the world. Hopefully it has not been so bad where you are.

We had a good visit with our friends Saturday. New folks showed up to join in on the fun. Everybody seems to be doing fine. Turner, Richard and Robert were hanging in there trying to stay dry and warm. William was still with James and grateful to be inside.

Karl and mr brian stayed behind and worked on putting up new sheet rock in the library. 

Around 2 Saturday afternoon, the scouts showed up and completed the work on the greenhouse. It looks gorgeous. Great job, can't wait to see things starting to grow inside!

Monday, the rain had not started, so we got to play games with the children. Tuesday and Wednesday it was too wet for the kids to walk over, so it was quiet around the center.

Early Tuesday morning, Karl came back and began the process of completing the sheet rock repairs. Won't be long and we can again use our library.

Tuesday evening, after two weeks off, the men gathered for their community Bible fellowship. It was good to gather again and catch up on everybody's life. We had a new friend show up and he brought our supper for the evening. Mr Matt led us in the discussion of the Holy Trinity. What is it? How do you describe it and make sense of it?

Wednesday evening, we gathered at the Bright House. Joey, Krysten and Lomax hosted the evening filled with food, laughter and fellowship. Many folks braved the flash flood warnings to come out! They want to make this a regular happening, so more information from them will be coming.

Thursday was another special time around the center. Just about 3 PM, the sun came out! Praise God, great to see. Pastor Willie led us in song and sharing the Word. What a passion he has when he starts singing and then putting the word of God out for us to understand. He talked about looking in the mirror. We all to often point to others and the mistakes they are making and don't take a good look at ourselves and what we are not doing. Next week, we have a special treat, as one of own young adults will share the Word with us.

Our meal was created by Krysten with the help of Ms Dorothy, yummy! Ms Abbie came across the street to say Hi to everyone. She looked good. We had more help from the community in washing the dishes and handing out our groceries. Great to see.

Prayer concerns for the Ackermans as they travel to Dallas to pick up Wes Friday evening. Also for Beth, running fever on Wednesday. The Bollingers as they prepare for a new procedure in fighting Carri's disease. Prayers for William as he deals with life. He joined the men's group Tuesday evening. Prayers for Tim having 2 teeth pulled Friday morning.

Been thinking about our discussions on Tuesday night about trying to explain the Holy Trinity. As Matt pointed out to us, when he first began his journey, he studied, read, researched, trying to come up with a plausible explanation of the Trinity. After an hour of discussions Tuesday night, we came up with no good answers. So what is God asking of us? How do we explain faith, hope, joy, lvoe to others who are searching for some good news about life? 

Listening to our discussions Tuesday evening, I began to realize Satan is at work. It seems to me, Satan is interested in our minds, Christ is interested in our hearts. Our minds can not make sense of the Trinity or for that matter a lot of what the Bible is asking of us. For some, if they can not make sense of it, they stop and try something else.

I shared with Tim my journey in the beginning. I thought I could change the world or at least our community in Cedar Grove by being there, giving out food, smiling. I thought, miraculously, everything would change for the better. After months of mr brian trying to do it all, I began to realize it is not about me but about Christ. Our purpose, our jobs, is to live the Trinity, not explain it, live it! The Trinity is about hope, peace, joy, passion for others, lvoe to all. Change will come when the hearts of others are led to Christ. Christ will do the changing not us.

People we meet everyday needs to see the light of Christ in us. They need to say, what does he have, why is he smiling, I want some of that. You are good examples of this when you take time to visit on Saturdays, serve on Thursdays, show up on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays, go shopping for others on Mondays, invite others to help and support, share our story with others.

Don't let Satan win, don't worry about trying to explain the Trinity, just live it! Have a great week. Amen.