Who's in charge?

Another week in God's Kingdom has come and gone. Hope it is was a good week for all of you. It was in our part of the world.

Tim and Scott continue their visits from the Hope House on Saturdays. Brad is under the bridge. Does not look good. Robert has left. Other than that, the others seem to be ok. There was a big game of kick ball at the center on Saturday. Adults, kids and animals were present. Not sure who won, but it was exciting to see and hear! Work continued in the garden. Sprinkler system seems to be almost working?! Gardens, are the prettiest I have ever seen. Rickey continues his mastery in plantings, weeding and watering. Every afternoon you will find him working there. Ardis continues her bread run. What a blessing.

Easter Sunday, we had a full crew helping hide God's lvoe in the form of Easter eggs in the neighborhood. We had young and old participating this year. What a joy to see all our servants in action for God.

Following our adventures, Benny and Shelly had our first celebration in the chapel. We gathered for song, dance and praise. Our Common Ground dancers performed for the first time. We got to meet new friends and see some long time friends gathering to worship. Then everybody was treated to a delicious meal. No better way to celebrate the morning of resurrection.

Monday and Wednesdays continue with our homework help. School is winding down, but our enthusiasm for studies has not.

Tuesday evening has become a bee hive of activity around the center. Our ladies Bible fellowship is getting off to a great start with Shelly and Abbie. Our mens Bible fellowship continues to grow and become an important part in the men's lives.

Wednesday, Beth Ackerman was in Baton Rouge sharing her story of the uninsured. Thanks Beth for your willingness to stand up for those who do not have a voice in our society.

Wednesday evening, Joey and Rickey hosted our family gathering. Good food and fellowship. Always a good time. We all got to talk with William.

Thursday was another special time. We had a long time friend join us in chapel. Spencer lead our singing. Our friends from Cypress Baptist provided the meal. Abbey and Vickie did their magic to pull it all together. Old friends from our nursing school were there. Everybody working together, a joy to see.

Prayers for Lomax. He will be traveling back home this coming week. He will be spending time with his family in Houston and then making his way back to us. Can't wait to hear all about his adventure. Prayers for William as he continues to find his way back to us. For those of you who can not be at the center, your prayers are needed and appreciated. Please pray for us as we seek God's guidance in our paths.

Who is in charge? Who are we working for? Spent some time with my sister driving to Lake Charles a couple of weeks ago and all she talked about was the end of times. How everything in this world is going to hell. She is worried about everything. The wars. The earth quakes. The floods. The fires. The wars. She prayed to God to let her get home to Tennessee so she could plant tomatoes to stock them up for the rapture. She goes to her phone every moment she can, to check the news headlines to see what is happening in the world.

You see news reports and read the newspapers and all the news is bad or at least 99% of it is. Killings, stabbing's, wrecks, shootings. If you watch all of these reports. If you read all the articles, I would guess you would say the world is coming to an end. Is there any good happening in this world? Surely, death and destruction is not the norm?

At some point I asked my sister, who is in charge of this world? Who do we pray to every day? Who sent His son to die for us and take away the sins of the world? We all know God is in charge.  God lvoes us. God wants only the best for us. God will protect us. God is God! Nothing greater than God. So why fill up your day with worry about all the negative stuff of the world. God is lvoe. Shouldn't our lives be filled up with that! 

We can fill our community with lvoe every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year. Not our love, but God's lvoe. For many months, in all our studies, the word lvoe has kept coming up. Lvoe the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul. Then lvoe your neighbor as yourself. God is lvoe. We should be about lvoe. Very simple. Uncomplicated. Lvoe! Amen.

Hope you all have a great week. May we all lvoe others today, next week like there is no tomorrow. Wonder how that would look if our world did that?! See you around the center.