Saturdays continue to be busy around the neighborhood. Everybody was doing well in the camps. Robert was a no show? Hopefully he will be around this week. Basketball continues to stay strong. More young men continue to show up and want to join in on the fun. Bread - bread - bread was everywhere! Garden work continues, beautiful day to be in the neighborhood! Work continued at the Bright House.
Saturday afternoon, some of us enjoyed our time at Daren's celebration of his life at Grace. The church was full of friends and family as we all came together to listen, sing and praise God for Daren's life. As Pastor Juan said at the close of the service, with his cane in his hand. Just look at this cane, Daren will no longer this! Amen.
Monday and Wednesday continues to be very full of life as we get together with our children. Testing will be coming up quickly and we are interested in seeing how our children will do. Several of them have really become great readers through the help of our servants. We are already making plans for our next fall classes.
Tuesday evening, Rickie led the men's Bible fellowship reading from Psalm 27: 1 - 6. The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? No greater comfort in knowing God is on our side. Is He on yours?
Late Tuesday evening, Mr Scott called saying his reporter had located our long lost friend, Brad. Scott gave me the name of the rehab center Brad was suppose to be in. As it turned out Wednesday morning, I was in the neighborhood, so I went by the place to see if he was really there? He was! I woke him up from his nap and we talked for a few minutes. Brad looked great! He was glad to see me and we talked about his ordeal. With a wheelchair sitting next to the bed, I asked, Brad can you walk? He said, sure and got up out of bed and walked a few steps to show me! Praise God! He has a long way to go, but he has come a long way! Amazing to see him in such good condition remembering how he looked in the hospital a few months ago.
Thursday evening was filled with lots of praising, singing and good times. Ms Abbie again shared her gift of song and playing as she led us in singing and Brother George led us in the hearing of God's Word. Brother George has agreed to be our pastor for the third week of each month in chapel. If you haven't heard him before, come by and listen. He has an amazing story to tell, praising God for his life. Friends from Clearview church brought our meal, helping us in the fellowship hall and our market. We still are tinkering with the way we do things and each week seems to get a little bit better. God is good, bringing us helpers to be with our community.
Next Saturday, April 25th, John Sauls is arranging an event for Grace Community to join us, Making a Difference Saturday. Lots of projects will be going on, from breakfast, working, lunch and chapel, all day long! We will need everybody on hand to direct and help out. Please join us if you can. We asked our community in chapel to join us also. Should be lots of fun.
We have a lady who has been with us for several months. She will now be coming on a regular basis to the center. We are being blessed to have her time with us being paid by someone else. Heidi, will be working in the afternoons, to answer the phones, check on items being done in and around the center and closing up when events happen. Come by and meet her, give her a common ground hug!
Continued prayers for Ginellen's mom, Ms Joyner, as she continues to have health issues. Prayers for those who are traveling. Prayers for Joey as he concludes his time in the Philippines and his travel back to us. Prayers for our community. Life is hard especially for the poor. Challenges present themselves all the time and change seems to be a constant way to fight those challenges. We miss our friends, when they move, or leave for awhile, worrying if they are alright. God please keep our friends safe.
The Lord is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid? says in the last part of Psalm 27 verse 1. Over the years, the one constant that seems to be constant in our community is change. You can't pay the rent, so you move. You have a leaking pipe, it doesn't get fixed, so you move. Abusive situations happen, you need to hide, so you move. Bill chasing people show up at your door, so you move. Someone offers you a better place, so you think, so you move.
Life in our community is hard. The little money you do make, does not cover all your expenses, so things don't get done, bills go unpaid, children fend for themselves, a lvoing home is practically nonexistent. That is why, common ground exist, to provide hope, to provide lvoe, to provide God's lvoe to others.
The one constant in all our lives is the lvoe of God for us. In verse 4, David says, One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. God has a place for us in His heart, we just have to seek after it. He wants only the best for us, if we go after it. Verse 5, for in the day of trouble, he will keep me safe . . . We can not find our refuge in addictions, in our possessions, in others. Only the peace that defines words, will be given to us if we seek after God's lvoe. Only He will keep us from harm, if we dwell in His house and in His Word. Amen!
Hope everybody has a great week. Looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us this week! God is good!!
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