Faith and wisdom

What a beautiful sunrise this morning! Hope your week has been a good one. God is good!

What a way to start our week off by hosting one of our church families Saturday. Close to 60 members of Grace Community came and worked all day around the center. John Sauls and his committee did a great job of getting all the supplies, food and making arrangements. Our tables and chairs look brand new. New flowers are in our flower beds. Chapel is all clean. The garden is weed free and planted with new seeds and plants. The grass and weeds were mowed down. The Bright House continued to be finalized with trim and paint. The market was restocked. New relationships were formed. Our camps were visited. The basketball team practiced. The bread was wrapped. An amazing day.

Monday and Wednesday we hosted our children. We continue to work on their reading, learning each day. Just two more weeks left! Hard to believe.

Tuesday evening, Noel led the reading of the Word at our men's Bible fellowship. He read from Hebrews 11, talking about faith in action. The entire chapter is talking about God's faithful servants. Would your name be there if it were written today?

Thursday continues to be busy. Chapel is full. Communion was served. The Word was shared by Noel. Pops played the guitar. A good way to get started. We had a small group from Grace helping us serve and clean up. Shannon reported 92 families went through the market. Clothing room was busy. A blessed evening.

Lisa held our monthly Board meeting following our Thursday activities. Lots going on. We have been asked to partner with Robinson Rescue in a new program called Pets for Life. They are going out into the neighborhood asking if our neigbors need help with their pets. A good way for us to connect with our neighbors. Starting Saturday May 16th, we will begin our first cooking class. Our friends from Catholic Services will send us their chef, teaching our community how to cook. Discussions about our 7th Summer Camp starting next month. A full camp of interns is expected with some returning interns and new  friends joining us. Basketball activities is exploding with more and more boys wanting to join in on the fun. More and more requests continue to come our way asking us to be a part of new relationships.

Prayers for Shannon and Vicky as they will be leaving next week for Detroit visiting a community similar to us. Wonder what God will put before them in helping us along our journey? Prayers for a classmate of Allison's son at Benton High School. She had a blot clot to form in her young 17 year old body and passed way. Prayers for safe travel for the Hunters as they go to Dallas to visit with the grandchildren this weekend.Prayers for Ms Joyner, Ginellen's mom having surgery Monday. Prayers for Ardis's son. Continued prayers for the Board as they discern God's direction for our community.

Momma T shared with the Board God's wisdom for our lives. We read about faith being an important way for us to show God how much we lvoe Him. In Hebrews 11, we read about Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, parting of the Red Sea, the walls of Jericho, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David Samuel, the prophets and Sarah. God asked them to do things that were not easy to comprehend. To do things that were not in their comfort zone. Accept challenges that did not seem logical. To go beyond what was expected.

In Proverbs 3 verse 6 says, in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Wisdom comes not from us but from God. verse 7 says, Do not be wise in your own eyes.

Verse 9 says Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops, then your barns will be filled to overflowing. The Board has challenges before them with a problem of overcrowding! We have more family wanting to be in community than we have space to put them. Several years ago, we had an abundance of space, not anymore! God has been glorified in our community, now we are experiencing overflowing fruits!

What is God asking of us, each one of us? Who is in charge? Verse 39 in Hebrews 11 says, these were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God is asking us to step out in faith. God is asking us to move in ways that does not make sense. God is asking us to open our hearts in lvoe. God is asking us to hear His voice and have wisdom He will take care of the rest. We are not in control, God is. All of our challenges are overwhelming but not for God. Nothing, nothing is too small or too big for God. Pray, pray, pray. Listen, listen, listen. God will take care of rest! Amen!

Hope your week will be a blessing to you and those you meet. Move out in faith, having wisdom God will bless your path! What stories we will be able to share!