Psalm 151?

Good morning to all! Walked outside early this morning before daybreak and thought someone had left their car lights on! The full moon was spectacular, enjoy it tonight. God at His best!

Out of town last weekend, so please forgive my lack of information. I did see pictures posted on Facebook of the two groups who showed up to help around the center. Great to see all that is happening. Our servants at Church at Red River continued their work on the Bright House II. They are getting close. Finally trim work and paint is going on. Kitchen cabinets are to be installed next weekend. Won't be long now!

Monday and Wednesdays we shared our time with our children learning to read and have fun with each other. It gets noisy at times, but the lvoe of Christ is felt by all.

Tuesday evening, Noel led the men's Bible fellowship in the reading from Matthew as Peter attempted to walk on the water to Jesus. He did as long as his focus was on Jesus, but when he lost that focus, he began to sink. The same can be said about us today!

Thursday evening, Ms Abbie and Noel got us started off in chapel singing praises and hearing the Word. Our friends from Clearview church brought our meal and helped with all our activities. The Market was busy as usual as well as the clothing room. Great to see everybody helping out.

We have two events happening this afternoon and evening. LSUS is hosting a party call Pilot Palooza, welcoming new students onto their campus. Common Ground will be part of their program with a booth set up in the University Center. These next few sentences are what LSUS has put on their web site: "In addition to Pilot Palooza, LSUS will be bringing attention and support to the Common Ground Community in Shreveport's efforts to provide food and clothing for the less fortunate. The theme is "Bring Food to Be Fed." All donations will be given to Common Ground Community. Citizens of Shreveport and Bossier City are invited to bring food and/or clothing to this event to assist the Common Ground staff in their awesome task of helping those in need, and to enjoy all of the LSUS Family fun on campus."

The second event is happening at First Methodist downtown this evening. The church is hosting a mission fair. Our very own John "Chuck" Taylor will be one of the speakers. John Williams a while back asked me to tell him about John's story. I said to John Williams, I don't know John? John W said, the young man who coaches basketball, I said, you mean Coach Chuck! Funny story, about how Chuck got his nickname, ask Chuck the next time you see him!

Prayers for our brother George who was in the hospital this week due to a severe case of the flu. He is home now but still weak.

We have been reading Psalms in our men's Bible group on Monday night. We are through the first 40 plus Psalms so far. One of the guys said Monday night, David sure poured out his soul to God. He sure seemed to have a strong relationship with God. 

Most of the early Psalms, seem to be written by King David. Psalm 4 Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer. Psalm 5 verse 2: Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. Psalm 6 verse 2: Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. Psalm 9: I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. It goes on and on.

Reading the Psalms, you can feel David's pain and heartache. David gives it all over to God. A question came to mind for us all. What if we were asked to write a Psalm what would it say? Would our relationship with God be strong enough to let it all out? Could we bare our souls? Do we hold back, not wanting to embarrass ourselves? David knew he messed up. David knew who was his King. David knew where his power came from. Can we humble ourselves enough to write Psalm number 151? Let's hear some of them in the coming weeks! Amen.

Hope your week will be a great one. Let's all begin writing our Psalm to the One who makes it all possible!