A full crew of folks met our friends living outside. If you think we are tired of this wet weather, you should try living outside! Nothing is dry you touch, your bed, your shoes, your clothes. Hard, hard life. Our 14 and under basketball team, had their first game of the new season Saturday and are undefeated for the season! Congratulations to all.
Monday was a holiday, so we only had our afternoon children with us on Wednesday this week. It was fun just the same. Lots of helpers to be a support to our loyal team of teachers.
Tuesday evening, Brother George led our community men's Bible fellowship reading from Philippians 2: 12 - 19, do everything without grumbling. Is that possible?
Thursday evening, our community came and came! We had the St Luke's Medical van and their staff joining us for the evening. Chapel was led by another new pastor, while Ms Abbie played our hymns of praise. Z, with help from Ms Abbie cooked up a banquet. Our clothing room and Market was full of community shopping and looking. Lots of help from our students from Centenary, making the evening go smoothly and full of blessings.
Prayers for the process of growing. Change is never easy, but sometimes necessary. Prayers for a longtime friend of ours Terry Strain. Terry started the Pool of Siloam, which was housed at Faith Church in the very beginning of their ministry. Terry is having health issues causing her to become unemployed at the moment.
This week, we have two opportunities to see our basketball team play. On Tuesday, January 24th at 6:15 pm at AB Palmer and then Thursday January 26th at 6:15 pm at AB Palmer. If your schedule allows, please come and cheer on our Cedar Grove Chargers.
Do everything without grumbling, is the headline in the passage we read on Tuesday night. Easy to not grumble when we are doing things we want to do. Hard to do when we do things not of our liking. I enjoy playing golf on Friday afternoons with the guys. I don't like it when the weather is too cold, too wet or I have a meeting. I grumble when I can't go play golf. I grumble all the time when things don't work out the way I want them to work out! I grumble when I have to go out of my way to take home folks from the community. I grumble when a child is running down the hallway. I grumble when I have to pick up after someone else. It is in my nature to grumble, because mr brian is not holy.
In verse 13, Paul tells the folks, "for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." I need to get past myself and allow God's will to flow through me, realizing the grumbling will subside!
Reading on, the men talked about, there is a reward if we allow God's Spirit to fill us. If we do everything without grumbling or arguing, the last part of verse 15 - "Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. verse 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. If we get past ourselves, realizing it is not about us but about God, His Spirit will flow through us producing the light of Christ in us. I can't think of a brighter, more pure light than that! Amen.
Have a great week, hope to see you around the center or at the basketball games! May God's light shine in and through us this week and the weeks to come in this new year.
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