Made a decision to take another step of faith and move forward with one of our TCMK projects today. Its weird but it totally feels like the right thing to do. In John 10:10 it says the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy but Jesus came to save so that WE can live life more abundantly. When you get beat down, which having your nephew shot and killed tends to do, you can be tempted to give in and cut back or maybe even close down what you are doing for God...question whether or not you are making a difference for the Kingdom and in the lives of those you serve. But after making the decision to move forward with this project and to actually put several hours into it today...(thankfully, I had help!), it felt so good. Someone recently said that it is the enemys job to thwart your efforts and to shut you down. So, we have to rise above these attempts and put on the full armor of God and trust in the Lord. So, this is what I/we are doing. In the face of great adversity and evil intent, we are stepping out and saying, no. We will not stop and we will not give up. We have many Christians in ours and the surrounding communities... I hope we can have your prayers and support for Take Care of Kids and our various ministries to the lost and hurting. There is such a great need for our services. Moving forward is a hard thing to do having lost a loved one such as we did with my nephew Zac...especially when it appears to have been from an act of senseless violence. So, my thoughts about the TCMK ministry have been very heavy of late. And yet, I look at the faces of most of those we have worked with over the past several years and in them I see hope; in their lives I see positive changes, and in their circles of influence, I see God being brought into the equation and I have to believe we are making a positive difference. So, after this decision today, and after even starting to work on it this afternoon, I came home, tired but feeling good, and do you know what my husband did?? He started playing a beautiful song on the piano that he had just written...it was beautiful. In fact, as I laid on the couch listening to this obviously God-inspired song, I kept picturing blue skies, flowers, green grass, and children running free with kites and such...a white picket fence...people smiling and living each other, and I realized I was envisioning the design for our new TCMK pre-school and elementary school that would be filled with children laughing and playing and singing as their little precious lives are filled with the love of Jesus while also learning and growing! Its A Beautiful Day! I said to my husband as he played...its A Beautiful a Day...and thats the name of his new song that gave me the inspiration to forge ahead and for the decor of our new lower school building. We are so blessed to have You (God) in our lives...goes the chorus...:) and then, without me saying a word, my incredibly wonderful and talented husband started playing one of my all time favorite hymns, What A Friend We Have in Jesus...I sang along and he played the most beautiful accompaniment to it that I could have ever imagined...My eyes teared up as I sang...and then, he began to quietly play The Old Rugged Cross...and as I sang along, my voice cracking slightly because it was so touching, and I realized I was worshipping...and then he began to play Nearer My God to Thee and I simply couldnt sing any more...tears were streaming down my face, I remembered my grandmother from back when we attended church together with my family; I remembered my precious nephew gunned down by people so lost in life that they would do such a heinous act such as this, and I remembered my husbands precious father gone from us this past year...I was worshipping and praising God and grieving all these losses all at the same time...I am so thankful to have a husband who is so talented and who shared these very touching songs with me in my very own sanctuary at a time that I greatly needed it. I felt it was a breakthrough moment and a message for and from God...something I very much needed at this time. :) Your prayers and support of all of the above will be greatly appreciated!! Jesus came to save...so that we can live our lives more abundantly... God bless you my friends...Jackie
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 05:25:13 +0000
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