Hello and love to everyone far and near who reads our post. By now, I’m sure you’ve given up on us ever being updated. It seems life as a family doesn’t slow down, and the church grows rapidly, too, so that we have to stop and revise our priorities again and again. Today was a blessed Sunday … a wonderful message on the Father’s love … and then the day spent with beloved friends and brethren in the Lord at different homes. It was a treat to be invited out for both lunch and dinner, and just catch up and be encouraged in the Lord.

I have had plenty of insecurities and fears in my walk with God, but today it was joyous to realize that God has indeed been hearing and answering my pleas and is giving me complete freedom in my heart to love Him and walk with Him and be loved by Him!! I only want to become more like Him to all the souls around me and love Him more. I pray that the busyness of life will shift in the background as I learn to spend much time in His Word and in prayer, not even stopping to waste time hashing through things in my mind. I want to be faith-filled and Christ-filled in every situation I ever find myself in. That may sound idealistic, but it is really what I want and I know that God will delight to answer that cry, for His own Glory. There are needy people everywhere, both in the church and in our neighborhoods, and He has called us to be His hands and feet and heart to all we come in contact with. I love you, Lord!!!