Day 161

Sunday - It's been a good, but also a bittersweet day. 
I had Jaide & Jared spend the night last night. I woke them up at 7:00 and we had chocolate chip waffles for breakfast. We were out of the house by 8:20. I had to teach Sunday School this morning to the K's - 3rd graders. There were at least 30 but not more than 35. And they behaved wonderfully. I had a story that required their cooperation. Whenever I held up certain items in the air they had to provide the sound effects. I had their attention for the full 25 minutes that I told the story. 
I had a nice lunch with Jason, Peggy and the kids. They prepared chili cheese dogs and chili cheese fries that were absolutely delicious. I ate so much that I was stuffed all afternoon and had to take a nap! Well, I probably would have still taken a nap even if I wasn't stuffed.... but thank you for the wonderful meal. 

Pastor Joy spoke on this verse in our morning worship this morning. She spoke of the importance of taking the time to be still, remain quiet, become weak, and wait for God to lead us. Don't jump ahead of what God is preparing for you. His strength is perfected in our weaknesses. It's not bad to be weak, because that's when God is strong. 
We are going through a season in our church of great trials. Our senior pastor is still in the hospital. He will be in a wheelchair for the next 6 to 8 weeks and then will hopefully begin physical therapy to learn how to walk again. Our youth pastor, is healing from her horse injury, she will be in a scooter and unable to walk for months, and today she and her family were called to the hospital. Her brother is dying from liver failure - one day before he was scheduled to leave for Pennsylvania and await a liver transplant. Another  woman is at the Cleveland Clinic and will be there for a few more weeks in treatment. What can we do? We can pray, we can wait, we can be still and rely on God to reveal His glory. And in all these instances, He will be responsible for the healing. They will all be healed - perhaps not in the way we think of earthly healing, but thanks to God, our Jehovah Rapha they WILL... ALL...BE....HEALED. Stand back, wait, and watch how His glory is revealed.