Tom's Shoe Drive

Once again we had the chance to help out with an island wide shoe drive.   We worked together with Nidia Webster and went to 21 schools, 10 kindergartens, and one orphanage.  In total we fitted over 6000 pairs of shoes!!

Poor Bob still has a blister on his thumb to prove it!  :-)
There were many many happy children running around as by this time many of their school shoes had worn out.
What a blessing to help in this way!

Thanks Tom's shoes!!

God is not dead!

Every morning around 6:00, once it is light enough, I make my way out onto our deck where there is a comfy chair, my Bible and various devotion books. It is my time to be alone with Him.   I need this time.  I want this time!  I am blessed because of it!!

So this morning, the sky is lovely.  The sea is calm and I say, Lord what do you want to say this morning?

I am not Dead!

Okay!!!!   I believe it!

He is alive and quite capable of handling everything.  If He conquered death and rose again He can certainly handle whatever is happening in my world!  And He can even handle what is happening in your world!  It's true!  AND the same strength that He exerted when He rose from the dead is available to us!!!  (Eph. 1:20)  WOW!

About a month ago Rubeen wrote something for me and this morning I saw it laying on my desk

GOD'S NOT DEAD!

"He is shorlie (surely) alive!   He's living on the inside roaring like a lion!

I believe in God.  I believe that He exists.

I believe we are heavenly because I am a true believer"

Rubeen, quiet yet strong

Please pray for Rubeen.  She is the youngest girl of 13 kids.  She has a persona of being tough, sullen and quiet.  But I know she is caring, interested and very smart.   She often retreats inside her head.  I want her to always remember though that He is living on the inside roaring like a lion ~  giving her confidence, boldness and power to do that right thing.

We all need that, right?  

Blessings...  He's alive!!   He's not dead.   He is able to do even more then we can ask or imagine!!

Eph. 3:20

:-)

Hope in Him

I was out on the deck this morning at about 5:45 sitting quietly praying.  I looked out towards the horizon and saw such a dramatic heavy cloud over the sea.   It was so intense that I ran into the house to get my camera so I could take a photo of it.

I sat there looking at that heavy cloud and it made me wonder what heavy cloud is hanging around us that we may not see.   The cloud of discouragement, despair, confusion.   A heavy cloud brought on by bad news: a financial set back, a bad medical report, the discouragement of unanswered prayer, and when I looked up again the cloud was COMPLETELY GONE!!

I quickly took another photo and when I sat down and I asked the Lord if there was any message for me.  I will share what He gave me.  It was encouraging for me and I hope it will be for you too.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, O my soul,

And why have you become disturbed within me?

Hope in God, for I shall yet again praise Him,

The help of my contenance and my God.

This whole change in the environment took 17 minutes.  Life is not always what it seems.  Hang in there.  Things are about to get better.  Hope in God.   He isn't done.  He has just begun a good work in you and He will complete it.(Phil 1:8)  Nothing is too difficult for Him. (Luke 1:37)   He will keep us in perfect peace as we trust in Him.  So trust in the Lord,the Lord, our Rock.  (Isa 26:3) 

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen

for what is seen is temporary (changing in less then 17 min perhaps?)

but the unseen (our great God) is eternal.

2 Cor. 4:18

italics mine

 I am hoping in God.  I have chosen to trust Him.  Our future is vague and uncertain. We would like to return to Canada for a short sabbatical but there is a plethora of details to work out.  There are changes in the air but I will not give way to fear or try to 'make it happen'.  I am trusting in Him to lead us and to guide us.  And guess what?  He is!!

Don't look at the clouds that linger, the 'impossibilites', the uncertainites, the problems... just wait on Him. Hope in Him! And watch what He will do.

Hallelujah all is well in His world