Thirsty

Have you ever pretended you didn't have needs? Have you ever tried to make it through a day without water? These are silly questions... and yet that is what my life feels like. I am so weary and so thirsty. Ironically my sermon I'm preaching on Sunday is titled: Invitation to the Thirsty. Guess I'll be preaching to myself. It usually works out best that way. I just find myself giving and giving and running and running... I have come to the end of myself. Again. The good news is, like David, I know where to take my thirst:

"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." Psalm 63:1, 8

If you are around this weekend... come to TLC Sunday at Trinity. The kids are singing, I'm preaching and there is lunch afterwards!

Caleb's most recent milestones!

Caleb rolled over for the first time! He rolls from his back to tummy and then gets frustrated when he is stuck there.












Caleb is reaching for objects now- and tries to put everything in his mouth














Caleb's first Easter!














Rolling over at Grammy and Poppy's. Such beautiful blue eyes!

Breathing new life in me...

"Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade..." -Job 7:1-2

I needed a break... an oasis in the midst of the desert. I earnestly desired an afternoon to lounge in the shade to do anything I wished, or nothing at all, perhaps sit at Jesus' feet...because being a mom is exhausting! Saturday I gave Josh a sleep in day... and today he returned the favor.

I woke up early to feed Caleb, and then couldn't fall back to sleep (which was God's invitation to spend time with Him uninterrupted). I love how God knows exactly what we need... I thought I needed more sleep. He knew I needed more of Him. And today I read a verse that confirmed His commands to me: "to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him." -Deut. 11:22

It is my perpetual struggle (not unlike the Israelites') to love and obey God in my own strength until I become so weary that I cannot continue- then I return to Him- then I become self-confident and return to my own strength- and so on and so forth. Round and round I go...trusting in myself, failing, turning to God, feeling confident, trusting myself, failing, turning to God...ugh! I laugh at the Israelites for being so stiff-necked, and here I am doing the same thing!

It is my prayer that we would abide in God's love and power consistently- and that you and I would recognize our utter dependence on Him daily! I am so grateful for the new life and power He has resurrected in me this Easter weekend!