Unless God Builds the House

There are some things in my life right now that are not going according to my plans. There are some changes and uncertainty with my job and I wish our house would have sold months ago which is putting my plan for another baby on hold for right now. I have been struggling for the past couple weeks dealing with the stress of these issues.

Saturday night I was reading before bed and the scripture Psalms 127:1 "Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain." was in the book. I put the book aside and fell asleep meditating on that scripture. Sunday morning at church, our guest speaker David Cooper preached on that scripture. I guess the Lord was really trying to get a message to me.

I can stress, worry and try to fix the issues in my life but unless it is the Lord fixing my issues, I labor in vain. I have been laboring in vain. I am ready to be the subcontractor and let the Lord be the builder. He makes the plans and sets the schedule. The plans He has for me are for my good and will give me a future and a hope

Hebrews 10:35 and 36

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

My confidence in the Lord the Builder has been renewed.

The First Weekend of Spring

Friday we took Trey for his first fishing trip. I know Travis has been looking forward to that day since they told us at our ultrasound appointment that we were having a BOY!! It was a perfectly beautiful day. Trey (technically Travis) caught 2 small blue gill. Trey held the fish and just grinned ear to ear. He loved being near the water, throwing rocks and playing with his fishing rod. I know this is the first of many many many fishing trips for our family and that brings a smile to my face.

Faith

Last night I was playing cards online. I happen to be playing with a very chatty lady from Spain. She asked me the usual questions. Kids? Married? Where did I meet my husband? I answered that I met Travis at church and that started a conversation about religion. She shared that she had been raised Catholic but she was not interested in religion anymore. We chatted a while and I ended up sharing with her about Reinhard Bonnke speaking at church on Sunday. I told her about his crusades in Africa and how many souls had been saved. She immediately did not believe me and wanted to know how much money I had given.

Her response has me thinking. As you know, I am a very skeptical person but I am not at all skeptical of the number of souls Reinhard Bonnke reports have been saved. Why is that? I have come up with a couple reasons. 1. I trust my pastor. 2. I have been brought up to believe God can do anything.

So today I am thankful for a pastor that I can trust and that I have faith in my God to do anything. Exceedingly abundantly above all that I can ask or think. So with a thankful heart I am asking for the soul of that lady in Spain to be saved. I planted a seed and God can bring the increase. I pray that she is thinking on our conversation today as I have been, that her curiosity will out weigh the skepticism, that she will find Reinhard Bonnke on youtube as I suggested, that she will hear the Word of the Lord and be saved. I believe my God that is able to save millions in Africa can reach down and save one lady in Spain.

My first post

I am stepping out and doing something I have never done before. Travis has a blog and my aunt has always kept a journal. I have never been a writer or even been good at expressing my thoughts verbally. Now is as good a time as ever to start something new. I will endeavor to keep track of Trey's development, good books I am reading, new recipes, family events and new pictures here on my blog. Wish me luck!!!