Simple Note

Sunday night things came to a sudden halt as I was turning out the light to go to sleep and I looked down to find on a little notepad the following phrase: "Whatever needs to be done, the Lord is doing." I was going to bed with a lot on my mind but let out a peace-filled "humph" when this jumped to me on the side of a cluttered desk at the last moment of the day's light.

In Life of Pi, Pi says: "I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both." Some people look at religion (Christianity) as a cage denying the freedom to live. Other people think quite the opposite. I wish I could pull a quote from Seizing Your Divine Moment but it is passed on to new hands to read. The premise of the book, however, is that there is so much to do for God and so many ways to live for Him. If we simply live with God on our hearts in each moment we will have a life filled with love, purpose and freedom.

Damen, the Fisks and the Meinders have all recently written about experiencing Latreia and what an awesome experience it is to serve... forget all else and serve. It is freeing to live for God and serve our community. I have to admit that a few things have weighed too much on my mind and I have allowed them to take away from the freedom that God has given me to let Him be in control. The past few days it seems as though I have forgotten to "serve" and remembered "all else."

It may take a week in another place to rediscover “freedom.” It may take a special reminder from Grandma B who points out that there are so many ways - far and near - to live out that freedom. It might take a good book to remind us how freeing our God is. Other times the reminder - that God is in control and we need only live with Him on our hearts- comes from stumbling upon a simple phrase penned by your youngest brother and left out on a desk.

On a logistics/update/service note… a special thanks to Karen Fountain of Fountain Financial who has volunteered her time to prepare our taxes for us. You lead by example.
Jesse