It has been a while since I've had time to sit down and write any thing. Things have been crazy busy! This week doesn't look like it will provide any time either. I plan on being at the beach with my sister the second half of the week and I will not have access to a computer. The beach has always been a place of great reflection...maybe I'll write when I get home on Saturday...or Sunday if we decide to stay an extra day.

I was so excited to hear that 7 people were baptized in Zimbabwe today!! Praise God!! The mission team from church is there for the week and I know they are having an experience of a lifetime! They will not be the same people when they return home!

I have got to change how much time I spend thinking about myself and my insecurities! I've gotten a lot better in the past year, but I'm still not completely past obsessing over my insecurities...satan still hits me with them every once in a while. It's such a complete waste of time...and as Buddy said this morning, I'm miserable when I'm thinking about myself. I'm alot happier when I'm focusing on God and serving Him. Perhaps that's why my time in Zimbabwe last year had such an impact on me and one reason why I'm going back this year. I love seeing Him work in peoples lives! :-)

Beach reflections and thoughts coming soon...until then, have a BLESSED WEEK!

Last night in our Discipleship Groups, I talked about how I am looking for consistency in my Bible study/prayer/quiet time. It has been lacking and Satan has been taking advantage...big time! Which is why I am so excited about these Discipleship Groups that started last night and this Beth Moore study that I started tonight. Wouldn't you know that one of the things she says in week one is

"Satan never wastes a fiery dart by aiming at a spot covered by armor. The bull's-eye is located dead center in our inconsistency. That's where the enemy plans to bring us down. Satan may bide his time until the opportune moment, but make no mistake--he will RSVP with an acceptence. We'll be the ones left with the regret."

We are going to be talking about being daughters of God. We are going to be talking about how we can join Daniel as a person who can live in an extravagant, excessive culture without being poisoned by it. I know it is no mistake that God brought me to this study!! I am so thankful for a friends invitation to join this Bible study! I am so grateful that He gave me the courage to walk in to a room of ladies none of which, with the exception of one, did I know before tonight. I'm ecstatic about maybe having something to say on this blog again......

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
- Benjamin Franklin