hodge podge

It really does seem like it is taking a month to catch up from being gone to Ukraine. It felt like my sleep was never going to be right again (thank you Advil PM). My heart has not recovered from leaving all of the children in Ukraine behind yet. I am trying to prepare to go see all the African babies in Diepsloot again, but I can't get my head and heart out of Ukraine. During this time I am also trying to register for school (pray for me that this works out!!) so I can be a full time student, full time employee, full time husband, full time dad, and full time follower of Jesus Christ trying to take His love and His message of hope to the world. I don't know how many of you remember the old commercial that said this is your brain and showed an egg and then said this is your brain on drugs and cracked the egg and poured the egg into a hot skillet. My brain is feeling like that little scrambled egg only with no narcotics to get me there. I feel like I am under attack from the enemy on all fronts and he's using every available tactic. My wife and I are going through a VERY difficult season right now in a lot of respects, but our marriage and relationship are doing better than they have since.....
Weird how that can happen. When my wife was lead to Christ by my uncle, he showed her a triangle and said that the point at the top was God and the two bottom points are my wife and I. He traced his fingers up the sides of the triangle and said as these two points (my wife and I) get closer and closer to the top point (God) the closer they come to each other. It is now 9 years since he shared that with her (he has gone on to be with God) and we are now starting to live out this seemingly very simple principle. We have had times in our lives where the surrounding circumstances have been much better but our relationship was terrible. We were not striving to get closer to God and thus we were not getting closer to each other. One of the leadingcauses of divorce is money problems. I believe it is number two actually (second only to marriage which is the leading cause of divorce). Too many families are split by money issues these days. Now that is only one of the ways we are being attacked by the enemy but it's a big one. Yet when by the world's standards we should be drifting apart, we're coming closer to each other and closer to God even though the pressure is DEFINITELY on! For that, all praise goes to God! I can tell you it is truly not of us! Thank you, Jesus!

Hopefully soon I will return to normal, but until then, may God's blessings pour down on you like rain!

More Than Conquerors

Ever notice that it seems like when we leave work for a week it takes us a month to catch up! I apologize for my delinquency in posting. We should be back in the saddle on Monday. I am looking forward to sharing about our trip to Ukraine starting then! Until then, here is a newer poem:



More Than Conquerors

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies
We’re in His command
On all of God’s promises
In Victory we’ll stand

If anyone is in Christ
They’re a new creation
Old things have passed away
Standing firm on a new foundation

We’re marching through this life
With our King victorious
Till we leave behind this old house
For one so glorious

Traded in the house on sand
For one built upon the Rock
And until I see my Jesus
I am never going to stop

Not wanting to condemn the world
But to save it through His Son
That by His grace and not my works
My new life has begun

I’ll fight the fight
I’ll run the race
I’ll live in Victory
Until I see Your face

We are more than conquerors
With the Savior King
We are more than conquerors
His praises we’ll sing
We are more than conquerors
With Jesus above
We are more than conquerors
Because of His love



Thank you Jesus for making us more than conquerors!! True victory in Jesus!

What's in a name?

Apparently for the little children that I met in Ukraine last week....it was their hearts! It only took a few moments of remembering their names and they acted as if their world was now complete. How simple a task; how great the result! I thought I was headed there to show them the love of Jesus; instead they showed me what love Jesus must have for all of us. Their love was unconditional and overflowing! From the kids at VBS to the kids in the hospitals, they have had an everlasting effect on me. The next time I post I will go into more detail about the children. I just had to share something about these beautiful creatures that I was blessed to make the acquaintance of.

MAY GOD KEEP THEM ALL SAFE IN HIS HANDS!!

Thank You, Abba!