Dear Family,
Sickness
can ruin everything. Last week I stayed
home from Sunday church, Monday work, and Tuesday night youth group with a cold. I thought it would take me weeks to get
better. With prayers from you all (our youth especially) and Cold Calm, God healed me, Yay!
My
heart was touched Tuesday night when one of our youth texted me and let me know
they were praying for me. Earlier during
our drive to the Ice skating event over an hour away, this person was kind
enough to ask if they could rearrange my Glove box and armrest storage. Now whenever I want to find something in my
car I text them because she knows where it is.
Kind of disconcerting but, now I know how it feels to have my items
arranged differently than I am used to.
I do this often to Bobby so he laughed when I mentioned what happened.
Wednesday
night at High school group Bobby was trying to teach our youth how to be Humble
and kind. He mentioned if they had the
luck to be in line after someone who paid a drink forward at a coffee shop they
could also pay for the next person’s drink.
This was met with a lot of pushback and incredulity. “No, that means we just got a free
drink. Sometimes It’s OK to be a little
selfish.” They probably won’t be paying
anything forward for a couple years now. Maturity, it comes with age.
One
student mentioned they didn’t come to youth group last week because they went
to see an opera. When asked for more
details they mentioned that it was called, “Rigoletto”, and “I almost fell asleep.”
Prayer
time was hard for me because the request I had was for snow which I’m not
really wanting. I mentioned that I was
praying for this against my will but because I loved x sooo much I prayed for
it. The next prayer request was similar,
“Dear God please help it to snow but not till next week because I have a jazz
recital.”
Adriel
continues to answer the phone and I enjoy chatting with her. Sometimes she is so whimsical and fun. I am glad we have open lines of
communication.
May
you also keep bridges open, lines clear and hearts soft even when you disagree
about what to pray for, politics, how to stack the dishwasher, or the
temperature of your house. May God’s
grace flowing in, through, and over you make this possible. Love and hugs, Cristy
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