A lot of you are struggling with adoption waiting and adoption woes that are deeply troubling to you.
I know more than a few people who need physical healing. The two I'll mention are, Tess Erickson, the adult daughter of Marcia and Greg who is planning to come serve in Haiti with us for part of next year. She is trying to get answers about Graves Disease and got bad news last week. She needs healing and peace while she waits. The other is my cousin Steve who has Cancer. He is in a long on-going battle and also needs a miracle. As people go through hard times, there is nothing more effective than drawing near to God.
We all need His nearness - His nearness is our good.
Our prayer for today...
be near - by shane barnard
You are all
big and small
beautiful and wonderful
to trust in grace through faith
but i'm asking to taste...
for dark is light to You
depths are height to You
far is near
but Lord, i need to hear from You
be near, oh God
be near, oh God of us
Your nearness is to us our good
be near, oh God
be near, oh God of us
Your nearness is to us our good, our good
Your fullness is mine
revelation divine
but, o, to taste
to know much more than a page
to feel Your embrace...
for dark is light to You
the depths are height to You
far is near, but Lord
i need to hear from You
be near, oh God
be near, oh God of us
Your nearness is to us our good
be near, oh God
be near, oh God of us
Your nearness is to us our good, our good
(psalms 73:28; 139)
We enjoyed church yesterday. It was Britt's last Sunday in Haiti for many, many months. We're all emotional and tense. We had family prayer time tonight and agreed it was better to just try to say what we're feeling (rational or not) rather than keep trying to stuff it and getting snappy with each other. I think we're all fighting different fears and trying to act tough -- but we're not feeling all that tough. We thank you for praying for us, it is such a weird time for everyone over five years old.
Onto the random -
- Car-seat laws changed. This is what I am told. Is it nation wide or state to state? I need to land in Florida on Saturday and go to buy the right thing. Can anyone tell me what the scoop is?
- For bloggers who get the whole blogging thing better ... why do so many of you use "labels" on your posts? What is the point? What don't I get about it?
