Progressing nicely....

Yes, my flowers are coming along beautifully in their fullness.

It has been a beautiful Mother's Day.  Had good wishes from my children and friends.  Brittney and Shannon were over for lunch where we exchanged Mother's Day cards.  Had an hour Skype conversation with Matthew and received wishes from Thais, his girlfriend.

Church was good today too.  We highlighted mothers, of course.  Ended the service with carnations being handed out to all the women attending. 

God was there...I felt his presence.  Pastor Stacia talked about the reality of another dimension - the spirit world....of God's Spirit.  She spoke about the apostle Peter, talking to the people after Jesus was resurrected in the Book of Acts, chapter 2.  Upon hearing Peter's words they were all 'cut to the heart'.  That stuck with me..those four words.  It is those four words that describe how we are transformed into God's likeness in Jesus.  Being 'cut to the heart' consists of being convicted of how I have failed as a person in God's sight, how I really won't be good enough for him.  But it doesn't stop at being convicted of my sin.  It also involves repentance and asking to be forgiven for my failures.  When I realize I don't measure up to Jesus example of living, it is then that I am cut to my heart.  It is then that the Spirit of the Living God comes to fix me up.  Yes, he cuts and I bleed but only for my own good.  Infection usually always needs lancing and cleaning and stitching up for it to heal.  The infection of sin needs cleansing by the Great Physician! And in our relationship with God,  there comes a time when we must make a decision.....do we want a life of walking with God.....or not.  Walking with God isn't always easy either.  In fact, it can be miserably uncomfortable...it's one of the things that happens when we put ourselves into a servant role.  But it all begins with 'being cut to the heart'....being made aware of who we are as people who need cleaning up.

We ended the service by singing "Down in my Heart"....you know the one, "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart  (Where?) down in my heart, (Where?), down in my heart....I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart to stay!"

A good way to end the service too, talking about our hearts!:)