HA HA...FROM MY SISTER

To make your day...and to make you laugh: my sister just ended her email to me, with this close: "Hope you are doping well, Jr. Much love."  I replied: I am doping just fine, thank you

Evergreen's 20 year anniversary bash

God showed up/ God went with us/ God gave grace/ God blessed!

That's pretty much been my theme of my last 3 years, and God did it again this weekend. Evergreen's 20 year anniversary was....to put it in the vernacular...a GAS GAS GAS.  God blessed the time: God spoke: GOD WAS GLORIFIED! It is God's church! He started it! He's in it! He will complete HIS work on earth, through His people. A few thoughts kept going through my head: my 'praise-thankyou' prayers went like this: "Thank you Lord for saving me. Thank you for putting me in this church. Thank you for putting me with these people. I am not worthy. Thank you for your love and kindness. I worship you." I will try to write more later. From sunny Oregon. Yes...I'll be in Oregon. The boys will be holding down the fort. God will be with them. Don't try any funny business. LOVE TO ALL.  Oops...almost forgot the most important part. Go to Evergreencc.com and download Mark D., Brent's and Mark B's messages fro the  20th. They just might be the most important messages you'll hear all year. Cross my heart. http://evergreenccmedia.com/messages/  [It'll probably take a few days to get on the site.]  Then we'll all be on the same page  

 Another P.S.   GOD ANSWERED YOUR PRAYERS! Kathy and Jessica Darling, with darling Roseanne Anderson's help, were able to come to Friday nite's worship session. Many were blessed by getting to love on Jessica..and I trust Jessica experienced God's great grace and blessing, as did Kathy. Kathy's an unsung hero, caring for her daughter's everyday-minute needs, all this year, with a painstricken neck and back. Pray for her too.

And another P.S.S One more thing. When Mark Bowen was highlighting different secret servants, and then Andy Gray sneaks on stage to thank a few more...two more that were unknown, and I'd like to publically announce and thank: Diane and Ken Johnson missed the whole worship/ message scene...because they were back in the childcare area, serving their little socks off. Will you please thank them sincerely, for all they've been doing for Evergreen all these years, but esp. at the 20th?

Prayer: for the Darlings/ and the 20th Anniversary

PSALM 139: YOU KNOW ME.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RIuFL0SKydA  Song for the day: YOU SAW ME, by Hillsong.

Today I was reading Psalm 139.  The theme  was 'YOU KNOW ME.' [And you know my loved ones.] Here's a smattering of select verses:

O Lord, you have examined my heart, and know everything about me.
You know when I sit down and stand up.
You know my every thought when far away.
You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest.  Every moment you know where I am.
You both precede and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
I can never escape from your spirit.
Every where I go , your hand will guide me.
[I can't hide from you--my words]

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body, and knit me together in my mother's womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out, before a single day had passed.

Search me O God and know my heart.
Test me and know my thoughts.
Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

This psalm gives me great comfort. God is God. He knows, He sees, He's got the whole world in his hands. He calls the shots. He plans our days. He knows the beginning and the end. Nothing surprises him. Nothing is too difficult for him. Nothing shocks him. Or worries him. He doesn't wring his hands over people or events. 
   Rest assured. Our God is God. And keep this in mind:
God is on the throne: And prayer changes things.
Today, my people, PRAY.

DIY

You learn something new every day...that is if you're astute, and 'look it up', as my dad used to say. [He never allowed a 'what does that word mean?' He always replied: "Get out the dictionary. Look it up."  So today I was reading one of my favorite magazines: Domino. And they keep using the "word" : DIY...I had no idea what it was/ nor could I figure it out....so I 'looked it up.'  But boy would dad like google.com. Never again [or at least rarely] do I have to take out a dictionary [except on aol.] So for your learning pleasure, if you don't already know what it means: da duh! drum roll: DO IT YOURSELF!!! DIY! cool. learn something new everyday.  [ ps: while i was double-checking 'astute' , just to make sure i was using it correctly: i came across this word on aol.dictionary: a syn. for 'astute': here's a great word for you to add to your vocabulary/ and to LOOK UP: perspicacity. Enjoy this new word: it's on the house!  Happy Saturday! Rock the world! Come to the Evergreen 20th Anniversary!