Been gone a while

It's been so long since I blogged.  I have been watching the situation in the Middle East with great interest, and like so many others, I have been keeping up with flyertalk.com, in which a gentleman from each side (Israel and Lebanon) have been keeping the world up to date on what is happening.  It has put a very real face on this war.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6224918#post6224918

We are less than 20 minutes away from the time the cease fire is suppose to be enacted.  Neither of the two men has posted yet. 

My prayer is that, of course, the Lord's will be done in the region, but I also am praying that both "Dovster" and "BeyFlyer" would come to the salvation knowledge of Yeshua - and many more with them - through all this.

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 Hi Ya'll!  Been a while, I know, but things are so crazy!  We got back from vacation, and now it looks like demolition of some sort will begin this week on the burned church!  Hooray!!!

We had such a great vacation.  My family even got me on a roller coaster - one that went upside down, no less!!!  (yeh, the top pic)  Guess 46 isn't too old, eh?  I never realized how much DH likes roller coasters!

 We did the Disneyland, California Adventure thing, then went to Knott's Berry Farm.  There's a coaster there (at right) that goes 82 miles an hour and covers more than 2200 feet of track in 27 seconds!  DD and her friend, and DH all rode it.  I watched.  SCARY!

I think the best part of the vacation was going to Huntington Beach.  I love the ocean.  It always reminds me of how powerful God is.  

All in all, we had a great time.  Pic at top is DD's best friend, me, DD, and DH standing on a pier at Huntington Beach.  I have to tell you, it was the most relaxing vacation we have had in a long time.  There must have been a lot of people praying, because everything went so well!  Thanks!

Now if I can just get these pix to post!! LOL....

Well, we're going to clean, clean, clean this house Saturday, then head out to Albuquerque on Sunday, then to California!  Please pray for our trip, if you think of it.  We'd all appreciate it.

So...have a great week everyone.  Blessings and peace, in the name of our precious Lord, to all of you!!!

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DISNEYLAND, HERE WE COME!!!  Only 4 days till we fly out...and I can't wait!  Man, I have vacation-itis so bad!!!

Abba has been working on me - stirring me.  It's been 8 years since our church split, and for 8 years I have harbored hard feelings toward the "other" church.  Specifically, the leadership.  It was an ugly, hurtful split.  And I had been on staff 2 years when it happened. 

Christians are so ugly to each other.  We can be the most hurtful, prideful, spiteful people on earth.  How Abba must grieve.

Anyway.  Our pastor has been teaching on transformation. That change cannot take place without inner transformation by the Holy Spirit.  Then today, just as I was driving by "the other church", I was listening to a teaching on Calvary Satellite Network by James MacDonald.  He said, "You cannot be transformed until you have been truly repentant." 

Okay, Lord.  Put away the baseball bat.  I called "the other church" when I got to work and left a message for my former co-worker to call me.  I went to her office and we spent a good 1 1/2 talking.  I apologized for the thoughts, words and feelings I had held against her - against all of them - and asked her forgiveness.  Then she asked for mine. 

Then I asked her to show me around the church.  What a wonderful building.  And I pray Abba will use it for HIS glory.

The pastor and his wife weren't there, so I will be writing a letter of apology to them. 

Praise God for HIS goodness, HIS mercy, HIS longsuffering and HIS never-ending love.  I pray for HIS forgiveness, knowing it's already been granted, and I thank HIM for loving me enough to lead me through discipline.  I can't think of it without crying.

I had become, over the past 8 years, an angry, negative person - not to the point of being hateful or ugly to everyone, but enough so that I knew something was wrong.

Then, on the staff retreat when the youth pastor pointed out how much I had hurt him and his wife by my words and attitude, I began asking Abba to show me other areas where I had been disobedient, even willful and sinning against HIM.

Each Sunday - as I took communion - I could sense HIM telling me to get right with my brother and sisters.  And now I have.  Alleluia!

So...I feel lighter, younger, and so drained!!!  It's great.  And amazing.  "Amazing love, how can it be, that YOU my King would die for me??? Amazing love, I know it's true.  And it's my joy to honor YOU, in all I do, I honor YOU."