Our Church

Yesterday was a wonderful day in the life of our church!!!! We have a small congregation, but we had 7 new people join our church. God is stirring in the hearts of His people. Since the first of this year we have been trying a somewhat more contemporary worship and praise time in our AM and PM services. As we were singing the prayer and worship song "Breath" my heart was so full of worship to our Lord. i was not surprised when i saw that our altar was FULL of brothers and sisters on their knees in prayer. God is doing a new work in our church and i am so glad that He is using our family to accomplish His will. This AM i was using the book, "Say Goodbye to Shame" by Jackie Kendall, for my devotions. The scripture that stood out to me from her lesson on really trusting God, was, Romans 8:32 He who did not grudge His own Son, but gave Him up for us all----can we not trust such a God to give us, with Him, everything else that we need?? i love the question mark. It requires an answer. Yes or no....t

Molly's Wedding dress

Last week our family found themselves with many trips back and forth to Danville from Chrisman. Grandma Char gave us all a scare and was in the hosp. for about a week spending several days in the ICU. Well, that story is a whole blog in its self and i do not have the energy to go there today. Soooo when Molly and i were in the ICU waiting room together she asked me if i wanted to stop by her home and see her wedding dress. She purchased it from Nordstrom's on-line so she had found it with no input from anyone else. (that is so Molly) So when she asked i had felt really honored that she wanted to share her dress with me. When i got there she took me back to her walk- in closet and pulled it off of the rod. i was speechless when i saw the beautiful dress. She had so beautifully captured the whole essence of her in this gown. i have never seen a gown like this before. While i was looking at it my heart was being pulled in two directions. One direction was processing this breathtaking gown on its breathtaking young woman. For the first time in her 26yrs i saw my daughter as the woman she has become. My funny, silly little Molly had become a very sophisticated and articulate woman. This is so evident in the dress she had chosen. And then the other part of my heart was saying nooooo it wasn't long enough, i want her back home, to the days when she went to FCA camp, to the days when she would so lovingly hold her baby brother and sister, to the times she and Gretchen would be models--wearing vintage clothing in the hot summer days, all over Vermilion County. But the same heart of mine that was being pulled, so suddenly was filled with a new love for her. A love that allows me to say YES!!! Enter into this marriage with all the truths that lay tucked into your heart. What a woman you have become. So beautiful on the outside and so beautiful within. i love you Molly and i pray that you will walk into the light of Christ that you had found in your youth. God Bless you and Frank as you begin your lives as husband and wife....t