time flies

I was picking blackberries today (as you do) and realized that I hadn't written in almost a week. It's not that i don't have anything to write or that I don't want to, sometimes it just doesn't happen. There is so much I could write about concerning our time in Overton, but that seems like a daunting task to undertake. We are very encouraged to say the least, maybe it is the honeymoon element of not being long yet, but i'd like to think that it is God at work. I do think the latter, He is amazing and is working in our lives, people that we are meeting both in and out of the church, and there is a buzz around. you know that kind of buzz when people are sick of being complacent, almost an itch to get going, try new things, meet new people. That's the buzz we are sensing, and that is encouraging. We realize that it will not always be hunky-dory (spelling?) cuz that's life, but we don't have to live under the circumstances, instead we can deal with them and use them to our advantage. I think that is some of what we're up to, listening to people, their circumstances and seeing where God is at work in their lives. He is constantly working and speaking, are we, am I listening and acting on what He says. I've been studying Elijah to prepare some talks on him as a person and his actions and Elijah obeyed, trusted and acted, he then left the rest to God. That is where we are at the moment, a great place to be, hearing, obeying (or attempting to) trusting, acting and then seeing what God is doing with our humble offering of obedience. That's sort of our life this week in a nutshell, at least a theological nutshell, have a good one
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