Do you know that God has a sense of humor? I have no doubt about that. Take today for instance...I started out reading about David slaying the giant, Goliath in 1 Samuel. I was reminded of a sermon that Lyndall Bywater preached last year at our mission and prayer conference about identifying and slaying the giants in our lives. I realized I've been trying to kill a great big giant that is affecting our lives at the training school, in my own strength and wisdom. So, I decided to walk up to it in God's power and kill it! (that's a metaphor, not literally kill anyone or anything!) I mean David even cut off Goliath's head, surely I can be brave enough to face our giant(s) with God on my side. So, I'm ready for battle and I move to my New Testament reading for the day. Yep, it was all about...love! 1 John 4 which says I'm supposed to love others. Hmmm slay a giant and love others all in one day? And you think God wasn't smiling at me as I was trying to sort that out? the truth is that if we would really love each other, the giant would die on it's own.
Today I met with our new regional commanders for several hours. It was their first day at work and they are trying to meet with everyone to get things figured out. I had my own long list of topics to talk about and so did they, thus the long meeting. As well, we all like to talk! Fortunately we had planned to finish our meeting with dinner, so we just kept it going at the restaurant and then the coffee shop. Chris and I plan to try out as many coffee shops as we can so that's going to be fun!
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