Recognizing Jesus @ Work

I have neglected the blog for oh so long - where has 2010 gone?

2010 has brought me to a new understanding of my need for learning more about the love of Jesus and more about His word and what His plan for my life really is. I know that Jesus loves me and he died for me and I will someday get to see him in heaven - but what about here and now on earth? What does he want me to do? He wants me to be in constant communication with Him - i.e. pray and read/study his word. He wants me to listen to Him - i.e. pray and read/study his word. He wants me to love and serve him - i.e. pray and apply his word.

I know Jesus is alive and at work right this very moment and I want to always be aware of this fact. I want to be able to recognize when God is working in my life. I want to thank Him for the blessings that He continually pours out on me and my family.

I want to remember one Saturday morning when our church encourager ministry meeting was scheduled and I hadn't committed to going because I actually was going to get to have a free morning. I never committed to going because something would probably come up and fill the morning and then I would have to de-commit. Friday night came and my morning was still free - GREAT! I felt I should consider going to the training. Saturday morning - time slot still open - I go to the training. The Lord prompted me to go and I responded with the right answer. The training was going good and an older lady shows up at church looking for a Sunday School Christmas party. I had met this lady last fall at Bible Study. I remembered her last name and was able to talk with her - she doesn't know very many people at church (she is fairly new) and she doesn't hear as well as most. She hangs out with me in the class and I decide to leave and make a phone call or two to see if I can find out where this party is located. I notice a van pull up at the Senior building while I am on the phone and head across the parking lot to see if maybe she was just a little early and now someone else has actually arrived for the party. When I reach the building (after avoiding 3 little neighborhood dogs) I talk to a dear sweet lady who knows about the party and knows this new lady. But here is the cool part! She was at the Senior building for just a few minutes to meet someone to ride to a funeral together and she planned on returning later in the day for the party. It was 11:00 in the morning and the party wasn't until 5:00 that evening. I returned to the other building (again avoiding the little dogs) and was able to tell the lady about the time for the party - so she went home with this new information and did in fact return to the party later that night.

This training was scheduled by God for this day and time. My schedule remained clear so I could respond to the Holy Spirit's prompting me to attend. This lady arrived early and there were people at church (not a normal Saturday morning activity). I was able to leave the training at just the right time to find another lady who had all the answers. I am so thankful that I was able to see God's hand at work in all of these events.

Learn something new everyday

It has been way too long and there are so many pictures that tell so many stories - but this post is simply about me learning new ways to add pictures to this blog (in easier and faster ways - picasa seems to be the method of choice). And I am also playing with google sites for creating a website - again the most time consuming part so far is dealing with pictures and again picasa seems to be very helpful - not surprising since both are google driven.

So let's try to use picasa to add a slideshow of some uploaded photos now.



Okay this is working and it really is pretty simple.

So I created a new web album on picasa and uploaded small images (to help with loadin speed - for here and the webpage). And then I went to the album, clicked on link to this album and then the embed slideshow link appears and from there the code above appears in a window for cutting and pasting into the blog/webpage.

Oh - but why the title. Well, I am on a mission to try and learn something new as often as possible. So today was a good day and I learned something new. So hopefully, I will continue to learn new things that will make the posts to the blog as easy as possible and hopefully with a little more creativity along the way.

Centri-Kid Camp - June 2009

Better late than never I say. So flip the calendar back to June 2009 and let's pretend we just returned from camp. Katie and Ashlie both took their friends - Harmony and Grace. And I was able to go this year - Katie's last year and Ashlie's first year! The pictures tell the story ~

An extra special part of Centri-Kid camp for me ... was a visit from my college roommate and her daughters.