Trust, Delight, Commit, Rest, Wait Patiently

I was reading Psalm 37 this morning and a little last night. It says to trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness, Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in Him and He will do it. Then it says to Rest in the Lord and wait Patiently for Him. How many times have I wanted things now. I just wanted to have things "my way." My complete trust has been more in how I can get things done than in waiting and believing that God in His complete love and complete goodness will take care of all my needs.

Sometimes I think that God needs a little help from me and if I've been good enough and if He is pleased with me then maybe He will bless me. Performance driven. Yesterday Paul talked at the pier amphitheater about God's complete love for us and how we distort it to something else. Psalm 37:11 says that the humble will inherit the land ( I have wanted a home of my own and some land, so I can dig in the dirt, really dirt relaxes me, so I am claiming these promises) and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. Verse 17 says that the LORD sustains the righteous (I am righteous because of what Jesus did for me), verse 18 says our inheritance is forever and verse 19 says that we will not be ashamed in the days of evil, and in the days of famine we will have abundance. I am placing my life on this.

Yesterday at the BBQ we ran out of food, well, we ran out of meat. Everyone was supposed to bring something but we did not all get the memo. Moi included. Joey and Kendra and maybe others ran out to get more. Then when we left, (our little group was the last to leave), we found hamburgers not eaten, 4 huge plates of donuts and cakes, a salad and dressing, a big bag of trail mix and soda and more. Cathy started giving it away to people nearby and they were more than happy. A homeless man took the soda and some other things. It was then I realized, even when we mess up, even when I don't read the memo, He still provides. We had more than enough.

So today as I travel away from my home I want to take the rest of the chapter with me. Verses 23-24, "The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and He delights in his way (wow, God delights in me!) When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the LORD is the One who holds his hand (Yay, yay, yay! He is holding my hand!) There is more, of course there is because God is so good and gracious, there is always more with Him, but I must head out to work.

                                                        Have a blessed day.

Encounter

Today is going to be a Great Day. We have a day at the beach called ENCOUNTER. Our church, Grace Chapel of the Coast, will be at the Amphitheater at the beach by the pier. It will be a wild day. There will be bands and I think someone from OB is preaching. It's called ENCOUNTER the God who made you. There will be baptisms in the ocean at noon and a bbq afterwards.

We went out and spread the love of Jesus yesterday by the bus stop. Some people went to the pier and gave out free water while others stayed at the church and gave a free car wash. The whole idea is salvation is free, Jesus paid the price for all our sins, so its free. Some people tried to pay or even give a donation, it was hard for some to accept that its free. We saw some amazing things happen, people got healed, a blind man got his sight back, people got set free and saved.

When I got home from yesterday's activities I was a little drained so I did some gardening and planted a rose bush I got on the reject pile at Walmart. I think its going to be a beauty. And then, I can't believe I did this but I made a dress for today. So I was up til midnight. I broke my #1 rule which is "don't sew when you are tired," Too many mistakes are made that way. In spite of that it turned out cute.

I got the material from Maisonette a long time ago as I had wanted to make dresses for Zambia. The material is a cotton knit jersey that is really reasonable in price, only $6.00 a yard and the pattern is called the Mission Maxi. A great name for a missions dress. But you can also make a tank top and a halter dress from this pattern. It is a Jamie Christina pattern. Definitely one that I will do again.

Time to get ready for ENCOUNTER. I can't wait to see what God is going to do today.