Go, in the Strength You Have...

Our God is SO amazing!

Our God is so good!

Our God is ..........indescribable, at times.

My family is finally coming to a turning point in our lives.  I won't reveal details just yet, but it has been over a year long in the making.  God has been speaking to Seth and I, and preparing us little by little for this point in our life together.  We are both so excited, yet we are clinging to a bit of fear;  fear of the unknown, I guess.

We know God will take care of us and provide for every need.  We trust that God will honor our decision to step out in faith even if it isn't a perfect step.

So, why are we holding on to a smidgen of fear?  Aren't we past this?  *Sigh*

As we sat and worried if our decision was the right one or not, we turned to God and just asked Him.
He answered:

"Go in the strength you have...am I not sending you?"          Judges 6:14 

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline."  2 Timothy 1:7

Amazing!  I would call that a clear response from the Father; wouldn't you?

I will share more about this awesome time in our life as the story continues to develop.  Seth and I appreciate any and all prayers as we seek God's face in this next chapter of our life together.  All I can say is that it is VERY exciting and God is SO VERY good!

More details to come soon... :-)

Thanksgiving Week: Post by Ann Voscamp via (in)courage

I feel led to share a fantastic post about Thanksgiving to round out my month of thankfulness this year.  The following post is from the (in)Courage website.  Ann Voskamp, author of One Thousand Gifts, published a post at that particular site, and it is amazing.

I want to share it with you all.  Please click on the link below & take a few moments to read her posting.  You will see Thanksgiving in a new light!

Also, if you like her writing, please subscribe to Ann's blog.  Also, (in)Courage is a great community to join filled with wonderful Christian women.  You may want to consider that as well.


Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!


Click here --->  Because Thanksgiving is More than a Holiday

Day 16-17: Thankful for the RCBC Youth Group

RCBC Youth Group 2011---Such sweet kids!

Days 16-17:  Today I want to throw out a little mention about our church's youth group.  I am so very thankful for them.  The picture above is of most of the kids in our group at summer camp.  I do not have a current picture of the whole group.  That is something I definitely need to work on.

Yes, my husband is the youth pastor so therefore I am heavily involved in the group; but, this group has something special.  The only thing they really all have in common is that they live in Brown County in Texas and they love the LORD.  The 35-40 kids we have in our youth group represent 7 different schools and 4 different towns.  It's really cool how they all come together despite all of the school rivalries to worship God.

They are such a blessing to teach and to spend time with.  All of our youth workers would agree that these are some special kids; but I'm sure most youth pastors/workers think that about their group.  They just meld together so well and love to worship and learn together.  We don't have a bunch of kids staring back at us for an hour or so.  These kids engage in the conversation and hunger for knowledge of the Word.  Awesome!

I love the "A-Ha!" moments when I (or someone else) is teaching them God's Word, and they GET it.  That is worth all of the blood, sweat, and tears we put into that ministry!!!  Praise God!

This is the "theme scripture" for our youth group out at Rocky Creek Baptist Church:

"How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity."  Psalm 133:1

This is probably a more realistic picture of the group. Haha!

Thank you, Rocky Creek Youth Group, for making ministry so much fun!  Love you all.

Are you in involved in an amazing youth group at your church?  If you are, I am so excited for you and I will keep you fervently in my prayers.  If you aren't, I am positive that the youth Pastor would welcome volunteers at any time.  God Bless!