Monday, October 20, 2008

Woven by His Hand

I had another great weekend!

Friday night the new girl joined the Teaching on the Prophetic class, and then she picked up her husband from the airport (returning from China) right afterward. The class was awesome because the Lord showed up again. There were so many people there! B and S were there, as well as D and L. I pray that the Lord spoke to them in powerful ways in Jesus’ name.

Then I had lunch with three ladies at the Cuban restaurant, and we had a wonderful time of fellowship and sharing what God is doing in us all.

Saturday night was very laid back. We stayed at M and L’s because we were originally going to watch the kids for E, but M got Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease… bummer for E! We’ll reschedule with them so they can have a date night before R has to leave for the month of November.

Then Saturday night SK emailed us to let us know he was going to be able to join us for the Acts Bible study on Sunday! He drove 4 ½ hours from DC to get there, but he was not disappointed! He walked away with so much love from God, and a couple of people spoke words over him and encouraged him to hang in there and continue to pray for the DC area.

My new lady and her husband showed up as well, and it was very cool! CA had an amazing word for her husband, and he said that someone had given him the same word in 1983—which he had written down and kept in his Bible! He read it to us, and it was almost identical to the word CA spoke over him. Wow. How cool is that? We were all so very blessed on Sunday and again walked away full to overflowing!

The woman’s husband prayed for me as well and gave me Isaiah 58:6:

“Is not this the fast that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens,
To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?”

He prayed for a deeper anointing for the ministry the Lord has given me so that He could work in even greater ways through me. He asked me if I had ever fasted and encouraged me to meditate on this scripture and see what the Lord had for me. I’ve been praying and asking the Lord if He wanted me to fast, but I haven’t gotten anything regarding this yet. For now, I just want to take one day at a time and let Him lead me.

I am just so amazed to see the hand of God weaving His tapestry of people and relationships, and how He has pulled together and made connections with so many people in my life. For example, the new couple are being called to China for 16 months, and EA just got back from Beijing and wants to return—so they connected and will probably get together in China when she goes back. Then SK shared that he hadn’t found a fellowship in DC yet, but someone knew of a group that meets in that area, so they exchanged information. And there were several other situations just like that! Way cool stuff. It is humbling to watch God’s powerful arm at work, making everything happen in His perfect way and timing.

I’ve been entering my journal on SimpleChurch.com (all of them, starting from the beginning), and it is so interesting to go back and read what was going on a year ago. Wow—it’s cool to remember where we were and what God was doing back then. I’ve even had some revelations and epiphanies that I had already forgotten! What is up with that? I guess it’s good for me to go back and be reminded of these things.

We started reading Oswald about this time last year, so we’re basically starting over again now—and the Lord is showing us different things because we are in a different place than we were then.

Lord, thank You for being so much BIGGER than me!!