february thirteenth..

i really just love sundays. there's something about just spending the day in fellowship and just being refreshed for the week that is to come. the Lord has shown me a lot today about the faults in my own life. I'm realizing that I need to be more radical, that I need to quit being complacent and push myself to do more for God. Brother Mike spoke about living radically today, based off of the story of David and Goliath. The truth is is that the Lord wants us all to be David's. To give Him the giants of today and trust that He will equip us to fight them tomorrow. Bro. Mike said something today that really struck me. He said that if Goliath would've beaten David then David's story would have been no less of an example of God' faithfulness, because God still showed up. It got me wondering if I really think that way. If I truly believe that just God's presence is the miracle. I think sometimes we get so caught up in the end result that we forget that the Lord doesn't care about that. Our results are not His and we can't live expecting Him to fulfill those just because we are being obedient to Him. I need to realize that in my life. That obedience is all that matters and the end results are entirely up to His discretion. That's an area of my life that I just need to trust the lord in, that he would be able to sustain my strength. Besides this, some other really good things happened today:

- i took a nap, it was wonderful, because i didn't get a lot of sleep last night.

- i think God has placed a wonderful new friend in my life and I got to talk to him tonight about a lot of things and it was such a blessing to see how the Lord is working in His life and just be able to pray for him about something specific.

- we had a pancake supper tonight after church, and caleb and i held down the drink table. good times!

prayer for others: thomas goodson's family and friends. The visitation is tomorrow and the funeral is tuesday. they just really need peace right now as well as comfort. also, another friend is just really struggling with a situation. he just needs prayer of peace and contentment and understanding and that he wouldn't allow his flesh to get in the way of His testimony and love for the Lord.

prayer for me: this stuff with thomas has been pretty difficult, but i also really need to work on discipling myself. so i just ask for prayer in that area.

goodnight everyone, sweet dreams!