Rejoice! - Deut. 12:7

"There you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord your God. and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the Lord your God has blessed you." Deut. 12:7

This is exactly what I feel our family is experiencing--our life is a feast everyday in the presence of the Lord; we praise and thank God for what we have and have accomplished, because it is only by his blessing that we have anything. We left the security of CA because he called us, and moved into a completely uncertain environment in NC. To the common man (and our families!) it looked like foolishness--but when God calls you have to follow, don't you? Just like the promises to the Israelites, there were prophecies of wonderful things to come in NC; but all we knew was that we were moving into a complete unknown. Here we are 15 years later living a life we never could have imagined. We are feasting because GOD blessed us, and we thank him for it--we serve a faithful God!

Lord, let us never forget why you brought us to NC. Never let me get complacent with the richness you have blessed us with--we are here for a reason, help us to keep the focus everyday.

Today's reading: Deut. 10-12; Mk. 16