Hectic havoc, chaotic clamity

you know those days?  the ones that seem to last a month.  you anticipate, plan, get excited, get anxious.  then those days seem to pile up and add on and it is like coming us for air but continually going back under the surface of the water?  you know those times?

last week was like that.  so many moving parts.  great stuff, just lots of it.  school for the kids started and you know what that entails.  it was all hands on deck week with small projects and big initiative at church (they all went great - you guys who jumped in - you rock).

new faces, new places.  same problems, same responsibilities.

the days turn into to, into three and you still have not rested.  the business takes its toll.

Psalm 46:10 tells us to be still and know that He is God.

not work and move and strive - but rather be still.  rest in His greatness, in His arms of love.  truthfully, I struggle with that.  But need to know it and live and model it - for my family, my friends, my church.

Today - take some time - to be still.

Lord - For the next hour - I will be still.  I will stay in your presence.  Sit at your feet.  Give you thanks and listen to your voice.  Amen

Join us at 12:15 on Thursdays - live @Capstone Church or where ever you are for CityPrayer - praying for Anderson (or your city) you church, friends, needs, nation, circumstances.  Pray - Be still!!!

Proverbs Prayer

^{Proverbs 3:3} Let love and faithfulness never leave you; 
   bind them around your neck, 
   write them on the tablet of your heart. 
⁴ Then you will win favor and a good name 
   in the sight of God and man.
 ⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart 
   and lean not on your own understanding; 
⁶ in all your ways submit to him, 
   and he will make your paths straight

Lord let love and faithfulness never leave me, establish yourself in my heart.  Allow me favor with you Lord and man, that I may be your witness.

Help me to trust you Lord with all of me, not trusting in myself or anything else.  As I submit to you I know you will direct me in the paths I am to go

GREAT!!!

Psalm 111 ² Great are the works of the LORD; 
   they are pondered by all who delight in them. 
³ Glorious and majestic are his deeds, 
   and his righteousness endures forever. 
⁴ He has caused his wonders to be remembered; 
   the LORD is gracious and compassionate. 
⁵ He provides food for those who fear him; 
   he remembers his covenant forever. 
⁶ He has shown his people the power of his works, 
   giving them the lands of other nations. 
⁷ The works of his hands are faithful and just; 
   all his precepts are trustworthy. 
⁸ They are steadfast for ever and ever, 
   done in faithfulness and uprightness. 
⁹ He provided redemption for his people; 
   he ordained his covenant forever— 
   holy and awesome is his name.
 ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; 
   all who follow his precepts have good understanding. 
   To him belongs eternal praise.


Great are you Lord, worthy to be praised, your wonders amaze me, your compassion and grace overflow, your power is limitless and matchless, you are just, you provide redemption.  Let me live your statues and commands and allow me to praise you forever.
Make me a blessing.  Give us what we do not deserve, give us forgiveness, give us faith.  Make us strong in your name to those who stand against you.  Thank you Father - AMEN

Waiting on Victory

^{Psalm 62: 1} I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. ² He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken. 
⁵Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. ⁶ He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. ⁷ My victory and honor come from God alone.  He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.  ⁸ O my people, trust in him at all times.  Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge.


Lord – I wait for you.  It is hard and I have lots of questions about what you are doing in my life, but I trust you and will wait because of the promise I have in you.
Lord God you are the ROCK and the salvation.  You are my strength and fortress – my ever present help in time of need.  You alone Lord God.
You give the victory and even now when circumstances do not look victorious, you have already won.  You are my protection.  I pray today for a sending in my life that requires protection.  Move me beyond my safety to a place of utter dependence upon you and a place where God-sized dreams can be lived.
Give us what we do not deserve, give us forgiveness, give us faith.  Make us strong in your name to those who stand against you.

Thank you Father - AMEN

What do you think of this Picture?

It kind of cools me off, considering it has been 100 here for the past 3 days.

Verse from CityPrayer Today

Jeremiah 33:² “This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it—the LORD is his name: ³ ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ 




Lord - we call upon your name.  To save and rescue, to heal and mend, to guide and show, to love and care, to judge and grant mercy, to be our advocate and grace giver, to use us to magnify your name and to dwell with us.


God we trust that you will always answer us.  From your infinite wisdom you respond, correct, focus, discern and save.


I acknowledge that I do not know much, but I know your name and I am calling upon it today to heal the land, save the sinners, rescue the dying, love the unlovely, forgive the unforgiven, break the unbroken, befriend the friendless, give gifts to the unworthy and share Christ with all who will hear.


Thank you Father - AMEN

God is limitless - like staring off in the distance across the ocean or dreaming through the clouds of the sky.  Although the ocean and sky have limits...it gives us an illustration of how big, amazing, deep is the well of God's knowledge, grace and love.

Pictures from recent days

Jellyfish Sting - yes it hurt!

50s day at Chickfila!!!