7.25.2006

THERE'S SOMETHIN' BIGGER GOIN' ON... SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ME...

I just got off the phone with Katchin and she directed me to CNN.com.

God is talking... He is clear about what is on His heart right now... check out one of CNN's top headlines.

Psalm 83
1 Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!
2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;
And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

5 For they have consulted together with one consent;
They form a confederacy against You:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

9 Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
10 Who perished at En Dor,
Who became as refuse on the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”

13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like the chaff before the wind!
14 As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD,
Are the Most High over all the earth.

What remains...

Our car was found abandoned by the Grandview Police department.

The car was
without...

1. Driver's side window
2. License plates (2)

3. Car seats (2)

4. Stroller

5. Sliker's
The End-times Simplified book
6. Half the rear-view mirror
7. Half the left-back break light

8. Keys


Added to the Car...

1. A Plethora of Green Day Stickers

2. Paint (apparently they hit a something green on the right, and something white on the left)

3. 3 or 4 new dents (including the one they apparently made by using a crowbar to open the door even though all 4 doors were unlocked... That is right, all doors unlocked but they still broke the window and used the crowbar...


Re-arranged
in the Car...

1. The dome light (laying on the floor)

2. The radio station was blaring when I turned on the car to 105 something
3. Some wires and fuses... (the car died on me twice bringing it home from the tow
company... the odometer flashing "fuse"...)

So, Richard and I prayed God would
grant us justice by encountering the culprits in some cool, dramatic way and bringing them into His kingdom and making them end-time apostles...

Maybe it will happen when they read "The End-times simplified"... :)

7.19.2006

This really happened

Friday morning - 7am (getting ready to leave for work at the YMCA)...

"Hey Richard, can you put the babies in the car?"

"Sure..."

2 minutes later, Richard is standing in the doorway with babies...

"Honey, can you hurry and get them in the car..."

"Marci... where is the car?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean... where is the car?"

"You're kidding me?"

"No... There is no car in the driveway..."

This really happened... yes, our car was stolen.

7.12.2006

"For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off..." Proverbs 23:18

In Acts, after Jesus reappears to the disciples, they ask Him,
“Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Jesus is not thinking, "You guys just still can't get it..."

He doesn't say, "why are you still thinking about that... "

He leaves them with...
And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Basically leaning in saying,
"Now guys, I am not going to tell you the exact day or the hour, (It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out...) it is not tomorrow... I mean the Father has that all planned out but let me just say that when you go and the Holy Spirit comes upon you eventually everyone will hear... "
He smiles at that last part because He knows that they remember what He said in their last end time discussion...

They are remembering when Jesus told them earlier - (Matthew 24:14)
"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."

Jesus is not saying stop thinking about when the Kingdom is going to be restored... instead He is baiting them. He's letting them know some things have to happen first but then the Kingdom will come...

And to fan the growing flame...

As they stared into the empty sky after watching Him ascend into heaven... The Angels remind them -
"This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

the Kingdom is coming... Jesus is returning as a Mighty King...

It is good and righteous for me to remember and live to hasten the day of it's coming...

7.07.2006

Unless you become like a little child...


I figured out that Aiden can say much more than he lets on... I just have to say "Aiden, can you say ______" and usually he can repeat or give a really close variation. So, Aiden and I had read our Bible story before bed and were getting ready to pray and I said "Aiden, can you say, Jesus?" He repeated "daaad!" "Can you say, 'God' ?" thinking that might be easier to say... "Daaad..." "That's right Aiden... God is your dad..."

I love my husband


One of the most favorite things i love about my Husband is the way He listens and learns from the Bible. This month, after coming home from his prayer room time, he has given my heart excitement and significant revelation concerning the end-time move of God. Check out this post.

7.03.2006

HOW IS IT JULY ALREADY?

I am thinking of that Misty song... Time. Time... is ticking by...

John, Lindsey and the rest of their band left this morning for cornerstone... having them for only one day was way too short. We grilled brautwurst, had CiCi's and John treated us all to Cars. Aiden loved watching the big screen... Arwen not so much.

Did anyone catch Matt Candler, in exhorting us all for the bridegroom fast, say "don't just fast chocolate..." Can anybody say "ouch"... I will take the rebuke to heart.