We have come
through a busy weekend, and I am tried. The
Community Fellowship began a new series, a Thankful Heart, yesterday. I am excited about all we will be talking
about that leads us to have thankful hearts.
Today’s post is another mind dump like I shared early
last week. Not sure what you will get
out of this, but this helps me to think through some of things going on and how
life seems to come together by the hand and grace of God. Whether we admit it or not, God is in total
control!
I will bless
the Lord who guides me; even at
night my heart instructs me.
< This
weekend has been full for our baby Ruth (our middle child and youngest
daughter). She marched in the band at
her last football game and last competition of high school. Julie and I are so proud of this precious,
beautiful child of ours.
^ I was
honored to officiate at the first wedding to take place at our new campus and
on the stage of our future auditorium.
Larry volunteers each week to help the new campus become a reality, and
Debbie is often serving by his side.
Pray for Larry and Debbie as they begin married life!
> My
friends Anita and Lee celebrated 18 years of marriage, and as I looked at them
during yesterday’s worship I was reminded of all the great people God has
brought in and through our lives. I love
our church family and our friends.
< Did you
realize the more you trust God the easier it is to be thankful, and the more
thankful we are the more we end up trusting God?
^ I miss my
mom big time, but what an honor it was to share her memory video with The
Community Sunday morning.
> It is
such a blessing to pray with my wife and kids, and sometimes I take this for
granted.
< There is
a picture and quote I really like on facebook.
It says “I used to be able to pull ‘all nighters’ and now I can’t hardly
do ‘all dayers’”. I’m tried.
^ I am excited
about some people in our church who are stepping up to serve more. The smile on their faces is priceless.
> Leading
is tough. Some people I’d really like to
“read the riot act” to or shake them.
But what I am doing is praying. I
need wisdom.
< Still I
am in awe when I want something real bad but stay quiet about it only to see
God make it happen. By the way, this is
about our children (so blessed).
^ During the
sermon this morning a passage from Mark Batterson’s book “Circle Maker” came to
mind. This is good. We are to bless people and pray over them
invoking God’s blessing on their lives.
How awesome to have those thoughts running through my mind, speak them
out loud, pray like this over a special couple and then have someone pray like
this for Julie and me. Thank you, Bruce.
> The
leaves are falling this fall, and the colors we have seen, even this weekend,
are amazing. Our God is creator, artist,
lover, giver, whisperer and reminderer of so many things. In quiet this weekend He’s shown and done
those things. So, so good.
< I miss spending
time with my dad. I pray for him and
reach out to him everyday because he, Richard Seth Harrison, is an incredible
man.
^ Today is a
day of sharing. I get to share what God
is doing through The Community Fellowship.
I get to brag on the awesome people of our church. I get to share about the work we are doing in
our community. Even more I am excited to
share about the partnerships God has given us.
This is really good. I am sharing
at a breakout session at a conference.
> I am
grateful for the military veterans who have serving our country and secured or
continued to secure our freedom. Praying
this week for many of these veterans who struggle each day.
< Faith is
to be talked about and shared with the people we see all the time and with
those we see only once, but the most important thing about faith is that it is
to be lived out. Live it before you speak
it.
^ I continue
to pray for the resources to finish our new campus. Please pray for the money and materials to
put a roof on the office building. Pray
for the completion of the plumbing. Pray
for skilled workers and willing givers!
> Last,
people are more important than everything else.
When my priorities are out of order, depression is worse. Love God and share His love with people, and
remember that you are loved and nothing changes that fact.
God is good, and God’s blessings are real. I cannot wait to see what else He is going to
do in the coming days, hours and even minutes.
Thank you for letting me share with you.
The Lord is
my strength and my shield; my heart
trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy, and with
my song I praise him.
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