Boy oh boy! Whew, is all I can say! Things are back to normal around here. Thank you Reid for your hello, I’ve actually missed blogging! What’s hysterical, is that our computer cleaned all the cookies, which meant that I had to log into Typepad again, and I guess it’s been so long since I’ve done that, that I forgot my password. Doooohhhh! I had time on Sat. eve. to blog, but I couldn’t figure out my password, then it took a while to get it in an email, by the time I got it, the time I had to blog vanished, as did my thought.

Anyway, this time away from blogging was spent getting more stuff ready for the yard sale we had on Sat. Holy Cow, can I just say that we made $594.25!!! That seems like a ton of money to me! A friend gave us a gas stove (she didn’t want to bother trying to sell it, so she offered it to us, or she was going to give it to charity…. so, I took it & cleaned it up to sell), I sold for $100, which was a big part of our grand total, then my dh sold some Yamaha stereo equipment for $80, and then everything else was just housewares, kid & adult clothes, jewelry, books, knick-nacks, yard stuff, etc. Totally amazing. Anyway, it goes to show you that God does refill the coffers many times over for the small amount in comparison that I spent for the Bible for my friend. This timing is also awesome because the amount we made is going to help us pay the difference in the mortgage because our renters are moving out on the 5th of August. It will help us cover the difference until we gain some new renters. I’m praying and trusting God to lead the perfect tenant for us, within the perfect timing.

So, that covers the profits and password, now to the ponderings…. I’ve had a lot on my mind about God. First, I went to the Opera again with a friend from church, and we watched The Secret Garden (I’m betting that you know about that one Lesa : ) you artisan you.). Anyway, while I was watching the performance, I was drawn to watching the conductor of the orchestra. Totally amazing. The woman conductor was watching both the performers, and directing from them, as well as directing them, because I could tell they were looking to her for timing cues as well. So, this got me to viewing the role of the conductor… vital, and I traveled in thought to God’s conducting. The Conductor dictates the timing, tempo, the softness or crechendo of the music. He draws in the players of different instruments, and if we are on the same page and watching or being attentive to His direction, the result is that everything will play according to His will and desire, and be a melody that is beyond beauty. But if we don’t pay attention, or rely on our own timing, we might miss the valuable cues He is drawing us into. Then as I pondered this with a friend, we also conluded that we may actually the “score” and not the individual players of instruments.

I have some more blogging that I want do on a few really good sermons that we’ve been having at chruch while our Pastor is on sabbatical for a month. I’ll get to those tonight or tomorrow; one covers Jonah and “What if,” the other covers Eph 6:10-20 and “Being IN Christ & Ready for Battle”, then the other is “The Hardest Person to Discipline”from II Tim. 1:7. They all are beconning me to run through them again and revisit where God spoke to me.

Also, to update on my friend who I gave the Bible to… to quote her on Thursday, she said “I LOVE IT!” How awesome is that & I can just see God’s grin over her widening!!! I can feel Him taking the Bible and holding it open for her! She said she began in the NT and loved the translation and ease of flow of the words and that it was “so easy” to read, and then with the Life Application notes, she said it helped her to understand more in depth. Then when I saw her on Friday, she said that she felt the magnitude of the gift as something she could never repay, and I said that is God’s gift to us exactly. She said she started reading Ruth the night before, and she was looking forward to continuing reading and finding answers. I said that’s all that He wants for us. So, I’m knowing that He has been preparing her for this very moment in time, and I feel that God also used this to edify and exhort me as well. He deposited greatly within me a desire to seek Him further, and to actively pursue His heart for myself and for others.