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I came as a leper

^{Mark 1:40}And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”  Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
         I have so much in common with this leper.  I too was dying from a deadly disease, and helpless to change it.   I was enslaved to sin, and on my way to eternal death.  When I met Jesus, I knew if He was willing, I could be clean.  Thankfully He was "moved with compassion" and He was willing.  What an amazing God, who when He sees a helpless, decaying, dying leper, He's moved with compassion.  

Happy Birthday Ciela

This is Not My Home

     I seem to always be waiting on something to change, a job, a home, a situation.  I so often find myself unsettled wondering if I will ever arrive at the place were we feel like I am at home. To a place were I am done longing for something else.  I think the reason I am so uneasy here is because I am not of this world.  I will never be quite comfortable in a world that has rejected it's Creator, and scorned it's Savior.  It sometimes gets burdensome to know everything is backwards.  What God calls good, the world hates, and what the world thinks is good God hates. 
     One day, it won't be like this.  Christ said  "In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.  If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."  
    That's when we will finally be at home, because where He is, we will be also.  Christ is my home.  Thankfully, He is with me wherever I am.

A Fellow Wretch

     I was sitting here feeling sorry for myself.  Thinking about a wrong that was done to me.  In tears because of deep wounds caused by someone I have loved all my life.  Going over and over in my mind about the disloyalty and betrayal, .... when I thumbed through a book, I had bought as a gift.  Sometimes, the Lord speaks more clearly then others.  This was one of those times. 
     The book read: "Therefore it should be our own vile sin, committed against a holy God and for which Christ suffered that fills us with sorrow and remorse - not the sin that others commit against us."
     How dare I!  Who am I but a fellow wretch!  Thank you God for the reminder!

Update

We have great news!  Geoff was hired with a High School close to home.  We are so thankful to be able to stay here, and for an income!  Now we are praying for friends in similar situations, with the hope that they will be able to stay.  As my dad says, "God is good, we are not, and God is in control!"

Easter fun!

Easter is my favorite holiday!  Not because I get to dress up my children in their very best, or because there is inevitably lots of chocolate, or even because of my fondest memories of Easter at my grandmothers.  I love Easter because we are celebrating my wonderful Savior!  Where would we be if He hadn't risen from the dead?