It's Getting Better all the Ti-i-ime: New Bern 3

It is, and that's good.

This blog will be shorter than most. It's more of an update than a journal, but hopefully it will still be fun...

I wrote a song, which can be see HERE.

I wrote another song, which can be seen HERE - but fair warning, it's expressing a harder emotion than I am currently experiencing. It's just what came out while i was writing. I've felt that way before, but right now, I'm having more peace with just waiting for God.

I led worship for a speaker from England, named Ian Andrews, who can be seen HERE.
He was saved under Martin Lloyd-Jones. Yeah. Sick.

I was shown an INCREDIBLE website which gives you multiple Bible translations (including Greek), Strongs Concordance, and Commentaries. Goodbye, Biblegateway, hello Biblos.

I took some pictures, like this one:

I've met people my age! Yall can add that to your thank-you-prayers.

I've met a ton of local pastors.

We are fasting and praying tomorrow for the church. Join in if you like, if not tomorrow then whenever.

I finished reading Job, digging through the Psalms.

I've revised my opinion of Life Together. Only the first 30 pages are required reading. The rest is dense, but good. I'm currently reading Movements that Changed the World, by Addison. I had my doubts, but pretty good thus far. The Moravians are inspiring, to be sure.

I recommend Meteor Shower by Owl City. Great song, worship potential.

In short, I still am fairly clueless as to what I ought do. BUT, I'm beginning to see that my very presence is having an effect, on both the inertia of the team meetings and the spirits of the leadership. It's becoming easier to rest in what God's doing as it becomes more obvious how little my role truly is. Humbling, yes, but when you've been agonizing over what to do, it is a welcome truth, that I truly do little. God is at work in me, to will and to do.

If you're the praying type, I'm just begging to know God more. I'm slowly coming to a posture in which I don't care what that looks like. If the glory of God lays me flat (hasn't happened yet), or his joy fills me to the point of laughter (has happened before), or lays on my heart an urging to do something (like pray for healing, which has happened, or sing a particular song, which has happened), or convicts me a new sin (definitely happened), or gives me a deeper, fresh revelation of His Word in Scripture (definitely happened), then ok. Whatever. I'm game. Just give me Jesus, as the old hymn goes, when I wake, and when I sleep. I want to walk in the spirit, to be an instrument of God's purposes, of His kingdom now. And so, I just want to get closer to Him. Pray for me, if you will, as I pray.

Sidenote, a friend of mine is getting married Sunday, so I get to take a quick trip to chucktown for that. Yes, safety traveling would be great, but even greater would be a wedding that points to Christ the groom and His love for His Bride, the church. So, lift up the wedding too. The couple would have it no other way.

One last point. Psalm 7:17 says "I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His righteousness". I thought, well that's strange. Praise due, honor due, glory due... I get those. But thanks for being righteous? I don't get it. Then I thought about what life would be like without a righteous God. Yup. I will thank Him for being righteous. It's much better than the alternative.

Well, ta-ta for now. Or perhaps ka-ka, seeing as how Brazil is playing these days...

-drew