What matters most...

I'm in process, just like you. I don't claim to have it all figured out, or even a lot of it figured out for that matter. All I know is that God is teaching me in dynamic ways since I've moved here to Wilmington. I guess, it all started with this summer, grounded in the Word and Who the Holy Spirit is, then here - marveling at God, His works, the wonder of His creation - land, sea, and sky (all which can be seen from the town I live) and the Cross, why did Jesus die? Big questions and big hopes of these things have been echoing in the chambers of my heart as I search far and wide to learn more of who God is. I heard it said that the least we can do is to wonder at how big God is. That makes me think...usually people approach that in doubt, but if you approach it in wonder, how big is God? Why does He do what He does? Like send Katrina, and Rita, Philip, and Tammy. Why? It's for His purpose, He will accomplish what He wills.

I'm amazed by God, it's a good place to be, amazement. It's really wide though, and I've found myself in thinking mode - asking "Why" a lot, like a curious 2 year old. But, I wonder at Him, who He is.

I'm reading Blue Like Jazz, which happens to be fabulous. Don Miller is a great writer, I recently finished Searching for God Knows What. Both very good and out of the box. As I am reading through it I think of a list of friends that I want to read it, is that normal? You may very well be one of them.

There's a list of books I want to finish before year's end. So I better get to reading. Good thing I'm on fall break where I can do just that.

Today, I decided with one of my Wilmington friends, Katie, to read and study 1 Peter together. I am so excited about it. It's so great to have friends here. Katie is on staff with Campus Outreach in Minneapolis, which is very similar to Campus Crusade, in that it was born from Campus Crusade to reach smaller campuses in which CCC was not staffing. CO works out of local churches, so in Minneapolis she will be working out of John Piper's church, Bethlehem, and is currently raising her support in Wilmington. It's so good to get to be here with her- and understand what she is going through. Support is so hard.

I love my small group here. It's so fun. I'll try to get a picture of them soon so I can post it.

Trust God in all things. Check out this verse. “ Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. ”- Isaiah 26:4