A Memory

Yesterday I was rummaging through Clark's closet trying to find my overnight bag because I was going to be staying with Jane's kids while they went out of town for the weekend. I came across this and it brought a smile to my face. The first time I ever laid eyes on Clark Glover he was carrying this backgammon set. He would carry this thing around wherever he went, always ready to play the game with someone. I remember thinking it was weird, who carries a backgammon set around? Apparently Clark. A few months after that initial meeting (I didn't even remember his name) we went out on our first date. Later he taught me how to play backgammon. That was back in the early 1980's. I have forgotten how to play the game. I will have to reacquaint myself with it and see if he can still beat me.

Mrs. Clark Glover again!

We went to a Marriage Conference at the Vineyard church over the weekend. It was a telecast conference, so even though the speaker, Jim Evans, was not on the stage in front of us he was coming to us live from the Gateway church in Dallas. I couldn't think of a better way to spend the Valentine's weekend! We went with Mike & Amanda Love and our dearest friends, Brian & Carrie Biggers. We had so much fun. I have to say that the content of this seminar was the best I've heard over the years, Clark is in total agreement. I couldn't take notes fast enough and wish I had taken more. At the end of the conference they guided us through a covenant ceremony in which we all renewed our covenant vows with our spouse. I am proud to say that after 26 years, I am still Mrs. Clark Glover, and yes, he kissed the bride!

A Meaningful Quote I Heard Today

I haven't listened to David Platt from Brook Hills in close to a month so today I listened to his message from January 17th about Believing God. One of the people he mentioned in his sermon was a man named William Kerry who in 1793 moved from England to India to be used by God. Twenty years after he got there a fire broke out at his home while he was in Calcutta. Upon hearing of the fire and the loss of much of his life's work he said, "The Lord has laid me low that I may look more simply to Him. That I might believe God, that God is our reward."

When things get stripped away from you, life gets very real. You begin to view things through much different lenses...lenses of vulnerability, uncertainty, and humility. You begin to see more clearly.....that income you counted on....that job that felt so secure....was merely an illusion.

I am reminding myself that faith, if it is not tested, is no faith at all. It's easy to say you are walking by faith when that path is smooth with only a few minor irritations. But walking by faith is when you continue to move forward when that path becomes uneven, bumpy and treacherous knowing that you do not walk alone and that He has prepared the way. So I will continue to trust and not doubt for God is sovereign over all.

So I have my pen and journal ready to record all of the awesome, mighty acts of God that I will be a witness to!

Salt and Light

I am participating in a study written by Henry & Richard Blackaby called Fresh Encounter. It is all about revival and spiritual awakening. This morning I had an aha! moment. My eyes were opened as I meditated on the verse we are memorizing. A very familiar one. "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14

Our nation is in the condition it is in because of God's people and their sin, not because of the wickedness of unbelievers. Here is a quote from the book: "Did you notice what God said must happen before the land would be healed? He did not say, "When the media experience positive changes" or "When government is reformed." God did not even say, "When Christians pray for their nation to be revived." The Lord made it clear that the nation would be healed when God's people repented of their sin. The reason nations need revival is that God's people have not been the salt and light God intended for them to be. When Christians see how wicked their nation is becoming, it is not the time to point a condemning finger at unbelievers. Rather, it ought to break Christians' hearts that their presence is not making a more significant difference in their land. It should not be surprising when unbelievers behave according to their nature. It is tragic when Christians do not act according to theirs."

A bite to chew on today!