We are not the chosen one- why don't they understand?

New things: Earthquake, Dancing at North Hills, starting my last year of seminary

A few weeks ago I was at a friend's house watching Bachelorette (no shame) when it was interrupted by a speech by our president informing the nation the financial woes we are facing.  We too easily were inconvenienced by the interruption and less worried about the path our nation and leaders are swiftly pursuing.  It is a slap in the face to our forefathers and our Heavenly Father by our complacency in money, power, entertainment, romance, and convenience.  We are believing that America is invincible and we are blind to the fact that God is the same God of Noah. 

America has "In God We Trust" stamped on the currency.  What would happen if we didn't have money?  Would we still trust God?  What would happen if our freedom was taken away? Would there be a church on every corner prepared to face persecution?  What if storms blew in destroyed the power industries, buildings, landmarks, banks, trading ports, and homes?  Would we believe God is all we need?  What if disease spread?  Would we survive?

We don't know what will happen but we do have a choice to trust God.  But we don't trust God now.  Or else we would be praying for our leaders, pastors, parents, children.  We don't have God's hand because we have money, we have been blessed by God's hand.  We have a stewarship disorder or maybe just a greed sin. 

My challenge is for us to start taking serious natural disasters, the national debt, leadership, and the Church's involvement in education and government.  God is good and just!

The Sky is Falling

My uncle Rick is in the hospital.  He has tumors and cancer that are pushing against his heart and throat.  He can't eat, breathe or stay awake.  Treatments have stopped working and he is down to 135lbs.  He's a man's man in a fragile weak body. 
My grandmother has been my biggest fan since I can remember.  As her only granddaughter, she viewed me as someone who could do no wrong.  She prays for me without ceasing and brags on me constantly... until she got dementia.  Then her brain caused her to believe lies and accuse me and my aunt of stealing from her house.  She creates elaborate stories of our immorality. She is becoming violent and the news of her son, Rick's illness exasperates the situation.
My mother is a pieced together wreck.  I don't know how she does it.  She is a strong woman.  She knows life doesn't end and God is in control but her mother is deteriorating, her brother is finalizing his will, and her life is complicated by others' sins. 
People come and go in my life with their own problems whether it is job searching, spouse searching, degree seeking, purpose, loss, trust issues, sins, confrontation, financial, disease, or selfishness. Everyone's sky is falling and are having a hard time finding the Sun

Baby Genius

New Things: Hosting my big brother, sister in law, and niece here in NC!!  Saw a shooting star.
Here is the picture of my new haircut as I promised!!


So my niece Zooey is probably the most intelligent child I know.  I'm not even being biased, it is just a fact!  At the ripe age of one, she responds to us without our preping her, is figuring out shapes, loves sounds, and recognizes that if I hide behind a wall, I'm still there not really gone.  Tonight I cooked dinner for the family and roommates while we all admired Zooey and caught up in life.  Zooey of course wanted to scout out the apt which luckily is pretty small.  She fed herself with a spoon, put flip flops on my foot when I asked her if I could have them, played hide n seek, said "hey" and "uh oh", and loves to laugh. 
I got to give her, her birthday present of a tea set that plays songs and makes noises for pouring tea.  Zooey was able to push the button and almost got the cakes in the right shapes.  My favorite part of the night was when Jennifer got the video camera out while playing with the toy.  Todd and Jennifer told her to say "thank you aunt Lindsay".  Zooey got on her hands and knees, crawled around her tea set, climbed into my lap until the song on the teapot was over, as if to say "thank you" in the only way she could, and then crawled back to her playing. 
This week we have planned swimming, shopping, Durham Bulls Baseball, see SEBTS campus, Cotton Co., Church and see all my friends and any other suggestions are welcome.


I love this girl!!