spontaneity

yesterday was timmy's day off.  we slept in.  we started laundry.  we drove to the pier with the intention of taking a little walk before the sun went down, but while we were driving over, timmy said, "you wanna go get jimmy johns?"  jimmy johns is is in quincy though, its like a 45 minute drive.  i said, "if you want to!"  then somehow macomb got thrown into the ideas of things to do mix.  timmy called our friend jordan henry and asked him if anything was going on at his church, the crossing.  jordan said a night of worship event was happening, so after a short meeting between timmy and me, we decided to go check it out.

jordan goes to a church where some of our friends from ozark minister.  its funny because i can count the number of conversations i had with these guys at ozark on one hand.  but seeing them is like the biggest breath of fresh air!  it just felt so encouraging!

we really enjoyed the night.  it was so nice to just chill and participate and not be in charge of annnnything!  so nice.  timmy described it well, "refreshing."  i agree.

its easy to be stressed out by ministry.  even though so many things we do are fun (going to games, leading worship, having students over, you know...) just doing so many things is sometimes enough to make me (and timmy too, i think) feel worn out.

also on our trip, we drove around town, talked a lot, ate papa johns (not jimmy johns) in the lobby floor at church.

most of all, it was so nice to just relax and worship God.  the last three weeks have been mega busy, so we were stoked to just enjoy a night.

they had the room set up with four stations to experience worship and a band singing worship songs.  one of the stations was for sharing scripture that might be on your heart, "may the peace of Christ rule in your hearts since as members of one body you were called to peace and be thankful." Colossians 15.3, scrolled across the screen when i was at that station, that has been on my heart and mind for over a month.  i think God's trying to tell me something.   just another reminder to trust and let go of my worry.

our spontaneous trip was so good.  i definitely think God had it planned for us to go there last night.  it was so encouraging.

my husband is a wonderful man.  he has been pouring so much time and energy into his ministry, it was so great to see him just relax for a while.

during the night there was a station where you could write on a piece of paper things that were standing between you and God, then light it on fire via a candle in a bucket.  kinda cool to see a visual representation of giving these things up.  however, at the end of the night, the paper and candle got completely out of control and they had to put it out with a fire extinguisher :)

at the very end of the night there was a baptism. it was a cool way to end the night of personal worship- to watch someone decide to live.

love