Jo. Read Your Bible.

A good friend, who I spent much of my free time with last summer, would commonly tell me to read my Bible. It was the best advice I received the whole summer. Not some disciplined this is my quiet time everyday, but special time with God just because I can, because I have that freedom. This week those words “Jo, read your Bible” echoed in my mind several times, I took the hint and read more when I had the time, but God was preparing my heart for a time later in the week that I didn't know about yet. I had the opportunity to go to a teacher training in another county and afterword go to lunch with the group. It was so good to hear how God has been using each one to share the Gospel with the children and in some cases the parents. I visited a church on Sunday that I hadn't been to before, there was a breakfast for mothers day which gave me a chance to talk with some different people. A highlight was talking with an older couple who had served with New Tribes Mission for 10 years in Thailand. Wednesday I went to bible study in the morning then got lost trying to find the gospel mission for lunch, I found out later I had the wrong address. Once I gave up on finding the place I went to where I would have club that afternoon, just to make sure I could find it. After finding the school I kept driving down the road hoping to find a spot I could stop and spend my time before club began. Then I remember “read your Bible”, “yes” I thought “I'll stop at a park, and I can read my bible.” I prayed I would find a quiet place to stop. Just down the road I found a church, yes that was the place, I stopped and found some shade under a tree. This was the time God had been preparing my heart to find this week to spend some special time with just Him. The silence was a blessing, God used the time to refresh me, leaving behind all the dramas of life, and input from those around me. This time was for just us, His word and the Holy Spirit to speak into my life without distraction, without fears, resting in His presence.

Thank you for your prayers this week. Every time drama builds, God has been reminding me of His truths.

Please pray for the last few weeks of the good news club, for the kids that the truths they have been learning would affect their lives.

Josephine