Most people wake up on Sunday thinking it is just another Sunday. Me, Sundays set my mood, pace, and emotion for the week. With Monday just around the corner, I think "am I going to have a good week?" "Am I going to struggle?" "Am I going to do something life-changing?" This Sunday, WOW!!
To start off, my WHOLE family went to Church, Lance comes sometimes but not all the time. I was soooo over joyed to have my WHOLE family sitting with me. I felt like getting all dressed up, putting my new white heels on for the first time, and fixing my hair.
We walk into to church and our favorite speaker is leading the Worship Band, Scot Longyear. What an awesome guy. The lesson: "How can we say that will will DIE for GOD, yet we can't LIVE for HIM?" Keith Meece did an amazing job, I can't even begin to explain things. He begins telling us about this Foundation called Soles 4 Souls. Then went on saying that we needed to stand up and LIVE FOR HIM. Billions of people lost everything they had in the hurricanes and Tsuami's (sp?) and it was time for us to stand up. He dared us to give God the shoes on our feet. Wow! He wanted us to walk out of church on this rainy muddy day with no shoes on our feet. Lesson being people everyday walk without shoes that lead to infections, sickness, and eventually to death. People DIE because they don't have shoes to walk in. So we gave our shoes to them. I wish I could give you a picture of all the shoes that covered the stage and the barefoot people leaving church. The thoughts going through my head were.. "God knew when I put this NEW shoes on my feet this morning, that He KNEW where they would end up." BUT there was no question in my mind about what I was about to do. I took my shoes off and with a smile laid them on the stage. I came back and watch people bring there shoes and give them away. My heart was happy. I remember Haiti. I remember the children, adults and the NEED for love and God. My brother(lance) has one pair of tennis shoes, (he wears his work boots all the time) He loved these shoes. Lance's relationship with God is growing. At the end of the sermon he kicked his shoes off and said "sis, take those up there" It makes me cry even more now. I'm so blessed!
I've had a tough week with the devil trying to take over my mind! The devil trying to tear apart my family. The devil tempting us. Struggles. Lies. Secrets. Gossip. These things aren't good for the soul. So, today I gave it all to Him. He is my strength!
I just wanted to share my Sunday with you!
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