The current list

I was doing pretty good huh?  I was on a roll with the blog.  Then it stopped.  Sorry.  Some days the not having the internet just slows things down serious slow.

So here ya go.  Randomness by Andi.  Welcome.

 

1.     I have been on my knees a lot lately.  If not literally- in my heart’s posture.

 I have been praying hard for a little baby currently located in Birmingham in a little bitty hospital bed (for lack of a better term).  Melanie is Patrick and Sarah’s little girl.  Patrick- my friend from Uganda.  She had heart surgery.  A couple of days later her heart stopped and they had to work 45 minutes to get it going.  They had her on a bypass machine for a few days to give her heart and lungs a rest.  When they took her off that they kept her  on a ventilator.  And then her oxygen levels kept dropping without explanation, so they had to turn it up some (instead of down which is the preferred direction).  How this little girl has fought! And they still haven’t closed her chest- they are waiting for her to get a little better before taking her back to surgery for that.  So please join me in praying.

 

I have been praying for my work place.  We are attempting to move mountains.  To change a culture.  To change people who work where I do.  To get people to care continually more about others than themselves.  Some are dedicated to it.  Some are not.  We are working on getting the “nots” out.  And praying hard for the right ones to replace them.  All the while trying to take care of some fun, cranky, sick, attitudinal, loving, and hilarious folks.  I have felt for the last 6 weeks that I am in the middle of spiritual battle.  It’s crazy.  I ask you to join in praying.  Pray that the Lord would pour out blessing for His glory.  And that those that oversee (the regulatory types) would give us favor- to allow us to do the work.  It takes time.  For endurance, compassion, and joy in the midst.

 

I’ve been praying a lot for my friends lately.  Funny thing is, as a single person, my world is sort of smallish.  I don’t have a husband nor kids to pour my time or energy into.  So the Lord gives me friends to keep up with (for lack of a better word).  I love them.  Even when I don’t see them in forever or talk to them, I think about them and am reminded to pray for them.  And for those that they love.  I LOVE to see how God works things out in lives.  Even when I don’t know what to pray, or how God may be working anything out, I still love to pray for them.  I am banking on one day seeing how our Amazing Heavenly Father is working out all the details.   I see the struggles in lives and pray that the Lord would use that to draw people to His heart.  To be able to speak His truth into their lives, when I have little to say delights my heart.  And for the amazing things that happen daily in my friend’s lives- My heart rejoices to overflowing!  Good stuff.

 

2.     I realized a little nugget o truth tonight while I was ironing.  It was something that just hit me.  I have always known it but as I was ironing and watching the only show I can get on my tv I thought “I don’t want to be forgotten.”  And I said “Whoa.  What? Where did that come from?” 

 Don’t know if it was a single person moment.  Or a reality check.  As in- in 100 years what will a tombstone with my name on it really mean?  I guess it was really a moment that spoke to my heart- today matters.  People matter.  Invest in them.  Speak truth.  Love without reserve.  Say what you mean.  Be who you are.  Let folks see your Jesus. 

 I think it was brought on by the tv show- it was someone worried about saying the “right” thing, or looking the “right” way.  And while I pretty much am okay with doing my thing (have you SEEN my wardrobe) I guess somewhere in my heart I worry that I should do more to fit in, to be someone that everyone likes, that will make such an “impact” that I won’t be forgotten. 

 And then the Lord told me to shut up.  And be loved.  And let His truth dictate who I am.  And He reminded me that He knows me.  Even if no one else does.  It’s okay.  His.  Out there.  Here. Today.  Tomorrow.  Eternity.

 

And for a random other list to leave you hanging for later:

Return mail stinks…especially when it’s a great fun card with fur on it. 

A house with no curtains….makes for interesting evenings (can you say scare yourself to death for no reason).

I like fall…it means the snakes are beginning their retreat.

I love my bed.  Especially on a cool morning.

I wish I had a bathtub (the one negative to my current living arrangement- I think the only one).

God is good.  Even when I sometimes forget it in the middle of the craziness. He. Is.

God is sufficient.  Even when I sometimes forget it in the middle of the craziness. He. Is.

 

Peace to you, my bloggy peeps. I pray the Lord is showing you something new today. 

Comments

[Amy Fisher]

Hey Andi,
You will never be forgotten! I have been praying for what you all are doing at the workplace and am so excited! Press on!