The Weaver's Skillful Hand

My life is but a weaving between my Lord and me,

I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily.

Oft times He weaveth sorrow, and I in foolish pride

forget He sees the upper but I the under side.

Not till the loom is silent and the shuttles cease to fly,

shall God unroll the canvas and explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needed in the Weaver's skillful hand,

as threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.

 By: Corrie ten Boom

Often times in our life it may seem like everything is all messed up. Nothing is going according to our plans. Yet God sees the bigger picture. He has a beautiful plan for our lives. Have you ever seen the back of a cross-stitched item? It looks like a mess of tangled threads of all sorts of colors all out of place. Yet, flip the fabric over and you will see some beautiful handiwork. Often times our lives are like that here on earth. Nothing seems to make sense. Everything seems wrong. Yet God is working everything out. He sees the end result. So do be become discouraged when everything seems to be wrong or confused in your life. Rely upon your Savior! Submit to His plan! He has the best for you in store! (in the heavenly sense). This poem has been a great encouragement to me lately. I was reminded of it after someone shared it at church today.

I put this text to music here. I just wanted to share this will all of you!
May the Lord bless you this day!

Jeremiah Study at Church

Recently, at church we have been studying the book of Jeremiah. It is such a blessing to dig deeper into some of the Old Testament books of the Bible. I would like to share with you some of the things the Lord has been teaching me through this study.

Here are the topics we are studying. (today we heard sermon #9)

1. God's plan to choose a people to glorify Himself
2. Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants
3. Israel's demand for a king
4. The break up of the kingdom of Israel
5. The failure of the Northern Kingdom (Israel)
6. The failure of the Southern Kingdom (Judah)
7. Jeremiah as a person
8. God's case against Judah
9. God's sentence and verdict against Judah
10. Misplaced trust
11. Unfaithful shepherds and lying prophets
12. God's promise to restore His people
13. A new Covenant
14. The nation rejects Jeremiah and God rejects the nation
15. Babylon - historical and spiritual
16. A terrible judgment and a ray of hope in Babylon

Some of the main themes spoken about so far are:
faith vs. fear
true worship vs. idolatry
faithfulness vs. rebellion
God's covenants with man (Abramhamic, Mosaic, New Covenant)

I would encourage each of you to read through the book of Jeremiah. There is so much wisdom about following after God's way rather than worshiping what is false out of fear.
I pray each of you are following the Lord and His ways faithfully!

LCBC Christmas program 2012

Last week our Church had it Christmas program. I have enjoyed helping with the Children's choir by playing piano and harp. Here are some photos of the performance.

The musicians and page turners

Various photos of the group singing

I hope you enjoyed these photos!

4th of July Conference

I just got back from an amazing conference with our church, Lake Country Bible Chapel and several of the other chapels in Iowa.   I absolutely loved the speaker, Dr. Steve Price and his messages about the life of David a Man After God's Own Heart.  It was so inspiring to listen to God's Word being expounded in such an interesting way (think about the story of David and Goliath being acted out on stage by one person with a great sense of humor) :)
I was so blessed be be able to play piano and harp at the conference.
One of my absolute favorite parts of the conference was on Saturday night there was a baptism and after each person was baptized the entire group (over a hundred people) started singing a hymn of praise to the Lord.  I loved how the sound echoed off the walls in the swimming pool room.  It was one of the most beautiful baptisms I have ever seen.
I loved getting to spend more time talking to some dear friends from church (April, Annie, Elizabeth, Lily, Rebekah and so many others) and getting into long discussions about God's Word and sharing what the Lord has done in each of our lives and to share Scripture memory with each other.