This morning after breakfast Carie Reeb came over and joined me, Josh, and John for a little devo of sorts. None of knew what it was going to look like and no one had anything prepared but it turned out to be so encouraging. It turned out that we were for the most part thinking and praying through the same things. We were able to encourage each other and speak truth into each others lives. We talked through trusting in the Lord, a common theme in my life lately, and we also talked through being content and waiting upon the Lord. Carie used an example of Davids promise of being king of Israel and the time he had to wait on this promise. Along with trust and waiting on the Lord we talked about faith, how the trials we are walking through now are refining us and shaping us into the person the Lord desires us to be. As we walk through uncertainty we can be certain that the Lord has a purpose for it and he is working it out in our life. He has plans for us, plans for good and hope. We also talked about praying, praying for the Lord to change our hearts, that we would be sensitive to his spirit within us. We talked about the only thing that make us presentable to God is his grace through Christ's sacrifice and the Holy Spirit that dwells within us. Grace is a cornerstone of our faith, without grace we would be still stuck in sin. As we go through this week it is important to focus on the Lords promises for our lives, to not stress or worry about the future but to trust in him, as Carie said looking back his track record is flawless who are we to think he is going to stop providing for us in the future. Our best days and our blessed days are in front of us. As you can tell there was a lot said, it was so great to see how the Spirit lead and how our time together was ordained by the Lord, he had us all there for a reason.
Quotes from Scott brought on by John asking Scott for some chocolate silk...
Chocolate Silk, its better than chocolate drink.
Yoohoo why are you trying to gag me?
Why be happy, you're just going to be sad again?
Last night, as the regrets slowly came in, my First Snow Party turned into a Nate and Scott hang out. It was perfect night, the lights down low, Amy Grant Christmas playing in the background, the fire on the big screen crackling, a Better Homes and Garden Apple Cider candle burning on the coffee table, a competitive game of Yatzee, and of course a random person sleeping on our couch.
Yatzee started out not so great as opened the box I saw the scores from the last time I had played, I had been beaten pretty handily by both Kyle and Alison, both beating me by 100 points. I gave Scott my loosing card and took Kyles card, the winning card from my previous loss. It didn't help... after the final tally Scott beat me by one point. Unheard of.
After Yatzee we started watching Home Alone 2 Lost in New York. We watched that for a while, until our friend woke up and left, he didn't say much... We later found out his name is Jordan, he knows Charles and John. We left to drive around where we helped two people get unstuck, the first group of guys all had 40s. They told us if we were going to the bars they would buy us a drink; (a pick up line I thought was used for picking up girls in the club) needless to say, we weren't interested...
All in all it was a great night. Hopefully my next snow party will work out as well as last night did, and maybe more people will get to experience it. I do have 30 packs of hot chocolate mix ready to go.
Hamburger helper tonight if anyone cares to join me!
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