By: Jer
It’s been a good couple of days with community, sessions, and just a strong sense of God’s restful presence here. Perhaps that is enough. Yet, I get a sense that there’s something more that God wants to do, even though I don’t know what it is right now.
I believe God wants to work and will do so because of what is happening at home. At the last residential, Caitlin was probably the itchiest she had been in a long time; it turned out she had chicken pox. This time, the day before I left, we started to have an ant problem. On Sunday, Clara wasn’t feeling the greatest. And today, I got a call from school that Cameron was having stomach issues and turned out he had a fever. It sucks. I’m totally helpless to do anything about it. I would love to go home right now and take care of the kids. It’s hard to trust that God is in control, even though I know it will work out. But I’m also encouraged because I know this means God is going to stir something up and work, otherwise this wouldn’t be happening at home. If we were just living safe lives, Satan wouldn’t bother us at all. So, I don’t know how the next few days will turn out or what I will learn, but I’m waiting in anticipation, knowing that God is at work.