The Rhythms of His Heart

Father you’re all I need  my soul's sufficiency  my strength when I am weak  the love that carries me  Your arms enfold me  'til I am only  a child of God I am more than just a YFC Youth Worker, a sister, friend...I AM A CHILD OF GOD!  Need this reminder! I need to live everyday out of this identity!  Out of all the titles you could give me I want to be known as nothing less than a daughter of my Heavenly Daddy!!  Phew...in His Presence I can just be me. Nothing more, nothing less!

This weekend I had the privilege and exciting honor to go as a Youth Leader to  Impact (Youth Retreat at Steinbach Bible College).  There were 11 of us from my church here in Portage. Three leaders and 8 female students. Phew!  I am tired, but also encouraged and reminded of the honor of leading these Youth in my city.  Late nights, early mornings, raw worship, concert of prayer, games, small groups, service projects even a dance party complete with a DJ and light show filled my weekend.  Also, I was encouraged by our speaker and reminded to dream big, and hold on with hope to Jesus who is our Anchor.   Check out this link to a  highlight Video of all that I experienced:  http://youtu.be/zpNYROK5VY4 . I felt a little nostalgic being on a Bible College Campus again.  All the memories of Teen Retreats at New Brunswick Bible Institute came flooding back and as I sat and watched my girls worship, be excited and have the fire of their heart...

  Ok!  Can I just take off my Superhero cape for a minute and be real?  No shame, just giving you a glimpse into my heart.  *BREATHE* and here it goes... Ex: of "Sun Dog" I saw today IM POSSIBLITY! DIS ABLED!  You look at these words and see a negative, but look closer!  Look real close!  I see Possibility, and ABLE!  I have had a morning where being in this "visible minority group" just really stinks!  My body yawns from exhaustion as I use every last inch of muscle just to move my body out of bed, I jump on my scooter in this crazy Manitoba winter,  and push through the soft, deep snow and get stuck!!!  GRR...I just want to be free....to go without having to stress about clear sidewalks, skinny doorways, whether or not I  can get into a building, how close I am to everything (bathrooms esp.) whether or not there are stairs and if maybe I can be out in public without a stare or a glance of pity.  I have learned most...

Read this story recently and made me think...am I stopping to listen? Enjoy! The BRICK (author unknown)  A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick be...