I know I need to post but I don't really know what to write. Church choir has started back up again and I am teaching bell choir this year too. Bell choir's first week was last week and I had only 4 students. Originally I wasn't going to teach unless I had 8 student for there are 8 note but as three of the kids are from last year and my newbie picked up all that we went over so quickly that I figured I would go for it. Hannah N has graciously agreed to help me teach. Thanks Hannah! You think of things that I don't see.
We have a new music minister now. I am still figuring out what exactly I think of him. He is still new and I am not one for change.
Change -that is my theme for this year. There have been numerous changes in things this year. The Andrews leaving and my house for starters. The summer didn't bring calm but more and more keeps happening. I am learning how to deal with change. All of it so far hasn't' been fun. But that is ok. God has been teaching me so graciously. I am learning that " all things" really do "work for good". Even things that we bring on ourselves. I went to a "Walk thru the Bible" conference last weekend and a man there said something that very much encouraged me. He said that God is in the business of refining us just as one who purifies gold. And the things that happen to us have to first go through Him. God is sovereign and everything that happens He first must allow. (I dearly hope my theology is right in this translation) Whether those things are just regular old trials, the things you have no control over, or the consequences of sin, God uses them to glorify Himself and conform us to His image. "Don't waist your life" by Piper also states this. (I am reading that right now btw)
How great is that? That no matter whether we bring it on ourselves or not God will use it for His glory. How sweet the words of Ps. 103! I am so thankful that no matter what I do, if I repent, He will forgive and have compassion as a father on his children.
I am looking back over some of the events of this year so far and am able to see how God has kept His promises. Ya know what? I can even see the negative promises from the warnings in Proverbs come to. Ya that one about pride and falling. It is such a comfort to know that He IS there. And I can see it even in the chastisement I get from His word.
"O Lord my God, Oh Jesus, thank you for fulfilling your word. Even if it is simply a Proverb coming to life."
There is a post for now. Rather a-typical but really when is a blog post of mine typical?
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