Weekend

Today may be one of those days that I post a lot on here. Just bear with me.

As you know I teach Middle School girls at church on Sundays. The last two weeks, we have had good lessons which lead to great discussions. Yesterday, we got totally off track talking about whether animals go to Heaven or not. If you have any ideas on the subject, let me know. But I noticed yesterday the girls are starting to seek me out on Sunday mornings. They will come up to hug me or just to say good morning. When I got home yesterday I was so excited. I am being accepted by the girls, they are really listening to what Robin and I have to say, and I think they are starting to respect us.

Over the weekend I read two really good books. I love to read mysteries, my mom suggested a series of Christian mysteries. Brandilyn Collins is the author and the first book I read was Brink of Death. The basics of the book is a Annie's neighbor is killed and her 12 year old daughter witnesses the entire thing. Annie is dragged into the investigation because she used to be a courtroom artist and she helps the daughter draw a picture of the murderer. Anyway, through the investigation she begins to question her dad's view of Christianity. Toward the end she promises God she will get to know him. The second book in the series, Stain of Guilt, was also good. As I was reading last night one passage in the book jumped out at me and really made me think:

This is Annie's neighbor asking why she hasn't surrendered her life to God. "Okay. Let me ask you a question, but it's not one to answer aloud. When you look at your life, Annie, this life that you are running under your own steam - is it working? See, for my own life, I know I couldn't do half as good a job as God does, because He's the one who created me. He knows my talents and weaknesses better than I do. It's like the Bible says when it talks about the potter knowing better than the clay how to form the jar."

It just really made me think about why I haven't given control of my life to God. It's not an easy thing to do, after I have been driving this life for the last 32 years. How do you break the cycle and give total control to someone else? That is a huge leap of faith. But, I guess that what it is a leap of faith. Any advice on how to do this is greatly appreciated, just post a comment. I have come to realize this life I am running isn't working out all that great, God has so much more planned for me that I can ever imagine. I think that's it for today.