A Little Rambling

It is another rainy Monday, which means it is a great time for me to do some much needed housekeeping ('much-needed' - that is like the biggest understatement EVER!). We had a great weekend -----Knoxville on Friday (ate here), t-ball and looking at open houses on Saturday (ate here), and Sunday began our Missions Conference at church (after church went here and bought the boys some shorts and sandals and for me ---- these -only mine are brown because you can NEVER have enough brown flip flops and then we came home to eat leftovers from the night before). Have you noticed that I included what I ate every day this weekend? Pray for me, my name is Beth and I am addicted to food (they say admitting it is the first step).

As I mentioned earlier, our church began its annual Missions Conference this weekend. We bring in missionaries from all over the world and give them some really special treatment for a few days. (By special treatment I mean people take them out to dinner - each Sunday School class raises money to buy them something they need - our class bought our missionaries a satellite phone). On Sunday morning, our pastor introduced them and tells where they are serving. They walk down the aisle, some dressed in the native dress of the country they minister to. It always makes me cry to see them walk down that aisle......I suppose because I know that one day I will see them walk down another aisle and hear "Well done good and faithful servant". It always humbles me to see people who have given up their comfortable lives to share the gospel. Makes me think "What am I doing to spread the good news?". The answer is NOTHING! I have said before that my mission field is the school, the park, the ball field, etc. But compared to these people, I do nothing for the cause of Christ.

Well, time for me to go and vacuum the rugs and clean some toilets. This morning I was trying to remember what I titled a post from long ago and after much searching, I found it (I really need to tag these posts). The post is linked below the follwing verses which are my favorites..........


Isaiah 43:1-7
But now, this is what the LORD says—
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the LORD, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I give Egypt for your ransom,
Cush and Seba in your stead.
Since you are precious and honored in my sight,
and because I love you,
I will give men in exchange for you,
and people in exchange for your life.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
I will bring your children from the east
and gather you from the west.
I will say to the north, 'Give them up!'
and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.'
Bring my sons from afar
and my daughters from the ends of the earth-
everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made."


Now you might want/need to read this. Or maybe I am the only one who needs to read it again (and again and again).