I have had a lot on my mind.  We are facing a huge decision about our life right now.  I step back and reflect on how different people have impacted me and I them.

Grace is now pastorless. Grant’s last ’sermon’ was yesterday. It was probably one of the best one’s I have heard, ever.  (why did you save the best til last?) ok, don’t take that the wrong way! One thing you have to understand about Grant is that he is REAL. I know that can be a catch word, but it is true. What you see is what you get. I appreciate that in people.  You know when someone is like that, they are not hiding anything.  Thanks, Grant, for the impact you have had on me.

That reminds me….  Every month we send out prayer letters to our, very much appreciated, financial and prayer partners. I have been writing these for 3 years.  The most recent we sent for August has produced the most responses from any of them.  Most of them were encouraging, one was out of concern (and still encouraging) and one was extremely negative ( which in a weird way I still found encouraging).

I went back to re-read the prayer letter.  I can see how some of what I wrote could be misunderstood so I will include a “disclaimer” next month.  I was merely trying to point out that people should not be put on pedestals.  It is easy to do, I have done it myself.  I was trying to point out that we (FamilyLife staff, missionaries, evangelists such as Billy Graham, well know speakers, and ministry leaders such as Bright, Rainey, Dobson etc) should not be elevated. All we do is for God and the abilities that we use are God-given.  The people I quoted have done just that, put FamilyLife on a pedestal.  With that in mind, I was pointing out my and my families own flaws. 

Please be praying for wisdom for us.  Tomorrow is like the “deadline” of the decision we need to make.

I just love Holly. She can crack me up just by speaking.  I mean that in every way possible. She has certain words she uses: chomp…that word is just funny anyway. She will be talking about her dog named Mac and say something like, “he chomped right down on the shoe.” It just cracks me up.