a hot mess!

one of my roommates (while Italy) would say "hot mess" all the time.

that's completely how i felt today.

we could really feel the heat. also made quite a bit of progress yesterday. an amazing to see..

however, today, everyone was runnin a bit slower! after giving our 110% yesterday the fuel tanks had little time to recooperate and refuel! in fact my alarm went off at 5:30 and i thought to myself...it can't be, I just barely closed my eyes!

oh but it was 5:30 and i decided to sleep till 6:15. then i laid there before deciding to get up and get dressed. breakfast was at 7am and thank goodness i took a bath last night! planning on doing the same tonight. mostly cause i'm a stinky hot mess for real, for real...

more rooms are enclosed in the building with all our sheet rock progress so the building was way hotter! we were all pouring sweat. though i dont feel that we labored as hard today as yesterday. we did however, make good progress.

i realize i'm rambling but its cause i'm trying not to fall asleep before our devotional tonight and i'm waiting for the shower. did i mention there is one shower for all twenty something of us girls...yeah, dont ask me how that's working cause i've yet to figure it out.

the only rule applicable to this situation is 15 minute showers and as far as i can tell everyone is adhering to that rule. so hence...no purposefully stinky people.

ok, so i should talk about our morning devotionals. every morning at breakfast when you finish going through the line getting what you're going to eat that morning, you get a devitional. its a one-pager and written by our fearless leader, Emmett Corker.

i've known Emmett for a very, very, very long time and he's just a stand up guy who really loves Jesus. he's about my parents age and when i met him was a youth pastor but now is pastoring a church. i love listening to him cause he's very real and down to earth so there's no wonder his devotionals speaking to you in a practical way.

our day one devotional focused on four verses.

Psalm 86:11 ..."give me an undivided heart that I might fear Your name."
Psalm 119:18 ..."open the yes that I may see the wonderful things in Your law."
Psalm 119:36..."Incline my heart towards Your statutes and not toward selfish gain."
Psalm 90:14..."Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we be glad and sing for joy all our days.:

It was aimed at helping us keep focused throughout the day.

Day 2 morning devotion

Emmett shared a story about some birds that built a nest in his house and how the birds had baby birds. His focus here was about how when the mama bird went to get food for her babies, she'd come back to the nest and she didnt have to coax her babies to eat. no, there they were waiting with their mouths wide open waiting for the food their mama had for them.

his connection for us was that God is that we should be the same way with God...waiting eager and with mouths wide open for him to fullfill what we need.

Psalm 81:10 "I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it."

God's reminding us that He is the great Deliverer and that He provides in abundance. The little birds in Emmett's story needed nourishment and it was critical to their lives. The nourishment that was provided eventually led to their first flights! Emmett stated that we need the same nourishment to "fly" into what we were created to be.

The most interesting part for me was the "open wide your mouth." Its that point of eager expectation and anticipation that i'm going to receive exactly what i need and i'm ready to receive everything i'm supposed to receive. i've felt that i've been participating as a spectator recently and that the season of "sit and listen" was coming to a close.

not real sure where that will lead but i can say that i'm ready to be called into the game. i think being here and part of this experience has been about that. i definitely have some different views about alot of things but i think its all with purpose.

i'm so very glad to be here with my dad. he lead our devotional last night, out of John 6 where Jesus fed the multitude. he talked about how it may seem like we have little but how God can multiply our efforts.

i can see what he meant in his words (my dad) as i reflected on everyone's efforts for the day! man...talk about team work and just getting things done. it was powerful.

also quickly a prayer request for my bro-in-law. some of you know he was hospitalized again in the last week or so. he's been in and out of the hospital some 11 times in 2 years. its beginning to take its toll on my sister. his condition is getting worse and worse as his pancreas deteriorates. he has chronic pancreatitis (if i'm not mistaken). well they put in a g-tube and are trying to put off a feeding tube as long as possible. my mom is with my sister now as are my sisters-in-laws. so just pray for that situation.

ok so i'm gonna get out my guitar for a while. i might be leading worship in the next few nights due to our designated worship leader having to leave early. been a while...especially going solo on guitar.