2nd Prayer Walk!

Mom was hyper... and very alert... She was up early and trying to push the chairs out of the way so that she can walk around. Three times, she did this. Each time I tried to set the chairs back in place, and she would be pushing them out of the way to walk around the house! When she talked to Annie, she was very talkative. And at church, she wanted to wonder around and was counting the lights and getting up to look out the windows.

It was our second prayer walk, so it worked out well. Alan pushed her out and that was very interesting for her!

Psalm 22:27 and John 15:16-17 were the verses I shared and the focus was the family unit.

I asked dinner boxes to be ordered, so people took those home.

One bit of bad news was that our sweet tenants had put down a large sum to buy a house, only to find out that the seller and the agent had lied about a few things and would not allow them to break the contract. If they do decide to break the contract, they'd lose 100,000NT$ or more. They are now having to seek the advice of a lawyer. I find that Taiwan is becoming more and more 'sue happy'. People are not so willing to be forgiving... This is very disturbing!

Daily Lovely Insight:
The hymn today was "Take Time to Be Holy". Every line of that hymn was so beautiful. Time time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; Abide in Him always, And feed on His Word.... Take time to be holy, The world rushes on; Much time spend in secret With Jesus alone... Take time to be holy, Let Him be thy guide, And run not before Him,Whatever bedtide;... Take time to be holy, Be calm in thy soul; Each thought and each motive Beneath His control;...

The words just refreshed, restored and helped to ready me for the day. We are fueled to live not by our feelings but by the filling of the Holy Spirit. And when we are hungry, we need to remember to feed on His word, not just on earthly nourishment!

I used to sing this hymn. And it's so sad that most churches don't sing these wonderful hymns anymore... Many churches are doing 'praise songs' that are often shallow and self-focused. Nothing about suffering or persecution... Only about blessings or good feelings... I think we need to return our focus on God and His truth, and not become lukewarm in our relationship with God. It would be wise to start by taking time to be holy... through obedience to the Word of God!

Seek Him First!