While going through a break up this past summer a member of the "member care" team said something to me that has stuck with me. She said, "you need to respond and not react to situations like this."

I have been seeking God on just how to do this in an immediate family situation that I was made aware of this week. I will admit my first response was to cry right here in the internet cafe. After that my reaction was to be in disbelief. Then, finally, my response was to wonder how one should deal with such a thing as this in a way that is glorifying to God.

What has been awesome is that my time in the Word this week has been right on target. (I will admit that I have been struggling with my time in the Word as of late. I have been meeting things here that make me search and evaluate. Things that challenge me to find out what I really believe and what THE truth REALLY is. I will say that before this term that might have freaked me out. Now I see it as an essential part of my journey with the Lord. It is almost vital in order for me to keep walking the path I have been on since I was 19. To change, to grow, to really see.) Anyway, each morning this week, I would read some verses, thinking they were interesting things to ponder. Then each day, for the past three days, the verses have come into use as I was put in situations I would not have imagined only hours before. God is perfect. He knows exactly where He needs to take us to get us where He wants us...

The verses that were right this morning: Col 3:12-14

It is the times of choice that make us into who we are...