Entry #8

Disclaimor: this outta be a dangerous post.....I usually wait at least 24 hours for the fog to clear b4 writing about our adventures together!  

Tonight was amazing with the kids.

Gonna let u in on a little secret we aren't telling them...

We are preparing to build a little God house in our backyard.  Big vision....it will be mightily used in the 24/7 prayer movement that is spreading like wildfire and bringing communities together all over the world.

So for the past couple weeks, my husband and I have been patiently waiting on God to give us some vision for this project.  (I'm famous for full-steam ahead...blowout....hence the reason God matched me with a detail guy, ugh! ;)  We've had lots of late night talks, time praying together, etc and just kinda sitting on it till we felt it was time to begin.

Last night, as we were praying about what step #1 would look like and what to tell the kids, it was pretty darn cool to see how God unfolded some understanding for us.  

See if u can relate...

I'm a total visionary at heart.  Guess I get that from my dreamer dad.  That can be an enormous gift when u surround yourself with detail/management people, but more often than not I just see a vision and get so stirred up about getting started that I suddenly have 20 people standing around me going, "Dang, Julz, it's gotta be good if you're this excited about it!  Start sharing and we're here to help, point us in the right direction!"

"YIKES!  Didn't really plan this one out guys, don't u just see the big picture?!"  

Yeah, not so good.

So, as Chris and I were praying last night, (Don't get any lofty visions of that in your head....we were practically passed out across the playroom floor after the kids crashed and turned our lethargy into a great opportunity to pray....funny how God honors that! ;)  well, God did!  

He started showing Chris, much to my immediate frustration, 

"One STEP at a time.  Don't get ahead of me."

Tonight's agenda....

Make stepping stones that will lead up to the prayer/God house.  Don't even go into the whole house part, just dialogue about times God has asked u to do something.  Ouch.  That doesn't include my typical RUNNING down a trail full speed does it?  

We had the kids come and cook for each other...which went amazingly well and then made some rockin' stepping stones while listening to some rap music.  Pretty fine time indeed.

So the question I pose to you is the same stinkin' (I mean beautiful!) question He's asking me...  

What did I ask you to do last?  

Doing it?

Thinking about it?

Procrastinating it?

Intimidated by it?

Need more info before you take it?

Yeah, lately I'm doing a lot of sorting out His voice from the enemie's taunts and I'm thinking there are some steps He's waiting on me to take.  

I'm sure I'll let u know how it goes! :)

Love ya!