Living Faith Blog - May
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Connie Van Berkel
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Child of God, Christian Book Author
This page was last updated: June 24, 2007
Still waiting…the marketing roars on
Our home has still not sold. I’ve decided that a good attitude will better serve the Lord than a constant whining about the issue. Although at prayer group a couple of weeks ago, I let out an “Oh, Lord, please sell my house and those who are in the same need!” The group laughed, but I was sincerely serious.
The Kenya ministry (one of the ministries to whom book profits are going toward) has been in touch by email. We are growing in our friendship and their needs keep me going. So often I think I’m just too tired to do one more thing, but then the Lord reminds me that some women will not eat because they have no way to work and earn money. That, my friends, is a motivating thought.
I am having so much fun marketing my current book, Choose High Road Victories. People are receptive and with the book signing coming up, I’m overjoyed.
My husband and I are joining the organizations and volunteer groups we so enjoy. We decided that if the Lord wants us here, then He’ll manage our resignations when we leave California. The home must still be kept in pristine condition, so that issue is troublesome for enjoying home activities that give me pleasure. Designing clothes, painting and even working on my next book create messy rooms.
Praise God for this day, His mercy is everlasting.
Today is the day after Memorial Day. How quickly a day makes in our lives. I think of those to whom Memorial Day encompasses reminders of loved ones lost and how lives are changed forever.
Old Sacramento holds a Jazz Festival on Memorial Day Weekend. It's a huge event bringing in jazz bands from around the world. To encourage the "jazz celebration" many churches invite a jazz band to participate in their Sunday worship services. This year,however, I know of at least two churches who did not have jazz services. This year that Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, a day of celebrating the birth of the church, a gift from God the Father to his Son, Jesus Christ. I'm not sure how other churches in the area celebrated Sunday, May 27, but as for us we reveled in the birth of the church.
The point of this entry is to draw the event of Pentecost together with Memorial Day. Each are drawn from death to commemorate life. I am thankful for the birth of the church that has become my true family throughout my life. Memorial Day beckons thoughts of those who have gone before me and who are part of who I am today. I am thankful.
I am thankful for the men and women who serve valiantly in the armed forces and to the families who bear the waiting and sometimes bear death and grief; that I could walk a tree-lined street with little fear; that I could have cold water from the tap; that I could choose what I will eat today. I am blessed because of so many. To God be the glory now and forever.
Memorial Day and Pentecost Sunday
