Month: October 2018

What Happens when the bus blows UP ???

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Psalm 32:9 (NKJV)

 

     Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

      In other words, God is sovereign, He is in control of everything.  I had learned a long time ago that when the bus blows up, God is trying to get my attention.  He whispers in our ears, and desires that we are listening, and hear His voice amidst all the turmoil of things going on in our lives.  He doesn’t want to have to yank violently on the reigns, He desires that we listen to that still and quiet voice in the back of our mind.  You see 20 years ago the LORD taught me that.   Seems I have forgotten.  God blew up the bus as we were climbing to Klamath Falls Oregon on our first day of travel because He was trying to get my attention, to tell us where to stop and fellowship. We of course were praying for that very thing.

     We limped into Klamath Falls that evening, and stayed in a hotel where Deborah and I could take a breather. We stayed 2 nights so I could work on the bus, and we could attend the fellowship that The LORD was leading us to. We ended up going to the Vine Christian Fellowship. Deborah and I both felt that the LORD was speaking to us individually. Isn’t it amazing how the LORD leads?   Well I hope that it doesn’t take me as long to get in the “listening” mode as it did 20 years ago.

Blessings from Craig and Deborah <><

 

Solid Rock Instructions

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The Rock …

It’s really amazing when God leaves instructions on your doorstep.  We know that we are setting out on a new adventure, we have known for the last year or so.  I have been the executive director of the Outreach Gospel Mission for the last 4 years, and we have had our ups and downs there, but particularly in the last year we could sense God moving us away from organized rescue ministry, and out into the field for ministry.  I don’t believe missionaries ever retire, especially in these last days. We always will have an opportunity to point to Jesus Christ as our Savior, Lord, and King.   Christians are missionaries by nature, or should be.  One night last week as we returned late from Deborah’s Bible study, it was about 11:00 PM. We were both tired, and had come in and out of the house from the car, unloading things as we went. I went out for one more trip, and to my astonishment, there was something on our doorstep.  It was a painted rock!  We don’t have neighbors that would do this, our pastor lives in a different town. In fact we could think of no one who would this on our doorstep?  In a time where Deborah and I are waiting on the Lord for direction / instructions, we get it, from the Lord Himself.  On the back of the rock is a verse taped to the rock, it is Ephesians 1:17;

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

However the rock ended up on our doorstep, we take it literally, “A Lost World, Needs to know Our God!” As Deborah and I start out on the road, piled in the Bus, we will keep this rock in front of us in the bus remembering that God can and will use us to point to Him wherever we are …  

Craig and Deborah, Blessings <><