Lord, use my earthen vessel

I had the great privelege of attending Mesquite's first Women's Conference this past weekend. Wow, was I blessed. We worshipped God through our songs, music, reading of His Word, fellowship, and prayer. I know the Lord was glorified. I was blessed to meet some new sisters in Christ who also have little children. Now I know people here! Not as many as my husband, but he grew up here, so he knows almost everyone.

The theme was from 2 Corinthians 4:7 in the Bible: "We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, not of us." I learned a myriad of things. One of them is that I am God's precious workmanship, created by Him to know Him, love Him, and glorify Him. He has given me this treasure, the Good News about Jesus, in my earthen vessel (my body) to share with others. And the best part is that even though I am a weak sinner, and I stumble daily, God still chooses to use me in my weakness, so that He might remind me that it's by His strength I serve Him and through His mercy that I am any good at all.

We have been trying to find a place to rent in Mesquite. We had our eyes on a place, but we waited too long to put in our application and it was taken. My first reaction was to be angry that we had waited so long, but then I recognized the Lord's hand. He is in control of every detail in my life, and He would have given me that house if it was His plan for me. So now I wait on Him and continue looking for the place He wants to give us to live in.

And finally, family news. Phoenix is growing lots of teeth, very painfully and crankilly! Good thing I love him so much. :) Isaac left this morning for a work trip to California, and he gets back Sunday. Not bad, only a 6 day trip. I miss him already. Thank goodness the Lord has promised me "Never will I leave you," otherwise I might get too lonely!