to commit

You thought John and Dorothy would be here by now?  Yes.  So did we.  But no.  Story has changed...apparently the story our border friend told us was backwards.  A driver from the Dominican hit and killed a man from our country, and the Haitian crowd surrounded the truck and pulled the man out.  The DR is refusing to reopen their border until their driver is returned, and our country is still refusing to return the man.

SO, border still closed.  Man's life very much so at stake.  Tensions high.  No buying or selling.

No Dodo Bubba.  Continued prayers much appreciated.

Matt and the girls have all been quite sick and I am HANGING in there, downright refusing. I just got BETTER.   So we are wiping noses and trying to get everyone extra rested and vitamined and praying for extra patience!  

Meanwhile, it hasn't slowed the girls down much.  Sniffing and hacking, we still...

...thoroughly enjoyed "baby bug".  Well, Sofie did.  Nobody else would touch him.  

Seriously, she carried this around for hours, called herself it's "mama", and every time I tried to convince her to throw the thing out, she said it would cry and need it's bottle.  Yes, this girl is seriously obsessed with all things baby.  And buggy.

and ALL thoroughly enjoyed fun care package from Aunt Lisa!  

By noon, I am always so ready for my 1:00 hour with Him (especially on days with three sick, running to class just on time, locking my keys in the office, baking and hosting a prayer meeting)...and today was NO exception...   check this out...

Today's "Utmost for His Highest" by O. Chambers...

Martha believed in the power available to Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been there He could have healed her brother; she also believed that Jesus had a special intimacy with God, and that whatever He asked of God, God would do. But— she needed a closer personal intimacy with Jesus. Martha’s theology had its fulfillment in the future. But Jesus continued to attract and draw her in until her belief became an intimate possession. It then slowly emerged into a personal inheritance— “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ . . .” (John 11:27).

Is the Lord dealing with you in the same way? Is Jesus teaching you to have a personal intimacy with Himself? Allow Him to drive His question home to you— “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief? This happens only when a personal problem brings the awareness of our personal need.

To believe is to commit. In the area of intellectual learning I commit myself mentally, and reject anything not related to that belief. In the realm of personal belief I commit myself morally to my convictions and refuse to compromise. But in intimate personal belief I commit myself spiritually to Jesus Christ and make a determination to be dominated by Him alone.

Then, when I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and He says to me, “Do you believe this?” I find that faith is as natural as breathing. And I am staggered when I think how foolish I have been in not trusting Him earlier