Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Turn up the volume

Every day around our house can be full of life and surprises. There's never a dull moment, whether you are changing a diaper while holding and consoling a crying toddler, or busy making breakfast for the entire family while trying to negotiate your way into a closed country via phone-call with a visa expediting service. Life can be challenging. Then . . . on top of it all, you begin an international ministry and two days later . . . you lose your job.
But our God is faithful and never, ever has an "uh-oh" moment. Nothing slips by Him and nothing can take Him by surprise.
So many of the day-to-day things that we try to pull off come by the hip. We have learned some great principles in life and do our best to apply them, but most of the time, we find ourselves dealing in a "reactive" mode. It is then, that what has been deposited inside of us by the Holy Spirit, comes out. He keeps us self-controlled and on track and we find our peace and exctasy in Him - thus avoiding perpetual meltdown.
More on these things in our book - Messes, Mayhem, and Miracles due to be published and released soon.

AC and Amy Curtis