janet's journey

I thought it time that I actually wrote down my thoughts, dreams, and hopes. Perhaps share some of what I've learned. Maybe someone will be encouraged, comforted (Life is better in community), or just amused.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Simply Saved

Tonight Benjamin and I went out to Camp Good News to join with some praise worship and fellowship. I truly  believe that it is the happiest place on the planet for Benjamin. It is clear to me that he is truly loved and accepted in that special setting where children, as well as early teens can grow in the love of God. Tonight was so sweet. The music was both fun and uplifting. I know that every kid out there was touched somehow by the hand of God. I was doing well until a bit of personal hypocrisy was exposed and I began to pay more attention to my cell phone. I say that I love God. I say that I live to worship Him. Oh wretched woman that I am. Who can save me from my own deceitful heart? Only the loving God that loved me while I was an unbelieving sinner. He loved me so much that during my moments of distraction, the strains of the single guitar in a simple, large, multipurpose room wooed me back to His feet. This was no fancy or plush setting. It is simply a brick building from several decades ago and some chairs holding a group of kids and a few adults with hearts open to hear and experience God in a sweetly simple way. 
God answered. He spoke through a couple of guitars and a young man sharing his heart from  1st Timothy. God knows how to write a script. 
A blessing well-worth driving to Putnam County for. 

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