Faithful!

Recently things have been a bit crazy....been working on our ballet Living Hope for the month of May, had the choreographer come and work on it with us, held 2 different auditions for the trainee program, and also had several performances mixed in there. And of course, work, and I also fit in a weekend in NYC with my family on top of things.

So now the school year is drawing to a close, and one of our end of the year projects was writing this sermon. The topic: Psalm 23. For the record, writing that sermon was ridiculously hard. So much work goes into those things. First the research/observation section; researching when/under what circumstances it was written, the reason (implied or stated), who wrote it, why he wrote it, what time of year was it written, etc. on and on.... And then Interpreting that and then the application. Can you say hours and hours of work? And of course, we are also trying to rehearse, do costumes/props, and also go to my other job. Needless to say, its been a lot.

So, its kind of ironic that our sermon is on the topic of Psalm 23, where the whole idea has to do with the Lord's provision and grace.

Its also been incredibly ironic considering that this sermon had bad timing in some ways....I'm incredibly stressed out while trying to write this sermon thats talking about depending on the Lord.

Anyway, enough about me. The fact is that the Lord is faithful. The other day my roommate and I were getting ridiculously worked up over the fact that there is not enough time and then stopped and prayed. I specifically prayed that we could go home from work early, or have grace if we needed to stay late. So friday night, we both worked later than we thought we would. But there was grace. And now, Saturday night.....we both got out early. Like ridiculously early. When Cayla texted me telling me she was done, I couldn't believe it. It was so out of the blue. And then when I got home slightly after 8:30 (which is a small miracle in my world), it was like wow, only the Lord.

So this is just a testimony to the Lord's faithfulness. i could write a lot about Psalm 23 (just ask me to give that sermon sometime! ok not really, but I'll let you look at the outline!), but the fact of the matter is that the Lord already knows what we need and is FAITHFUL to provide. Again and again....Thank you Lord.....

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness. The LORD is my portion says my soul, therefore i will hope in Him." ~Lamentations 3:22-24

Oh and one more thing! I saw a sunset tonight for the first time in forever. I'm always at work and running around and never get to see the sun go down....and man was it gorgeous. A blaze of peach, pink, and orange. Wow. I kind of can't get over how amazing my Lord is!

What a wonderful maker
what a wonderful savior
how majestic your whispers
how humble Your love
with a strength like no other
and the heart of a Father
how majestic Your whispers,
what a wonderful God....