Kitchen Time . . .

I really need to get better at updating this blog - there's so much going on and lots to share, but I never get around to doing it! Ugh.

My mom is here with us this week and WE LOVE IT! "Grandma" as she is affectionately known is getting some great time in with Brice and he is having a ball. Grandma will be exhausted by the time she gets back to SC and will probably need several days to recoup, but for now she is full speed ahead :)

Lots of things have happened in the past few days and lots of new things on the horizon. I am continually amazed at God's timing and how He is working out all things. Our church is in the process of stepping out on faith and I am so excited and challenged by what God has in store for us. We are seeking the heart of God and drawing closer to His heartbeat for our community. Our worship team completed the study "Deeper Level" and it's only the beginning. . .

Going through this study over the past weeks has been a challenge for me to open up some old wounds and lay pride aside to allow the healing process to take place. So, in obedience I have opened doors that have had some cobwebs on them in an effort to restore what was broken and be vulnerable as Christ would have me to be. There are those who will still have bitterness and will shun me. There are those who will not open those cobweb covered doors to me, but with the risk of being vulnerable comes the peace of Christ for doing what He has called me to do and being who He has called me to be.

In the book, Deeper Level, Israel talks about how he would push his piano into the kitchen of his house and have some "kitchen" time with God - just playing and singing to God - and then hearing God sing back. Israel shared how it completely transformed his relationship with God and how worship became REAL once again for him.

What would happen if we all took some "kitchen" time with God every day in the area that He has gifted us? How would our worship be transformed? How would it affect our lives, our families, our church, our community and our world for the Kingdom of God?