Have you something in your life which God’s used from when you were weeeeee little to ignite His passion with your unique make up?  From when I was such a tiny girl, the special visits to Grandma and Aunt’s house in Ohio meant a lot to me because they had a cooool, upright piano in their living room!  I remember being so delighted to run my fingers along the ivories and make up any song I could imagine at the time.  Then, when I was a pre-teen, a dear friend from church gave me his upright piano so that I could continue to grow in what God placed in my young heart to do.  Those two pianos are waaaaaaay beyond repair; distant memories, you could say.  But God really blessed me this last weekend with this (pictured) piano, a gift from a fellow pastor’s wife!  Thanks to my sweet friend Molly,  (and to my awesome hubby who made arrangements with the movers!), this ‘new’ addition now resides in our living room, and not only something I will most certainly enjoy and use with my heart, but my sweet daughter can now grow up with perhaps the same fascination with this big thing as her momma many years ago.  We’ll see how God’s uniquely wired her little being …I’m hoping it’s indeed a great delight to her too! =)

Even with the excitement of Hurricane Earl this past week, my travels to Liberty proved to be, once again, super sweet! This family of believers I affectionately call my ‘church home away from home’, are so real and honest before the Lord, and open to hear Him speak what it is He wants them to hear. Pastor John spoke such truth during the message, awaking the importance of how we are all part of one body …and OUR PART MATTERS!  I was honored to share more about this ministry to the brokenhearted; and tickled to share some music, especially a new ‘responsive’ song I’ve got in the works entitled ‘Heal Me’. God really showed up, and my heart’s been extremely blessed to hear story after story of how He is touching lives by my little part in the body of Christ. Don’t get me wrong …I’m not bragging here, but it IS such a privilege to function in the uniqueness that God has created each one of us to, being stretched along the way and growing more and more into Christ’s likeness. I challenge YOU to dig in to the Scriptures and read about the body of Christ yourself. And if you’d like to check out the message from this past Sunday, click here to do so!  God’ll speak to you too, make your life truly matter, and in the meantime, bless your socks off when you become who you’re meant to be in your local church!

We’ve braved Hurricane Earl! Now let’s worship together THIS Sunday!