Going without and other thoughts for the day.

Ever had to go without something? Ever chosen to go without something? 

For the next 21 days, our church is doing a 21 Day Fast. This is such a neat thing to participate in. The entire church from the kids on up have a part in this. 

I love the kids set up. They get a weekly calendar with daily scripture readings and what they are to fast for the day.

The youth and adults have journals. 

Working with the youth, Donny and I decided we would participate in their fasting. Today marks day one and the fast is video games. Now, aside from a few apps on the iPod and Wii fit, I don't do video games. I have given those up though. And since that is all, I have opted to fast Facebook for the day. (I will post a link to this blog but that is through Blogger so I am really not getting on facebook, see?)

The purpose of this fasting and prayer time is to seek out God; to draw ever closer to Him and find His unfolding plan and will for our church. We know that without vision people parish. The goal is to be in a place at the end of 21 days that we can, as a church, see what the vision for First Assembly of God is. It's an exciting time to be a part of what's going on!! Change is not always easy but it is mostly good! 

Other thoughts:

Noah is having trouble with the concept of rhyming. So today while we took a ride in the van, we talked about words that rhyme. Poor thing. He wants to do more of a word association than rhyme. It ended up with him telling us words and we would say the rhyming words. He would say things like road and I would say "toad". To which he would laugh in hysterics.  Or he would say "bed" and I said, "Fred" and he replied, "Mom! There's a Fred on Scooby Doo!" And then came things like alligator, power line, crocodile, McDonald's and such. Oh Lord help me. 

I am so ready for Spring. I love the winter and all the snow but this year I am beyond done with it all! I want the nice, warmer days to come and I am ready to head over to Busch Stadium for a Cardinal's game with a wonderful pretzel and cheese and some peanuts! I can't wait for bike rides and going to the park. 

And lastly, is this simple thought of reassurance tapping at the back of my brain. What a wonderful thought to have. Here it is,

Philippians 4:19 (Amplified Bible)¹⁹And my God will liberally supply (^[a]fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.