Cultural Differences -- Part 1
Now Playing: SORTING OUT OFFENSES
Topic: Communications

Recently, I have been able to spend a lot of time reasoning together with our Lord and Creator. There were some things I did not understand. So, I asked him to help me sort them out.

It seems that lately I've caused quite a few offenses in the area of communication. Often I've burst into tears, wondering, "What? What did I say?"

I considered several possibilities, trying not to merely excuse my behavior. Something had to be wrong because this was not usually the case with me. In fact, I was pleased with the fact that I was aware that good communication was important in relationships and mostly excelled in this area.

So, what then was triggering such offense in the people I was coming into contact with these days? There had to be something different about me because these episodes were occurring quite frequently.

Of course, more than one factor was involved. But a big slice of the pie was served to me on a bus I took one afternoon in town. A conversation between another passenger, the bus driver and myself ensued about the South versus New York City.

The bus driver was from the Bronx in New York. The other passenger and myself, were from the South. We all discussed the benefits and disadvantages of the culture in each area. There were some prejudiced points of view mentioned.

Soon, the other passenger exited the bus and a female passenger, an acquaintance of the driver got on. She too, was from the Bronx. The conversation continued between the bus driver and myself and the new passenger joined in.

As I listened I heard something that jolted me! They were discussing the problems of communication they had in the South. My attention was heightened as I continued to take note of what was being said.

The new passenger commented, "People in the South are ultra-sensitive! Come on. I don't need this pressure!"

Amused, I responded, "I can tell you're from the Bronx!"

The bus driver chimed in about how his wife who is from the South often seems offended by something he said. He went on, "...I was like, What? What did I say?"

By the time I heard the driver declare his frustration, something was being clarified in my own mind.

When I was in New York City I remember wondering the same thing, "...What? What did I say?" I often thought people were angry with me because of something I said. To me, their comments were frequently brash.

Down South we are generally taught to be hospitable and considerate in everything including conversation. To have good manners, so to speak. Respect your elders and that sort of thing. Not that people in the North are not. Some of these things are mere stressed more in the South. Of course, we all have our moments and there are a lot of people here who are not so tactful in the conversations. Truly, not everyone is hospitable either. And on the flip-side, I don't remember a time when my husband and I needed help with our luggage in New York City that someone did not offer to help us. Actually, this happened more often than in the South. Or perhaps I noticed it more??? Yet, the overall cultural patterns of the North and South are quite different. Not that it's a new idea or anything.

Another aspect of my life, which influenced my conversation and general treatment of people was my faith as a believer in Christ Jesus. Also, being in the ministry and often mentoring people, I had learned to be especially sensitive to what I said to people. Sometimes I would listen for hours on the phone to a distraught client.

The abrupt, monologue-type conversation I experienced in New York left me thinking, "These people are angry all the time! What is it with them?" Frustration was frequent during my time there.

But now, considering the conversation between the bus driver and the new passenger I realized something. Somewhere along the way during my five month stay in New York I had adapted my conversational style (to a certain degree) to match theirs. Maybe in an effort to spare my PRIDE!

I guess it was easy to do since we moved to Manhattan shortly after I was born. It was said that we lived there a couple of years. According to research all of our emotional patterns are formed by the time we are two years of age. I guess this explains why I adapted my conversation so quickly and without knowing it.

My Yankee father once told me, "Honey, you can be brash at times...you're just a chip off the old block!" I must have still had a little of New York in me without knowing it, despite my Southern drawl.

Gosh. I went to one place and had to adapt my way of talking. Now that I'm back in the area of the country I grew up in, I'm supposed to be the same. Yet, I have been recently experiencing the same problems as Northerners do in the South. People constantly seem to think I am "jumping on them."

Well, now that I know what's going on, I have to change it with God's help. And I am definitely going to need his aid because I find myself thinking in the same basic frame of mind, trying to be careful what I say. Just the way I used to. But it doesn't come across to others that way.

God help me! What did I say? Help me not to say it that way again!

More later...

Later...

I reflected on what I wrote in the few minutes I had to myself before I came back to complete this segment of this post.

Another confession is needed. I remembered I've on more than a few occasions lately, told people, "I don't take junk no more. (a typical Southern double-negative comment)" But I wasn't angry when I said it. I simply hurled it out there, thinking I was being "direct." I guess that is really a better term for the Northern style of conversation. As Southerners we tend to view it as a harsh and angry way of speaking.

Now that I've experienced it again and found myself with the same type of attitude and manner of speaking, I realize the people in New York were not angry with me. It was just their culture. And please, don't try to say one thing to a New Yorker and mean another. They will pick up on it quickly and blurt out something like, "Umph! Please. Don't play me." like the young lady from the Bronx on the bus.

While traveling to Manhattan from Florida a lady I met told me, "You'll do well in New York. You're honest." Okay. I honestly tried to say what I meant, but in a tactful way. This is one thing most New Yorkers lack. But at least they're "real!"

Being direct can be positive in the right environment. But this all is teaching me how one can adapt to another culture and how that same ability can cause problems when one returns to one's own geographic area. Yet, how does one change back? And suppose one has to again visit the same foreign area? How does one change, and yet remain the same? All I can think of at the moment is that LOTS OF PRAYER IS NEEDED! And maybe a few miracles!

Ah! The answer just came to me from the Holy Spirit, "Make sure everything you think, do, and say, is anointed by Me (God)." I recall Jesus saying that he did not say anything that he did not see his Father say. He commented further that he did not do anything, except what he saw his Father do. Wow! Thanks, Lord!

My old flesh is saying, "Yeah. That's a lot easier said than done." Yet I have something to say to it. Lots of prayer and fasting will take care of you! Hah! Chuckle. :)

You see, the United States is as great a mission field as anywhere in the world. With plans to go overseas (was supposed to go to India this past January), I am glad I have had the opportunity to travel and share the Gospel in my own country first. This way I can learn how one must adapt to the culture where one is going.

Great offenses can occur when dealing with people of other countries, too. My husband and I have experienced this first hand in the U.S. In some of the "missionary host families" and missionary resting places (missions for missionaries) we have met people from foreign lands and had the chance to learn something about their cultures.

While staying with one particular host family from the Philippines we learned this all too well. More about this in another post in Part 2 of this series.

Miracle On 42nd Street
Now Playing: OUT OF NOWHERE
Topic: God Confirms His Word


My luggage was too heavy and I did not know if I was going to make it to the seating area without help. A voice caused me to look up. "May I help you?" He seemed to have come from nowhere.

"Sure, thanks!" I replied gratefully. "I'm going to the seating area," I continued. "I'm Cathy, by the way, and you are?"

"*Marcus."

His smile was pleasant and I was glad to have his help. Once we settled my luggage, I took a seat and Marcus sat beside me. I began to minister to him and soon we were told everone would need to move their luggage out of the seating area and leave their seats, so the area could be cleaned.

Again, Marcus helped me with my luggage. We talked with a young couple we met, *Tim and *Lisa. Then I turned to minister to Marcus again.

He confessed he believed in Jesus Christ, but did not feel God had been there for him. "Why," I asked."

"I don't know. A lot of things in my life have not been going right."

I resumed witnessing to Marcus since he was open to listening. "Well, you were right about one thing. You were supposed to meet me. It's no accident we met because God's got something he wants to say to you!"

From where we were positioned with my bags I could tell the two men were almost finished cleaning. I suggested we get in line so we could try and get seats in a corner since I had so much luggage. I noticed some seats with plenty of space for my things, but there was a bible on the seat. I didn't remember seeing it when we left the area. Immediately, I knew God was up to something and I pretended to be searching for good seats.

I didn't want to proclaim what I thought was happening. I wanted Marcus to do it. With my peripheral vision I could see that Maracus picked up the bible right away. He seemed spellbound and sat down slowly. "Did you see this when we left?"

I turned to face him. "No. I didn't."

"I didn't either." Marcus sat at the edge of his seat in disbelief, staring at the new NLT Bible in his hands. I noticed there was no Gideon stamp on it. So, I didn't believe a Gideon had placed it there.

I remained silent, waiting for Marcus to verbalize what was happening.

"Well...would you...call this a miracle?" Marcus asked slowly, still not taking his eyes off the bible, as if it might disappear as mysteriously as it appeared.

"Well, I didn't see if before we left the area and from where we were I could see over here. And I'm almost certain no one laid anything down. I would have seen them if they did. Yes. I believe it's very possible this is a miracle, Marcus."

"We were close by and I didn't see anyone put anything down either," Marcus agreed.

"Marcus, remember I what I told you just before we were invited back into this area, that God had something he wanted to say to you?"

Marcus nodded. He looked at me and back at the bible. He put it down long enough to help me settle my bags again. We continued talking about the Gospel and Marcus asked if he could get me some coffee and a donught or something. I reluctantly agreed after he insisted.

As Marcus left, Tim and Lisa chatted with me a bit. I kept the conversation going, hoping for the opportunity to minister to them. I was wondering if they overheard Marcus and I discussing the mysterious bible when Tim spoke up.

"He did the same thing for us." Lisa nodded in agreement. "He bought us breakfast and we've seen him doing it for other people, too."

Soon Marcus was back with two cups of steaming java and a bagle, which he split with me. I had the feeling Marcus' financial situation was not good. Yet, here he was sharing what little he had with others. Perhaps it was his way of celebrating the Christmas season. He soon had to leave and I thanked him for his help.

My trip from NYC was delayed and I ended up spending the entire night in the bus station. Later the next day I found out I would be leaving late that evening. Sleepily, I sat across from Lisa and waited for my departure to be called out. Her trip had also been delayed and she lounged under a blanket in her seat.

The next afternoon, Tim returned from running an errand. He told me he had seen Marcus outside carrying the mysterious bible with him. I was pleased to hear God had touched his heart with a miracle and confirmed his Word.

God gave Marcus a reason to believe again. He confirmed his Word with his Word. Marcus had been giving to others even though he himself was obviously in need. And God honored him with a precious gift. A gift containing the story of the true meaning of Christmas.

*** This story to be continued.....

* name changed

Be blessed in Jesus' name!

In Need of Assurance
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: GOD IS FAITHFUL

Lately, I've been feeling quite unsuccessful at more than a few things. It has even seemed as though I went backwards on some things.

I was contemplating these ideas and asking God where I went wrong. I inquired of him why it seemed I went in a backwards direction in some areas.

Then, as I was reading the Word I came across a passage of prophecy concerning Israel. It was about a Leader who would die and it would appear he accomplished nothing.

Well, please don't jump to conclusions there. I don't believe I am going to pass from this life anytime soon, but if I do it will be fine with me! I can't wait to go home to be with my Jesus!

I was comforted though. The words about this leader's life echoed my perceptions of my own life. My comfort came in the fact the scripture denoted that it seemed as though the leader did not accomplish anything. Upon reading this I experienced an immediate peace inside me. I knew it to be from the Holy Spirit.

I knew instantly that everything I have sacrificed and st rived to accomplish with God's help -- in his Kingdom -- and in my life in general had not been in vain. What a relief.

Our Lord, Yahweh, is faithful to give us assurance when we need it. He is faithful in every way. And he is absolutely perfect. There is no flaw in him.

We have assurance also in this, that God said his Word would never return to him void, but that it would accomplish whatever he sends it out to to. According to this, I don't believe we can ever speak God's Word fruitlessly. In fact, I believe it is impossible to speak his Word without results. The Bible says the Word is "alive," and because it is alive it causes things to happen when we speak it.

I hope you will be as comforted as I was when you read this!

Cathy

New Blog Title!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Why The Change?

"Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage." Matt. 22:9

I wanted this blog to reflect the reality of missionary life. The wheels which make this turn are lots of intercessions with our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, his Son. This is also what spins the wheels of my entire life. In this respect, I formerly named the blog, "DEEP CALLING TO DEEP."

Recently as I was reflecting on this title and the actual content of the blog, the above scripture formed in my mind. I thought of the original idea. Together these formed a new title in my mind, "HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS."

However, I do not want to get away from the theme of prayer, which is the secondary emphasis. Considering this, I am reminded of my recent attempts to have solitude for my intercessions with my Lord.

In the ministry I joined, I was initially working seven days a week and about twelve to sixteen hours per day. Can you imagine when I really had time for that one-on-one with God? It's one thing to maintain a constant attitude of prayer with our Lord. This is great! But I crave that intimate face-to-face type of conversation with my God. It's the time when I just sort of chat with him and empty myself of whatever I need to let go of. Then he fills me back up with his wondrous presence and many good things through Jesus Christ, with the power of the Holy Spirit.

My Lord is my Confidante. His Word is my Rock that I stand on. Under his wings do I hide. I am shielded by the Shadow of his power. His Right Arm lifts me up. He truly is my fortress and my shield.

How I missed my private times with him when I was working such a schedule! My health deteriorated very quickly (I used to be disabled). I became sick with Bronchitis and ended up in the emergency room for this three times. Still, I was not able to completely overcome the cough.

During my illnesses when I was in bed trying to recover, I had time to reflect on my Lord and his plan for my life and the lives of others. I knew even though my work was ministry related that working seven days a week was not God's plan according to his Word. I'm not saying no one should ever work a seven day week or work on the Sabbath (especially when one IS in ministry related work, the medical field, etc.).

What I am trying to convey is that God set us an example by "resting" a full day after six days of work. Jesus stated that the Sabbath Day was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

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For me though, I realized I am not going to be able to work but about five days per week. With God's help I have had a considerable amount of divine healing for several different immune system illnesses. We need time to rest. God said we were not to do our own pleasures on the Sabbath Day. But we also need a day for "recreation." This is one of the things one of my doctors asked me many years ago when initially accessing me for illness. He asked what I did for recreation since I was running my business eighty plus hours per week.

All I could do was stutter. I could think of nothing except the special times I spent with my daughter. My business seemed like recreation to me. I loved it. My doctor quickly told me I needed other recreation outside this. And he was right.

So, if you're feeling stressed and things are going too fast for you, STOP! Take a "rest." Take time for "recreation." Think about what is really important.

After all, it is arrogant to think we can accomplish much for God without prayer. At that point we are doing our works "in the flesh," instead of in the Spirit. When we are walking in the Spirit, we don't get as stressed. It is possible to get to a "place of rest" in God, where negative circumstances don't phase us. They may swirl around us, but they seem way down beneath our feet someplace. Because they are. That's where they should be. Then the enemy is literally under our feet.

It takes intimacy with God, however to come to and maintain that place of rest.

For me, I have had to take a leave of absence from the ministry I was helping. Currently I am resting and taking care of family business. This brings me to another point.

Sometimes we have some torn edges in our lives which need sewing up. According to God's Word and common sense, if we don't mend a tear it will get worse.

So. Rest. Chat with God. Do something "fun." Mend relationships. And move ever forward in our Lord and his work.

Sometimes we have to step backward a few paces before we can go forward again. My cough is mostly gone. Now for a little sewing...

Be blessed!

From Cold To Hot
Now Playing: THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
Topic: New Challenges


After making a call to a ministry I am acquainted with, I left New York City.

"You won't believe the timing of this call," the pastor told me on the phone, "My person in charge of street ministry just left...Come on down."

Upon hearing the pastor's words I knew why God allowed me to go through my recent trials in the Big Apple. I was certain that my five months of ministering to the homeless were training for the position I would now be taking. "Well, I've been in street ministry boot camp here in New York City for the past few months," I told him.

Sure it was the Christmas season, but it was also the end of a long season of hardship and the beginning of a new challenge.

Almost a week ago I arrived at my destination where I will be on staff in a Christian-based homeless mission. "We wanted to give you a little vacation before we put you in the 'hell hole," the pastor told me in a church meeting yesterday. That sounds a lot different than the freezing temperatures I left behind in New York with the wind slicing at my face. Sounds mighty, mighty hot! And I thought the trials in the city were fiery.

Well, on to new challenges. My weekend rest is over and the work is just starting.

By God's grace I left Manhattan and the things I endured there -- not as a victim -- but victorious, in Jesus' mighty name! And with his help I will conquer the things ahead. Amen!

The Plight of the Homeless
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: IT COULD BE YOU!

There's really nothing coming on my mind's screen at the moment for this blog. I haven't had the opportunity to slow down the old thought machine. I've barely had time to pray, much less think of what to write.

This week has been a time of new beginnings for me with some enjoyable classes. Hopefully this project will propel me toward independence in a city where the cost of housing is absurdly high and homelessness is so prevalent.

I have had the opportunity once again, as last summer to minister to the poverty stricken from the inside. There are so many who lost their homes to situations beyond their control, although there are a great number of others who are simply mentally ill. A variety of different types of people dominate street and shelter life -- among those who can not help their situation -- to those who can.

For a certainty, though, many across our country and the world are losing their homes because of natural disasters and the poor state of economies across the globe. Of course, some countries oppress the people and horde wealth for themselves. The list of reasons of poverty and homelessness seems as varied as the types of people who have found themselves in this situation.

In reality, it could happen to anyone before I finish my writing on this blog, tomorrow, or in later years. It is a problem that is mushrooming.

The dreadful circumstances which befall one losing a home are in the realm of experiencing violence and other types of abuse, humiliation, sleep deprivation, and hopelessness, to name a few.

If you happen to see someone who is homeless on the street, please don't judge too quickly. It could be you tomorrow. So please, pray. Don't judge. And "extend your hand to help the needy and homeless."

Free Indeed!
Now Playing: NEW WEB SITE!
Topic: Writing Project


Lately, I have been busy with a new writing project. It is a new web site entitled, "FREE INDEED!"

On this site, there is teaching for both believers in Christ Jesus and unbelievers who are merely curious or ever skeptical about God's Word. There is information for those who have questions about their own doctrine in regard to how much of it is man's doctrine and how much is God's. Therefore, controversial issues of doctrine are discussed.

To accomplish this, one has to consider the liberal and legalistic interpretations.

Also contained within this web site is a page entitled, "How To Study The Bible." I want as many as possible to be able to learn study God's Word for themselves. I want people to challenge my teachings and the teachings of their pastors, teachers, and others by doing this. No one should take anyone's word to be the truth of the gospel without investigating it for themselves. This is because when we stand before Christ in judgment he is not going to ask us what someone else taught us. He is going to judge us based on how closely we lived according his word based on what we studied ourselves.

The emphasis of this site is to help people learn how to live as close to God's plan as possible without living under the bondage of legalism.

The views expressed come from in depth studies of God's Word by the publisher with over forty years of learning the scriptures.

We should be discriminating concerning the Word of God but without keeping our minds so closed that we can not discern between God's doctrine and man's. Also, we want to continue learning and to be able to admit when we have believed something in error.

After all, we could study God's Word for all eternity with our puny human minds and only begin to tap into its life-changing truths.

I hope you have been challenged to learn more about God's wonderful "guidebook" for our lives, "The Holy Bible." It contains information about every subject known to man -- to every problem facing the world today -- and for each individual person.

Check it out for yourself at:

usingthesword.tripod.com (don't forget to type "http://" in front of the web address!)

So, You Want To Be A Missionary?
Now Playing: MISSIONARY READINESS TEST
Topic: Missionary Challenges


So, you have a mountain of faith -- little available cash -- and maybe a car. And you're asking God to help you to become a missionary or a street minister. Perhaps you even have a great desire to go to some place like New York City or one of the poorest foreign countries on this earth.

Then again, maybe you have a desire to do one or both of these types of ministry and are not certain whether or not you are ready for the challenges you will face.

"How can I be sure if I am ready?" you may ask yourself.

Well, we must make certain we are allowing our minds to continually be transformed according to the Word of God by the renewing of our minds. This is one of the ways we can prove what is the acceptable will of God.

Secondly, praying in the Spirit (the prayer language given to believers who are baptized in the Holy Ghost) is essential because God's Words states that we don't know how to pray as we ought to. We are "commanded" to pray much with the Spirit. According to Paul's writings, when we do this we are praying for the perfect will of God to come to pass in our lives.

Maintaining daily contact with God through praying with understanding (in one's own language) and with the Spirit, and through reading his Word are of the utmost importance. However, along with this we should take time to meditate in silence before the Lord every day (at least 15 to 30 minutes)and wait for him to speak to us. Remember: "God wants dialogue, not monologue.

Establishing intimacy with our Lord through praise, worship, and thanksgiving on a daily basis will foster the closeness we need to receive revelation from God on an ongoing basis. The first and most important way we worship God though, is through obedience. We must make sure we are "striving for perfection." Our lives need to in line with God's Word as much as possible to make sure we hear our Master's voice and not the voice of the enemy.

In concluding, there are some questions, we can ask ourselves before we start out in one of these fields of ministry. I have prepared a little "test" you can give yourself. This test is based on Paul's ideas. He stated he was willing to become all things to all men that he might be able to save some. This is the key to being effective in any kind of ministry.

MISSIONARY READINESS TEST:

1 - Are you ready to become all things to all men
so that you might be able to save some?

2 - Would you be willing to face the possibility that
you could be at risk of falling into some of the
same predicaments that some of the people you
will be ministering to are in?

3 - Would you be able to sit in the same urine
soaked seats that some of the homeless sit in?

4 - Are you prepared to sleep on a rock in a park
like those who have no home?

5 - Are you ready to enter a "homeless shelter from
hell," so to speak and live the same way as
others who live there?

6 - Would you be willing to be treated like a
prisoner?

7 - Are you ready to risk being abused by the
mentally ill, or others who have been abused
and who behave like wounded wild animals?

8 - Would you be prepared to be stripped of all
your earthly possessions and every thread of
dignity?

9 - Are you ready to walk on someone else's filthy
cement bed littered with trash -- human saliva,
and dog waste everyday -- the sidewalks of such
such cities as Manhattan, New York, through all
the foul odors mixed with the pleasant ones
throughout the urban area?


These are but a few of the questions to consider in preparation for the mission field, whether you plan to minister in the U.S. or in some foreign country.

Street ministers may or may come to experience the same lifestyle as those they minister to. However, in the bible, when Jesus sent the disciples forth as missionaries, they were instructed "not" to take anything with them to sustain themselves except one set of clothing. They were to be sustained by people who accepted them wherever they went. And they were to stay in "one" home in each city and not move around from house to house.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS For MINISTRY READINESS:

The basic rule though, is that we must take care of our other responsibilities before going out into the mission field. We are to pay our taxes, our other bills, and if child support or other money is owed it should be paid regularly. If enough money is not coming in to take care of these things, then a job or other outside income is needed. The bible states we are to owe no man anything, and to pay Caesar what belongs to him. This means paying what we are ordered to pay by our Federal, State, and Local governments. And this means not only taxes, but also child support.

I do not recommend that the head of the house quit his job and go into "living by faith" to do street ministry, be a missionary, or any other type of ministry, unless there has been sustainable income coming into the ministry for some time (a year or so). Any man who has quit his job or business to do ministry and does not have enough money coming in to support his family should consider what is causing this lack of finances. The root cause of a financial problem will probably lie in the area of financial practices. If the cause can not be found, one a man must remember he is responsible for the well-being of his family and should resume brining in outside income to sustain them until he can sustain them with ministry income. A man must take care of his family. God's Word states that a man who does not support his family is "worse than an infidel." If enough money is not coming into the ministry for him to support his family, he will need to bring in outside income, whether from a job or business or some other source.

This is not to say that some men are not called, like Abraham, to take their families and go wherever God calls them to do his work. However, one thing should be considered. If a man does this and his he is not able to sustain his family through ministry income -- either God did not call him to do it -- or there is some other area of disobedience in his life. This could be as simple as "lack of faith." Here again, if no solution is found, he can not abandon the responsibility of his families needs and needs to begin bringing in outside income once again.

Any person who is not paying debts owed, whether to the government or to someone else is not operating according to God's Word and our Lord can not bless their finances, ministry, or other areas of their life.

Also, please don't forget to give your tithes so that God can rebuke the devourer for your sake (Malachi 3). However, the tithe is only what we owe God. Offerings are given outside of the tithe.

These are some of the things that will help any minister or missionary. Go with God. Obey his Word. Stay in communications with him, and be blessed in Jesus' name!

QUEST FOR SPECIAL PLACES
Now Playing: FEELING PRAYERFUL
Topic: Finding a Place to Pray


Of course one can pray anywhere. But I like to find special places to converse with my Lord.

Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray at least once. I have not done any research about the appearance of the garden -- but surely it was a special and beautiful place -- a place of solitude.

So, in my quest to search for other places to have daily talks with my Lord, I found myself in one of the most splendid sanctuaries I have ever seen. And I have visited some of the grandest here in this large city. The mosaics, the pillars, the overall design of this one are a mix of modern and classical design. The effect is serenely divine.

Also, I was told of a place where I can join corporate prayer from 12:00 noon until 2:00.

Finding these are a great consolation to me, because it has been too cold lately to go down to my favorite place by the waterfront.

Now, I think I might go and join the corporate prayer group already in session.

Taking Care of Family Matters
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: BUSY DAY

This day has been a fruitful one in some ways, although I did not get to have my time alone with my Lord today. I barely had time to talk to him at all the way I wanted to. Usually, I like to have my converstation with Abba as soon as possible after waking up.

Nevertheless, times is running out again for writing in this blog because I have been busy taking care of family matters, appointments, and other things today.

Gotta run!