November has been a great month. The middle of the month includes what may be one of my favorite weeks of the year. First, most of the juniors & seniors attended a Student Leadership Conference at High Point Camp. I always learn something at the conference, and I have been to 16 of them now. The speakers this year were Trevor Gearhart and Dr. Marty Von. They did a tremendous job of taking Biblical principles of service and ministry and applying them to regular life. Often we are told that leadership is about getting things done, yet Christ, the greatest of all leaders, looked for opportunities to serve others. he is our example of true leadership. The students and I had a wonderful week; now comes the fun part -- applying the principles learned.
When we return from Leadership, many of the HS students leave to participate in the KCEA All-State Choir. (KCEA = Keystone Christian Education Association) The choir is made of 150+ young people who put on a full concert in the capitol rotunda. The acoustics are amazing in that setting.
Then came this week; we resumed casually looking for a house to purchase. We knew where we wanted to locate and how much we wanted to pay. The key was to get the place, the price, and the property to all meet at the right location. We looked at some properties online and then scheduled a visit to a house that we liked. Before we even got to see it, we saw that there was going to be an open house there, so we went to see it and then went again the next day for our scheduled visit. It was priced about where we wanted and we were pleased with the possibilities. Two days later we were on the way to the realtor's to make an offer when he called to say that on offer had already been made. God closed that door. However, two doors down was another (practically identical) house for sale. It needed more preparation work, but the price was a bit lower. We visited, made an offer, and the sellers accepted almost immediately. They did not want to keep an empty house through the winter. So now comes all of the preparation work. We need to paint and carpet, but the price difference allows that. God is so remarkably good.
So, November has been a very busy month, and yet through it all God has continuously been faithful as He provides all of our needs. We see in the scriptures that He is in control and directs in the affairs of man. Now, here we are at the end of the month and I look back and see that through every day God was overseeing and directing to meet our needs and to allow us the privilege of living a life that can be enjoyed as we see Him work.What more can one ask for than to have God Himself as the one who serves as our provider. He meets needs and goes far beyond that to provide the enjoyable blessing of life. Truly, He is a great and wonderful God.
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