Thinkerly

It has been a stimulus filled week. God has been communicating to me in so many different ways and the truth is that I need some time to decompress. I feel the stirrings in my heart of the things that He is telling me through His Holy Spirit and I am excited (and a little anxious) about what they mean. I am still actively listening to Him and know that He will let me know when it is time to take action. For now, I simply list the blessings of this week:

• Good friends who blessed my wife and I with tickets to the Hillsong United worship event
• Good friends who watched our girls overnight so that we could go
• The power of worshiping with thousands of people and hearing voices throughout the arena
• How God spoke to my soul in the middle of that arena as if it were just the two of us there
• Lyrics from the Aftermath album that are more powerful every time I listen to them
• The enrichment from reading His Word and the way it ministers to me
• Lists of thoughts from books, blogs, worship and prayer that I am still working through
• Financial blessings from God due to our trust in Him
• Another adopted child from Compassion-a sweet girl from Kenya named Fiona
• A packed house on Wednesday night for The Next Level-God is using that to grow us all
• Being challenged in worship & teaching at Newspring Church and the Unleash conference
• Unexpectedly seeing old friends from Florida at Unleash
• The camaraderie of staff traveling to and from the conference
• A lead pastor that I am proud to follow and serve alongside
• Springtime weather that has enabled our family to spend time outside together
• Family meals and hugs and love from my girls
• A wife that is more beautiful and loving than I deserve
• Holy Spirit filled worship this morning that is stretching and growing us all
• A Savior that loves me in spite of my many failings and still allows me to serve Him as a pastor.