BREAKING THROUGH
So much has happened in the last few months, it makes my head swim. Spiritual battles, spiritual victories, changes in leadership, struggles in the flesh. The last thing I knew, we seemed to be on the verge of something. Now I am hearing that on some level as a church we are breaking through.

What I can say from my own perspective is that I am free of the weight of responsibility, and gaining my equilibrium in life. Tonight I stayed home from an elders' meeting and took care of my family, especially my boys. I am in small ways getting back in tune at home. In the meantime, Tom and Josh are stepping in where myself and Corey had been, and it is good. It is different, but it is right.

Not all is a bed of roses. My van and Daniel's weedeater were both stolen--again. Isaac has been sick for almost two weeks, and does not sleep through the night, so neither Ellen nor I have had more than 4 to 6 hours' of sleep a night. Finding time to keep a blog or time for personal reading has been impossible. Yet, through it all I am sensing a renewed spiritual power that comes from focusing on my calling.

"LORD, You have called me to be here for my family. You have called me to be a neighbor. You have called me to be a worship leader and a trainer of worship leaders. I am listening as You call. Here am I. Use me. Let me break through the fog of overcommitment and do Your will in Your strength, and I will break through. In the name of Jesus, who finished the work You gave to Him. Amen."