Life seems so fast paced. We had a crazy-busy week leading up to the 'public' launch of Legacy Church. It just seemed like there were 1,000 little details to cross off my list of things to do ... and I seemed to be trying in vain to not let the craziness ruin my joy of this much anticipated event! But by Friday evening, I felt pretty fried. I prayed and asked God to help me make it through to Saturday nite's service, and He definitely did. By the time we kicked off at 6:30, electricity was in the air and I couldn't help but be revived by the expectation of what God was about to do! I was definitely prayed up and knew that God's peace was leading us. The service flew by like a whirlwind ... lots of laughing ... lots of hugs ... lots of Jesus! We slept like rocks that night, and fellowshipped with friends on Sunday. They snapped this picture of us in the front yard ... you can see some fatigue in our eyes!!!We had an awesome time celebrating through praise & worship and the Word Chris brought about 'Dying to Live' was anointed & encouraging. So many friends and family members came out to worship with us and we had a ball seeing so many faces of people we love! We definitely feel very loved, supported and covered! There were also many new faces among those who have been attending Legacy services for the last few months.
One thing we have been asking God for in 2009 is His favor. God's favor opens and closes doors in our lives that we never could. His favor is something we can live in as we walk in obedience to the center of His will. It's a safe & adventurous place to be all at the same time, because I'm still learning just how much higher His thoughts are than mine. And just how different His plans are than mine usually are! All I know is I desire His hand of favor to rest upon my life. On my marriage. I want my children saturated with it. My finances, my home, my everything needs the favor of God on it, or I don't want it. It's just too hard to try and make things happen for myself, especially when God can do it so much bigger and better. Thank the Lord that He knows what we need before we need it, and if we're centered on Him, I believe His favor moves mountains for us.
Well, not much more to blog about at the moment. I'm gathering pictures from our launch service last Saturday nite, and promise to get them on here. In a nutshell: we believe Jesus was lifted up, and God was honored. What more is there than that? His favor was definitely resting on Legacy Saturday, and we are so thankful for it.
