The Down Side of Thanksgiving
Its Wednesday and after 3 days of being back to work and having loads to do after work, I am beginning to think it would have been better if I hadn’t had a Thanksgiving break. Right now I am feeling kinda like I did when I went back to work after maternity leave. Sad and overwhelmed. I miss being with my family during the day and when I get home there is a list of things I need to take care of. You should see the house right now. It looks like our Christmas boxes had a catastrophic fall from the attic and their guts are spilled all over the living room.
I am trying to pray and thank God for all of His blessings. There is so much to be thankful for. Please pray with me because my mentality needs to change alot. Thanks so much and I look forward to Thurs night and seeing some of you!
1 comment November 28, 2007
kristanreeve
Ladies night! (finally)
The new momma has finally gotten her act together somewhat and we are going to have a ladies night at The Mad Platter on Dec. 3rd, 6-8:00. That’s a Monday. In case you don’t know, that’s where you can paint ceramics and they fire them for you. Its a lot of fun. I’ll be inviting the women we know of the neighborhood. Mark your calendars if you are interested!
Add comment November 12, 2007
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My greatest service
I worked in children’s church today. I was so disappointed that I couldn’t be with the adults at the new location. I felt like I was missing all of the excitement. New place, new design, new feel and even new people. Bummer. And teaching the kids is not the easiest thing for me. I have never considered myself a teacher, especially to kids. God tests me to be patient and understanding. And our location for the kids is not ideal right now so that makes it a bit more difficult. But I felt like today was such a sacrifice of myself and my desire for The Patio and our vision. We are called to serve this community and a very major part of that is our children’s ministy. It is vital for our church being that we are a church for families. Serving in this way, as hard and uncomfortable as it can be, is the best way I can serve our church. God has doubled the number of kids in the past 2-3 weeks and that is so exciting! I was blessed today to serve Him and I pray that every time it is time for me to help with the kids, that I will have a servants heart.
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Shoebox Party!
We are planning the Operation Christmas Child packaging party for Sat Nov 17th @ 6. So start buying all of your goodies and spreading the word. Exciting! Also, if anyone will be available in the next few days to help me pass out fliers, let me know. I’m just going to put them in mailboxes, prob. in the afternoon or evening.
1 comment October 31, 2007
kristanreeve
Love and prayer
I haven’t felt like I’ve had much to say lately. But I went to a conference this past weekend and God revealed a few things to me indirectly as a result.
For a while now, actually years, I have been praying for a particular person in my life to be less critical. But God somehow revealed to me that my desire for that characteristic to change was selfish. I wanted that prayer answered because life would be easier for me. I realized that it wasn’t out of love for the person. I wasn’t really wanting them to experience God in an awesome way or to be free of that negativity. It was for my gain.
Prayers for people should be motivated by love for that person and love for God. It should burden me that this person daily lives in this kind of spirit because they are unable to experience God with it. If I loved them, I would want the best for them, not because it is the best for me. So my prayer has changed that God would help me to love this person, as they are, faults and all. That is my first prayer. Once my heart has changed there some, I feel I can pray for them unselfishly to experience God and live freely with Him.
One question that has come as a result of all that is “Am I in love with God?”. If I loved Him, that should drive my life and make me want those around me to experience that love relationship. I feel like most of the time I serve Him but it is for the “mission” and I forget that that mission is a result of how much He loves me and wants a personal relationship with me. It is much easier for me to do things for Him than it is for me to sit down and spend time with Him. In all honesty, I am horrible at that. This weekend has been better for that but I need more of it. I need to pray for myself that I will love Him and love spending time with Him more. Please pray for this if you will.
1 comment October 28, 2007
kristanreeve
Artemis
2 blogs in one day. Pretty good. I just didn’t want to put all my thoughts in the same one.
I was reading Velvet Elvis today and he mentioned how when Paul was talking about women being saved through childbearing in 1 Timothy 2:15, he was relating this to how the pagans believed the goddess Artemis saved women in childbearing (at a time when 1 out of 2 women died in childbirth).
I have never understood this verse. The NIV, which is the one I have been perplexed by, says ”But women will be saved through childbearing – if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety”.
I got excited and read several versions of the passage. The word saved in this passage actually means the “temporary deliverance from danger or suffering”. And the word through is the word in in several versions. So it now makes more sense to me that Paul was saying that women are delivered from their suffering in childbirth by God and not Artemis. And its not that women are saved spiritually through childbirth. That was so confusing.
This kind of revelation never happens to me, probably because I don’t dig deep enough usually. So it feels good to understand God’s word to us a bit more today.
Add comment September 23, 2007
kristanreeve
I love Sundays!
Wow, this was a really tiring week. Nolan is sleeping through the night great and I am getting regular 7 hrs of sleep a night but I have still been exhausted. We’ve been really busy at work. And on top of that I was off Tues. and worked on Sat. so that makes the week longer too. Things I did last weekend seem atleast 2 weeks ago.
But praise God for Sundays. I wish I could sleep a bit later but that just gives an excuse for an afternoon nap, which I have already had today. So nice. I really strive to make my Sundays as relaxing as possible. First, there’s our worship time, which is so great and refreshing. I spend lots of time with Nolan (he’s taken 2 naps in my arms today . . . so cute!) Read some, sleep some, spend time with people some and usually try to exercise in there. I am going running with Sandi this evening. I really need to do some housework but that will have to wait till tomorrow. God reminds me that He designed this day for me. I need it.
Thanks God for resting on the 7th day.
Add comment September 23, 2007
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Sawyer building the Kingdom
I have been wanting to tell you guys this story. I am finally making time.
Sawyer usually is a big nusance when it comes to meeting people while walking/running him. It is almost impossible to hear the person say hello because Sawyer is trying to do the same as loud and as spastically as he knows how. But this past week he showed Mike and I how he can be used for the building relationships in the Fork as well.
Sandi is a girl who runs all the time. I’m sure you have seen her running by at some point. I had been wanting to meet her but she was always running. Well, Sawyer and I were coming up on a bend in the trail when he started pulling. I thought he was after a squirrel but I found out an instant later that Sandi was coming towards us around the bend. Sawyer was barking and trying to get at her. I started running backwards, trying to pull him in at the same time so she wouldn’t trip over him. She almost did before we all got stopped. It was a good thing she knew to go ahead and pet Sawyer so he would be quiet and we could actually talk. All in all, that hilarious scene led Sandi to invite me to run with her. Its been great getting to know her and exercising together.
Praise God for Sawyer and the opportunities he brings!
1 comment September 13, 2007
kristanreeve
Addendum
I was thinking about that blog I just wrote (which is funny because you’ll probably read this one first now). I just started thinking that it might have sounded negative or like I was complaining. I am not. I was just thinking out loud so to speak. I feel very blessed by life in general. Just so you know!
2 comments August 31, 2007
kristanreeve
Reeve update
Mike hasn’t written a blog today because he has been taking care of our son, being a wonderful father and husband. Props to him. I am so thankful for his dedication. I am also so thankful that he does have this time with Nolan, for the two of them. Good stuff.
Work is good. Work is work. After being gone for 10 1/2 weeks, I kinda missed it but it also already seems mundane. Even after just 2 days. I have never really thought of my job as that until now. I don’t even know why that is coming up now. I need to work harder at building relationships with new people there. Maybe that will make it better, more thrilling.
Thanks for your prayers. Mike and I are adjusting. This is where God has us and therefore it is good. Love ya’ll!
Add comment August 31, 2007
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