Babies Galore!

I knew there would be a time in my life when babies were the thing!  Welcome to that time.  Two of the most wonderful women here in Cary as well as my sister-in-law are pregnant.  Although all of them have not had easy pregnancies (Ladies, I love how real you are about the swelling, nausea and people’s comments), but each of them are teaching me.  When I look at their lives I see hope and expectation.  I see room being made in their hearts and lives, even as they are making space in their bodies.  So for Laura, Erin and Jen, you are wonderful!  You are always in my prayers and I can’t wait to meet your little bundles of joy. 

"Loving God, thank you for the gift of life and for the hope of bringing all these new babies safely into this world. May You bless them and keep them, helping them to grow loving, strong, and healthy in Your love, now and always. Amen."

Sermon Writing

I am coming to the end of my longest run of sermon writing.  I have preached every week since mid-May and feared the amount of energy it would take to write something each week.  I was talking with a pastor who knows the demand of preaching every week.  I mentioned that I was worried and afraid I wouldn’t have anything original to say.  His response was compassionate and challenging, “You may not, but the Holy Spirit does.”  We talked about how with each sermon we have the opportunity to speak our words or God’s.  We can get on our soapbox or allow the scriptures to come alive.  I have not only learned the lessons of each sermon over the last two months, but the lesson of letting God speak and trusting that God still have things to say to God’s people—even through a vessel like me!

So join me for one of my two sermons this month.  Let us explore what Jesus means when he says, “Come to me all who are weary” in a sermon entitled “The Blessing of Being a Burden.”  God is speaking.