Heart Hope by Olga

The smiles on the faces tell all. The kids were ecstatic to see their dad. It had only been a week since they had been with him, but they were clearly excited to be home and to hug his neck. I'm certain the feeling was mutual with Billy’s great expectation waiting to have his children home. The Bible tells us often that we are to wait on God: Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. Psalm 130:5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope. These are just a few of the verses that tell us to wait on God, but I couldn’t find a single one that tells us that God waits on us. After all He is self-sufficient; He doesn’t need us at all. However scripture does point to the fact that He desires to spend time with us. From the beginning He walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day, because He wanted to spend time with them.

The three week visit had included almost everything offered in our resort town: Biking Hiking Rafting Rodeos Parades Fireworks Day camp Horseback riding Rock climbing walls Trips to Breckenridge Golf-regular and Putt Putt Swimming in three different pools Paddle boats and paddle boarding Adventure Ridge with zip lining, alpine coasters, ropes courses, tubing, bungee jumping I sure I left something out, but it gives you an idea of the action packed time that the kids had while visiting earlier this summer.   The night before they departed, I asked Molly what she enjoyed the most, anxious to see where her passions lay. Her response surprised me when she said that the thing she liked the most was spending time with me.   Now she may have just been saying it to make me feel good and if so she would have been right. But I do think there might have been a bit of truth to it, since we did have some quality time during her trip.   Joy welled up in my h

I’ve always said, “Everybody has a story.” Some are known and very visible while others are silent and unknown. First timers at church can often be spotted by the questioning look on their faces, but this couple was different. They had been in the Valley for only about a week, and were not the usual summertime vacationers in for a respite from the heat or retired second home owners. They were looking for answers to the question, Is this where God really wants us? The wife was a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient and they had discovered the cancer center in our community. The questions swirling about them stemmed from whether or not they had jumped too quickly to the conclusion to move or was it truly from God. If we are honest, this is something most of us do when we are trying to figure out if we are following the path that God has for us. After my conversation with the couple who had been prayed over by a fellow parishioner, talked with the pastor and visited wit