Thursday the day of change

We have been very blessed to have Rance and Ruth in our home and as we traveled out

to the ranch and showed them the plans and vision God has given us, we had a lot of time to

share about our families and the ministries that we have been blessed to be a part of. How great

is our God that we can lean on him and, not on our own understanding. Rance is so full of

wisdom when it comes to just about any part of the Ranch project and we are very blessed to be

able to tap into this resource. Rance spent some time with Kennon a young friend of ours and

they talked about airplanes and we had a chance to pray with him as he is having some struggles

in his life. To be able to be a part of Kennon's life and for him to have a safe place to hang out

and feel at home is what God talks about when he talks about prosperity. A friend once made

a trip to Calgary and when he returned we were talking, he mentioned that he saw a lot of

homeless people and how disgusting it is to see so many people that are not working. He

felt that these people are the most disgusting people. When there is so much work out there

none of these people should be without work. In fact, he said that he believes there are more and

more of these people all the time and he doesn't understand why. Matthew 26:11 says that the

poor will always be with us. I reminded him of Lazarus as he begged for help, and what if

Lazarus had no choice, and what if God's plan was for Lazarus to be just as he was to show the

condition of our hearts and if there is any more compassion left in the world. It does seem

that there is more poverty than ever, but in direct proportion it seems that there is more

greed and selfishness than ever before. God knows our hearts intimately and we can do and

say what we want but the Lord knows our hearts. Not long ago I had an opportunity to have a

conversation with a gentleman who shared about his business success and all they had achieved in

their lives, but as I sat and listened he ended by saying you know though , our prosperity was

our down fall as our children today have little to do with us. And as I sat there I though how

ironic because in our lives it was our lack of excess money that was our gain and what a joy it

is that as we are able to wait on the Lord. Now get a hold of both reins and hold on for the

ride. God is good all the time and all the time God is good.