GCR Women

By the time you read this, we'll be gone.  We're going on a long-planned trip to new places with new adventures.  I wonder what we'll see, what we'll discover.... You'd think we were moving instead of just travelling.  I tried on almost every article of clothing I own, rejecting most and finally settling on the ones that seemed best suited for what we plan to do where we plan to go.  Three suitcases and two carry-ons later, we're packed. You, know, Abraham set out on a trip.  His Travel Agent told him to pack up his tent, his wife, his family, his belongings and go.  He didn't even know where he was going.  He was told to go and he went.  He listened to God's voice and obeyed God's command and he pulled up stakes and went. His immediate destination was not always clear, but his heart told him "You're not there yet.  Keep moving."  His Travelling Companion stopped by or checked in now and then.  And he collected the most amazi...

I hope you were able to view the lunar eclipse in September - the blood moon.  It was spectacular!  I got to watch it with my husband in the mountains near Ruidoso. When the eclipse was at its peak, the moon was dark reddish orange, the night sky was aglow with more starlight than I had seen in some time.  The Milky Way was visible overhead and I counted four shooting stars. The heavens proclaimed God's glory. Some friends were watching along with me even though they were in West Texas and we'd text back and forth, each exclaiming on the display before us.  We sat in awed amazement at God's majestic creation doing just what it was created to do.  That night, the intricacies of God's plan shouted His praises without saying a word. And I couldn't help but wonder: what have we been created to do?  Are we doing it?  Do our lives proclaim God's glory?  Do our lives witness to His plan?  Do we consider the message we're giving the world? ...