Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Summer 2011 Update

Wow what an adventure this summer we have had!  Our family was given the opportunity to rent a home close to Gilchrist county near High Springs, FL in May of this year.  We were so excited because we were hoping to begin our long-awaited desire of becoming more sustainable, gardening, composting, etc...  For two months now we have had what I am going to call a "wilderness experience." Without diving in too deep I'll polietly say that the situation didn't work out, but God is so amazing.  He is MOSTLY concerned about our character...and boy did Patrick and I get a highly concentrated lesson on maturing in Christ!  God also has worked in our marriage, family, and extended family with showing HIS glory through our situation!!!  I have proclaimed Genesis 50:2, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." 

His ways are higher, his thought higher too.  God has also blessed us with this time, and has opened a door for us to purchase a home....back in Gainesville.  Where Patrick can ride his bike to work...and we can garden....and compost....yes!  He has answered our prayers beyond what we could have ever imagined...

Here are a few pics from the last months...May God continue to show you His glory!

http://s1083.photobucket.com/albums/j384/jeannemoran16/


Love,

The Moran's!

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In contemporary Christianity there is an essential difference between belief and faith. Our religious beliefs are the visible expression of our faith, our personal commitment to the person of Jesus. However, if the Christian beliefs inherited from our family and passed on to us by our church tradition are not grounded in a shattering, life-changing experience of Jesus as the Christ, then the chasm between our credal statements and our faith-experience widens and our witness is worthless. The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it - B. Manning

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