We are truly spoiled. Before we left America we heard from our friend, Ron Fedri, that there was a device called the sling box. It could be hooked up to someones cable TV and wireless internet system enabling someone to watch that TV from their computer! So yesterday we watched Oprah as she had on the cast of Sound of Music (we had Mike record it on his DVR). Some days the signal is too slow to even get five minutes of a program but yesterday our internet connection was pretty good.
The Sound of Music is one of those musicals that stirs the soul. As I watched Oprah and heard from the cast (it was the 45th anniversary of the musical). I was once again left inspired. There is something about music combined with a great story of someone who overcomes that brings me inspiration. In some ways we are Julie Roberts character who seemingly comes against a roadblock to her passion (the children). I think about the roadblocks we have been dealing with lately: An orphanage, finances, a country struggling to comeback after a genocide, living in another country trying to get a house livable....the list goes on and on.
I remember hearing an evangelist at North Heights Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN. He said that God took the negative of the cross (he pointed to the cross piece of the cross on the wall) and made it a positive (he showed how the cross is actually a "plus" sign). Lately I have been resting in the promises of God. God will not leave me or forsake me (Joshua 1:5). Jesus loves me and will provide for me. Promise after promise I read in the Bible that God always comes through! Obstacles turn to opportunities, negatives turn to positives if you allow God to bring faith and possibility into the situation.
As my heart was warmed by the Sound of Music I am even more inspired by God's Spirit living inside of me creating dreams, music and hope!
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