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I’m not 100% on my memory there), and Pastor wrapped up a sermon on having faith with a piece of the story of Elijah sending his servant to look for rain seven times. It’s been worth the time and the listen to see what God’s got in this. This time, instead of simply talking about sending the servant seven times to check for rain, Pastor was more focused on what Elijah was doing in this time. When I was flipping through my notes from church after we got home, I also flipped to 1 Kings 17 and started from when Elijah announced the drought.
Every year around Christmas, I realize I don’t know my child’s teachers as well as I would like and that makes gift-giving a little harder than it should be. I’m a big fan of giving good gifts (and the boy is quickly following suit– Last year, about the time Teacher Appreciation Week rolled around, I realized I needed a questionnaire of some sort to give to each of his teachers (you can see some of what we went with for this year here). I’ll probably let the new-ness of the year settle down, with all the filing and paperwork that comes with it.
As much as I love lazy summer days and the spontaneity of it all, I also crave a little structure. I can set out all these ideas for the boy, but ultimately, if I don’t follow through and check on his progress, it’s a wasted effort. (Our current system requires him to complete the task while I just ask if it was completed; I don’t check that it is completed how I intended or model what I’m asking about. I don’t want to run a jail or take away the lazy days of summer, but I need a little more structure to keep myself from getting mad at things I expected but never asked for.
I feel like I only bring it up in this space when it’s a hot topic, but it’s more because that’s when it hits me the heaviest. This morning, I told Mr. Gray (as I was crying for the umpteenth time) that I didn’t feel like I could share as much about the way the death of his brother impacted me because it wasn’t my story. So, while it’s a commendable battle, it’s still a tragedy to me that they feel like it’s one or the other. I just have a heart that’s broken for those that’s hurting and a call to love people where they are.