hoping the silence is over... HOPING!!!

as I said in my previous post the Lord had me in a very much be still place, you know kinda like a desert place...if he has ever taken you there then you know EXACTLY how I was feeling... lonely ... not knowing what was God is doing, not really sharing whats "really" on your heart, just a place of set apartness... is that really even a word, probably not but for me it will be!... the last blog i posted was May 28, sooooooooo many things have transpired through this LONG silence.....
lets start.... with the thankful list...

121.Finished school
122.beach trip
123.spend the nights
124. Doug and his drive to be more Christ like
125. Alexis and her inner beauty
126. surprising Doug at work for his birthday
127. Lori and our friendship
128. seeing two ladies from 1st Methodist tonight at church.. love you Jo and Ms. Dee
129. kiddos playing at the playground last night
130.worship songs
131. sitting under Doug while on break in youth
132. getting to keep Jeremiah for Todd and Jen
133.homeschooling
134. spaghetti with the Hendrix's today
135. catching up on Michele's blog
136 not freaking out when I saw an up close snake LOL
137. running with Stephanie on a Sunday morning before church
138. HIS GRACE
139. Caleb taking lanes punishment for himself  , much like Jesus did
140. adoptions that are done!
141. messages from friends LONG ago and saying that my words have encouraged them!
142. heart of Julie... making flowers
143. Jen G loving on my Caleb  like one of her own
144.  van with 250,000 miles and still running
145. mom who listens to me even when she thinks I am CRAZY!
146. sewing machine
147. Christina and her heart to be a servant
148. water
149. toilets that are unclogged
150. pastor that is challenging me to examine my heart

One of things that God has revealed to me while coming out of the desert is that he will get you where he wants you!...  back in January of this year I worked at a conference called Passion, many of you may be familiar, but I needed something to carry my wallet and a purse was just too big so I made a bag (sling) to take... well we got there and several people made comments about it and ask where I got it and I said I made it and they all said you need to sell those... well that was not gonna happen....kiddos, school, activities, church, friends, etc... when would I have anytime to do this!... wellllllll one of the ways i used these bags was to give as presents to my girls friends for birthdays , etc... well about 1 month ago someone ask me about them and I started saying that I made them for the girls and after that conversation I said this sounds sooooo stupid!!!!  does this have anything to do with HIM?? Does this GLORIFY HIM??  and of course to some degree the girls loved them and they carried there bibles in them.... sooooo the Lord kept impressing on my heart bags for HIS GLORY... NOT MINE!!!....sooo many of you know that my heart is VERY moved toward discipleship so how could these bags be used....and then he revealed to me the plan.. HIS PLAN!!!  discipleship ready bags to sell here and ALL money go to missions AND bags to go on mission trips.... YES!!! thank you GOD for revealing this to me and then you RECEIVE GLORY!!!!.... the name is SOUL BAGS and as of right now 15 bags for Brazil, 100 for Uganda, and don't know the number yet for China!.. AMEN!