Intercessors, Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness. Psalm 150:2 NASB
God is faithful. God is good. What more can we ask, than to be loved by the creator of the universe? Nothing! But still He tells us to ask Him, so we do. Please join us as we ask the Father to do a mighty work in the lives of our kids and in us.
HOUSE-PARENTS
Hardings with the boys. It is becoming a home and the boys are settling in.
Swaffords leading the girls home. They are doing an awesome job.
Candy Davids leading Julie.
Pray that God will move in the hearts of three couples. We have two empty houses.
RESIDENTS
Jessyca– has two weeks to train Stargazer for the Mustang Makeover.
Brittany– working in the kitchen and donations doing an outstanding job. She is graduating in December.
Julie– understanding & appropriating forgiveness in her relationships.
Marissa– intense spiritual battle for her to keep her eyes on the Lord & choosing to trust the Lord with her future.
Anna– her heart is being drawn to the Lord & her relationships with family are growing stronger.
Jayvon– growing in his ability to trust the staff & he is beginning to understand God’s overwhelming love for him.
Justin– would face the lies that feel very true to him & begin to chose to believe the Truth.
Stevie– would come to know Jesus, begin to heal from the hurts of his past & build a relationship with his house dad, Mr. Dave.
Hunter– begin to deal with the hurt & anger in his life.
Luke– learning the ropes & beginning school.
Christian– regarding managing his time between school, studies & his love of music.
Thanks for continuing to pray for our finances. We continue to trust the Lord and He continues to provide what we need.
We have planned a 25th year celebration for October 30th.
Please pray that God will be glorified by all that we do that day.
Your friend,
Dwayne
Glenhaven Staff, Dwayne, Hi. Well I'm a bit weary. Feeling like it may come down to waving the white flag. I don't want to. My family wants this to work for Ryan's good. But we can't want it enough for him. I can't want it for him. Ryan just doesn't seem to want the opportunity we're giving him-NO that God's given him. I know he's sick from the ill's of the crud life dealt him. So God only knows when he will decide to get better instead of bitter... He's been involved with strong Christian influences regularly in and out of school and at home..but has he? Perhaps his mask deceives everyone but himself. It's clear that his pain is having the upper hand and not being put in the hands of the always present Healer The Counselor My
ReplyDeleteSavior, my rest. My hiding place...oops, tangent. Ryan isn't comfortable being welcomed into our family where there's genuine love..siblings genuinely love each other and show it ! It's foreign to him i can understand that. I also understand self sabotage. Somehow I always seemed to sabotage any good situation, did that for years.. ran from one place to another to "be happy" well had to keep going cause everywhere i went, I was. Run, run, run, everywhere but to the loving arms of God. Done it, done it, done it...times a lot. Anyway, Ryan's pain has been creeping up usually when he doesn't get his way or is eperiencing consequences from rotten performance in math &/or science....Nonetheless he's in pain and lets it get the better of him.
I must admit I'm suffering that as well. The weight of despair is so heavy sometimes it's more than I can do to get on my knees and leave my burdens at the feet of Jesus. How foolish and ungrateful i can be. He bore the weight of every sin from the beginning of time until He returns so that I can be free from my own seemingly small amount of pain and I show such insane or sane, deliberate, ingratitude, unappreciativeness, !!! My God, forgive me! what kind of person does this? Maybe the answer is...one answer is, a person satan is clawing at relentlessly with such fury and warring energy making a futile attempt to beat the Almighty. He may win some battles but the war is already won. My struggles are not unique, life is painful, I pray I don't spit on Jesus for some sick reason of just to wallow in my chosen/or unchosen pile of misery. Pain is mandatory I understand, but misery, because of Jesus, is optional. Ok, sounds good, makes some sense, holds some if not a lot of solid truth, right? Now gratitude must become an action. If i'm grateful, i won't just float around in the pot of "emotional-misery soup" i cooked up!! Right? If I am truly grateful, I will show it. I will help God's kids. My Savior said, "If you love me, Feed my sheep" . My flesh is weak and the enemy is real. Awareness on my part gives way for Jesus and oh how He loves! Jesus will bear the yoke of life with us and bear all the weight when it's too much for us/me. I must have been dropped on my head or something because I forget to remember so often, i think, i forgot, oh I can't remember. Please pray for Ryan, that "God will prick his heart and give him some blessed assurance that we want to remain with him and pray God gives me some mental health to get through it and my family gets stronger not fractured. Thanks. Well, it's been helpful for me to write this. You're the lucky one whose page it wound up on. Love in Christ, Stacey Toler, Aunt Stacey to Ryan