Some Encouragement...

  What a nice weekend it was! The weather wasn't too bad either. It could have been a bit warmer but this is Manitoba after all. Spring is always unpredictable here!
  I also had a chance to go back to the book fair by myself on Saturday. It was such a good time! I spent 45 minutes there and I only looked at one section! I came home with an armful of books and it only cost me 5 bucks! I didn't know this ahead of time but the last day is always half price day. So lucky for me, every book was half price! That makes shopping (especially when your on a budget) a lot more exciting! I was able to find some neat books for my sponsor boys as well. I found a couple on animals, one on hockey (the great Canadian sport), and one on northern Canada. Now, I just need to figure out which book to send to each boy.
   I also found some great christian books for my husband and myself. The one that I'm reading now is called " Witness The Passion" by Richard Exley. It's such a great book. The author uses Biblical truth and his own imagination to create eyewitness accounts of the people present at the Crucifixion of Christ. This book really opens your eyes and makes you feel as if you were there. The way he describes it, has made me shed a tear or two a couple of times. It's really good to see the Crucifixion with a different angle, it makes you understand better what Jesus was willing to go through to save us. It also helps you to experience God's amazing grace. This book helps you to see that when things in your own life are difficult, Jesus had it a lot worse and yet he never once complained. It's encouraging for me to remember this passage: "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it, but one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:12).
It just helps me to remember why we continue to strive forward in our faith, even when things are tough. I hope this passage encourages you like it does me.

What's your encouragement verse?

Have a great day!



* Andrea *