Sorry!

It's been a while!

This week has been VERY hectic!

We had a show yesterday that went really, really well! We danced in a very poor school district, for about 250 kids. They LOVED the performance. Praise Jesus. They were very quiet and respectful (which the teachers said was amazing...probably the first time ever.) Somehow, in their world of hurt and lonliness, something as silly as ballet made a difference. They were able to step outside of themselves for an hour, and focus on the Lord. The dancing was so blessed. We had beautiful unity, and strength, which only comes from the Lord. Personally, I was very uplifted and blessed. Just to know that my simple offering was being used to touch the hearts of hurting kids....wow. It was humbling. I can't really even describe it. Praise the Lord....I'm not just saying that, REALLY, praise him! I don't understand him, but I know that he is awesome.

This week has been a really good chance to rely on God. I made a stupid choice. I chose to work WAY more then I needed to, just because my boss asked me to. Dumb, I know. However, the Lord has a way of turning that sort of thing into a teaching tool. I've had to rely on Jesus for every step, every breathe, every word....because in my own strength I should have already fallen over from exhaustion. Take it for what it is. It may sound crazy, or "hyperspiritual" but that's how it's been. Not only that, but I've had a good attitude (which is unusual, because as most of you know, I can be a bit grumpy when I'm low on sleep ;-) I'm amazed at how God continues to meet every need: spiritual, emotional and physical.

Here's something to chew on. I'll write more on this later, but I just want to get you all thinking on it. I've read this passage over and over and over today (during lunch, during devotions, during rehearsal).

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. " 1 John 4:7-18


I love you all. Talk to you soon.

-Julie