Come

Come The Fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise!
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
such by flaming tongues above.
Praise the Mount; I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of God's redeeming Love.

Here I raise my Ebeneezer,
hither to They help I'm come.
And I hope by They good pleasure
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
interposed His precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be.
Let they goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to Thee:
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love...
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for They courts above!________________________________________________

November: I am artist of the month at the local Art Gallery!
God is so faithful even when we are not. He has shown me this so many times throughout my life. He has been faithful in pursuing me for almost 24 years now, and I know He will never stop pursuing my heart, and tuning it to sing His grace. I do pray I can be an instrument for which His Spirit to breathe into and through. Thank you, Lord for my sound, and the song of my life. There are unbeautiful, muddy parts, but together with the rest of the melodies of His family is a delightful Song of the Symphony His Hand is orchestrating.

Well, here is a link to all my pieces that are being shown this month!

http://www.dcaugallery.org/nov2010.html

I know that this wouldn't happen without the perfect work of the Author of my faith, and His Spirit interweaving all the good and bad together, into beauty; without the gifts He has so freely given me, and the encouraging words from my friends all of my life He also has so freely blessed me with. His plans for me are so good! I need not fear anything!

Fear Factor: I'm still working at the newspaper and I am still conquering even more fear! It's glorious. I hate fear, and I hate the prison Fear is holding The Bride captive in. I hope to be used by God to set the prisoners free! This children's song is so profound:

I've got a River of Life flowing out of me.
Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see,
opens prison doors, sets the captives free
I've got a River of Life flowing out of me
-Spring up, O Well, within my soul (john 7:37)
-Spring up, O Well, and make me whole
-Spring up, O Well, and give to me -- that Life--abundantly.

I sang this song as a tiny child!! I'm blown away that these lyrics are in a children's song. I love it. I want childlike faith.

"Ahhh, I don't know what I really want to do!"
"Jack, I think you should really come home, and so does your mom."
((thinking, yeahh well everyone in Kona thinks I should be in Kona))
-Ashley and I, Friday afternoon

A conversation full of uncertainty and fear, laughter and tears, took me back home to a small town of rugged beauty and family I hold dear.

Back home Wednesday afternoon. Sick for a week. Better. Time for a haircut! Saltwater, sun and wind are damaging to the hair, AND I hadn't had a trim in over 3 months. Got my hair cut, and decided I should probably finally seek a job, I headed to the local coffee shop to ask for a job application. So I got it, ordered my drink, and was about to sit at a table, drink my double white-chocolate americano (thank you Daniel York) fill out my application, hand it in, and leave. Well I turn to my left and my friend Alisa Werner becomes the subject of veiw. "Woah, Alisa! How are you!??! What are you doing??" "Just meeting with the.. DC..H.CC.. how are you!?" "Good! Just applying for a job.." ...we talked for a few minutes about my plans being home, and how i love the atmosphere of coffee shops and it led to me sitting in on the meeing she was in.

DCHCC: Dawson County Healthy Community Coallition. A volunteer group of citizens with a longterm vision of actually changing the culture of this small town. Partying, and drinking and driving is a prevelent scene here, and I think Jesus has actually places this same desire in my heart a couple years ago. I love when people can get together and have a great time without alcohol. I met with this diverse group of people a couple times before I left for my missions trip, and here I am again. Funny how God works: Pam Ruth, a lady from the local Newspaper saw me filling out an application and inquired of my need for a job. "Well, we need an Ad Consultant for the Ranger Review!" She asked me to walk over with her after this meeting, so I did. I grabbed an application and went home. I came in the next day with the application, knowing this was from Jesus. I had an interview within 2 minutes and I got the job in 5. God has amazing plans for me...

Back to the meeting in the coffee shop with DCHCC. They were talking about an Open Mic Night at the newish Bistro in town. So many exciting things! This kind of stuff doesn't happen in Glendive. We were all buzzin about the fair, the open mic night, and someone asked me what I had been doing. So I briefly told them about my missions trip to Hawaii and Europe. Somehow it got out that I play the flute. They all wanted me to play my flute at open mic night, so I got a list of songs ready, got my flute all ready... and I said, "Jesus, You know I'm not actually going to do this." "Jackie.. you can do it. You'll bring life and light to the people there and you'll have fun. This is a gift from Me."

I went. I got asked several times to go up. I didn't. There is a battle for me being in front of people. I think Jesus wants me to. I think that the enemy has told me I would be horrible at it, and I just don't need to be in front of people. Things are changing. Jesus got me a job with the public. I carry His Presence. I love Him.

P.S. I have an interview with the newspaper tomorrow and they are doing an article on me and my missions trip for this weekend's paper. :) Jesus and I are best friends.