and i got a cactus....

ten years ago this week, we moved to cincinnati, ohio from the northwest.  it's been a wild decade and i never, ever thought i'd live in ohio for this long. in fact, it has taken me 10 years to finally say that i am from cincinnati without tagging on the "but we used to live in seattle" bit...inferring i used to live in a "much cooler" place than the midwest.
we moved for a church job for rob that fell apart within  18months of the move.   and that started the big adventure into emerging church/postmodern/living the kingdom/really following not just talking about jesus...adventure we've been living out in the last 8 years here.

so after ten years we are considering and praying about the next decade of adventure with jesus. we've had several doors close lately and there are several more interesting things in the works. currently, rob and i both feel we are on hold, waiting for god to open the window...to give us the next big step or at least the next piece of the puzzle.

hopefully i haven't missed the cactus...
i was at a church back before easter and was waiting to speak with the senior pastor about some design stuff i was working on and one of the prayer team asked if i was waiting for prayer. i said no, i was just waiting to speak with dave. he came back a second and third time and i finally said, ok. he had these two guys pray for me and they had a "word"/picture for me.
"you've been in the desert a really long time, and now god wants to give you a cactus"
(i start laughing)
"cactuses have large spines and are prickly, but they have refreshment inside. and god is going to give you a cactus in the desert"

let's just say that i wasn't enthusiastic about this prophecy.  i didn't want a cactus...i wanted something else..and just what was this cactus anyway? prickly on the outside but nourishing on the inside.. hum?

another friend of mine got prayed for at this same church a few weeks later and her "word" was that god wanted her and her husband to go to a beach house!

ok. note to self..don't covet the prayer of another!  but couldn't i get a something other than a cactus? ...

anyway...i still haven't figured out what the cactus is ...(any thoughts?)

and i still am praying for the next piece of the puzzle...

and while i've been waiting i've been reading mark yaconelli's new book contemplative youth ministrycheck out the full blog tour here. i'll be commenting tomorrow (since i switched days with steve case) and then you can visit mike king for the last installment on the blogging book tour on friday.

sweet dreams.

Comments

[Lori]

I think it measn you should drive out to the desert of southern Cali with me.

[Jennifer]

have you thought about denver? it has certainly been a cactus for me.