Shannon's Corner

SHANNON’S CORNER August 2018 "Taste and see that the Lord is good…” (Ps. 34:8) is a verse I have recently been meditating on.  The Holy Spirit has convicted me that I have not been spending intentional time with God.  I had allowed many distractions to get in the way of my quiet time with Him.  Distractions such as sleep, reading books, which were on Christian living, watching decent movies and being with people.  I recently heard a message from Pricilla Shirer – Hearing God’s Voice from John 10:27, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.”  In order to be able to hear God’s voice I need to spend time with God.  There are so many voices in this world that are also calling out to me but my desire is to only listen to my Shepherd’s voice:  the voice of truth.  God is a jealous God.  He wants my all, not having to share it with other things or people.  The Holy Spirit has been working in my life to de-clutt...

It has been nice to have some time after the busy summer to be able to get back into more intentional quiet time and prayer with my Lord.  I have to say that during the summer I got out of my morning routine of spending time with God because of various excuses I gave myself.  It got to the point that the Holy Spirit convicted me that I was not spending time with Him when I so desperately need it.  I was grumbling and mumbling because of not spending time with my Lord.  I was out of sync with Him. Recently, I have intentionally taken time to pray, think, and brainstorm regarding the various things this fall that in God's timing will happen.  I don't know if you are like me, but I can have many ideas flowing in my mind, which I need to write them down or I will forget.  It has always been interesting how God gives me these ideas because usually it seems like I first have to wade through the "writer's block" before ideas coming pouring our.  The "wri...

SHANNON’S CORNER July 2018 Intern weekend in Jarabacoa This summer has been busy, challenging, and good.  I learned a lot through our interns and the various things God has been teaching them these six weeks. I was travelling to Monte Plata about three hours away to see two of our interns serving there and it rained the whole way to Monte Plata.  In fact, I believe I was headed into the storms because the further I travelled the more rain there was.  There was so much rain that day that it caused some flooding in Santo Domingo. Usually, when it rains when I’m driving I can have a negative mindset about the rain as it sometimes can make me tired.  But one of our interns shared with me her concept of rain, and how the rain is a cleansing reminder from God and the rain brings her peace.  So as I am travelling that is what I recalled and driving in the rain reminded me of God cleansing the air and our earth just like the b...