I am sitting here in a chair in front of a desk within the living room of a house in the middle of a town that is in a state on the corner of a country on a portion of the earth somewhere in our galaxy within the universe, writing this blog.
Not a whole lot has happened since my journey has started. Mostly because it hasn’t started yet. I was intending to meet with brother Woods yesterday in Portland to get all of the little last minute things organized. He e-mailed me and told me it would be best to just meet him in Mulkiteo this Sunday. So I am here waiting. Very impatiently.
But still waiting!
I have done a lot of arguing with myself as I wait. Not literally though. You know how it is, making a very important decision that can compromise the moral principles that you live by. Okay, well it’s not that big of a decision. I keep going back and forth weather I should buy a Kindle or not. He he! I don’t need one but they are really cool! I recently heard someone’s shopping motto,
‘every purchase has a purpose’.
Though this would have a purpose, and to be honest it would be quite useful as I can’t take my library of books with me, It’s not a necessity.
I think my sister and brother-in-law are getting sick of me talking about it. That’s really all that has been on my mind this past week.
Anyway, the Kindle is quite expensive and while I am getting enough money from tax return , I like to be a better steward of my money. So I am thinking I shall wait.
Please pray that I have enough self control not to buy it!
But enough about my personal life, this is not about that! Well, kind of!
I decided to write since it has been a few days, though there is not a whole lot happening as of now. While I am still doing my last minute preparing, there are a few prayer requests that I would like to make known and hope that you can continue praying for me on my journey!
1. Peace. Between brother Woods, his family and myself. It seems that the more you get to know people the more of their flaws you see, and the more tension develops between the people.
2. My car. I am told that my car usually starts to fall apart at around 100,000 miles, I am currently at 78,000 miles. I have taken good care of it, though I am going to take a 7,000 mile trip this summer.
3. One of the more important things, strength to carry on. Ephesisans 6 says that after you have done everything to stand, stand. We can do all that is required, but it does no good if we don’t decide to apply it to our daily life. I realized that as I was getting ready for my journey all last week there was a lot of tension. When you walk in the anointing you are a walking target. The devil has been doing quite a bit lately to get me to fail, by the grace of God I am still standing. My journey however, is just beginning and so are the trials.
I really appreciate your prayers. And I will try to update as often as possible! You are welcome to e-mail me if you like at reed.philips@mac.com, though I can’t guarantee that I will always have time to reply!
Also, I want to send out a huge thank you to my home church. Your support is so helpful. The offering I was giving was a huge help and I assure everyone that the whole offering is set aside and will not be used for personal gain but to help me along with the ministry that God has placed before me (I will not be spending that money on a Kindle he he).
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