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Comment on by Larry

Larry — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:45:45 +0000

keep writing Matte – it’s both entertaining and inspiring, a rare feat. I love the theme of the mystical mundane…

Comment on by ruth taverner

ruth taverner — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:14:16 +0000

What a wonderful reminder!! In the craziness of life it becomes so easy to forget the small, simple and understated in our lives…..Thanks for reminding me what really matters!

Comment on by Don Rousu

Don Rousu — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:25:58 +0000

Good stuff, Matte! The monumental moves of God in our life only come in the midst of incremental faithfulness and gratitude. You are well-positioned!

Comment on Birthday Surprise! by Joyce Rees

Joyce Rees — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:29:32 +0000

Hey Joy,

I had wondered how your trip had gone. I’m so glad God gave you such a profound birthday gift this year…it even blessed me.

love,

Joyce

Comment on Birthday Surprise! by Charmaine Kelder

Charmaine Kelder — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:45:22 +0000

Wow, Joy. Very cool processing of recent events for you. Always looking for what God is doing in any given situation. Today in my daily reading, I asked God to make fresh to me his word. (It’s easy to get in to a routine of reading, not remembering that the God who is, was and will be, is still actively illuminating the word he inspired thousands of years ago.) I couldn’t get past v.1 of the chapter I was reading without tears coming to my eyes. II Sam.2. In the transition time, just after Saul died, David asked God if he should return to Judah and if so, to what place? God’s answer? Hebron. Nothing in the passage that indicates why, but a link to Gen.13:18. Read it and weep. God does indeed speak in code sometimes.

Comment on Don’t Forget To Ask! by Kathy Dickinson

Kathy Dickinson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:27:13 +0000

Oh Joy-this made me smile-not just the picture and the great story but also because it reminded me of all those times we prayed on a
Thursday morning for provision for the Church and how creatively God answered every time. Bless you and thank you for this blog.

Comment on Don’t Forget To Ask! by Larry Levy

Larry Levy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:18:48 +0000

Hey Joy, I like this – provision stories are akways encouraging…and your smile is worth every penny!!

Comment on Don’t Forget To Ask! by Don Rousu

Don Rousu — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:15:22 +0000

What an awesome story! Since we have the same Father, we have a few of those stories too. Keep telling his wonderful deeds to the next generation! Bless you, Joy!

Comment on We Will Tell The Next Generation by Jim Meggait

Jim Meggait — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:41:51 +0000

So true, Joy. We have seen this in our own children and now in our foster children. Years ago our youngest stated upon leaving the Langley Vineyard, “Good bye church, see you everywhere.” Most recently we have had three girls staying with us ages 5, 2 1/2 and 10 months. For the two older girls, church is the highlight of the week. Yesterday, on the way to school the oldest said, Jesus/God really is the king of the world. I don’t recall teaching that specifically but she is getting the true picture. Wonderful!

Comment on We Will Tell The Next Generation by Charmaine Kelder

Charmaine Kelder — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:05:59 +0000

thanks, Joy, for your blog – for your stories of God’s faithfulness and goodness to you and your family over the years. We need to find all sorts of ways to tell one another and the generations coming up after us, how big and how good God is. A family with kids might have a routine at meals to go around the table completing the sentence: “Today I saw/felt God being (good or big and powerful)” God in creation, God in community, and of course, God in history.