For the last month or so, our water pump on the property was not working adequately, what would happen is that the water pump would never shut off, so every time we used it we would have to turn it on and off manually so it would not overheat.
 We eventually found a plumber who came and took the whole pump apart only to find out that a very tiny pebble was stuck right inside a very important place in the pressure valve.  I was amazed at how something so small could stop the flow of water that helps us with our daily needs on the property and with the horses.
 I was also reminded of how that small pebble resembles different sins in our lives, and how they can stop the moving of the Holy Spirit in and through us.

So I was thinking ,"Lord what pebble's are there in our lives that stop the flowing of your Holy Spirit"? What sins have we allowed to lodge in the pressure valves of our hearts?
Is it unforgiveness, bitterness, anger, envy, jealousy, pride?...." Lord you know what it is", and I know by your Holy Spirit and the Master Engineer, you will expose those hidden sins.

"For I know of nothing against myself, all my hidden sins - yet - I am not innocent
For the Lord will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and expose the motives of my heart …"
1 Cor. 4:4-5

Hidden Sins - stop us from attaining our Destiny
Hidden Sins - stop us from walking in Glory

Just like we couldn't see what was stopping the pump from working, we knew
that there was something hidden inside that we just couldn't see.
We had asked for help but it took a qualified plumber to fix the problem.
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As we approach 2010 I think about all the things that have happened in our lives, some good and some devastating. Leaving some people questioning God.
I have learn't that God is not sleeping, He hasn't folded up his hands, and said "I am out of here!".
Although sometimes I wouldn't blame Him the way His children act and treat Him.

Hebrews 13:5-6 says

"Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things that you have, for he has said, 'I will never  leave you, nor forsake you,' so that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'"

God does not abandon us. Never !!

Abandonment is something we see here all the time in Davao. Children abandon to the streets, women abandoned by their husbands, the list goes on. I think of a blog that was recently posted by our dear missionary friend Steve Hyde in Cambodia, titled " Mommy where are you?".  Steve mentions a conversation that he had with three kids who where standing by his car. He asked them "why they were up so late at night?", of which one of the older boys replied "we are waiting for mommy". As it was these children were waiting for there mom who had crossed the Thailand border to try and find work. If they get a job they maybe gone for days, weeks and even years. For some of these children their parents may never come home. They are left to beg, and as Steve writes on his blog, their mother had given them a bottle and told them to beg for milk for their baby brother.
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Darrell and I were watching the CNN Hero's Awards the other night, what a inspiration it was to see everyday people changing their world. The different categories of people who were nominated were: