[nearly all pictures are phone pics]
October was a busy month for Whisper Mountain! Retreats, board meetings, maintenance projects, gift projects, marketing, and all manner of end of the year work in the office! Racing, slowing, rediscovering, quieting. Never a dull moment, but we are thankful for the work we've been given, the purpose of serving each day, and the beauty of growing in Christ and walking each season with Him! Happy [belated!] November!
The play on words is exactly Shaun's cup of tea! Fall In Nature. When he suggested this be our theme for October here on the blog, I immediately shunned the idea. Who wants to talk about our fallen selves? What a downer. A killjoy. I, for one, spend a good amount of time trying to escape the disaster of me on a daily basis. No, let's think of something else.
But as I allowed the idea to simmer a little, as is my way, I realized the brilliance of his idea. As Christians, our struggle between the flesh and the spirit is a real, ongoing, unrelenting battle. We need encouragement to keep pulling toward the Spirit. To keep swimming in grace while drowning in our weaknesses. To keep choosing life in Jesus and letting go of the death we are acquainted with.
Yes. Fall In Nature. The beauty of the change of seasons being a perfect picture of the beauty of Christ's work in us as we die to ourselves and live for Him! The glory of His life filling us, changing us, purposing us.
Happy October, friends!
September. The month of my birth, my daughter's birth, RP's birth (a lot of birthing going on, whew!), but also the month of realigning our lives, restructuring our schedules, and refocusing our directions. As we seek to have everything fall back in line again, we as Whisper Mountain staff have been getting inspired to connect with and encourage our friends and fans (that's you!) a little more intentionally! I do work with some pret-ty amazing people, so I'm looking forward to the encouragement myself through our social media realms! Plans are in the works for others to jump in and share from their corners of the world as well. I'm excited. Are you? I hope you'll feel free to interact with us or at the very least be encouraged! Being in this life gig together makes it a whole lot easier, wouldn't you agree?
Happy September, friends! Cheers to Falling in Line!
{Here's where I give full credit for the title "Fall in Line"--I came across this title in a monthly devotional mailed to us by David Jeremiah. (I'm sure he personally mails them to us...you know, we're tight!) Was the perfect fit for our goals this month!}