Projects and Trumpets

The sanding phase of my desk redo is over and now I am onto the staining phase.  Here's where I am at the moment.  It's a little slow of a project because you cannot stain very well with two little children underfoot and it is very hot here.  I can do it only when the kids are sleeping and only for short amounts of time.  I like the color of the stain though and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Can you guess what I will be doing next?  I've got all the supplies but I am making myself wait until the desk is all done.

I really enjoy doing these projects, but honestly, I have been neglecting my Bible reading and prayer... so I have decided I can not do multiple projects at once.  So, yesterday I opened my Bible and instead of hopping right back into the read through the Bible in the year program my church is doing, I thought I'd run to Psalms. My pastor says that Psalms are great if you need encouragement or comfort.  Now this next part is a little embarrassing, but I chose Psalm 34 because I'm 34 years old.  The first thing I read is in the introduction "Of David.  When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left."  I thought... ok... starting off a little odd here.  Here's my fav passage from Psalm 34 (vs 12-14) "Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.  Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it."  I also decided to try e-mailing God.  I e-mail all my friends anyway... so why not God.  I'll just put it in drafts folder or something.  Do any of you e-mail God?  All in all, yesterday was a good time of confession and renewal which I need all the time.  I have a tendency to think to myself Oh, I've read the Bible... I know what it says.  I forget that it is live and active.

OK... enough about me... let's here the trumpets!