Random Musings

Spiritual House Cleaning Lately, I've been doing a lot of reading on Spiritual Spring Cleaning. As one chapter in my life closes and another begins, I feel the need to have a time of reconsecration and rededication to the things of the Lord. Today, I ran across a great article about King Hezekiah and how he cleaned and reconsecrated the Temple to the Lord's purposes. Here's the link to that article: http://www.navpress.com/magazines/archives/article.aspx?id=1.107.9 In a side bar, there was a list of 10 Questions for Spiritual Spring Cleaning. I want to share that here. You can also access it by going to: http://www.navpress.com/magazines/archives/article.aspx?id=1.107.9.1 10 Questions for Spiritual Spring Cleaning 1. What am I grumbling about? "Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction". (Isaiah 29:24) "Do everything without complaining or arguing" (Philippians 2:14) 2. Do I have habits that irrit...

On Sunday, I had the opportunity to speak at my church. Below are my notes for that message. (Some people have asked for a recording, but it didn't actually get recorded due to sound difficulties. And, since I didn't really deviate from my notes, I decided to post them here). The notes are kind of long because I wrote out the passages of scripture I used. I encourage all of you to spend some time in Ephesians and the rest of Paul's epistles. They are chock full of pearls of wisdom. I showed these three videos before the service. Feel free to check them out. God of this city (Paris) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Ocr8udIuQ Disneyland Paris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tUJTIR0ECU Friends in France - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaH-Y4WQdD8 France 2008 For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Christy Solly, and I am honored to have the opportunity to share with you today. On August 10th, I had the privilege of traveling to France with Alan and Heidi W...