There is a line in a song by Jadon Lavik that says..."So explain to me why we fill up empty with empty and at the end of the day, We're confused by the longing."                              I am always trying to figure out what is that itch I just can't scratch. Why isn't this Carousel ride more thrilling? Why do I feel like I am missing out on something?                        I've been saved going on 15 years now, and I still look for "happy", even though I know full well what I am really longing for. Jesus in me.  He is so close, right here... and yet I chase after the temporary.  Until He reminds me.                                                                                                                                            After all these years, I am still blown away by how powerful it is to be aware of His presence. Everything I am longing for, is in heaven. But that overwhelming flood of love and assurance is right here, when I seek Him.   When I take that moment and worship Him, I feel like I am in heaven.                                      The Lord fills me up with His Word, when I know He hears me praying, and most often...He uses a song.  I am so affected by music. When I hear a song that speaks to me, I want to run and get my guitar and start singing and join in!  It's like this light has flipped on, and I think "This...is what I've been longing for!"                                                     I am praying that in 2008, the Lord will bless "Land of Harvest "with lots of places to plant seeds...to sing, praise, share, and shine into the darkness.

FATHER, LET THE MUSIC FLOW. LET IT BRING YOU GLORY. BY YOUR SPIRIT, LET IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ME, IN MY FAMILY, AND IN THOSE YOU'D HAVE US SHARE IT WITH. IN JESUS NAME, AHMEN                                   2Cor. 4:6&7 " For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."          (ART WORK BY KIM MERRITT)