Anna M. Aquino

I’m going to write a little bit off the cuff today.   This is about some things I’ve been feeling in my family’s lives as well as the season we are in the body of Christ.   Honestly Dan and I have faced some of the most intense seasons I’ve ever faced in ministry and life to date.   It wasn’t just about the move from our old home.   There are a lot of long awaited transitions happening that I’ll talk about in the coming days.   It’s been a season where God has spoken some very specific things to our heart and the pieces have yet come together.   I’ll admit my attitude hasn’t been the greatest about this pace that has felt like a skipping record stuck on repeat.   “Come on God,” I’ve wanted to yell, “I know you see me.   I know you have better plans, so let’s get this party started.   I want to run!” I know I’m not alone in this.   There are many in the body of Christ in similar situations.   God has spoken some things, ...

Dan and I discovered on Sunday that our hot water heater was about to breath its last breath and we needed to replace it. As a result we’d moved all the things out from the old one so that we could see if any amount of TLC or CPR could get the old one to work, but realistically the thing is 24 years old and it is getting replaced. We have this big plastic purple plastic toy bin that got moved into my path in all the poking and prodding of the old water heater. So late Sunday night not thinking that the purple plastic toy bin had been moved in my way to get to the washer and dryer, I made my way out to the washing machine with a pile of dirty laundry. I wasn’t paying any attention. I was caught up in my own little world, and I had an impromptu wrestling match with the toy bin. Dirty laundry went flying, my feet went airborne, and I’d like to think that it was me that one that match. However if we count scratches I may have to concede that it was the toy bin. I had scratches and scuf...