a righteous [wo]man

Been meditating on this since it leaped out at me yesterday in my One Year Bible:

'A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray' -Prov. 12:26

What is it that is so penetrating? I think it is this idea of being led astray. I am seeing too much of it around me. God is faithful to protect and guide. If we follow.

I don't want to pretend that I am different from any other human. Easily influenced. Vulnerable. May God give me and my Christian community caution, care and intention for the people around us. Righteousness. Peace. To be found and not lost.


CHURCH UPDATES

*We have our 2nd (quarterly) youth sleepover event this weekend! It comes at the end of a really busy week for me, so please pray I can have energy to love these kids for 24 hours. Pray that we have an edifying, bonding time and that ultimately hearts are opened up more intimately to Jesus. Pray for Moira, Elijah, Giulia, Beatrice, Matteo, Filippo, Leo, Michela.

*Tuesday nights. We have kind of stopped the Biblestudy that was Tuesdays and used it for prayer since it was just us leaders. However, we want to be open to using it to meet certain needs such as doing events for non-believers or ?? If you have any creative outreach ideas let me know!

*We are still praying that the county grants us a public building to use or the Lord grants us money to rent or buy our own place. Last Sunday was packed in Robert's house. We'd like to be more established in the community.

*Children's ministry. I need continued wisdom on how to nurture, teach and prepare for this group from 7-16 yrs. each week!

PERSONAL UPDATES

*I love my colleagues so much. Pray that I can be diligent, excellent, and faithful in my chaotic workplace--a refreshment to my colleagues. Pray for Ruhma, Raffa, Gino, Daniela especially I feel like I want to reach out to them at this time.

*More wisdom in how to invest in my current friends and to make new ones.

*More wisdom, boldness in my relationship with Tania. Transformation for her.

*Praise God I get 'summer' off!! I plan on using July to be with people here and invest in ways I can't when I work. Then a trip to CA/WA somewhere end of July-beg of August. I will keep you posted!

Thanks. Lots of love to all!!
Allie