Interior Design Professional
Stickers on the furniture, french fries in the car, a cheese stick in my purse. Spit-up on… everything. There’s gravel in the dryer, bandaids stuck to the trashcan, matchbox cars under my feet, plastic teapot in my bathroom. There’s whale soap in my shower (for special occasion big-boy showers), play-dough crumbs in the carpet, bakugan magnets stuck on the lamp. Glitter on the dashboard… dinosaurs on the kitchen table…
And a HUGE smile on my face when I walk through my house :)
Have you ever had an embarrassing moment? Mine was at the Summer Concerts outdoor event at Horizon Valley Center a couple years ago. I was super stoked to play with Ricky, producer for the Rock Everlasting album, and also to share the stage with Ian Galleghar and the Dance Floor Prophets. I love outdoor evangelism, it’s so amazing to watch God work on people’s hearts. And I like the loud sound systems too! So I get up there, begin a beautiful song, and this fly starts buzzing me. It went in my nose, buzzed my armpit, my eyes… I totally flubbed. I actually had to start the song over. Howwwww embarrassing! Everything turned out alright but I was humbled. And at the end of the day, after all the great bands… it was the clown with the Gospel Puppet Show who truly made an impact. SO many kids raised their hands and wanted to know Jesus! A good humbling is necessary now and then, to keep things in perspective. God is in control, and He will always do good things, no matter if we flub, or not. And at the end of the day… I was totally encouraged to keep on keepin’ on, despite when there are flies in my armpit.
I had the most wonderful time recently with my son’s preschool teacher. I noticed something special about her the moment I met her two years ago. And with relationship over time, invites to our church events… genuine friendship… we reached the grand finale: I got to pray with her one night to invite Jesus into her heart. We spent hours looking at bible verses, giggling about life, shedding tears of repentance for sin. She left my house with a smile on her face, bible in hand, one of my CD’s… ready to rock-and-roll for Christ. I am so grateful that God would let me be a part of His plan for her life. And, I am encouraged to keep making friends… even the teachers need Jesus!
Diane Luna 