This is how God works here...

God has been pouring over me phrase lately: "Christ, be the Center..." 

Since you may be singing it already, I'll help you out:

But He has. Demanding that I make Him the center of everything. And I mean, that's a good thing. I'm not complaining. I definitely see this is as a way to live, continually and forever. 

I won't go off on that tangent now. 

I was watching a movie on Ruth Bell Graham, and she mentioned this as a focal point of her marriage. Christ as the center, like the center of an old wagon wheel. All the spokes point to Him, and in a marriage as you get closer to Him, the Center, you get closer to each other.

Yep, I can see that. 

And when He's the center, everything in your life radiates outward from Him too. It goes both ways. You live in the overflow of that Center. See?

So I begin to think in the way of an old wagon wheel a lot.

So here are the spokes of late:

1. We're studying American History, which I may or may not have gushed about here. I love it and studying history with the freshly minted Redemptive History on my mind has been challenging and extremely thought provoking too. (I have another post brewing about this also.) We've focused on the Puritans the last couple of weeks, and one of Laney's assignments has been to research the Great Awakening and write a mini-report on it. (Can I gush about how much I love Sonlight  right now? I mean, I love it.) We checked out books on Edwards and Whitefield, and only those two as not to overwhelm her too much, and I'm in absolute heaven reading and discussing all of this with my daughter.

2. Our Bible study group is doing a study on prayer. I don't like the study, and find myself researching and searching for information and resources on prayer. It's been challenging and hard, but I'm thankful for what God is teaching me, even through a study we don't like or agree with.