Down Gilead Lane, Season 9 | Episode 8
SHADES OF CHARTREUSE
Season Description
Change is in the Air…Down Gilead Lane College life for Brooke, a new addition to the family and the office of Mayor for John – all situations that can bring stress, discomfort and…opportunities to trust. The Morrison’s learn to turn to God for the answers to all of these changes and move in 12 compelling episodes. In this season you’ll find a new addition to the Morrison family that was introduced in the Special episode, “The Hope That Heals”. Don’t forget to listen to that episode too!
Today’s Story
Everything’s a
little out of order as Haley tells her parents the story of her weekend visiting
Brooke at college! But what really
happened between Haley and Molly—another visiting sibling? And why is Brooke struggling with her
roommate? Sometimes, things don’t
turn out according to our plans.
How about
you…
Have you ever had
big plans—like Brooke had for college and Haley had for this weekend—that seemed
to go all wrong?
Check this
out…
At the very beginning of the Christian church, there were a handful of men who had the passion and the vision to get the whole thing off the ground. They were the pioneers of our faith; the Bible calls them “apostles”, and you can read all about the amazing ways God used them in the New Testament book of Acts. One of these men was Paul. In order for Paul to do what he did (starting churches all around the world), he had to plan—I mean, it’s not like they had Travelocity.com back in those days! But Paul also had to be open to things not going according to his plan. Take a look at these verses in Acts chapter 16...
Paul and his companions traveled throughout
the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from
preaching the word in the province of
Even though Paul and his friends
wanted to do something good by taking the story of Jesus into Asia, and later
into