Today was the first day of classes for me. I'm really not feeling this professor, but I came away with a few things to keep me going.....This is temporary, it's only a semester (ends May 6). I don't have to like him, just learn from him. I CAN do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength.
When it's all said and done, I'll be a Medical Assistant and that will increase my chances of better employment and better pay. So as long as this class is taking me towards my goal, I CAN & WILL do this!!!!
Tomorrow I meet another professor. I already know my professors from my other 3 classes and they are really good. So I'm taking 3 hard classes and 2 fairly easy classes.
Now I'm off to bed because I am thoroughly exhausted!!!!
Tasha
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1/14/2013
4/10/2012
Trying AGAIN...
I've been gone a while and well, there is no excuse, but I had to just take some time and regroup. My faith was struggling pretty bad and I had to find me in Christ. Talk about persecution and torment, the last few weeks were some of the hardest to get through and yet I needed to get through them.
My children and I began to watch the Basic Seminar with Bill Gothard and I have to tell you there has been so much awakening for me and so much freedom gained through it. There are many that would say he leads a cult, but I haven't found that to be true and I've not taken his word on anything, but looked through the scriptures for myself to back up what he is saying or dispute it if necessary. I have, thus far, found no reason to dispute anything he has taught. He seriously takes you right back to the Word of God and the Lord Jesus Christ!!!
So I've started over. What does that mean exactly? Well, it means that I've been working on the me God created me to be and some things I HAD to take back to the beginning!!!! Relearning what God has to say about me. Relearning what God has to say about Himself. In all of that, I know there are some things I need to be doing and I've neglected to do them for one reason or another.
Just as things began to get so tumultuous for me and I was on the verge of throwing in the towel (in more ways than one), my sister asked me if I would work out with her for 30 days. I agreed. Had no idea how this would rejuvenate me spiritually!!!! As I've been walking on the treadmill, or riding the stationary bike, or lifting weights, I have had a keen sense that God had some things I needed to go back to and some things He wanted me to change. In come the promptings on my health and nutrition.
So, I started over with drinking my green smoothies again in addition to working out. We ate ALL vegan meals for now 2 weeks and I can't begin to tell you how awesome I feel.
We are on the verge of losing our only transportation because I'm still without a job, but praying the local home health care will get at least 3 referrals for a home health aid....basically I have a job, just waiting for clients now. I haven't stopped applying at other places though. Our Internet will be off sometime today, but even with all of that, I have a new focus. I'm concerned, but not depressed over these financial hurdles. God has provided food we needed to begin this vegan journey. And after the first week of working out and eating all vegan, I began to research yet again about this lifestyle.
I found.......greensmoothiegirl.com. I actually found her through YouTube first and watched every video she posted over the last few years. My son watched with me. I began to get excited and pumped up about all the possibilities. I don't believe in coincidences, so I know God had a purpose and plan in all of it.
I discovered a lump about 4 weeks ago. I've been keeping a close "eye" on it and I haven't noticed it growing, but I do know it is there. Only one of my children know that I have discovered it. I called the free clinic and they have no openings until July. My blood pressure was through the roof and I was having panic attacks nightly. My weight was 220 lbs.
However, after changing my eating habits and then dipping into a vegan food quest, I noticed my clothes were beginning to fit differently. I weighed myself as we began to work out last week and I was astonished to see that the scale read........... WAIT FOR IT................ 198 lbs. So in 4 weeks I've lost 22 lbs. I have a total of 53 lbs to go to get to my goal. I feel great! Oh I think I said that already. The food tastes great that we have been eating and I'm noticing that I don't need quite as much to fill me up.
So back to these green smoothies. I've done them off and on for the past 6 years. The longest I've done them is about 18 months. I got lazy and didn't think they were making such a huge difference. However, the last time I lost a whopping 47 pounds, that's exactly what I was doing, having a green smoothie every morning and working out for an hour 6 days a week. If it worked then, why did I stop? I got lazy...... no excuse and no other explanation.
The only difference now in these green smoothies is I'm following green smoothie girls advice by putting in MORE greens. Previously I had put in spinach and various types of lettuces. Now I've omitted the lettuces and I'm doing kale and collards as well as the spinach. I'm adding frozen fruit, an apple or pear, and 2 bananas. I thought with the additional greens that I wouldn't like it so much, but I guess because we've curbed our sugar intake for so long the taste didn't phase me one bit. Well, actually, that's a lie. It tastes superb!!! I love the richness in flavor and the life of the greens. The fruits, though not a lot, add just enough sweetness. If you decide to give them a try for the first time however, I would suggest doing more fruit than greens and working your way to decrease the fruit and increase the greens each week.
I've also noticed that my palate is changing. We had cake for my nephews 4th birthday and I totally could not eat the icing on it. Way too sweet. I am not craving sugars and sweets as much either, only right before my cycle. I haven't denied those cravings, but I can't wait for them to be gone. Green Smoothie Girl has this cake I so want to try, but I don't like chocolate, so I'm going to have to figure out how to change it to a white cake. It's a beet chocolate cake and everyone on her site raves about it. So in the next few weeks I hope to give it a try and make it a white cake...well, with beets, it will most likely be pink. LOL
I'm also working on starting to journal my vegan journey through videos on my YouTube channel, NeedingASavior. There's nothing on there now, but I will be working on it in the next few weeks and with no Internet, I will only be able to post videos when I take my daughter to class or we head to the library.
I'm excited about the changes. They are very much needed and I only wish I had done them head on 6 years ago.
In other exciting news, I'm going back to school. I'm needing to take a placement exam and need the money for that by the 4th of May. Summer classes begin on the 24th of May. I've already gotten my financial aid for summer, fall, and spring classes taken care of. Summer classes will consist of prerequisite classes, then I will take another exam in the fall to get into the LVN program. After a year I will have completed that program and plan to work and save to begin the midwifery program. That's the goal at this point, we'll see if God changes that or if this is indeed the road He has for me.
My children and I began to watch the Basic Seminar with Bill Gothard and I have to tell you there has been so much awakening for me and so much freedom gained through it. There are many that would say he leads a cult, but I haven't found that to be true and I've not taken his word on anything, but looked through the scriptures for myself to back up what he is saying or dispute it if necessary. I have, thus far, found no reason to dispute anything he has taught. He seriously takes you right back to the Word of God and the Lord Jesus Christ!!!
So I've started over. What does that mean exactly? Well, it means that I've been working on the me God created me to be and some things I HAD to take back to the beginning!!!! Relearning what God has to say about me. Relearning what God has to say about Himself. In all of that, I know there are some things I need to be doing and I've neglected to do them for one reason or another.
Just as things began to get so tumultuous for me and I was on the verge of throwing in the towel (in more ways than one), my sister asked me if I would work out with her for 30 days. I agreed. Had no idea how this would rejuvenate me spiritually!!!! As I've been walking on the treadmill, or riding the stationary bike, or lifting weights, I have had a keen sense that God had some things I needed to go back to and some things He wanted me to change. In come the promptings on my health and nutrition.
So, I started over with drinking my green smoothies again in addition to working out. We ate ALL vegan meals for now 2 weeks and I can't begin to tell you how awesome I feel.
We are on the verge of losing our only transportation because I'm still without a job, but praying the local home health care will get at least 3 referrals for a home health aid....basically I have a job, just waiting for clients now. I haven't stopped applying at other places though. Our Internet will be off sometime today, but even with all of that, I have a new focus. I'm concerned, but not depressed over these financial hurdles. God has provided food we needed to begin this vegan journey. And after the first week of working out and eating all vegan, I began to research yet again about this lifestyle.
I found.......greensmoothiegirl.com. I actually found her through YouTube first and watched every video she posted over the last few years. My son watched with me. I began to get excited and pumped up about all the possibilities. I don't believe in coincidences, so I know God had a purpose and plan in all of it.
I discovered a lump about 4 weeks ago. I've been keeping a close "eye" on it and I haven't noticed it growing, but I do know it is there. Only one of my children know that I have discovered it. I called the free clinic and they have no openings until July. My blood pressure was through the roof and I was having panic attacks nightly. My weight was 220 lbs.
However, after changing my eating habits and then dipping into a vegan food quest, I noticed my clothes were beginning to fit differently. I weighed myself as we began to work out last week and I was astonished to see that the scale read........... WAIT FOR IT................ 198 lbs. So in 4 weeks I've lost 22 lbs. I have a total of 53 lbs to go to get to my goal. I feel great! Oh I think I said that already. The food tastes great that we have been eating and I'm noticing that I don't need quite as much to fill me up.
So back to these green smoothies. I've done them off and on for the past 6 years. The longest I've done them is about 18 months. I got lazy and didn't think they were making such a huge difference. However, the last time I lost a whopping 47 pounds, that's exactly what I was doing, having a green smoothie every morning and working out for an hour 6 days a week. If it worked then, why did I stop? I got lazy...... no excuse and no other explanation.
The only difference now in these green smoothies is I'm following green smoothie girls advice by putting in MORE greens. Previously I had put in spinach and various types of lettuces. Now I've omitted the lettuces and I'm doing kale and collards as well as the spinach. I'm adding frozen fruit, an apple or pear, and 2 bananas. I thought with the additional greens that I wouldn't like it so much, but I guess because we've curbed our sugar intake for so long the taste didn't phase me one bit. Well, actually, that's a lie. It tastes superb!!! I love the richness in flavor and the life of the greens. The fruits, though not a lot, add just enough sweetness. If you decide to give them a try for the first time however, I would suggest doing more fruit than greens and working your way to decrease the fruit and increase the greens each week.
I've also noticed that my palate is changing. We had cake for my nephews 4th birthday and I totally could not eat the icing on it. Way too sweet. I am not craving sugars and sweets as much either, only right before my cycle. I haven't denied those cravings, but I can't wait for them to be gone. Green Smoothie Girl has this cake I so want to try, but I don't like chocolate, so I'm going to have to figure out how to change it to a white cake. It's a beet chocolate cake and everyone on her site raves about it. So in the next few weeks I hope to give it a try and make it a white cake...well, with beets, it will most likely be pink. LOL
I'm also working on starting to journal my vegan journey through videos on my YouTube channel, NeedingASavior. There's nothing on there now, but I will be working on it in the next few weeks and with no Internet, I will only be able to post videos when I take my daughter to class or we head to the library.
I'm excited about the changes. They are very much needed and I only wish I had done them head on 6 years ago.
In other exciting news, I'm going back to school. I'm needing to take a placement exam and need the money for that by the 4th of May. Summer classes begin on the 24th of May. I've already gotten my financial aid for summer, fall, and spring classes taken care of. Summer classes will consist of prerequisite classes, then I will take another exam in the fall to get into the LVN program. After a year I will have completed that program and plan to work and save to begin the midwifery program. That's the goal at this point, we'll see if God changes that or if this is indeed the road He has for me.
Surrendering IS Humbling
Surrendering IS Humbling
Whoever said surrendering to God was easy, lied. It is a very humbling experience for sure. Just yesterday alone, I surrendered things to God AGAIN about 10 times. Just when I think I'm on a path of surrender, something is said or a thought remembered and BAM it's like I've walked into a brick wall and I have to surrender all over again.
When I find myself worrying or fretting over something, I stop right then and surrender those things again. Asking God to be the Lord over that issue, thought, feeling, emotion, etc. I can't begin to describe the peace that begins to flood me from within.
I lay in bed last night and began to just pray for various people in my life. Giving praise, asking for specifics for each of them and suddenly I had the overwhelming need to surrender stuff and people in my life again. Tears began to stream down my face as it hit me I own NOTHING, not even my own body. I immediately thought of a few scriptures...
Romans 12:1
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice -- the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?
1 Corinthians 6:20
20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
1 Corinthians 7:23
23 God purchased you at a high price. Don't be enslaved by the world.
Then it REALLY hit me. There is nothing on this earth that I own. There is absolutely NOTHING that is mine. Now my next thoughts may seem silly as I write them out, but I lay there and started thinking about things I've purchased and realized that not even those things are mine. I OWN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!! It all belongs to God. I belong to God.
AND THEN....surrendering became easy. The words began to flow from my heart as I gave things back to the Lord that were His to begin with. My children are not mine. They were His all along and He only loaned them to me to nurture and prepare for His glory and purpose. I gave Him my husband as well as many other family members and I realized He loves them far more than I EVER could. He does not desire for any of them to be lost. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent.
He loves them with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3
The more I surrendered stuff, people, me to the Lord, the harder the tears fell and the more free and at peace I felt. The more I let go, the more I began to seek His forgiveness for MY mess and I was able to also feel His forgiveness take over me to the point I was able to forgive others. I could think of someone and things they did or said to me in the past and I was not angry with just the thought of them, but my heart was filled with compassion towards them. It is seriously a point when you realize that person did hurt you but ultimately it was against heaven first that they sinned and grieved the Holy Spirit. The more I came to that realization, the more Ephesians 6:12 became more real and clear to me. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those powers of darkness that rule this world and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.
C L E A N S I N G
F R E E I N G H U M B L I N G
R E F R E S H I N G
My goodness that seems to me, to be a lifesaver right there!!! The nugget we should all be aiming for. I'm discovering a new side of God that was there all along. I side I'm loving and so thankful for.
Does this mean I will never worry, fret, or take back what I have already given to Him? No, that would mean I'm not human. However, I have taken a step in the right direction of being able to trust my Savior.
Lord, I pray that something I have shared will be the catapult that launches someone else that much closer to You. I pray that you will continue to heal my heart and help me to surrender daily my "rights" to You. May I never get so cocky to believe that I am my own and can do as I so choose. May I never forget where I've been, nor what You are bringing me through. May what I experience in life today be used to draw others to You and help them to have understanding and come into a more intimate relationship with You.
Thank You for loving me enough to be patient with me and wait for me to "come to my senses". Forgive my cockiness of not realizing that though I did not physically wander away I was still a prodigal in my thoughts. Thank You for seeing me afar off and running to me with out stretched arms welcoming back in to your fold. Your love is truly greater and higher than I could ever imagine. May I ever remain humble, grateful for YOU and who YOU are!!!
In Jesus Name, Amen.
Whoever said surrendering to God was easy, lied. It is a very humbling experience for sure. Just yesterday alone, I surrendered things to God AGAIN about 10 times. Just when I think I'm on a path of surrender, something is said or a thought remembered and BAM it's like I've walked into a brick wall and I have to surrender all over again.
When I find myself worrying or fretting over something, I stop right then and surrender those things again. Asking God to be the Lord over that issue, thought, feeling, emotion, etc. I can't begin to describe the peace that begins to flood me from within.
I lay in bed last night and began to just pray for various people in my life. Giving praise, asking for specifics for each of them and suddenly I had the overwhelming need to surrender stuff and people in my life again. Tears began to stream down my face as it hit me I own NOTHING, not even my own body. I immediately thought of a few scriptures...
Romans 12:1
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice -- the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?
1 Corinthians 6:20
20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
1 Corinthians 7:23
23 God purchased you at a high price. Don't be enslaved by the world.
Then it REALLY hit me. There is nothing on this earth that I own. There is absolutely NOTHING that is mine. Now my next thoughts may seem silly as I write them out, but I lay there and started thinking about things I've purchased and realized that not even those things are mine. I OWN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!! It all belongs to God. I belong to God.
AND THEN....surrendering became easy. The words began to flow from my heart as I gave things back to the Lord that were His to begin with. My children are not mine. They were His all along and He only loaned them to me to nurture and prepare for His glory and purpose. I gave Him my husband as well as many other family members and I realized He loves them far more than I EVER could. He does not desire for any of them to be lost. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent.
He loves them with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3
The more I surrendered stuff, people, me to the Lord, the harder the tears fell and the more free and at peace I felt. The more I let go, the more I began to seek His forgiveness for MY mess and I was able to also feel His forgiveness take over me to the point I was able to forgive others. I could think of someone and things they did or said to me in the past and I was not angry with just the thought of them, but my heart was filled with compassion towards them. It is seriously a point when you realize that person did hurt you but ultimately it was against heaven first that they sinned and grieved the Holy Spirit. The more I came to that realization, the more Ephesians 6:12 became more real and clear to me. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those powers of darkness that rule this world and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.
C L E A N S I N G
F R E E I N G H U M B L I N G
R E F R E S H I N G
My goodness that seems to me, to be a lifesaver right there!!! The nugget we should all be aiming for. I'm discovering a new side of God that was there all along. I side I'm loving and so thankful for.
Does this mean I will never worry, fret, or take back what I have already given to Him? No, that would mean I'm not human. However, I have taken a step in the right direction of being able to trust my Savior.
Lord, I pray that something I have shared will be the catapult that launches someone else that much closer to You. I pray that you will continue to heal my heart and help me to surrender daily my "rights" to You. May I never get so cocky to believe that I am my own and can do as I so choose. May I never forget where I've been, nor what You are bringing me through. May what I experience in life today be used to draw others to You and help them to have understanding and come into a more intimate relationship with You.
Thank You for loving me enough to be patient with me and wait for me to "come to my senses". Forgive my cockiness of not realizing that though I did not physically wander away I was still a prodigal in my thoughts. Thank You for seeing me afar off and running to me with out stretched arms welcoming back in to your fold. Your love is truly greater and higher than I could ever imagine. May I ever remain humble, grateful for YOU and who YOU are!!!
In Jesus Name, Amen.
This Walk
I'm learning and re-learning day by day that this walk with Christ is a daily surrendering and trust thing. You can't simply say one day I trust God, I am a follower of Christ, I believe. This is a daily dying to self and surrendering your will for His. He is ever stretching me and growing me in areas that are just plain hard.
I can see Him at work in my life and heart, but there are seriously times I want to say ok God, enough. Times when you think surely there can't be much else that God can pull from me or pull out of me, and then....another trial, another opportunity to grow in Christ, another time of stretching in faith and trust.
Not easy, but so worth it in the end. I want to ask God to fix things and let me have a reprieve and THEN allow me to come back into the scheme of things. However, He is asking me "Will you trust Me"? To which I can either say no and forfeit oh so much OR I can say yes and He blesses my socks off with growth and fellowship with Him. When I look at it from that perspective, I say YES....un-ashamedly and WITHOUT reservation!
My God is greater! My God is stronger! He is higher than any other! He is healer! Awesome in Power.....MY GOD!!!! If my God is for me than who can ever stop me or come against me????
It's boiling down to will I believe and trust His word? Will I stand on His promises? He has said He is not a man that He should lie. Do I believe Him?
There is no one else I can trust or believe beyond a shadow of doubt. No one BUT God, even when things look ugly and I don't have the answers I'm searching for. God is All I have and All I need. He's showing me daily my need for a Savior.
God Bless
I can see Him at work in my life and heart, but there are seriously times I want to say ok God, enough. Times when you think surely there can't be much else that God can pull from me or pull out of me, and then....another trial, another opportunity to grow in Christ, another time of stretching in faith and trust.
Not easy, but so worth it in the end. I want to ask God to fix things and let me have a reprieve and THEN allow me to come back into the scheme of things. However, He is asking me "Will you trust Me"? To which I can either say no and forfeit oh so much OR I can say yes and He blesses my socks off with growth and fellowship with Him. When I look at it from that perspective, I say YES....un-ashamedly and WITHOUT reservation!
My God is greater! My God is stronger! He is higher than any other! He is healer! Awesome in Power.....MY GOD!!!! If my God is for me than who can ever stop me or come against me????
It's boiling down to will I believe and trust His word? Will I stand on His promises? He has said He is not a man that He should lie. Do I believe Him?
There is no one else I can trust or believe beyond a shadow of doubt. No one BUT God, even when things look ugly and I don't have the answers I'm searching for. God is All I have and All I need. He's showing me daily my need for a Savior.
God Bless
This Walk
I'm learning and re-learning day by day that this walk with Christ is a
daily surrendering and trust thing. You can't simply say one day I
trust God, I am a follower of Christ, I believe. This is a daily dying
to self and surrendering your will for His. He is ever stretching me
and growing me in areas that are just plain hard.
I can see Him at work in my life and heart, but there are seriously
times I want to say ok God, enough. Times when you think surely there
can't be much else that God can pull from me or pull out of me, and
then....another trial, another opportunity to grow in Christ, another
time of stretching in faith and trust.
Not easy, but so worth it in the end. I want to ask God to fix things
and let me have a reprieve and THEN allow me to come back into the
scheme of things. However, He is asking me "Will you trust Me"? To
which I can either say no and forfeit oh so much OR I can say yes and He
blesses my socks off with growth and fellowship with Him. When I look
at it from that perspective, I say YES....un-ashamedly and WITHOUT
reservation!
My God is greater! My God is stronger! He is higher than any other!
He is healer! Awesome in Power.....MY GOD!!!! If my God is for me
than who can ever stop me or come against me????
It's boiling down to will I believe and trust His word? Will I stand on
His promises? He has said He is not a man that He should lie. Do I
believe Him?
There is no one else I can trust or believe beyond a shadow of doubt.
No one BUT God, even when things look ugly and I don't have the answers
I'm searching for. God is All I have and All I need. He's showing me
daily my need for a Savior.
God Bless
12/02/2011
Give Me a Clean Heart
I started reading someone's blog after I typed in Googles search engine Bible study for heart transformation. I came across Tracy's blog. The great thing is I've been able to really sit and ponder what my hearts desires really are. She stated it may take some time, but I knew immediately what my hearts desires are and wrote them down.
To minister to women that are standing for their marriages and families when they are crumbling all around them. To see my WHOLE family walking with the Lord and being about our Father's business. That the marriages in my WHOLE family will be restored to fullness and great richness in Christ.
It is NOT enough for me to just have my heart transformed and changed and walking with the Lord. It's not enough for me to just be filled with the Holy Spirit! I want my ENTIRE FAMILY transformed, changed, filled, and walking with the Lord!!!! I want to see my nephews and nieces, my nephews wife, my sisters, my brother in love, my husband, my children, me...all chasing after Him and walking out His will for our lives!!!!!!
I want Ezekiel 36:25-27 for myself and my WHOLE family
Then I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new obedient heart. And I will put My Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command. (NLT)
I don't want us to have to think twice about our will verses God's will. I want us to be so hungry and thirsty for God and His will and our love for Him so rich and genuine that we can't wait to wake up each morning to fulfill another paragraph in the chapters of our lives and the book of His will.
To minister to women that are standing for their marriages and families when they are crumbling all around them. To see my WHOLE family walking with the Lord and being about our Father's business. That the marriages in my WHOLE family will be restored to fullness and great richness in Christ.
It is NOT enough for me to just have my heart transformed and changed and walking with the Lord. It's not enough for me to just be filled with the Holy Spirit! I want my ENTIRE FAMILY transformed, changed, filled, and walking with the Lord!!!! I want to see my nephews and nieces, my nephews wife, my sisters, my brother in love, my husband, my children, me...all chasing after Him and walking out His will for our lives!!!!!!
I want Ezekiel 36:25-27 for myself and my WHOLE family
Then I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new obedient heart. And I will put My Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command. (NLT)
I don't want us to have to think twice about our will verses God's will. I want us to be so hungry and thirsty for God and His will and our love for Him so rich and genuine that we can't wait to wake up each morning to fulfill another paragraph in the chapters of our lives and the book of His will.
11/23/2011
Thankful...
I may continue Friday with the book, but for today and tomorrow, I just want to relish in my gratitude for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Salvation is a splendid thing and I couldn't imagine going back to NOT being saved. I am also ever grateful for the sacrifice on calvary!!!! I'm so thankful that God in His infinite love did not stop with just salvation, but that HIS love for me is poured out on me daily, even when I don't "feel" it. He does love me, cherishes me, and sees me as a priceless jewel.
I'm ever thankful that His love is so great that He would not allow me to stay in my misery, but desires to reach down and grab me up from this mire. He wants me whole and spreading His love.
This Thanksgiving I pray we not focus on the material things we are thankful for...though we are thankful for them, but to direct our eyes and hearts heavenward and realize just how blessed we are...YES, EVEN WHEN WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE ARE AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVEN'T CHANGED!!!
May God richly bless you and your family!!!
I'm ever thankful that His love is so great that He would not allow me to stay in my misery, but desires to reach down and grab me up from this mire. He wants me whole and spreading His love.
This Thanksgiving I pray we not focus on the material things we are thankful for...though we are thankful for them, but to direct our eyes and hearts heavenward and realize just how blessed we are...YES, EVEN WHEN WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE ARE AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVEN'T CHANGED!!!
May God richly bless you and your family!!!
11/15/2011
I Will Not Be Moved...
This morning, I awoke with the words of a song in my heart. I don't recall ever really listening to this song. I do recall hearing it on the radio. However, these words were bouncing around in my heart AND thoughts and I looked it up on YouTube.
I also prayed today!!!!!! I actually formulated my heartfelt thoughts into words and brought them before the Lord. I can't describe to you how good that felt. It was refreshing.
I pray you enjoy the words to this song! I am not so into the music as I am the words. ;-)
I also prayed today!!!!!! I actually formulated my heartfelt thoughts into words and brought them before the Lord. I can't describe to you how good that felt. It was refreshing.
I pray you enjoy the words to this song! I am not so into the music as I am the words. ;-)
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