Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Walk with Him Wednesday
I have to share with all my readers, a new favorite blog of mine. I like to check out the blogs that all of you follow, and sometimes I come across some real inspiring blogs. If you have a chance go check out Holy Experience. I promise you will be blessed!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Lord Willing
James 4:13-17
13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
By nature, I am a planner. Before I go to sleep, I am thinking what my first plan of action will be in the morning. Which is usually get up and fix me a cup of coffee. But I am so detailed that I will plan out exactly how many times I will hit the snooze button before succumbing to the day.
I want to be a "Lord willing" type of person. I have heard at times, a person say, "I am going to do this or that, Lord willing". Right now, we have a lot of decisions that need to be made, and I, in my infinate wisdom, want to plan it all out. Open my Microsoft Excell sheet, list it all out, and make sure nothing is overlooked.
Lord, help me to submit my life to Your will. Instead of making plans and leaving You out of them, I want You to be in the center of it. Help me to be a "Lord willing" person.
13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
By nature, I am a planner. Before I go to sleep, I am thinking what my first plan of action will be in the morning. Which is usually get up and fix me a cup of coffee. But I am so detailed that I will plan out exactly how many times I will hit the snooze button before succumbing to the day.
I want to be a "Lord willing" type of person. I have heard at times, a person say, "I am going to do this or that, Lord willing". Right now, we have a lot of decisions that need to be made, and I, in my infinate wisdom, want to plan it all out. Open my Microsoft Excell sheet, list it all out, and make sure nothing is overlooked.
Lord, help me to submit my life to Your will. Instead of making plans and leaving You out of them, I want You to be in the center of it. Help me to be a "Lord willing" person.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
2009: What did I learn?
I love the reflection that a new year brings, and one of the blogs I follow, she did such an amazing job, it inspired me. I thought, hey why not go back and recap those things I learned this year (well hopefully I learned, you may see some repostings!). Here's what I've done (and it may backfire), I have listed the title of my blogs in order, and the first sentence or statement of that blog. Let me know what you think! Thanks Suzy! Go check out her blog!
January:
I Will Praise the Lord - I Will Praise The Lord Words and Music by Ray Boltz
Faith, Worth More Than Gold - 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice,
Seeking - Matthew 6:33-34 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Seeking: Marvelous Mysteries - Here is a continuation of the last blog:
Deep - Psalms 42:7-8 Deep calls to deep at the soudn of Your waterfalls;
Finding Life - Withering Away
February:
Sacrifice: Abraham and Isaac - The story of Abraham is a story of patience (and impatience),
Psalms 19 - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Radiation - Romans 8:18-25 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
March:
Just feel like writing - I give my life
On The Outside Looking In - Little girl hair all in bows, looking through a toy store window.
I Finally Get It - Below is an email I recently sent to my hubby about some confusion I had been having regardin Hebrews 2.
Hmmm - Childsplay
April:
Let My Silence Be Praise - Sweet melody to Your ears alone.
Dare to Hope? - Psalms 42:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
May:
Counting the Cost - Luke 14:25-33 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus,
Sacrifice: The Ram in the Bush - Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
June:
The Stand - Hillsong United - You stood before creation
Discipleship: Getting ready for swimsuit season - Yes, I know the title is strange.
Worship Me - Lord, I want to worship You.
Another Honest Scrap - Ha! I don't know how to do this
July:
My Soul Cries Out - In the hollow of Your hands You have measured the depths of every sea
By Your Word - Upon this straight and narrow path You have placed my feet.
Run For Your Life - This was a very moving video
Like a Cloud Over My Head - First let me just say, "Ugh!" (that about sums it up)
The Valley Song by Jars of Clay - You have led me to this sadness
Psalms 91:1 - He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (Amen!)
August:
Briefly - Well, this will be brief. (Kind of redundant, huh?)
September:
Healer - I have loved this song from the first time I heard it.
October:
My Beloved-Kari Jobe - Your my beloved
December:
Reason for The Season - Christmas trees with bright stars atop, (haha, not the point of that blog at all!)
I hope to be posting more this year, I had set a goal last year to double my posts from the previous year (I didn't reach it) and maybe this year I will be able to double last years posts. But I want to keep this focused on the Lord, it is because of Him that I write!
I pray you all had wonderful New Year, and may God bless you in 2010!
January:
I Will Praise the Lord - I Will Praise The Lord Words and Music by Ray Boltz
Faith, Worth More Than Gold - 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice,
Seeking - Matthew 6:33-34 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Seeking: Marvelous Mysteries - Here is a continuation of the last blog:
Deep - Psalms 42:7-8 Deep calls to deep at the soudn of Your waterfalls;
Finding Life - Withering Away
February:
Sacrifice: Abraham and Isaac - The story of Abraham is a story of patience (and impatience),
Psalms 19 - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Radiation - Romans 8:18-25 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
March:
Just feel like writing - I give my life
On The Outside Looking In - Little girl hair all in bows, looking through a toy store window.
I Finally Get It - Below is an email I recently sent to my hubby about some confusion I had been having regardin Hebrews 2.
Hmmm - Childsplay
April:
Let My Silence Be Praise - Sweet melody to Your ears alone.
Dare to Hope? - Psalms 42:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
May:
Counting the Cost - Luke 14:25-33 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus,
Sacrifice: The Ram in the Bush - Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
June:
The Stand - Hillsong United - You stood before creation
Discipleship: Getting ready for swimsuit season - Yes, I know the title is strange.
Worship Me - Lord, I want to worship You.
Another Honest Scrap - Ha! I don't know how to do this
July:
My Soul Cries Out - In the hollow of Your hands You have measured the depths of every sea
By Your Word - Upon this straight and narrow path You have placed my feet.
Run For Your Life - This was a very moving video
Like a Cloud Over My Head - First let me just say, "Ugh!" (that about sums it up)
The Valley Song by Jars of Clay - You have led me to this sadness
Psalms 91:1 - He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (Amen!)
August:
Briefly - Well, this will be brief. (Kind of redundant, huh?)
September:
Healer - I have loved this song from the first time I heard it.
October:
My Beloved-Kari Jobe - Your my beloved
December:
Reason for The Season - Christmas trees with bright stars atop, (haha, not the point of that blog at all!)
I hope to be posting more this year, I had set a goal last year to double my posts from the previous year (I didn't reach it) and maybe this year I will be able to double last years posts. But I want to keep this focused on the Lord, it is because of Him that I write!
I pray you all had wonderful New Year, and may God bless you in 2010!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Reason For The Season
Christmas trees with bright stars atop,
Decorated houses on every block
Holiday music floats on the air
Bell ringers and Santas everywhere.
This Christmas season has been one of contemplation. I have so many times, stopped myself as I wish someone a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, to question what am I truly saying or meaning. As I bought and wrapped presents, and looked at cards, as I have listened to Christmas music in my car. I wonder, what am I celebrating again? Did I think of Jesus in the middle of the aisles at Wal-mart? Did I thank God for His gift, as I pushed past people at the mall?
Sadly, no.
But God is so faithful to bring us back to Him. Sometimes He has to shout above all the noise we surround ourselves with, and sometimes it is that quiet and yet piercing whisper.
So what am I thinking of this year at Christmas?
No, I'm not thinking of a baby in manger, but yet I am thinking of the fulfillment of a promise. God took me Isaiah 53 the other day, and I thought, "This is really what we should be celebrating, and not just now at this time in our lives, but everyday!" Christmas is not about wonderment in children's eyes, as I have been told over and over again. It isn't about a man in a red suit going around making sure children are in their beds, and well behaved. It's about the gift that God gives to every man, the promise of salvation! And I know that Jesus wasn't necessarily born on Dec 25th, but He was born, and He is the savior, and I thank God for a gift that cannot compare to any gifts given or received on Christmas.
I love the smile on children's faces as they open presents, and the feeling of gratitude as I help out those in need, but none of this means anything without the acceptance of the only gift that can really satisfy. Knowing what God did for me, in order that I could be called His child, humbles me as a parent. I'm hoping my kids will like their new toys, but God wants us to accept His gift, His son, so that we may eternal life in Him!
Okay, Isaiah 53: Do you believe?
1 Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
Decorated houses on every block
Holiday music floats on the air
Bell ringers and Santas everywhere.
This Christmas season has been one of contemplation. I have so many times, stopped myself as I wish someone a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, to question what am I truly saying or meaning. As I bought and wrapped presents, and looked at cards, as I have listened to Christmas music in my car. I wonder, what am I celebrating again? Did I think of Jesus in the middle of the aisles at Wal-mart? Did I thank God for His gift, as I pushed past people at the mall?
Sadly, no.
But God is so faithful to bring us back to Him. Sometimes He has to shout above all the noise we surround ourselves with, and sometimes it is that quiet and yet piercing whisper.
So what am I thinking of this year at Christmas?
No, I'm not thinking of a baby in manger, but yet I am thinking of the fulfillment of a promise. God took me Isaiah 53 the other day, and I thought, "This is really what we should be celebrating, and not just now at this time in our lives, but everyday!" Christmas is not about wonderment in children's eyes, as I have been told over and over again. It isn't about a man in a red suit going around making sure children are in their beds, and well behaved. It's about the gift that God gives to every man, the promise of salvation! And I know that Jesus wasn't necessarily born on Dec 25th, but He was born, and He is the savior, and I thank God for a gift that cannot compare to any gifts given or received on Christmas.
I love the smile on children's faces as they open presents, and the feeling of gratitude as I help out those in need, but none of this means anything without the acceptance of the only gift that can really satisfy. Knowing what God did for me, in order that I could be called His child, humbles me as a parent. I'm hoping my kids will like their new toys, but God wants us to accept His gift, His son, so that we may eternal life in Him!
Okay, Isaiah 53: Do you believe?
1 Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
My Beloved-Kari Jobe
You're My Beloved
You're My Bride
To sing over you is
My delight
Come away with Me
My love
You're Beautiful to Me
So beautiful to Me
Under My mercy
Come and wait
Till we are standing face to face
I see no stain on you
My child
You're Beautiful to Me
So Beautiful to Me
I sing over you
My song of peace
Cast all your care down at
My feet
Come and find your rest in Me
I'll breathe My life inside of you
I'll bear you up on eagle's wings
And hide you in the shadow of My strength
I'll take you to My quiet waters
I'll restore your soul
Come rest in Me and be made whole
You're My beloved
You're My Bride
To sing over you is my delight
Come away with me my love
Thank you Lord, for reminding me that Your mercy covers me. You make me beautiful.
You're My Bride
To sing over you is
My delight
Come away with Me
My love
You're Beautiful to Me
So beautiful to Me
Under My mercy
Come and wait
Till we are standing face to face
I see no stain on you
My child
You're Beautiful to Me
So Beautiful to Me
I sing over you
My song of peace
Cast all your care down at
My feet
Come and find your rest in Me
I'll breathe My life inside of you
I'll bear you up on eagle's wings
And hide you in the shadow of My strength
I'll take you to My quiet waters
I'll restore your soul
Come rest in Me and be made whole
You're My beloved
You're My Bride
To sing over you is my delight
Come away with me my love
Thank you Lord, for reminding me that Your mercy covers me. You make me beautiful.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Healer
I have loved this song from the first time I heard it. What an amazing God we serve, who faithful to His promises. When He says we will go through and not be burned, He proves it. And I think this video shows just that.
The most fitting scripture I could think of was Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
Below are the lyrics to this wonderful song by Kari Jobe.
You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease
I trust in You
I trust in You
I believe You're my healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You're my portion
I believe You're more than enough for me
Jesus, You're all I need
You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease
I trust in You
I trust in You
I believe You're my healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You're my portion
I believe You're more than enough for me
Jesus, You're all I need
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Briefly
Well, this will be brief. I know there was a lot going on before I decided to go on a blog hiatus. First the praise:
All tests were normal! There was some concern at first because the polyp ended up being about 3 times larger than what the ultrasound showed. But, my God is bigger! :) Regarding the DNA test, God answered my prayer and showed me the course of action He wants me to take. Dan 3. Without making this into a long study, He basically showed me to not bow my knee to fear, and the DNA test was exactly that, fear. God has been so faithful to me over the last several weeks, and I just want to take time to give Him glory!
Next:
Well, I don't really have anything else, but since I had a "first", then I needed a "next". Hehe! I hope to be posting soon. There have been a lot of things that God has been showing and speaking to me, but mostly it has been for me. I am definately going through some growing pains, but I know that God is with me and His plan is to bring about His good work, in me.
Thank you Lord for Your faithfullness!
All tests were normal! There was some concern at first because the polyp ended up being about 3 times larger than what the ultrasound showed. But, my God is bigger! :) Regarding the DNA test, God answered my prayer and showed me the course of action He wants me to take. Dan 3. Without making this into a long study, He basically showed me to not bow my knee to fear, and the DNA test was exactly that, fear. God has been so faithful to me over the last several weeks, and I just want to take time to give Him glory!
Next:
Well, I don't really have anything else, but since I had a "first", then I needed a "next". Hehe! I hope to be posting soon. There have been a lot of things that God has been showing and speaking to me, but mostly it has been for me. I am definately going through some growing pains, but I know that God is with me and His plan is to bring about His good work, in me.
Thank you Lord for Your faithfullness!
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