Wednesday, October 27, 2010
so why?
So why do I follow this God? Is it easy, no? I've discovered many bumps.Many trials. I have failed because of this fallen world I live in. But my hope is in Jesus. Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God (I Peter 1:21).
I have seen Him work things out for His glory. My praise is continually out of my mouth. I have seen His faithfulness as my eyes are fixed upon Him. His mercies are new every morning, great is His faithfulness. I can not wait to see what He has for me next on this thing called life.So now I am sitting back, watching, and letting God work in my life, other lives, and circumstances of this life.
Praise the Lord someday, I'll worship forever and forever. Praise God, despite the difficulty, He is the One Who is eternal.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. (Jude 24-25)
Monday, October 18, 2010
something I wrote May 2nd, 2009, felt like I should repost it...
It's already May. May 2nd to be exact. The year is already flying by. A lot things have happened already. I feel like I've been through a whirl wind of trials and happy things piling one right after another.
News of things happening and not understanding why God allows things to happen to me personally and my family. I find myself dreaming when the sun comes out.
I listen to girls online tell me that they don't understand why God has them to wait and why they themselves can't be in control over life. I listen to kids whine and complain everyday because they hate coming to daycare or do the assignment I set out for them.
I can relate...I complain to God about why He is allowing our family to go through a trial and make us wait for it to end. I find myself complaining to God about why I have to have two jobs and do school because it's hard and that I'd rather have another assignment from Him.
Before I move on to write what God is teaching me through this, for those that don't know, my brother is having major surgeryon Wednesday May 6. Please keep us all in your prayers, especially Brendan.
So what is God teaching me through this? That He writes my life story. I was reminded by somebody that an eternal impact could come out of this. Someday, when this is all said and done, I'll have a testimony to give. How God was faithful. How He never let anything happen to us or to me that we couldn't handle because His grace and strength is sufficient for us. And that God never left us once or forsook us. But most of all whatever happens---In our lives God is glorified.
Praise the Lord...
News of things happening and not understanding why God allows things to happen to me personally and my family. I find myself dreaming when the sun comes out.
I listen to girls online tell me that they don't understand why God has them to wait and why they themselves can't be in control over life. I listen to kids whine and complain everyday because they hate coming to daycare or do the assignment I set out for them.
I can relate...I complain to God about why He is allowing our family to go through a trial and make us wait for it to end. I find myself complaining to God about why I have to have two jobs and do school because it's hard and that I'd rather have another assignment from Him.
Before I move on to write what God is teaching me through this, for those that don't know, my brother is having major surgeryon Wednesday May 6. Please keep us all in your prayers, especially Brendan.
So what is God teaching me through this? That He writes my life story. I was reminded by somebody that an eternal impact could come out of this. Someday, when this is all said and done, I'll have a testimony to give. How God was faithful. How He never let anything happen to us or to me that we couldn't handle because His grace and strength is sufficient for us. And that God never left us once or forsook us. But most of all whatever happens---In our lives God is glorified.
Praise the Lord...
Friday, October 15, 2010
praise God, again and again
O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
happy things for today
fellowshipping with friends I haven't seen in awhile tonight, cup full of coffee, thrift store shopping for sweaters with a couple of friends and mom, putting money in the bank, and getting some stuff done around the house.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
corrie ten boom says it.....
"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."
"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength."
"Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open."
"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden."
"Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."
"Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you."
"when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus"
This is what God has taught me this past week.....worry....Phil 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
Praise the Lord
"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength."
"Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open."
"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden."
"Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."
"Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you."
"when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus"
This is what God has taught me this past week.....worry....Phil 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
Praise the Lord
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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