I read a Blog by a Pastor name Perry Noble and while I have never met Him, I hear how God is using Him and his ministry to reach lost people and he is so real in his blogs.. His latest one was about His Pet Peeves .... so I was thinking about mine... here goes my list:
1- Women who smoke while pregnant - I just want to smack them!!
2- People who drive slow ,in the fast lane ( WHY, People, WHY ??????)
3- People who try to control me by sweet talking me.. come on, that is my job!!!
4- Adults who talk mean to children, calling them names---Don't get me started on this one!!!
5- People who say they want to serve God but are waiting on their spouse to serve, cause they want to serve God together.. Give me a break... Do ya wait on your spouse to eat, work or think ?....
6- People who use traditions and say it is holy and from God.. Read the Bible....
7-People who Judge others and think they are right and justify everything they do
8-People who have no Mercy
OUCH!!!!! Excuse me, While I get the honking beam out of my of my own eye..... All this time,I thought I was looking at others and I was looking in a Mirror!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
I bought it, I bought it!!!
I remember years ago, Marshall's had a commercial that had a lady who got to the store early and was tapping on the windows and saying ..OPEN,OPEN,OPEN!! Many times I have been at the store saying"OPEN,OPEN!!! I used to like to shop a lot. But now I go in sperts( not sure that is a word) but when I get that, Spert.. I love it!! I usually like to home shop more than anything else. I love to see the latest stuff for home decor... My tasted has changed over the years, My husband can't believe some of the things I have bought, He says he would have never bought that for me and can't figure me out!! Can you imagine, not being able to figure me out.. We have only been married for almost 25 years.. you'd think he would have some idea... but To His defense.. I have change in my style of decor. not sure what it is, I like to mix old with the new, bold colors... maybe I am shabby chic, hits traditional with a hint of modern all mixed up together and dip into all the colors God made!! Sounds good to me!!!
Hey, blame God, He made me like this.. OK, maybe the world added somethings to me.... and maybe I added somethings.. maybe I bought into some beliefs about myself.. starting when I was young.... My Parents always told me, I was the best girl in the world... My daddy loved His red-headed, freckle face girl, My mom called me sleeping beauty.. My grandparents... thought the sun ,rose and set on me.....It was a good life... I am not complaining,I loved being loved and adored by them all and truth be known, I still do!!!
But My creator, has revealed to me that I have bought into it all.. I Have believed that Life revolved around me, my comfort, my rights, my desires, my LIFE!!! You don't have to be raised by awesome parents and grandparents to believe this but for me, It lead right into.... my beliefs system. which I have lived out most of my life.... I realized How selfish I was.... I have prayed over the years not to be selfish, not to desire my rights and way! God keeps bring me back to" I would decrease., He must INCREASE", That I would get self out of my focus and focus on my Savior! Recently, God has brought this to my attention by His word, a song, and then yesterday at church.Ya think God does not want me to miss this.? I do have an attendances to miss it , if only said once..OUCH! Phil 2:2- 5 "If there is any fellowship of the Spirit,if any affection and compassion,make my joy complete by being of the same mind , Don't be selfish... be humble... don't think of yourself interest but others....Have the attitude of Jesus..This is what he spoke to me through His word.. Then I read about a minister who explains the reason why He closes his prayers with the sign of the cross..."The touching of my forehead and chest makes a capital"I" .The gesture of touching first one shoulder, then the other, cuts the"I" in half"...Isn't that what the cross does? Then I heard the song that goes something like.. Give me eyes that I might see., Give me a heart... like Jesus , yeah, " and then God decided I need to hear one more time.. Yesterday at church. Speaking about Is. 58 and how the children of Israel wanted God's blessings on their lives.. so they did all the right things. like prayers, fasting..etc. but God said.. Your knees are dirty from praying which is good but look at your hands.. they are NOT!!! And I want them dirty from Serving others, not just write a check or donate once a year but to get involve and invest in others.....
I have realized, I bought into the lie.. hook ,line and sinker.... that it was all about ME but Jesus said he came to serve not be served... It is all about HIM!!! .. Let the cross cut the"I"
This is the cure for selfishness!!
Hey, blame God, He made me like this.. OK, maybe the world added somethings to me.... and maybe I added somethings.. maybe I bought into some beliefs about myself.. starting when I was young.... My Parents always told me, I was the best girl in the world... My daddy loved His red-headed, freckle face girl, My mom called me sleeping beauty.. My grandparents... thought the sun ,rose and set on me.....It was a good life... I am not complaining,I loved being loved and adored by them all and truth be known, I still do!!!
But My creator, has revealed to me that I have bought into it all.. I Have believed that Life revolved around me, my comfort, my rights, my desires, my LIFE!!! You don't have to be raised by awesome parents and grandparents to believe this but for me, It lead right into.... my beliefs system. which I have lived out most of my life.... I realized How selfish I was.... I have prayed over the years not to be selfish, not to desire my rights and way! God keeps bring me back to" I would decrease., He must INCREASE", That I would get self out of my focus and focus on my Savior! Recently, God has brought this to my attention by His word, a song, and then yesterday at church.Ya think God does not want me to miss this.? I do have an attendances to miss it , if only said once..OUCH! Phil 2:2- 5 "If there is any fellowship of the Spirit,if any affection and compassion,make my joy complete by being of the same mind , Don't be selfish... be humble... don't think of yourself interest but others....Have the attitude of Jesus..This is what he spoke to me through His word.. Then I read about a minister who explains the reason why He closes his prayers with the sign of the cross..."The touching of my forehead and chest makes a capital"I" .The gesture of touching first one shoulder, then the other, cuts the"I" in half"...Isn't that what the cross does? Then I heard the song that goes something like.. Give me eyes that I might see., Give me a heart... like Jesus , yeah, " and then God decided I need to hear one more time.. Yesterday at church. Speaking about Is. 58 and how the children of Israel wanted God's blessings on their lives.. so they did all the right things. like prayers, fasting..etc. but God said.. Your knees are dirty from praying which is good but look at your hands.. they are NOT!!! And I want them dirty from Serving others, not just write a check or donate once a year but to get involve and invest in others.....
I have realized, I bought into the lie.. hook ,line and sinker.... that it was all about ME but Jesus said he came to serve not be served... It is all about HIM!!! .. Let the cross cut the"I"
This is the cure for selfishness!!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Jesus take the Wheel, take it from my hand.( Sing it)
Living here in NC, I have heard Carrie Underwood's song.."Jesus take the wheel" over and over again, and I don't even listen to country music..
Have you ever fallen asleep at the while driving?
When I was in college, My family was driving me back after a long weekend home, it was an 8 hour trip, We left after church on a Sunday night and my uncle was driving , we all were asleep and all of a SUDDEN, we were swirling around and around til we can to a sudden stop!
Then after I was married, my husband and I made a 24 hour trip to MI to surprise his family fro Christmas, the trip was 12 hours one way( we were young and.. yes.. stupid but we were in love ;oO ), On the way back, my dear husband fell asleep and we found our self all over the road and ended up in the middle of the road with traffic stop and all looking at us. Both times God protected me from getting hurt..
I have never fell asleep driving but there have been times that I wondered how I got from point A to B and then at a light I would be jolted by the horns behind me, telling me to GO Girl!,
I didn't remember dozing off. In today's world, we are all so busy with work, kids and their lives, family, friends and church. No wonder.. the polls have shown that 67 % of women have sleeping problems and 43 % say that daytime sleepiness interferes with their daily routines.
Most of the time,I do not have a problem sleeping ,BUT.. I have found myself sleeping spiritually.. I have been going along in life, reading God's word but not even knowing what I read and serving him but not knowing why or how I got from point A to point B... I have been in his presence in my quiet time and in corporate worship and then,I have walked away and not been changed!!! How could this be? When you are in the presence of the almighty God, you should be changed! Just like when you are sleeping, when you wake up , you should be rested!
Psalm 51:1 "Be gracious to me,God according to your faithful love: according to your abundant compassion,blot out my rebellion." Now as I first read that,I rejoiced over the fact that He is faithful to love me and blot out my rebellion.( which we need to celebrate it) but as I meditated on it... God spoke to me.. His word says in Psalms 103:12.. He promises to remove our sins from east to west.. at the same time, sin leaves a scar that is real and can have a powerful impact on our hearts. In the Bible, over and over again God shows us people, who chose rebellion and bare the scare to tell the story. Eve ate the fruit and was banished from the garden, had hard childbirth and then her son killed her other son. Talk about dysfunctional family! Then David, a man after God's own heart, lost a child, conceived out of adultery, deceit and murder...There are real consequences from sin and rebellion.... The Great News is.. We are never too far from God's faithful love ,His abundant compassion and never to far from His blotting out my rebellion.. We can repent, and turn away from our sins and cling to God and his forgiveness, his mercy and Love!
We could let our wounds DRIVE us from Him or We can let Jesus take the wheel and take our hand, remembering what He has done for us and saved us from!!!
Friends don't let Friends drive or live sleepy, they point them to the ONE ,who never Sleeps nor Slumbers!!! Let Jesus take your the Wheel!
Have you ever fallen asleep at the while driving?
When I was in college, My family was driving me back after a long weekend home, it was an 8 hour trip, We left after church on a Sunday night and my uncle was driving , we all were asleep and all of a SUDDEN, we were swirling around and around til we can to a sudden stop!
Then after I was married, my husband and I made a 24 hour trip to MI to surprise his family fro Christmas, the trip was 12 hours one way( we were young and.. yes.. stupid but we were in love ;oO ), On the way back, my dear husband fell asleep and we found our self all over the road and ended up in the middle of the road with traffic stop and all looking at us. Both times God protected me from getting hurt..
I have never fell asleep driving but there have been times that I wondered how I got from point A to B and then at a light I would be jolted by the horns behind me, telling me to GO Girl!,
I didn't remember dozing off. In today's world, we are all so busy with work, kids and their lives, family, friends and church. No wonder.. the polls have shown that 67 % of women have sleeping problems and 43 % say that daytime sleepiness interferes with their daily routines.
Most of the time,I do not have a problem sleeping ,BUT.. I have found myself sleeping spiritually.. I have been going along in life, reading God's word but not even knowing what I read and serving him but not knowing why or how I got from point A to point B... I have been in his presence in my quiet time and in corporate worship and then,I have walked away and not been changed!!! How could this be? When you are in the presence of the almighty God, you should be changed! Just like when you are sleeping, when you wake up , you should be rested!
Psalm 51:1 "Be gracious to me,God according to your faithful love: according to your abundant compassion,blot out my rebellion." Now as I first read that,I rejoiced over the fact that He is faithful to love me and blot out my rebellion.( which we need to celebrate it) but as I meditated on it... God spoke to me.. His word says in Psalms 103:12.. He promises to remove our sins from east to west.. at the same time, sin leaves a scar that is real and can have a powerful impact on our hearts. In the Bible, over and over again God shows us people, who chose rebellion and bare the scare to tell the story. Eve ate the fruit and was banished from the garden, had hard childbirth and then her son killed her other son. Talk about dysfunctional family! Then David, a man after God's own heart, lost a child, conceived out of adultery, deceit and murder...There are real consequences from sin and rebellion.... The Great News is.. We are never too far from God's faithful love ,His abundant compassion and never to far from His blotting out my rebellion.. We can repent, and turn away from our sins and cling to God and his forgiveness, his mercy and Love!
We could let our wounds DRIVE us from Him or We can let Jesus take the wheel and take our hand, remembering what He has done for us and saved us from!!!
Friends don't let Friends drive or live sleepy, they point them to the ONE ,who never Sleeps nor Slumbers!!! Let Jesus take your the Wheel!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Happy Birthday, Jacob
Feb.6 1995.. God made a beautiful baby boy. On May 13th God brought that baby boy into our family and blessed our lives. I have lots of crazy stories about my kids, they are not perfect, just look at their parents and you will see why but they are all great kids, full of life, and fun, OK, I could go on and on, I always get mushy around my kids birthdays.
I was told when I was very young that I could never have children, so to have three, is such a blessing to me. While they all did not come through me... They all have my heart. This weekend we celebrate our son Jacob's 14th birthday and I can not celebrate his birthday without thinking about the woman(or at the time the girl) who made one of the hardest decisions of her life, to do an unselfish thing by giving him to a family who has been so privilege to be His parents. While I have never met this woman, We will always be bonded.. We both love this boy... I know she thinks of him on this day ... one of my prayers is, that God would comfort her and assure her that she did what was right. I pray , that one day they will met and when they do, they will both know God had ordained it all, even if it is not here on earth, that it will be in Heaven...
So today, I say thank you, to the birth mother, for giving Him life and allowing us to be a part of it . I say Thank you to God, who knew him in his mothers womb and knew this child would change this mother forever!!!
Clean or Dirty Dishes to Serve you on?
I am glad that as I write this I can honestly say I have no dirty dishes in my sink.. Now it was a different story last night but we are talking about NOW .....
I have been trying to get organized.. ( those who know me don't laugh ,God still does miracles) my pictures, in closets and under my cabinets in my Kitchen.. I have found so many things that I forgot all about .. In one of my cabinets I found many vases . You'd think I get flowers all the time looking , at looking all these vases .
I looked a these vases and remembered where some of them came from and others I had no clue.I have to say, some were cleaner than others, I think Charlotte had spun her web in some of them and it spelled 'WASH ME"!
This Morning, I was reading 2Timothy 2:20-22...In it it talks about how in houses we have dishes for company and then the ones we use daily bases.... You know the ones with the chips and cracks and maybe stained from microwaving sauce in them.... I guess ,I am confessing here!
Back to the His Word.. He talks about keeping ourselves Pure and Holy staying away from sin, that we will be like the dishes, Vases, (vessel) that are useful for the Master, prepared for every good work!
What does this look like? I asked myself... God answered Me with these thoughts.....
Love Him with a Love that surpasses anything and anyone. Respect and revere His word and understand that he has given it to me for my benefit. To Hide His word in my heart so that I am not attracted to sin and will run from evil,thoughts,words and deeds . Seek the power of the Holy Spirit to enable me to do what is right and let Christ be formed in me...Wheeew.. "No problem God"... I thought... he answered me again and said " Surrender'".. your will for mine, your way for mine, your desires for mine... your possessions for Me.... Your past, present and future for mine! Allow me to Clean your dirty dishes. Even the ones you forgot about and not sure when or how they got dirty. "Let me clean them" cause I desire for you to be a vessel of Honor, sanctified and useful for Me, to use, to Serve Others!!!
I have been trying to get organized.. ( those who know me don't laugh ,God still does miracles) my pictures, in closets and under my cabinets in my Kitchen.. I have found so many things that I forgot all about .. In one of my cabinets I found many vases . You'd think I get flowers all the time looking , at looking all these vases .
I looked a these vases and remembered where some of them came from and others I had no clue.I have to say, some were cleaner than others, I think Charlotte had spun her web in some of them and it spelled 'WASH ME"!
This Morning, I was reading 2Timothy 2:20-22...In it it talks about how in houses we have dishes for company and then the ones we use daily bases.... You know the ones with the chips and cracks and maybe stained from microwaving sauce in them.... I guess ,I am confessing here!
Back to the His Word.. He talks about keeping ourselves Pure and Holy staying away from sin, that we will be like the dishes, Vases, (vessel) that are useful for the Master, prepared for every good work!
What does this look like? I asked myself... God answered Me with these thoughts.....
Love Him with a Love that surpasses anything and anyone. Respect and revere His word and understand that he has given it to me for my benefit. To Hide His word in my heart so that I am not attracted to sin and will run from evil,thoughts,words and deeds . Seek the power of the Holy Spirit to enable me to do what is right and let Christ be formed in me...Wheeew.. "No problem God"... I thought... he answered me again and said " Surrender'".. your will for mine, your way for mine, your desires for mine... your possessions for Me.... Your past, present and future for mine! Allow me to Clean your dirty dishes. Even the ones you forgot about and not sure when or how they got dirty. "Let me clean them" cause I desire for you to be a vessel of Honor, sanctified and useful for Me, to use, to Serve Others!!!
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