So this blog/post is just about what I've been thinking while driving my car...(believe it or not a lot of crazy conversations between God and I have taken place in the car!!)
I was just thinking today, what a big lie it is that people think the Christian Life is all nice and easy: and just full of peaches and cream, with maraschino cherries on top. DUDE!! the Christian life wasn't meant to make life so you never have any hard times, or never have any bad things happen....but it DOES make it where there will always be Jesus to be there with us when the storms and bad things in life come around. It says in the bible, in John Chapter 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in ME you will have peace....In this world you WILL have trouble, BUT take heart for I have overcome the world!!"
We will never have to go through the storms of life by ourselves if we have Jesus. I know for me when life gets crazy that's when I lean on Jesus who is always there: Jesus is like my safety net for when I fall! Today was one of those days when I just needed Jesus plain and simple! It was like I needed Jesus, so much like I needed to take a breath of air. Jesus will give you peace when the world will leave you high and dry, and empty! Jesus is my comfort, He's my go to man, with the right plan, who's related to Stan! :) Jesus will never leave me, and I will never have to live life on my own again! WOW! talk about taking the pressure off...Dude I need to be reminded that Jesus has the whole picture, like the whole world in his hands....which hurts my brain to think about how big Jesus must be, (especially late at night!!) so if Jesus has the whole world, He's got me and my ideas, dreams, jobs and future life all figured out! All I have to do it just live it out, but WITH Him helping me!!
When I became a Christian I gave up my old way of life to pursue this life with Jesus, wherever it takes me, and whatever I do!!! I'm whole hoggin it for Jesus!!!! :) hee-hee-hee!!!!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Today:
Ok so I know this blog for me is kind of a way to write about life, and journal, for others to read and be encourged.
So Today....I'm just very Thankful. My heart is full of thanks for people. So many people have come into my life for whatever reason, but I see God working through them, and through me. Today I am thankful for family, for church family.....things have just made me think of my grandpa, who I miss today....He would always pray the same prayer...."Our father we come before you with a thankful hearts, for the wonderful day and the great blessing....Thankful for family, thankful for the food...Thankful for Chrissy, Thankful for Lorie, Be with those who are sick, care for them, help them, be with those we should pray for, bless them, In Thy name we pray...Amen" It was always the same prayer he would pray just about every time. I just am full of thanks, no other way to put it!!! I'm so thankful for Jesus, for His unfailing love, How He picks me up, gives me His assurance....I love it!!!! Lord I'm thankful, thankful for friends, for family, for my job, for church, for teachers I work with. Lord I love you, I want to walk with you, and In You my life is complete. Thank you Jesus for your blood sacrifice for me on the cross, thank you for the love and desires you have put in my life. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! May I praise you all the days of my life Jesus!!!
So Today....I'm just very Thankful. My heart is full of thanks for people. So many people have come into my life for whatever reason, but I see God working through them, and through me. Today I am thankful for family, for church family.....things have just made me think of my grandpa, who I miss today....He would always pray the same prayer...."Our father we come before you with a thankful hearts, for the wonderful day and the great blessing....Thankful for family, thankful for the food...Thankful for Chrissy, Thankful for Lorie, Be with those who are sick, care for them, help them, be with those we should pray for, bless them, In Thy name we pray...Amen" It was always the same prayer he would pray just about every time. I just am full of thanks, no other way to put it!!! I'm so thankful for Jesus, for His unfailing love, How He picks me up, gives me His assurance....I love it!!!! Lord I'm thankful, thankful for friends, for family, for my job, for church, for teachers I work with. Lord I love you, I want to walk with you, and In You my life is complete. Thank you Jesus for your blood sacrifice for me on the cross, thank you for the love and desires you have put in my life. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! May I praise you all the days of my life Jesus!!!
Monday, March 15, 2010
About Being Selfish
Hey everyone!!
I hope your day was great!!! Because God truly is good, all the time, and all the time, God is good!! AMEN!!! AMEN!!!!
You know how when you're around people and all the talk about is themselves and they never seem to really listen to what you have to say.....I feel that is how it is sometimes with our relationship with God...I feel lately like I have a big huge ball of me...(kind of like the big balls of rubber bands wrapped up, if you've ever seen them before at Walmart or Target)....like a ball of chaos and confusion, or like a mis-combobulated contraption that doesn't fully serve it's intended purpose....so God has to gently pull apart the individual rubber bands of SELF, so he can put HIS one and only band (Jesus and His HS) around and through me and in me to use me as I have never even thought of, or imagined. I realize I have to let go of my life completely and let God do His thing, His perfect will and purpose for my life....I have to lose my own vision and have God's vision that's mapped out for my life. I did not come into this world alone, and I don't understand why I would think that I can do and live my life for my own way, or my own purpose, when I will fail miserably. Jesus is all that I need, truth be told. Keep it simple christian!!!!!! AAHH!!!!!
Philippians 4:19 says:
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
As long as I have Jesus, I will never have to walk through life alone, ever!!!! I just think that is SOO AWESOME!!!!! so that means God knows my needs, and he not only wants to; but the bible says God WILL meet all my needs!!!! It's cool to think that everyday when I go to work, home, eat, and yes even sleep....I'm never alone!!! God is like this friend you can always count on, and a person who understands me for me....and gets me and my craziness at times :) Thank You Lord for never leaving me alone, for never forsaking me!!!! This Life God has created for us to live, in submission to Him, is by far the craziness and coolest decision I think I've ever made in my entire life!!!!! DUDE!!!!! JESUS IS MY HOME-BOY!!!!!!!
Jesus help me to stop being selfish....to put aside my own ambitions and go hard after what you would have me to do!!! Help me not to gaze at my problems and glance at you....but rather gaze at YOU LORD, and just glace at my problems!!!!! I love you Jesus forever and ever!!!!!!!
I hope your day was great!!! Because God truly is good, all the time, and all the time, God is good!! AMEN!!! AMEN!!!!
You know how when you're around people and all the talk about is themselves and they never seem to really listen to what you have to say.....I feel that is how it is sometimes with our relationship with God...I feel lately like I have a big huge ball of me...(kind of like the big balls of rubber bands wrapped up, if you've ever seen them before at Walmart or Target)....like a ball of chaos and confusion, or like a mis-combobulated contraption that doesn't fully serve it's intended purpose....so God has to gently pull apart the individual rubber bands of SELF, so he can put HIS one and only band (Jesus and His HS) around and through me and in me to use me as I have never even thought of, or imagined. I realize I have to let go of my life completely and let God do His thing, His perfect will and purpose for my life....I have to lose my own vision and have God's vision that's mapped out for my life. I did not come into this world alone, and I don't understand why I would think that I can do and live my life for my own way, or my own purpose, when I will fail miserably. Jesus is all that I need, truth be told. Keep it simple christian!!!!!! AAHH!!!!!
Philippians 4:19 says:
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
As long as I have Jesus, I will never have to walk through life alone, ever!!!! I just think that is SOO AWESOME!!!!! so that means God knows my needs, and he not only wants to; but the bible says God WILL meet all my needs!!!! It's cool to think that everyday when I go to work, home, eat, and yes even sleep....I'm never alone!!! God is like this friend you can always count on, and a person who understands me for me....and gets me and my craziness at times :) Thank You Lord for never leaving me alone, for never forsaking me!!!! This Life God has created for us to live, in submission to Him, is by far the craziness and coolest decision I think I've ever made in my entire life!!!!! DUDE!!!!! JESUS IS MY HOME-BOY!!!!!!!
Jesus help me to stop being selfish....to put aside my own ambitions and go hard after what you would have me to do!!! Help me not to gaze at my problems and glance at you....but rather gaze at YOU LORD, and just glace at my problems!!!!! I love you Jesus forever and ever!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
So.....what are you giving up for lent??!!!
Hey folks!!!!!!
God is good....All the time...and all the time....God is good!!!!! I guess today I've just been thinking about doing more for God....drawing closer to Him.....I think today was just a good day to think about that...well today being Fat Tuesday....but also because I found myself in the last few weeks spending more time on face book, and I feel like I've been putting God on hold......it's like one day a few weeks ago I was going to read the bible...but I was on face book....and I'm like, "sure I'll get to that God...give me just a few minutes" and a few minutes turned into over an hour, and I was almost late to choir practice because of it!! GEEZ!! WHO KNEW face book could be so addicting....not that I'm saying facebook is the devil in a red suit with a pitchfork or anything, but just I think it can be a distraction from devoting time with God each day....even this morning I had to tell myself I'm going to try to not be on facebook....and it worked for awhile :) so....in essence I'm saying all that to say that I am going to give up facebook except on Fridays for lent, and also eating out completely!!! HELP ME JESUS!!!! LORDY LORDY LOOK WHO'S FORTY!!! :) I feel that's what God is pushing me to do....I just want people to pray and think about....what are you going to give up for lent??!! I want God to do amazing things in my life this year...and it starts by me taking a step toward Him, a small sacrifice....God will take our little and turn it into a WHOLE HUGE lot...if only we give it to him first.....without the kicking and screaming :) hee-hee!!
Quote by Elder Cloward
"The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it."
I will have to update this blog, and let people know how this goes!!!! Kinda a little crazy for me to do this!!!! YIKES!!!!! But God is a good God and will help us in our time of need!!! AMEN!!!
God is good....All the time...and all the time....God is good!!!!! I guess today I've just been thinking about doing more for God....drawing closer to Him.....I think today was just a good day to think about that...well today being Fat Tuesday....but also because I found myself in the last few weeks spending more time on face book, and I feel like I've been putting God on hold......it's like one day a few weeks ago I was going to read the bible...but I was on face book....and I'm like, "sure I'll get to that God...give me just a few minutes" and a few minutes turned into over an hour, and I was almost late to choir practice because of it!! GEEZ!! WHO KNEW face book could be so addicting....not that I'm saying facebook is the devil in a red suit with a pitchfork or anything, but just I think it can be a distraction from devoting time with God each day....even this morning I had to tell myself I'm going to try to not be on facebook....and it worked for awhile :) so....in essence I'm saying all that to say that I am going to give up facebook except on Fridays for lent, and also eating out completely!!! HELP ME JESUS!!!! LORDY LORDY LOOK WHO'S FORTY!!! :) I feel that's what God is pushing me to do....I just want people to pray and think about....what are you going to give up for lent??!! I want God to do amazing things in my life this year...and it starts by me taking a step toward Him, a small sacrifice....God will take our little and turn it into a WHOLE HUGE lot...if only we give it to him first.....without the kicking and screaming :) hee-hee!!
Quote by Elder Cloward
"The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it."
I will have to update this blog, and let people know how this goes!!!! Kinda a little crazy for me to do this!!!! YIKES!!!!! But God is a good God and will help us in our time of need!!! AMEN!!!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Open Doors, Closed Doors
I totally believe that God opens and closes doors in our lives for specific reasons.... but I think I've realized that when one door closes, for whatever reason it happens, another door opens right around the corner....actually sometimes right in the midst of where we are standing....like for instance....when you close the door to your bedroom, you automatically are in another room, whether it be the hallway that leads to the living room, kitchen, or wherever...and also when you open the door to go outside....you are in a whole different ball game....especially with the cold air outside hitting you like a train vs. the warm air inside hitting you like a warm cup of tea with a spoonful of honey. So I think change in inevitable, and we have to ask God to check how we should view changes, how our lives can be impacted, even though changes can be scary at times...God can use those changes to catapult us forward in living closer to Him, and carrying out His plan for our lives. And sometimes...I don't know if I'm the only one who feels this way...but I need Gods guidance...nudging and pushing me sometimes...doors sometimes closing sooner than planned...because otherwise I would be content to sit down in a room in a comfy brown leather sofa...and not want to move, maybe delaying the work God has for me because I'm too content with where I'm at....I don't want to live that way....I want to live life on the edge!!! Live life totally 100 percent where God takes me...not holding anything back....constantly moving forward in a slow journey with Jesus, wherever life goes....I just have to be ready, ready to go and follow wherever The Lord leads me!! I have to be ready!!!!! CARPE DIEM!!!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
What's in a Name....
OK, so for the past week I have really been thinking a lot about names....and what they mean...and even to know my own name and what it means. As a teacher I hear a lot of unique, different, popular, crazy-spellings of children's names...and often wonder WHY...or HOW they got their name, and the story behind it....because believe it or not...there is always a story...just ask almost anyone, and if not...have them ask their parents...because it's a story, let me tell you!! Back in the day before they had sonograms, my parents had went into the hospital with two different names, in case I was a boy.... my mom had picked out my name.....it was to be Seth, and my dad picked out my name if I was a girl, Crystal....ok so not a really BIG story....but there is a lot in a name believe it or not....Just think of the name of Jesus....I believe that once we are a Christian, we are like Christ, a new creation, and He gives us a new name In Him....Just like Simon's name changed to Peter...and Saul's name changed to Paul....we become a new person, with a new name in Christ....that is just SOO COOL to me!!!!! DUDE!!!! I'm glad I'm a new person in Christ!!!! In the bible Philippians 2:9-11 it says this....
"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father"
Now if God really does mean that..and He does :) ....then truly bend it or break it....we will all bow...every man woman and child....on our knees before God and confess Jesus as Lord....now there is some CRAZY power in His name!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!
"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father"
Now if God really does mean that..and He does :) ....then truly bend it or break it....we will all bow...every man woman and child....on our knees before God and confess Jesus as Lord....now there is some CRAZY power in His name!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Books Transform
Books really do transform people.....and the most important book of all that has changed more lives than anything else on the earth is the Bible!!! Woo-Hoo!!!! Hello somebody!!!! I love reading the bible....because somedays I can only read like one versus and I'm like......ok Jesus....You gotta work on me there....but sometimes I can read chapters, and like still want to know more...it's like I want to be in the pages, in the action....like I seriously want to see David...defeating Goliath...and what his sling-shot looked like, like was it made of like of shoe-strings.....and twigs??!!!!(because I'm sure there wasn't the local Farm and Fleet, or Walmart to buy supplies at!!!! AND I wonder just how big was the rock he threw at Goliath??!!! AAAHH!!!!! HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE TO SEE!!!! OH MAN!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! and just to be able to see the faces of some of the coolest people in the Bible!!! oh man, they better have an introduction of people in heaven....cause that would just be AWESOME TO THE MAX, but then I'd probably get confused, and start calling everyone by numbers or calling everyone Dorthy!!!!! LORDY LORDY LOOK WHO'S FORTY!!!
I just really with-in the last two years, have really loved to read books.....but it's kind of crazy because in college I don't think I never read but maybe like 2 or 3 books!!! but I totally believe the saying....Leaders are Readers.....the more you Know...the more you will Grow...and then Go and tell others about the books that have changed your life!! There is Power in books....but there is a crazy DIVINE POWER...in God's written Word!!!! DUDE!!!! that makes me want to have and IV full of the Scriptures pumped into me....so I can remember them, and quote scripture to help people in need and encouragement, well and also to help myself too.
What's a good book that you would recommend to others?? I'm interested to know!! :)
"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand,
and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors,
that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please".
~ Oswald Chambers ~
I just really with-in the last two years, have really loved to read books.....but it's kind of crazy because in college I don't think I never read but maybe like 2 or 3 books!!! but I totally believe the saying....Leaders are Readers.....the more you Know...the more you will Grow...and then Go and tell others about the books that have changed your life!! There is Power in books....but there is a crazy DIVINE POWER...in God's written Word!!!! DUDE!!!! that makes me want to have and IV full of the Scriptures pumped into me....so I can remember them, and quote scripture to help people in need and encouragement, well and also to help myself too.
What's a good book that you would recommend to others?? I'm interested to know!! :)
"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand,
and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors,
that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please".
~ Oswald Chambers ~
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