Personal Gifts

I am so fascinated with nature…I would much rather
be cleaning the yard than cleaning the house.
I always feel so close to God when I am outside.

I am that person who hears there is going
to be a meteorite shower and will sit up all night
outside in the dead of winter or heat of summer just
to glimpse those falling stars. (When my grandkids
were younger they would try and keep that information
from me because I usually solicited one of them
to share the magnificent night sky with me).
A person needs someone to ooooohhhhh and aahhhhhh
with don’t they ?
Every lighting bug that flies through my yard,
every hummingbird that comes for a drink, every
flower that blooms and every fallen star that I glimpse,
with all of my heart I believe, that God does all of these
things just for me…He knows I delight in HIM and HIS
creations.
I view these things as personal gifts, given to me for
my pleasure, each star that falls he created and calls it by
name, every bird that flies, every bloom and green thing on
the earth is His, yet He shares them with me.

Even after creating all of this beauty , He wanted to give
me and you more, He gave us His only Son, Jesus, so that we could
live and enjoy all that He had created for us , free from sin and guilt.
There is no greater sacrifice…If you don’t know Him, seek Him
for there is so much he wants to give you…
Scripture tells us;
“He has you engraved in the palm of His hand.” Isa. 49:16
He wants to bestow all of His love and beauty on your life …

Winds of Change

This week-end we took a trip to West Texas
It was amazing, God's artistry never fails
to capture the beauty of our ever changing
surroundings. His unique hand is upon
all things. We just have to look about to see
His glory.

As we travelled further west we came upon
thousands of windmills. I was so fascinated

with their quiet beauty .

In the distance on top of a mesa
they could be seen from miles
away. They reminded me of
a hill called Calvary , where Jesus in His
own quiet beauty had stood and suffered and
died for my sins.
Like those windmills, he was forging a way
for the winds of change to blow across the
land. We were all given the
opportunity to change and offered everlasting
life with Him and the Father.

Take advantage of the winds of change that may
blow through your life. God loved you enough to
sacrifice His only Son to save you.

Thankful to be able to say Thank You

One of the trademarks of living a Christian life is
to be truly thankful, thankful to God, thankful to others,
thankful for absolutely everything!
Just the privilege to be thankful and to be able to say it
is a gift in itself.
Days can get so busy that we forget the small stuff
like a simple thank-you spoken or a smile of thanks.
Believe it or not a simple gesture like that smile or spoken
word can improve your day as well as another.

Going out of our way to say thank-you to others
helps in growing our own character and
saying thank you to God each and everyday
assures Him of our love and faithfulness.

Ephesians 5:20 says it all....

My Complications /God's Sweet Simplicity

I don't know about you but I can really lose
my focus and life can get complicated. Battles
seem longer, fiercer, unbearable, lonely.

Even when I know to wait, have faith,trust
God, and allow Him to provide the answers, I
steam ahead mucking things up. Then before
you know it, it's complicated.
I say God where are you? I can't see you, I am
trying to listen but, I don't hear you. I feel alone
I cannot feel you. I so need to feel your heart beat
in tune with mine, that I feel afraid when I don't.

Then I see a red bird that lands on a branch above
me and I hear you say "I am here, can you see me"?
A dove coos sweetly nearby and you ask "I am here
can you hear me"? The wind picks up and a breeze
brushes across my face, and you ask "I am here can
you not feel me"?
You are here, I am safe, we are good!

Tell the Truth and Run

Never more than recently have I understood this old proverb:
Tell the truth and run.

I know, I know, “ truth can set us free“, “ truth is rarely pure
and never simple‘, “truth is more important than facts” just to
list a few sayings involving the word “truth”.

Is telling the truth all the time so important?

Lets consider a few truths, is truth important when a friend
might ask “so do you really think it looks good on me”?
Or when you are comforting a friend or family member
through a tough time and they look at you and ask, “do you
really think they are going to be okay”?

Now let’s consider another option, what if you saw sin in
the life of someone you cared about and because you
didn’t want to offend them or rock the waves of
your friendship you just chose to not address it.

Do you think when we have to stand before God and He asks why
didn’t you tell them the truth ? I could have healed them,
cured them, revived them, saved them, made them like new again.

I only hope that we never compromise our principles and truths
so as to not make waves. If a soul can be won from the truth
I hope that we would stand for it even if the waves that
were caused would bring forth a flood.

So what about you , any thoughts on truth?

The Wisdom of God

How we underestimate what God can do, in His time and His way….

I sat in our Esther study last night, amazed at what I was hearing..
Oh, the study as usual was good, great, wonderful…
but what truly amazed me was our instructor. She is married to
one of our pastors and she is just twenty-three years wise…but that
wisdom goes way beyond years.
I remember her saying just a couple of years ago, she didn't want to be
a Pastor's wife, did not want this job.
Now here she is ministering and instructing a group of women twice,
three times her age…and let me say…what sage advice she gives.

She is wise enough (more so than many of us) to consult with God on a
daily basis and she relies on His Wisdom. She has totally allowed God to
have domain over her life, marriage and existence and let me just say
It shows !
God knows who loves Him, seeks Him, and longs to know Him better.

Would you give up all you have or the dreams you had
for your life to follow and love Him?
Are you relying on your own wisdom, instead of HIs?
Are you experiencing His joy and love in your life?
If not just ask Him into your life, He is longing
to give you wisdom, love, joy and freedom.

Praising God

Today I want to say I love you Lord
I am thankful for your faithfulness
Your sweetness and kindness
brings a smile to my heart.
You make everything beautiful
You give life meaning and purpose.

I cry out for those who do not know you,
and what your love can bring to their life.

Let me forever sing a song of praise to
your goodness for you are everything
to me.

Inspiring Love

God is so good,
Isn't it amazing that people should
need inspiration
and motivation to love HIM...

What have we become when we have to
entice people to church and when there
they have to be entertained in order to
worship.
I love music and song and it
does bless our services...but would we
put the same heartfelt emotions into
worship without those things.
Do you need those things in order to
inspire worship?
When searching for a church home what
are you looking for?