Something happened today that I just need to share with
everyone. I have been praying to the LORD to help Kurt and I keep our time with
my stepdaughters and he is so amazing how he listens when you really need him.
Kurt is a great dad and he should be able to see his girls. Although we are
still fighting we can see the end of the road. The resolution to this issue is
not without problems but as of right now it is the best thing for the girls and
that is what matters. I just wanted to share this with you so everyone can
remember that even if you don’t think God is listening he really is and he will
help when you need him the most. God will only give you what you can handle. So
if there is a problem you feel unable to handle just talk with the LORD and
remember he is always with you.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Jesus is Love
As I sat in church this morning I couldn’t help to think
how wonderful it was to be there. Psalm 150 is the best way I know to state the
feeling of today’s service.
Psalm 150
Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him
in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his
surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him
with the harp and lyre, praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with
the strings and flute, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with
resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the
LORD.
It was very empowering to be surrounded by God and people
who love him as I do.
The LORD is glory on high. He is forgiveness, he is everlasting
love. He give us grace to be who we are and grace to be who he wants us to be
each day; to be a better us for him. Pastor John talked about how everyone is a
saint and a sinner. This makes me stop and pounder how am I a saint and what
does that look like for me. This one is hard for me because I do not think of the
good things I bring into the world only the things I need to do to make it
better. After much thought and collaboration with my husband I came up with
three things I do for God. I am forgiving; I pass on wisdom and guidance. I
know that I do not have all the answers but sometimes all it takes is two
people working on a problem together to come up with the best way to solve the
issue and I am good at this.
Then I looked at what are my sins. This is hard to do because
although I know I sin I do not like to think about what I do wrong but it is
good to be able to ask for forgives and in order to do that I must know what my
sins are. The one I want to talk about is not being forgiving towards someone
who has been in my life since I was a baby and she has made many bad decisions
that hurt my relationship with her. I asked the LORD to help me move past this
and help me show her the way to his door instead of telling her how she needs
to live and how she needs to take care of her family.
I challenge everyone to stop and think about everything
they do as a saint and a sinner. Write about it and learn from it. Ask God to
forgive your sins and then go out and remind others that God is here to help
and love all of us all the time, when we are saints and when we are sinners.
Thank you LORD for all the good in my life and help me be
a better me for you. Help me to worship you because I need to not the way
others think I should. Amen!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Mom's group
I had the joy of going to he mom's group this week on Tuesday. It was great and even though I went into my uncomfort zone. I knew I had to go because we had just talked about God sending us into places we may not always want to go. I am really glad I did. I don't have time to go into to much detail but the main thing I got out of this group when to remember what I am thinking about all day is just as important to what I say. If I am thinking about things that make me upset then my family will feel that in the way I react to them. My goal for this week is the stop and write down what it is I am thinking about 5 different times in the day. This way I will have the ability to look back at it and really take the time to think about how it affects me as a mom and as a person.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
First time to Church
Hi all my fellow bloggers. Today is my first blog ever. I decided to blog because I have found a church to belong to and have gone back to my roots. I am so excited and I feel whole again as a person. This morning my husband and 1 1/2 year old daughter went to a Christian church called the Vally Fellowship of Yakima. I grew up as a Christian and as a child I have attended many churches with family and friends. This was the first church I have ever gone to that made me feel welcomed and ready to come back the next week.
I want to talk about the message I got from my first church visit. The church is in week three of a themed sermon and we could not have picked a better week to come. This week was about The UnComfort Zone Moving beyond our own comfort. This is the best week because up until the middle of December of 2011 my husband was very much against church and Christians because he found most of them to hypercritical. However while celebrating Christmas (which has always be a little strange for me since I want the Christ part but not sure how to do so without my soul-mate) he decided that it was time to find God and as soon as he did my life and marriage became much easier. My husband has been through many bad situations and it has been my goal to show him family can be good and that not everything in life will run away from him and hurt him.
So when he said he was ready to walk a path behind God I was very excited for him. Since this move he has been much more positive and he said he feels like he is never alone. I understand how he feels because I feel the same way.
Now back to the sermon of today. We talked about uncomfortable places. One of these places for my husband was the very place we were, church. For me the first thing I thought of for myself is anywhere I need to go to get help with something such as government offices. In the bible (John 4:4) Jesus is also put in an uncomfortable place called Samaria. This is a place where the Jews believe unclean people lived and avoid any contact.
We also talked about uncomfortable people. For me this people I do not know. For Jesus it was a woman of Samaria that he asked for a cup of water (John 4:7).
The last one we talked about was uncomfortable times. For me this is in the morning when I first wake up. I take time to start to think clearly and need to be left alone until I can talk with people without getting irritable. For Jesus it was after a long time travelling to this place (John 4:6).
After talking about what are the uncomfortable things in our lives we then talked about how to navigate threw the UnComfort Zone. The first of these is to Trust in the Lord. The Lord may have us go into places we are uncomfortable in because he needs us there or handle people we are not comfortable talking with because he needs us to reach out to these people. Instead of trying to avoid or just get through the situation we need to listen to the Lord and do what we do best.
Next was Lean not on your own understandings. We need to let Jesus teach us about people. Sometimes we may have a knowledge of what a type of person is like but we need to let Jesus teach us about each person because there maybe something we do not know or understand about that person. Another reason is because what we already know can be wrong.
After that we talked about In all your ways acknowledge him.
This is important to me because everything I do I need to acknowledge God. Not just at church or when talking to church friends but in my actions and words. When I am in an "Uncomfort Zone" I need remember God is with me and I need to do what I can in the zone.
The last one was But you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you. This is all about not being alone in the uncomfortable moments in life. God will lead us when we are in the zone and he will give us the strength to make it through the hard times and even when we think we have no strength left he will give us more.
If you want to listen to today's sermon you can find it at http://www.valleyfellowship.org/audio
I want to talk about the message I got from my first church visit. The church is in week three of a themed sermon and we could not have picked a better week to come. This week was about The UnComfort Zone Moving beyond our own comfort. This is the best week because up until the middle of December of 2011 my husband was very much against church and Christians because he found most of them to hypercritical. However while celebrating Christmas (which has always be a little strange for me since I want the Christ part but not sure how to do so without my soul-mate) he decided that it was time to find God and as soon as he did my life and marriage became much easier. My husband has been through many bad situations and it has been my goal to show him family can be good and that not everything in life will run away from him and hurt him.
So when he said he was ready to walk a path behind God I was very excited for him. Since this move he has been much more positive and he said he feels like he is never alone. I understand how he feels because I feel the same way.
Now back to the sermon of today. We talked about uncomfortable places. One of these places for my husband was the very place we were, church. For me the first thing I thought of for myself is anywhere I need to go to get help with something such as government offices. In the bible (John 4:4) Jesus is also put in an uncomfortable place called Samaria. This is a place where the Jews believe unclean people lived and avoid any contact.
We also talked about uncomfortable people. For me this people I do not know. For Jesus it was a woman of Samaria that he asked for a cup of water (John 4:7).
The last one we talked about was uncomfortable times. For me this is in the morning when I first wake up. I take time to start to think clearly and need to be left alone until I can talk with people without getting irritable. For Jesus it was after a long time travelling to this place (John 4:6).
After talking about what are the uncomfortable things in our lives we then talked about how to navigate threw the UnComfort Zone. The first of these is to Trust in the Lord. The Lord may have us go into places we are uncomfortable in because he needs us there or handle people we are not comfortable talking with because he needs us to reach out to these people. Instead of trying to avoid or just get through the situation we need to listen to the Lord and do what we do best.
Next was Lean not on your own understandings. We need to let Jesus teach us about people. Sometimes we may have a knowledge of what a type of person is like but we need to let Jesus teach us about each person because there maybe something we do not know or understand about that person. Another reason is because what we already know can be wrong.
After that we talked about In all your ways acknowledge him.
This is important to me because everything I do I need to acknowledge God. Not just at church or when talking to church friends but in my actions and words. When I am in an "Uncomfort Zone" I need remember God is with me and I need to do what I can in the zone.
The last one was But you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you. This is all about not being alone in the uncomfortable moments in life. God will lead us when we are in the zone and he will give us the strength to make it through the hard times and even when we think we have no strength left he will give us more.
If you want to listen to today's sermon you can find it at http://www.valleyfellowship.org/audio
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