He is listening

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.

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!