Remembering Our Service Men and Women!

Such an important Holiday and it doesn't get near the respect it deserves. Without their sacrifice, we would not enjoy the liberties we do in America. Thank you Soldiers for all you do and have done. Thank you for risking your life and giving up your time to serve our country. Thank you for your sacrifice. We owe so much to you. I am so proud to be an American and I love our country. Hug the neck of a Veteran today!

How Can I Grow In My Relationship With God?

I'm sure everyone has pondered this question at some point in time. We all want to know the answer to this age old question. There really is no mystery. No magic trick. No potion to drink. Just like any relationship, to grow, one must spend time with the One in which they want to grow closer to. Usually our time is dictated by our interests and therefore our activities. From the time we are little children, we make friends within our social activities. School, sports, clubs like Girl Scouts, (or Brownies, which I was), or 4H. As we age, our circle of friends changes to reflect where we spend our time. College campuses, the dorm, a job, church, the gym. Each friendship grows from the time spent with one another. If you look back on your great friends, you can reflect on the memories you made with each other. Most of those fond memories where not centered around anything huge or monumental. But by the little mundane, simple times in between. Life is lived in between the big events. Good friends are made in the everyday living. Those good friends are considered good friends because they are friends of the heart. They really know you and you know them. They know you like Ranch dressing on your salad and that you hate Catalina. They know you crave a Dr. Pepper from Sonic every afternoon at 2pm. They might even bring you one. They know that your Dad left you and your family at age 16 and never looked back. You know some of there deepest hurts and secrets. And you accept them for who they are and they you. Faults and all. That's a true friend. We can not gain those friendships unless we invest time in them. Time talking and time listening. Crying, laughing. Sharing your heart. Sharing your love. There really is no difference in our relationship with God. It requires the time of a good friendship. How can we become BFF's with someone we don't really know, talk too or spend time with? Does God want to be our BFF? You bet, and so much more. He wants to be the one we share our joys, our sorrows, our life. He wants to be our Friend, our Counselor, our Protector, our Deliverer, our Joy, our Healer, our Savior. He wants to be our Everything. He is our Creator. Who better to plan out our days for us? Who better to guide us on this path He has created on our behalf? Why would we not seek His advice, as a true Friend and Counselor? Why would we not go to Him as we live life in the in between? He already knows the way it turns out. He knows what will make our life great. We must seek to spend time with God everyday. We must get alone with Him. We must be still before Him. There is peace and great joy from a relationship with God. If you don't believe me, give it a try. Put it on your ical to spend a set aside amount of time with Him. A little Holy BFF time. If you commit to doing so and you hold strong in your commitment you will not be disappointed. The bible says, if we earnestly seek Him with all of our heart and soul, we will find Him. Ask Him to give you the discipline to spend time with Him each day, alone and still. If you really mean it, He will show you the way to make it happen. So give it 30 days. Journal it along the way. Pay close attention to what God is saying to you. You will be amazed at how He speaks to you. He loves you so much. Give Him your time and attention. I promise you, He will show up.

My Apologies! AND a QUESTIONNAIRE???

Okay...so it's been a long time. I've been crazy busy, as I'm sure you have. I'll for sure, get back to posting soon, but right now I'm in the throws of creating a memorable birthday party for my "Bestest Gift" God has ever given me. He's turning 8 this week and I'm gonna throw him a bash. So...until this is over, I will be unfocused on posting. However, over the past week, I have had several ideas and I'll get on those soon. Things I think you will find thought provoking and funny. I hope. I also need to finish my chicken story for you. It's a hoot. I must admit that I have noticed on my tracker, I have had visitors from all over the globe. However, nobody is commenting. So, her comes the QUESTIONNAIRE -

(please take the time to help a fellow Blogger out and answer these quick questions. I want to make this blog fun and something you enjoy visiting often) Just copy and paste the questions to a comment. :)

1. What brought you to my blog?

2. How long was your visit?

3. Did you read old posts or just the first, make a decision and move on?

4. What do you wish I was writing about?

5. Do you blog?

6. Did you check out my other blogs?

7. Does the music bother you when you are visiting?


Thanks for taking the time to answer and give me your comments. I truly value your opinion and sincerely want it. If you didn't find what you are looking for here, I encourage you to check back. I'll get it right eventually.

May God bless you with a fabulous day and week. He is worthy to be praised even if He doesn't.
I love you Lord! I give You all the glory!!!!!

Signed,
Faithful

Baby Chicks By Mail Order!

Several times when I was a kid, my Mom would mail order baby chicks to our farm. That's right! And when they came in to the post office, they'd give us a call - "Your chicks are here and making a lot of noise! So come get 'em." That was always so fun! Talk about a package. When Mom order baby chicks by mail-order, she always got the deal - "Order 100 and get 1 free." So we had 101 baby chicks that arrived in a big multi level box. Yes, of course, with holes! They came chirping didn't they? The chirping was deafening. You'd take off that first lid and they'd just look up at ya like they were saying "Momma? Get me outta this box for heaven's sake, it's dark in here and cramped." We had baby chicks for days. My Dad built a nice home with warming lights for them and they grew up and became big chickens right before our eyes! Once they got big enough and started molting, which is the not so fun part. Ewww, those cute little creatures get really ugly for a few weeks. Then they start putting on the most beautiful colored feathers. My Mom order all the fun ones. Exotics, they called them in the catalog. From Dominique, to Araucana, to Polish, to Barred Rock, to Plymouth Rock, to Rhode Island Reds. You name it. So cute! We enjoyed them for years...until the massacre. Oh yes, it was exactly that. You won't believe it. More on that tomorrow. Can you wait that long? Well, you'll have to. I'm taking the little tyke to see the WWII bombers that are in town today. I'll post on that too. Wow! So exciting. What does all this have to do with God you ask? Well, nothing and yet everything. You see God is in everything. The little, the big, the mundane, the exciting, the scary, the sad, they uncertainty. Life in general. He's always there. He's such a hoot. I love His humor in things. I love that He lets us enjoy so much on this beautiful spinning sphere we call earth. Thank you Lord. Now I gotta go....Talk to you tomorrow....I promise.

Signed,
Faithful

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Kingdom Coming Download

Knock Knock...

Some day, every eye will see and every knee will bow to Him.  For those who do not believe, I challenge you for the next 30 days to pray to God that He would reveal Himself to you.  If you earnestly seek Him, you will find Him.  That is the truth.  God is a gentlemen and stands at the door and knocks.  He will not break it down.  It is up to you to let Him in.  Do you hear Him knocking?  Let Him in.  It will be the most awesome ride of your life!  

Jesus said...

...to Thomas or better known as Doubting Thomas.  "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."  I use to struggle so much with doubt.  But I am happy to say, that after many years of asking God to "help my unbelief," and to grow my faith, He did.  My prayer was always, "God you said that if I just have the faith of a tiny mustard seed," that would be all it takes, that you can grow that faith to be big and strong.  Thank you Lord for building my faith in You.  Thank you that I no longer struggle with doubt.  Thank you that although I can relate to Doubting Thomas,  through faith, I can also relate to other biblical heros that have gone before me, like David, Paul, Daniel, Gideon, Mary Magdalene, Esther, Ruth, Moses and so many others.  Father, thank You for those examples.  Thank You for specifically choosing many different types of personalities and faith levels.  None of us today need to feel left out.  Your plan is so finite, so complete, so perfect.  Your love is so big and encompasses all of us.  On this Easter Father, thank You for your Son, Jesus Christ.  Thank you Father for your sacrifice.  Thank You for your unlimited faith in me.  One of these days, I'm gonna give you this biggest hug.  I just love You so much.

On The Way To The Cross...(to listen to video, turn volume down on playlist at bottom of page)

Sin Can Re-route Your Destiny!

Our Christian walk is a journey.  It can take you to many places and allow you to do many things.  God gives us choice as we make this walk on this earth.  Because of that freedom of choice, we can easily get out of God's will.  It is important to ask God to direct our steps each day.  As we seek Him with our whole heart, He delights in showing us our way.  If we step out of His will, we can make choices that cause us to sin.  Sin is costly.  It usually makes us go where didn't intend on going and stay longer than we intended on staying.  It can also re-route our path that God intended for us to be on.  Many times, if we recognize it quick enough and ask for God's redirection, we can get back on track.  However, their are times that the consequences of our sin are permanent.  They can cost us our potential.  Make no mistake, there is no sin too bad or too big for our God to forgive.  If we confess it to Him, He is faithful to forgive us.  The bible says, He will never leave or forsake us...Ever!  But we must submit humbly to the consequence of our sin.  Our reward is in heaven.  If we are born again, we will never sin that away.  But, I sure want all He has for me on this earth too.  

Prayer -Father, forgive me of my sin.   Lord, please help me to not sin away my blessings on earth.  All good things come from You.  Father, direct my steps and establish the work of my hands daily.  I want to listen Lord and follow You all the days of my life.  I love You! In Jesus' Name, Amen.

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Thinking about Good Friday, on Tuesday!

As we draw near Good Friday, I would be remiss to not talk about what this week means to all Christians around the world.  Many churches are beginning to hold services on Good Friday and remembering what our Lord and Savior did for us on that fateful day.  Our church will partake in the Lord's Supper and worship.  It will be an evening of remembering, worshipping and giving our thanks to Him who sacrificed His life for our sin.  As scripture says "He became sin, who knew no sin, that we might become His righteousness.  He humbled Himself and carried the cross."  He is our Messiah, the God who saves.  You see, God is holy and can not be where sin is, so Jesus came to shed His blood to cover our sin, that we might enter into God's presence, to enjoy a personal relationship with Him, through Jesus Christ, His son.  I am so thankful for that shed blood, for without it, I wouldn't stand a chance.  As much as I try to be sinless, my day barely gets started and I have already failed, often times before breakfast.  The Good News is, that the Good News is for all of us.  It's ours for the taking.  And I'm taking Sister!  Boy, am I taking.  What is that Good news...well the Great News, is that Jesus although was crucified and died on that cross and was buried in a tomb, wait for it....three days later, He rose.  That's right, He ROSE!  He is alive and He is at work.    He came to save the lost and He is still saving the lost.  I know this, because I talk to Him on a regular basis you see.  And by the way...He told me to tell you that He loves you so much.  He's crazy about you.  And He's waiting for you to invite Him over.  He'd love to chat.  His datebook always has room for another invitation and  He will gladly accept.  He Is Risen....He Is Risen Indeed!  Now let's go have an Easter Party and Celebrate!  

In Him,

Faithful....