One of the hardest things about life is LIVING IT!

 One of the hardest things about life is living it.  So much going on, demands of life, knowing right from wrong, and keeping our relationship with Jesus REAL and close is just a glimpse of what we deal with.  I must confess I mess up ALOT, my past will show many errors and failurs and yes, wrong choices.....very wrong.  But through it all, God you brought people, circumstances, things in my life that have helped mold and guide me.  I know that no one is perfect, but I owe who I am to YOU, where I am to YOU, what I have is because of YOU and because of YOU, I want my life to reflect your love and power. 

I write this God because many times I think I put alot of pressure on myself and feel like Im not doing enough, but what you are showing me is that just being "me" was enough for you to come and die for my sins.  And the craziest part is, that I wasn't even born yet!! You love me for me, PERIOD.  I dont have to get all dressed up and dolled up for you to notice me.  I dont have to have a degree or a fabulous career to get your attention, you just love me for me.  So God I want you to know that I am trying, to please you in all I do and I know there are many out there who do the same. 

So God I pray right now for all believers out there, who yearn and desire to seek your face and walk with you.  Give us direction and guidance.  Help us not get distracted with things of little value that waste our time, but help us to dance with you, laugh with you, enjoy each day to the fullest knowing we are loved!  Help us to not forget our first love which is YOU.  Lord keep our walk and relationship with you real and help us not conform to what the world says, but what your WORD states as truth.  Help us to reach out and bless those in need and not get trapped in our own bubble that we lose sight of what you have called us to do. May you strengthen us daily, give us discernment in decisions we make and help us not to forget you carry our burdens and break strongholds.  Thank you God for your direction and help.

Grounded

It's very easy for me Lord to get sidetracked with things I see, hear or watch.  Just the other day I read an article that was implying what was the "right" way to raise kids and things you "should" be doing.  All of a sudden I felt a rush of anger, condemnation and even confusion as I started to second guess things that I have been doing.  Lord, I do this a lot, not just with parenting, but in almost EVERYTHING!  After a moment of prayer and thinking I started to think about what the WORD says about things such as parenting.  I started to pray and realize that God in this life we will hear and see all kinds of "clutter" that can get us out of sorts and feeling a little lost. 

It's happened to me even with eating!  I mean there are soooo many different diets, trends, and articles that can drown a person if they try to figure it all out!  As a teacher myself, I have seen the pendulum swing from one point of view about education to another in a matter of days.  Lord, help us as women, who at times are very emotional and sensitive to be strong in our knowledge of YOU and YOUR WORD.
 Help us to be grounded in what your word says, so we don't feel overwhelmed or confused about what the world says we should be doing.  Help us as women to hold onto what you teach, because it doesn't change.  And honestly, just that in itself, the fact that your WORD DOESNT CHANGE , gives me peace in knowing that I don't have to worry about tomorrow and having to figure things out all over again.

Lord, I pray for anyone right now who may be under pressure or stress, trying to "figure" things out on their own, that they would take time and read your precious word and find wisdom.  Help us to be calm and breathe, knowing that YOU have given us answers in your scripture.... we just need to take a "time out" and look.  Thank you Lord for your help and for lifting any burdens in our hearts.  In JESUS name, AMEN!

Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and the flowers fall, BUT the WORD of our GOD stands forever."

Easy does it.....

God why is it so hard to just believe?  I mean to really trust YOU can do anything?  As I read 2 kings chapter 3, a section really stuck out to me.  The king of Judah and Israel are off with their men to fight in a battle.  After 7 days they are completely out of water with no water in sight for them or their animals.  The king of Judah with discernment realizes they need to seek God and he asks to speak with a prophet of God.  What will they do?  About to go into battle, tired, thirsty and I'm sure discouraged.  Here is what the prophet Elisha says: 2 Kings 3:16 " And he (Elisha) said "Thus says the Lord, 'I will make this DRY streambed FULL of pools' For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals'. This is an EASY thing in the sight of the LORD. 

EASY??  What part of making nothing into something is EASY?  When I read this the first time, I just read through it.  But as I took another look, actually more time with less distractions around me, the word EASY stuck out again.  You see God it hit me that many times I don't think things are easy.  There are problems, fears, doubts and situations that seem so hard to change or overcome, that I think I have made myself believe that if its too hard for me, than it might be too hard for you.  I mean I'm a Christian, I should know better, but honestly I don't.  Actually, I am realizing that maybe when I say you are all powerful and sing songs in church that maybe, just maybe my heart and mind have not really come into terms that these "hard" things in my life, may be "hard" for me, but are very "EASY" for you to handle and change.

Lord I pray for those reading this and those anywhere that are in a position that feel dry or maybe facing a difficult situation and just cant see how things will work out or change.  Lord make their "dry streambed" FULL of pools of water, in other words HOPE.  Help us to know that things are "EASY" for YOU.  Nothing is too big, or tough for you to handle! Lord even if we can't SEE the change, just like the Israelites couldn't see wind or rain, remind us, "this is EASY for YOU, YOU got this".  Lord fill our dry areas, help us to be filled with your hope and peace.  In JESUS name AMEN!

me, myself and I AM

I am NOT a blogger.  I have NO idea what I am doing or even how to make things look cutesy and nice.  The thought of even starting this blog all started from thoughts of writing a book, then to just having titles for a book, finally it has come down to writing my thoughts down on a blog.  I am one of those people who feel like I can not really serve the Lord unless everything in my life is right and in order and just "right".  Well after many, many years of trying to get it all right, I realized it just was NOT going to happen.  You see, waiting for things to work out right or to "feel" like I was in the right place to really serve the Lord was just a way the enemy could get me to be complacent and not do ANYTHING.  So God here I am.  I want to serve you, I want to express my deep love and gratitude for all you have done for me.  Lord I want more of YOU in my life.  I am learning God the more I feel "off balanced" or "out of it" is the more I need to center my life around you.  So in this blog God I want to encourage and help those who also struggle finding balance and purpose, to see that our main focus needs to be YOU, the great I AM.  So as I step out and do this Lord, I ask that this be about YOU and not me.  God through it all, through every stage of my life one thing remains unchanged and that is to find me, to know myself, I need YOU the great "I AM".