The other day I was reading a post at Secret's place, "My Soap Opera Life."She had this beautiful picture and talked about wasting our life worrying about things, and at the end stated that we should not be scared of living our life. This has inspired my post tonight, and I thank her very much for posting what she did.
In the day and age we live, it can be soo easy to be fearful. Afraid of what might happen. One of my biggest fears up until a few years ago was repeating the cycles in my family. For years I kept everyone at arms length, scared to let them get to close, terrified that if they did, I would end up hurting them in some way. There are tons of reasons we can think of to be afraid, to be cautious and fretful. But there is one way we can vanquish all those fears in the blink of an eye. God.
If you know Jesus as your personal Saviour, there is nothing you have to fear. It tells us in the Bible that if God will take care of the flowers in the field, don't you think He will take care of us that much more? Please don't get me wrong, it does not say bad things won't happen, we are actually promised that they will. But we have a God behind us who contols EVERYTHING. We have someone who can comfort us when we need it, give us strength when we have none, protect us from things unseen, and the list just goes on and on.
God's power has no limits.
God's knowledge has no limits.
There is nowhere that God isn't.
Someone once asked me, "Has it ever occured to you that NOTHING has EVER occured to God??"
You see, bad things will happen. Thats a promise. Sometimes those things are just unspeakable. I have been reading Fox's book of matryrs lately. There are some Christians who have met some awful awful deaths. But one thing they all had in common, they all died in peace. Someone being burned alive at the stake and people's account of it states it was as if he was laying on a bed of down feathers he was so peaceful. No one but God can do that for us. And He'll do it for you too if you will let Him. There is nothing out of God's reach. We only have to reach for Him.
Remember this, no matter what end we may face here on earth, if you know God, the end result is a perfect body, in a perfect place, with THE perfect ruler. Who or what is greater than knowing this?? I find so much peace and strength and courage in that!! Don't you?
So stop being afraid and start living for God!! "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
Think about this, if you close your heart and your love to this world to protect yourself, you'll NEVER make a difference to ANYONE in this world.
Lets let go of our fears and give them to God and start living for Him!!
Ok, I have seen some of these going around today, and I have just been tagged by Lookin. I am supposed to write 5 things I have heard and never forgot and tag 4 other people. So here we go!!!
1. "Come on you ole' poo poo, cut me a break!!!!" - my younger brother when he was 5 years old and was constipated. (I still get tickled at that one!! It actually works on so many levels!!! LOL)
2. "Life is short, to make the most of it, live simple and love deeply. That is our purpose here." -my grandmother after she found out she had cancer.
3. "When I get to Heaven, I'm going to ask God two things I have never understood. Why did there have to be mosquitos and snakes???" -a leader at my church who has an intense fear of snakes.
4. "A kind word can change the whole day, not just for one person, but everyone else that person may come in contact with for the rest of that day." -my sixth grade teacher.
5. "You will never move forward in life if you are always looking behind you wishing you had done something different." -a wonderful Christian counseler when I was going through those storms in my life.
6. "Family was God's way of teaching how to love others even if we don't like them very much!!" -myself (you all know I would just have to throw some of mine in there, lol)
7. "I've got all eternity to spend in a perfectly thin body. I might as well know what fat feels like here!!" -my comment to someone at church who was trying out a new diet.
8. "I can't wait until you get old with arthritis, I'm going to kick your butt then!!" -my little brother after we got through wrestling around.
9. "Good luck with that, why do you think people carry canes when they get older?? So they can beat their younger siblings when they show up for revenge!!" -my reply back to him.
Ok, I have gone way over this time, but that just brings up one more quote,
10. "Some rules were made to be broken, and this just happens to be one of them." -my grandmother on my parents rule of no snacks after a certain time.
Thanks Lookin for taggin me, this was fun!!! The people I choose to tag are:
Someone I was talking to recently asked me to pray for them, they said it seemed like Satan just wouldn’t leave them alone. Every turn they seemed to make, there he was, tempting them, bringing up past things they had done. They had been praying for God’s help to get rid of it, but it still seemed to keep happening. She asked me what could be done. How does one overcome these things?
I thought of quite a few verses in the Bible that might be a help to this person. Instead of just Pm’ing her, I thought this might be an encouragement to more out there if I post this publicly. I hope you find a blessing out of this post. The first verse I’d like to share is from James 4:7 (all verses KJV):
4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
First it tells us to submit ourselves to God. I think there are a lot of people out there today who struggle with this. They want to do what they want, not really thinking about what God wants until something happens. Then it says if we resist the devil, he will flee. Submit and resist, so my first question to pose: Have you submitted to God? Is He number 1 in your life? If not, I’m afraid to tell you, the devil already has you!!!
The next example, actually this is the BEST example, we can find is from Jesus Himself in Luke 4:2-13
“2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. “
Did you notice Jesus used the Word of God to resist the devil? You see, the devil is not stupid. He knows what the Bible says, he knows how to manipulate, he is a liar. But if you know the Word, he has nothing for you, you can fight him off. There is nothing more powerful than the Word of God!! We as Christians know this, but I have to ask, how many times do you pick up your Bible and study it?? David said in Psalm 119:11 “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
David basically said he memorized God’s Word. The more we know what God’s Word says, the better chance we have of not sinning against it. I wonder why we as Christians struggle with this also? I challenge you to write down all the verses you can quote on paper. Does it look like enough to you? How many more verses are in the Bible that you don’t know?
Ok, one more verse and I will be done for now, If you look in Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
This is why the devil will flee you if you quote Scripture, God’s Word is quick and powerful and shaper than ANY twoedged sword!! I must ask, are you using the weapon God has freely given us? Would you know how to? If you have then praise God. But I believe there is ALWAYS something to learn from God’s Word, no matter how many times you have read through the Bible. It is the greatest weapon we have against satan. It is the greatest weapon we have against ourselves!! (Yes ourselves, I think we give the devil too much credit sometimes when it is ALL us) Isn’t it about time we come out swinging the most powerful weapon?? Oh what a change that could be made in this world if we did!!!
Hope you all have found some help and encouragement in this.
OK guys, this is a post that I normally would have done under “Lets Discuss It”. I personally believe this topic is nothing more than a lie generated to take away man’s accountability to a Righteous God. I’m talking about evolution. For those of you that know me, you know I am a young earth creationist thinker. In short, I believe God created this world and everything in it in 7 days, well ok, 6 days.
First off, I must pose this question. When does evolution quit becoming science and religion start playing the main role? It is EVERYWHERE, this idea of evolution. It is being taught in our public schools basically as a fact now. They say it’s still a theory, yet they teach our children that the way they tell time is a fact when in actuality it is based ON the theory. I pulled up some interesting site today researching this for my post. First lets talk about the way they determine time.
The earth has layers of rock, also known as Strata. Evolutionists tell you they know how old a fossil is by what layer of strata it is in. How do they tell how old the Strata is?? By how old the fossil is. I am not kidding about this, as ridiculous as it sounds. Here is an excerpt from a website Titled Science Against Evolution. You can find it by copying and pasting this web address: www.ScienceAgainstEvolution.org
Anyway, they say, “The use of the geologic column to establish the age of fossils is circular. If you strip away all the camouflage, evolutionists argue that dinosaur fossils are 100 million years old because they are found in rocks that were formed 100 million years ago. The rocks are known to be 100 million years old because they contain the bones of dinosaurs that died 100 million years ago.”
This is from a secular web page by the way. I get tired of hearing that the only people who oppose evolution are the religious nuts. It’s anyone willing to do a little studying to see the truth. Basically from the sites I looked at, if it agreed with what the evolution scientists said, they agreed with it. If it didn’t, they simply said it was contaminated. Does anyone agree with me that this is sounding rather odd?
What about the modern day fossils alongside prehistoric ones? Here is a paragraph from the same site. “Why don’t they find a lot of modern fossils in the same layer as dinosaurs? Sometimes they do find modern fossils in the same layer. At Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, where you can actually see dinosaur fossils still in the ground, there are fossil clams in among the dinosaur bones. Clams are modern creatures. But, since they are found with dinosaur bones, which are assumed to be prehistoric, it is assumed that the clams have existed for millions of years without changing. At the La Brea Tar Pits, in Los Angeles, they show lots of skulls of prehistoric saber-toothed cats. They have also found lots of bones from rabbits, and birds, and other modern creatures. They don’t display them prominently because nobody cares about rabbit bones. Tourists just want to see the ferocious cats. But this partial display tends to create the false impression that only prehistoric bones are found in the asphalt pits.”
Nobody cares about rabbit bones?? Are you kidding me?!?! I think it is pretty relevant pertaining to the theory of evolution, don’t you? It just seems so strange to me they don’t bring this out in the open. There is actually sooo much more, but for sake of time I am going to stop here. I may do another post with more of the things I found.
My main point being, if they want to hold on to it still being a theory and teach it to our children, fine, but teach them EVERYTHING, why hide these facts I’ve posted today? And why is it SO important NOT to teach creationism as a theory?? Is it not the same along the lines of trying to figure out the start of the world??
My next post on this matter will include facts of why Creation makes more sense than evolution. I know this sounds pretty heated, but I just feel very strong on this particular subject. Please write and let me know how you feel, I will debate if you are willing, or I can just thank you for your comments. I am just curious to find out what others thoughts are on this matter.
As most of you already know, it is my oldest daughter’s birthday this weekend. I have been contemplating on what to write all week. It’s so hard for me to believe she is 3 years old. Time always go by so quick once kids are in the picture. I’ve decided to post what she has meant to me in my life, as she has changed my life, made me see things in a whole new light. I am going to do this in a letter to her, but I hope all of you enjoy it and as you read and listen to these songs, think about what your children have meant to you.
To My Oldest Shining Star,
I love you so much. It is very hard for me to think it has already been 3 years since you came into my world. I wish very much that time would slow down so we could have so much more time to spend with each other. You are getting to be such a big girl. In opening this letter I called you a shining star. That’s what you are to me. When I think of the stars, how beautiful they are twinkling up in the night sky, how they can make a person just stop and take in the beauty of the moment. That’s what you do to me every time we are together. I just want time to stop so we can enjoy each other for as long as possible.
I remember the day you were born, walking into the little room they rushed you in. How small and frail you looked, worried if you were going to be ok, already so in love with you. Then they placed you in my arms, you calmed down almost instantly, slightly opening your eyes for a brief moment. I understood then what being a daddy truly meant. You completely changed my world that day. The best way I know to describe it is, I was able to see the world through your eyes, through the way you looked at me.
You are so loving and sweet. I love the way you go through church saying hello to everyone, offering a hug to anyone who may need one. I love the way you perceive people also. I swear it’s like you can tell who is honest and kind, and who is just out for themselves. I hope you hang on to that. It’s a rare gift not many people have in this world, the ability to read one’s intentions. I hope you never lose that openness you have with people, only guarded when you feel odd about someone.
I absolutely love the way your eyes light up when I walk in the door. The way you always come running to give me a hug and ask me if I had a good day. It doesn’t really matter how the previous time was in that day, you greeting me like that makes my day always good!! I love the way you need daddy to kiss your boo-boo’s, they won’t heal properly unless daddy gives them his kiss.
I wish the very best for you in this world. I will always try and protect you the very best I know how. But sometimes the “hurts” will reach you anyway. Please know that when they do, daddy will always be here to kiss your “boo-boo’s”. No matter what form they may come in, I will always be here for you. There is still so much I would like to say to you, perhaps another day. Just know how blessed I feel to have a shining star like you in my world. You will always be my little girl I held in that little operating room the day you entered this world. No matter how big or grown-up you become!!
Happy Birthday My Little Girl, Daddy Loves You More Than You Know!!!Hope you enjoyed my letter and the songs, (I couldn’t choose just one to pick). I hope they brighten your day a little as my daughter has brightened mine for life!!
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