Friday Declaration

My purpose remains the art of losing myself in bringing You praise.

Thankful Thursday

I am so very thankful for second chances. This past Saturday Sam and I had a second chance to stand before God and be married. It was a very small ceremony with immediate family and had Sam's sister, Lori perform the ceremony.

It's amazing how so much has changed. I can look back and see how we have changed and grown since we were first married. I've said this before (probably) and here it goes again...I can easily identify the main difference between back then and now - GOD. He is the number one priority in both our lives and I love that.

I love that when God is the center of your life, you have a whole new perspective. A perspective that is driven by God and is aligned with God's plans for you. He has opened our eyes to so many things that we would have never seen without Him.

Thank you God for second chances.

Post of the Week

Here is my Monday Music, Tuesday Truth, Worship Wednesday, Thankful Thursday and Friday Declaration.

For some reason, this week has been kinda weird. I've been feeling...well, I don't know, disconnected...disconnected from God. It's like I know He is always here, yet I can't feel Him like I think I should.

There is no better song right now than You Won't Relent by Jesus Culture.




He won't relent until He has it all. My heart is His. Thank you God for never leaving me.

See

Right now all I can taste are bitter tears
And right now all I can see are clouds of sorrow
But from the other side of all this pain
Is that you I hear, laughing loud and calling out to me?

Saying "See, it's everything you said that it would be,
And even better than you would believe.
And I'm counting down the days until you're here with me,
And finally, you'll see."

But right now, all I can say is "Lord, how long
Before you come and take away this aching?"
This night of weeping seems to have no end.
But when the morning light breaks through,
We'll open up our eyes and we will see

It's everything that He said that it would be
And even better than we would believe

And he's counting down the days 'til He says "Come with me."
And finally he'll wipe every tear from our eyes
And make everything new, just like he promised
Wait and see, just wait and see, wait and see

And I'm counting down the days until I see
It's everything He said that it would be
And even better than we would believe
And I'm counting down the days 'til He says, "Come with me."
And finally, we'll see. We will see.

Oh taste and see that the Lord is good, the Lord is good
The Lord is good. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good
The Lord is good.

See - Steven Curtis Chapman

For my nephew Zavier and all the babies in Heaven - October 15 marks a day of Remembrance of our little ones who've become angels too soon. The day is observed with an International Wave of Light as candles are lit around the globe in memory of our babies.

"What if" Wednesday

What if we didn't desire...

- money
- new cars
- a nice, big house
- the most current cell phone
- the most current anything of this world

Now, there is nothing wrong with desiring any of those things if they remain second place to God. But what if our desires for the above changed and were replaced foremost with the desires...

- of God's heart
- of God's plan
- of God's will

"Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:2

Lesson 40: Change Your Mind

Whenever I am on the treadmill I think about my goals for that workout and relate it to my walk with God, my goal to glorify Him. I do that so it can help me stay on the treadmill and meet my physical goal. I struggle on the treadmill, I struggle getting to the gym. Sometimes, I give up and shorten my workouts, and to try to convince myself to stay on and keep pushing, I often say to myself, I gotta keep going...I pretend it's a reflection of my walk with God so I can't give up. Well...what if I've been thinking about this all wrong.

The other day I changed my mind. The treadmill is not my walk with God. It's the walk of life. A very tiring, constantly changing life of highs and lows. Here is where God comes in - I can't do the treadmill without hitting the pause button every now and then. I press pause, take a quick break, then jump right back on and keep going no matter how much I want to stop. To me, God is my "pause" button in life. In this ever so changing life of ours, we need to press the pause button when we get too tired, too consumed and caught up in life, and let God refresh us, let God work in our lives so we can continue our journey here on earth.

I can't imagine going through life without knowing that God is here for us, to help us through this life in order to one day be with Him.

Changing your mind - can make all the difference.

Monday Music

Wish I could live more patiently
Wish I could give a little more of me without stopping to think twice
Wish I had faith like a little child
Wish I could walk a single mile without tripping on my own feet

Change In The Making - Addison Road

Friday Declaration

Empty my hands, fill my heart, capture my mind with You.

Wondering Wednesday

I wonder...

is there a difference between knowing and believing?

Tuesday Truth

I know that life, my life, is about God...but the truth is...I'm not sure how to apply this every day of my life (to make it not be about me).

I want so badly to never let God down...but the truth is...I can't...since I was never holding Him up to begin with (I heard this in church and it stuck). But it still doesn't completely eliminate me still not wanting to let Him down.

I want so badly to be everything God is calling me to be...but the truth is...I don't know what that is.

I want so badly to put others ahead of myself...but the truth is...I often don't.

Maybe I should stop wanting so badly, maybe I should stop and listen...listen to Him...like Josh Wilson sings about. But the truth is...I'm not sure I know how.

Monday Music

Why is it so hard for me
To shut my mouth and let You speak
Why do I feel the need to always keep on talking...
I've got to learn to listen

Josh Wilson