Scripture for the Month

Psalm 103


"... bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits, 
who forgives all your iniquity, 
who heals all your diseases, 
who redeems your life from the pit, 
who crowns you with steadfast Love and mercy, 
who satisfies you with good..."


gonna try to memorize it so it shall be on my lips and mind this whole month. 

"If he (Satan) can deceive you into believing that he has more power and authority than you do, you will live as if he does. You have been given authority over the kingdom of darkness, but if you don't believe it and exercise it, it's as if you didn't have it (Bondage, p. 61)."

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.

Thoughts from the drive home:

 1. First of all, driving in a snow storm is not fun, but it was entertaining at some points. I was like the only one on the road so I made lots of noises and sounds and pretended I was in a movie. I really couldn’t see where I was on the road!! I couldn’t see two feet in front of me..shoot dang. I saw sooo many accidents! There was one car that slid off the road and I should have stopped to help, but I was already passed it by the time I saw it. In all the 17 years I’ve lived in arkansas I’ve never seen snow like this, even Louisiana and Mississippi got snow! 

2. “Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them     down.”  

 ”In the end we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”

3.  Leaving Greenville never gets easier. 

4.  Being Christ minded is SOO hard sometimes. We struggle SO much between what we think we should do and what we want to do. We think, “i really want to say this/do this but i know thats probably not the right thing.”  as well as “would christ really do this? would he really say this?”  why does it have to be so hard. I do believe though that if you genuinely desire to do God’s will and seeking out Him. He will NOT let you do anything other than the right thing…which is sometimes easier said than done. We just have to be obedient and faithful, and TRUST that He will hold up his end. I mean, come on, its God we’re talking about…of course He will hold up his end and move within us to do the right thing. 

5.  sometimes I think I push people away because I try so hard to be their friend. I give them my all from the beginning, I don’t hold anything back, because I found someone that think is awesome and a blessing from God and I don’t want to lose them. Sometimes I feel like I suffocate them. I don’t mean too. I just am terrified of losing them. 

6.  I’m afraid. I’m terrified. I’m scared about the future. I’m fearful of disappointing others as well as myself.  Why can’t I ever be the person I try so hard to be? 

7. Isn’t it awesome that there is enough Grace for the entire human race!! 

Redeemed!

This lovely group of young ladies above have been redeemed! These are the child brides that have been rescued by our organization during the month of december! whoa. God is doing great things. These girls are now free to go to school and get an education as well as work at the bakery shop we have opened so they can earn a living. Each one is a precious jewel. I've never met them, but I love them. I hope to meet them this year sometime!! Remember to pray for these girls in Kenya. 

I LOVE. getting mail.

So, during the christmas potluck that we had at church they had an opportunity for people to participate in the prayer ministry.  We all were supposed to put our names and addresses on an index card, and then put it in a basket at the end of the table. Now, what would happen is at the end as you walk out the door you draw a card out of the basket and whoever you draw is who you are to pray for over the christmas and new years holiday. It's a great idea to get the whole church involved. BUT after you pray for them and the holidays are over, you are to send them a card saying that you prayed for them. I am currently in the process of sending my card. I have no idea who the person is that I drew out of the basket. Anyways, I got a card in the mail today. It was from the guy who drew my name out of the basket. His name is Ryan Jones. He is in his late twenties, I think. He just wrote me the nicest card and letting me knwo that he was praying for me. He also wrote a lot about how he has been praying that our church would have a spiritual revival because it needs it real bad.

I think I might have a new friend :) He also gave me his email address, so I plan on emailing him and letting him know I got the card.

P.s. for all you RC's out there, this is a great thing to do on your floor or in your house. I've done it before and it worked out really well. You can do the whole prayer card thing, but also have them just do a random act of kindness as well as praying for the person they drew. 

Christmas.

I LOVE christmas. I am very thankful for my family and how we have celebrated christmas every year. We are not a wealthy family. We have never really gotten many presents. We usually get one or two, and then a stocking. I am very proud of my family for not gripping or complaining about it. My brothers have handled it very well. We just go into Christmas not expecting much, material wise, and that helps. We do however LOVE spending time together playing games, watching movies, and eating lots of goodies on christmas eve!!

Because of the way we have celebrated Christmas it has passed on to our relatives. All of the cousins on my dad's side are not giving gifts this year. We are all serving somewhere in honor of the cousin that we were assigned to this year. Maybe it'll keep spreading and soon the world will really know what Christmas is all about!

Family. Friends. above all the greatest thing that could EVER happen. God, GOD. sent himself to us!! that's waaaaay beyond our understanding. It's ridiculous and insane!! We should all just be flippin out all the time!