Moonlight Prayer

I was walking through the snow tonight with my son on our way home from my mother in laws,having a litte moonlight prayer time with God, and I think about how some of my family and friends are spending their time. At this very moment, there are so many of them running around without a care in the world. Parting every single weekend. Becoming the slave of alcohol and drugs. Some of them with children and some of them not. However I am not condeming anyone becuase I have been redeemed of those terriable desires. Sometimes I ask God why is it that it's so hard to be different. Why is it so hard to fit in, and then I hear him answer that I'm not supposed to. I am unique, an orginal... I looked up to the heavens on this clear, cool night and breathe all of it in... So much beauty.. With moonlight dancing across the frozen wonderland which used to be our front yard, I allow the coldness to feel my lungs. It's so refreshing and fulfilling. And I whisper to my God, thank you, thank you for my beautiful family, my warm home and for your grace.... Just a few thoughts from my moonlight prayer....

Joy Bubble

I am currently starting a bible study with a few girlfriends titled Conatigous Joy by the Women of Faith Series. In the forward written by Patsy Claremont, she made a few statements that really periced my heart. "True joy spreads as we live out God's way in our lives with such credibilty that others move closer to purposely catch it." Wow! I mean think about it, how many truly JOYOUS people do we know. Authentictly joyous, and not pretending with over-done niceness.... I feel that sometimes, I have played the over-done niceness card. However, not done intentionally. But I feel this is part of being in the flesh. This is NOT my hearts desire by no means. Patsy was referring to a friend of hers that always chose to believe the best and leave the rest to the Lord....
(hmmmm... contiplate on that for a moment) She referred to her friend as an authentic "joy bubble"! I LOOOVE IT! I immediatley wrote in my book a prayer.. " Lord I want to be a joy bubble for you, my family and friends and everyone I come in contact with... an authentic, not overdone niceness.. I want it to be direct from my heart...
So I did learn something, and wish I would have learned it of it sooner. All we have to do is ask for God to show us the path to the lovely ways of his law. Whether we believe it or not, we are alot like our chilren at times. They are spoiled with a room overflowing with toys and all we hear is " I'm Bored". Wow, Jonathan and I were talking about this and our spiritual lives are like this sometimes. We are surrounded with so many wonderful things, Gods blessings. New cars, a nice home, a cabient full of food etc.. And all we can do sometimes is feel unhappy and the urge to want more. We find no joys in our days. " We long for joy as if it were something far off and unobtainable." But all we have to do ask.... In Psalm 51:8 the psalmist's is praying for the Lord to make him hear joy and gladness, so that the bones that thou have broken may rejoice... It's that simple. I couldn't believe it!
All we have to do is ask!! Ask it unto his name it shall be done!
I want joy that will cause my toes to tap, my heart to giggle, my dreams to return, my spirit to be refreshed and so my vision can expand!  I don't want to have to convince others about my joy... I want it to be CONTAGIOUS!!  Per Patsy's words, "Joy-people are popular, IN DEMAND, hired first, applauded, appreciated and sought out. " Sometimes all we have to do to rediscover our joy is to look at things differently, we need to open our eyes in order to see something that has always been there...
So what do you say??? I say sign me up for a big fat case of JOY!

Did you know that Joy is our birthright as believers! However sometimes tragedy or bad situations seem to make it hard to hang on to it.... Let's reclaim our JOY!

Let's all become JOY BUBBLES!!!!

"I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I'm singing your song, HIGH GOD." Psalm 9:2 MSG

Love and blessings to all!

Age vs. Spirit

Do you ever feel that you are an older spirit in a young persons body? Sometimes I feel as though I am different than everyone else my age. Yes, getting married at 17 does cause a person to grow up alittle faster. And having a 3 year old, a full time career and being a wife does add to the level of expectations for md from my family. However, when I slow down and take a few minutes some days to look over new friends I have come in contact, and old friends that I have re-connected with, I find myself always comparing myself to them. How our lives are different, how they are similar.  And through my thoughts tonight, I do not have the time, nor do I have the will tonight to go into details of my testimony or life trials ( I like to call them opportunties..lol) that I have been through over my 26 year life span. But I did want to jot a few notes down to give God the glory. The glory for guiding me through the progression in realizing that it is ok to be different. To be special. To be SIGNIFICANT. I am his princess, and how honored I am to be. I look forward to my time at my God's feet in prayer and the journey that he is preparing for me now and the path that he is leading me down to show me the truths along the way of how and why he has made me an orginial... not a copy... an orginial. PRAISE BE TO GOD! 

The Beginning of an Adventure

Wow. My first blog! How exciting. I have always had a love for writing. A very dear friend of mine (Amber) actually introduced met to it! :) As my thought process of what to put into my first blog progressed, I found myself not being able to pic one particular subject. So I am sure there will be many more posts to come! I can't make my mind up if I would like to use this blog as an introduction to my women's ministry, strictly for entertaining the world with my families ever day eventful life, or to just post random thoughts... So guess what... I will be using my blog for all THREE until I get more comfortable with this new adventure in my life.

So here's to new friends, new passions, new ideas, new prospectives and many many more new posts!