2010

Dear Lord,
Today I Pray for My Faith Walk in 2011. I Pray I am ever more daily committed to growing in Love for you.  You are My Rock and My Salvation. All that I have is In You and From You.  Thank you for ALL of the daily blessings you have given.  Thank you for always being there through my struggles too.  Leaning on you has been what keeps me going. Leaning on you keeps me believing that YOU know your will for me, and that this is ALL part of your crazy and WONDERFUL plan.  My Hope is in You Lord, My Trust Is In You!
Amena!

Better than a Hallelujah sometimes

I cry Out to you Oh Lord.
I need you.
I need you to guide me, Help me to remind me that you are ALWAYS near me. NEVER will you leave me and I am grateful for that, because Lord I KNOW i can't do this alone.
We pour out our miseries, God just hears a melody, beautiful the mess we are. Honest cries and breaking hearts... are better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

Your Presence

Thank you Lord for the Gift of your presence on Christmas Day and Every Day.
I am blessed beyond measure as I continue to grow closer to you.
To Learn to walk with you.
Thank you for your Unending Patience and Love.

December 21st

4 Days Until Your Birth Lord Jesus!
I Wait with Joy and Hope!
Amena~

woman of God and a little white bunny

Tonight My daughter wanted to read a story from the bible all by herself.  She can't actually read yet, but I do encourage her to try. However, when I try to help her spell out words, she looks straight into my eyes with a serious grimace and says "I CAN read it, I WILL read it" 
She picked a story tonight and I began to listen, the first thing she uttered "There was a woman of God and a little white bunny" It sent a chill up my spine and a warmth in my heart all at the same time. God has blessed us with a bunny in our neighborhood, he always wanders very close to my bedroom window, many times throughout this year I have peeked out the curtain to see him staring in at us. SO peaceful and SO beautiful and I DO believe it is Emmanuel. God With US.

Unending Mercy and Love

Thank you Lord for your unending Mercy and Love.  Thank you for showing me the path to Life. Eternal Life with you. I will continue to Praise Your Name!!  I Love you and cannot wait until we celebrate the birth of Your Son Jesus!! Amena!!

single moms

Dear Lord,
Tonight I just want to lift up all of the single moms I know, and those I don't know. Lord Please Keep them safe in your loving arms of care.  Please give them Peace through their trials and fears. Please be with them every step of the way.
Lord, Please continue to help me to understand your will for my life.

You continue

You continue Lord, to pour out your blessings.
Thank you Lord for getting Grace and I through yesterday. I am acutely aware of how blessed we are that Grace and I have our health, and that we have only ever had minor sicknesses here and there.  I struggled at times yesterday to give her my full patience and attention, Lord, but Thank You for your Mercy on Me as I continue to grow in those areas.

I Wait for You with Joy and Hope!

My God you are my Everything

My Love, My Life, My Everything
You lift me up when I need it the most,
you are my strength, you are my holy ghost,
all that I am I have You to Sing Praise
and worship your Name throughout all of my Days,
Because God, You are My Everything.

Committed to you

This is a great test of my ability (or lack there of) to staying committed to you, oh Lord. 
I want to know you more, I want growing in knowledge of you to be a priority in my life.  Help me to overcome my doubts, my struggles. Help me to see that you are SO much more than this World has to offer. Help me to also recognize those in this world who are striving to live for you as well.  There lives lend themselves to my journey, providing great encouragement.

2 Corinthians 4:11

We who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

I die to myself every day.  I have to.  I have a 3 year old.  It's not always easy, there are times where I feel as though I Never have time that is all my own, I Never have time to do Exactly what it is that I want or even get things done that i think i Need to do! In the times I begin to lose my patience, it is then that I remind myself of the greatest sacrificial love there was.  Jesus was nailed to a cross, for us.  For My Sins.  I carry my cross for you, Oh Lord. Thy Will Be Done.

Tonight

As I was getting my daughter to bed she, out of the blue, started singing. "Our God is Greater, Our God is Stronger, God you are Higher than any other..."  (repeat)  I know they listen to KTIS at little lambs, it was just really cool to hear another great song spouted randomly by her own choosing.

Makes me believe i'm doing at least one thing right.  Lord continue to help me see the ways I am living for you, and the impact it has on those around me. Please strengthen my desire to live for you Every Single Day.

I don't want to gain the whole world and lose my soul

I need help Lord to continue to better understand your will for me.  I don't want to lose my soul. Help me to see a much clearer picture of what you want for Grace and I. Trusting in you to lead us to what you have in store for us, the Best.

Tired but ever Grateful

Thank you Lord for seeing me through every day.  Thank you for your Grace and Mercy. Your Love and Kindness.  Your Patience with me. 
Thank you for the countless miracles you bless us all with. 
Amena.

God is God and I am not

I need to trust in You, Lord, Whole-Heartedly, that you are working in the lives of not only me, but All my christian friends and family members. 
I am not you, Lord, I can only strive to be like you by constantly seeking your Word and Your Face. 
And surround myself with those who do the same.

amena.

Christian or a Christ Follower?

I am learning the significant difference between calling yourself a Christian in this world and calling yourself a Christ Follower.
It seems that maybe it happens in steps for some of us, and sadly for others, calling themselves "christian" is the only step to salvation. Saying they are christian and that they believe in Jesus. period. ends there.
As I have picked up my cross as a growing Christ follower the last 3 years specifically, I have learned that it happens in steps(at least for me), in strides. We are ALL sinners, full of our own sets of sinful ways.  But when we make a personal commitment to Christ and learning His Word, His Promise and His Way, we truly DO walk in and with the Spirit and the Spirit not only eliminates the sins we once wore, but also moves us into the realm of Christ Likeness. To BE like Christ. When I think of this, I think of the simple and straight forward verse. God Is Love.  And Love is Patient.  Kind. Does Not Boast. Does Not Envy. Is Not Jealous. Bears All Things. Hopes All Things. Love Never Ends. (my bible is at my table, I will quote more accurately tomorrow)
Thank you Lord for Your Word and For the Life I am learning to Love, Living In The Spirit.
Amena!

Better is One Day in your House

Lord, May I never lose this fervor in Thanking You with sincerest gratitude and heartfelt notion. Thank you for Jan and John and their amazing grace to host such wonderful Advent Dinners and to include us! I am so grateful that they (and Leah) extended their hands to Jenny today.  She needs to feel that same outpouring of Love that I have felt through your faithful servants of Central Lutheran.  So blessed beyond measure to be encouraged by their acts of kindness.

I pray we make it to the gathering tonight for more fellowship and to continue to Praise and Honor You today!! and everyday.
Amena!

Love The Lord

Love the Lord Your God with ALL your Heart, with All your Mind and with All your Strength. I will Love you!

Thank you Lord for the Blessings you have been pouring out on Mandi and Eric and Baby Zoey.  I pray that you continue to strengthen this family with YOUR LOVE. May they know you are AWESOME and POWERFUL, WONDERFUL and In Control.  You are to be praised for this Miracle. 

Thank you Lord for a night filled with fellowship with women of Central, especially my date ;)
Tom Hegg was very enjoyable to listen to, and his stories were encouraging and entertaining. It was a blessing for me to enjoy a night out, and even greater blessing to discover Grace was in such good hands!

I Praise You Lord for ALL of the Wonderous things you do, may I never stop noticing and praising you for them. AMENA.

Last NIght and Tonight

Last night I was blessed as always to sit with Joni P., and the other beautiful and strong single moms and be nourished with scripture and God's Will for us all.  Last night we discussed purpose and what Our purposes are. What is truly important to us. When we know that God will surely use it to lead us and grow us into stronger, more passionate women.  God you are an awesome God, you have blessed me beyond measure through the people I have met and come to know and love, please continue to strengthen these relationships as i so desperately grow closer to you.

Tonight... Well, i hope to write more tonight, after my date with Lena!!!  :) More to come on the blessings of beautiful women in my life...

there by the grace

Thank you Lord for your never ending mercy and grace.  You provide for me in abundance, not only in food and shelter and clothing, but in Love and Trust and Hope.  You provide daily miracles big and small to all of us and for that I am eternally grateful.  Please continue to draw me closer to you as I wish to remain open to Your Will and Wait with Joy and Hope.
Amena.

Oh Lord!

Dear Lord,
I am so acutely aware of my Daily Need of You.  To begin to Really Know, Really Get It, that you are here, every hour, every day... your presence is real and powerful when I begin to comprehend it.  I know I will never know all there is to know about you, but I know you are My God and that you genuinely and truly are worthy of all of my praise.
Amena.

Day By Day

Taking this Life Day by Day is probably one of the most wise and challenging things we can do. Yet, Lord, Today is the Only Day we have. Yesterday is gone and we are not guarenteed tomorrow.  Today IS the DAY you have made.  I WILL choose to REJOICE TODAY, I want and I need to remind myself of this wisdom, every... single... day.

Thank you Lord for your Mercy and Kindness, for your Grace and Wisdom. For Leading me back to you, my eyes are turned to you Lord. Please continue to open my heart and hands to you daily, Please continue to gently but firmly remind me that Today is The Day I am to Live For You. Every Day.

Amena!

Every Day is A New Day

Lord, I have not gone the last four days without prayer and praises to you, i Have simply failed to document them on this blog. 
Let me recap.
Thank you Lord for the gift of my family and of my friends. Thank you Lord for our physical, mental, emotional health. Thank you Lord for the Gift of Time that was given to so many of us who shared in great food, great laughter, and great love for you and each other. 
Please Lord, I ask that you continue to Bless each and every one of us with growing hearts and hands for others, Especially all of those less fortunate than ourselves. We do a good job of caring for each other, which is important, but many of us do not Need a great deal. Help us all to remember to have the courage and hearts to pray for and lift up all of the hungry, homeless, lost, hurt, abandoned, scared children of yours who maybe don't know you, or know you and just are not able to overcome their circumstances without the help of others. I pray you impress on all of our hearts this Christmas Season to recognize and act upon helping those in much greater need than us.

Committed to you

I have many times believed I could be committed to things or people of this world and have failed more often than not.  I want and need a committment to you to look like nothing I have ever "committed" to before.  You are like no other, you created me!  You created this life in which I live.  Only You know your plans for me and those around me, and all your children. I am committed to Trusting in You whole-heartedly, Knowing You have taken such amazing care of me for the last 29 years and plan to do so until I am with you in Heaven.  Thank you Lord for your guidance and never ending care and Love. 

1 Peter 1:1-12

Here is a wonderful verse I read last night as part of my daily Faithwalkers read.
"Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His Great Mercy he has given us New Birth into a living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade - kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time."

I will rejoice and be Glad and Sing, and I won't worry about tomorrow, I'm trusting in what you say, today is a NEW DAY! :)
Thank you Lord for Every New Day and the Grace and Peace in which you DO provide in Abundance.
I want to know you more. 

You are a New Day

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for a day full of blessings yesterday. Always a God filled time with Matt and Leah and beautiful baby Eve!  Thank you Lord for their Love for you and for their sisters in Christ that were gathered around their dinner table yesterday morning. I want to lift each and everyone of them up today, including their families, all those beautiful and smart children that are in their care. Lord, I pray that your light shines through them, that they feel your presence daily and grow in Faith and Love for you first and foremost. My Cup Overfloweth.
Thank you Lord, also, for last night, my sister is such an amazing and strong woman who has a passion for singing and shares that gift with others. I was very blessed to be able to attend her concert last night. Great director and song selection. 
Thank you Lord for the gift of Music!! Amena!

Heavenly Father

Thank you for a beautiful sun filled morning. I pray that this day brings you all the Glory and Honor you deserve. Thank you for seeing me through this week, keeping me going with your Love and Guidance. Thank you for holding my hand through the tough spots. Thank you for humbling me and opening my eyes to the suffering all around me. I pray I continue to be strengthened by Your Word and Your Light!
Amen :)

Good Morning Lord!

Today is the Day you have made, i will rejoice and be glad in it, and I won't worry about tomorrow, I'm trusting in what you say, today is the day!!
Thank you Lord for getting me through a challenging work week, and even ending it on a pretty great note!
Thank you for Joni and the Single Mom's who share there lives with me every Thursday night. It is humbling and eye opening to hear their stories. I would not be where I am today without Your Mercy and Love. Without Your Grace. Thank you Lord.
Again I want to lift up the body of Central. I pray that you lead us all to a stronger, healthier body.
I also want to pray for the Mirembe house and all of it's wonderful staff, Matron Mary, Counselor Mary, Teddy, Philip, Esther, and all who keep Christ Alive through their work there. Mukama Yabezbwe!
Amena!

Day Two

6:30 a.m. I had committed to praying for body of believers at my church.
Dear Lord,
Please lift up the head of our church, Pastor Paul and his family, Pastor Jeff, Pastor Sonja and Dan, Pastor Bjorn and Esther and those beautiful twins.
Lord I ask that you bless the Staff members today, of the the daycare and the church.
Please continue to guide and strengthen this body, lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil.
In your name we pray Amen.

Committed to Facebook

Ashamed to admit that the Scrabble game I was in the midst of had to remind me of what I am. There it was, plain as day S I N N E R spelt out for me, to remind me that I am clearly NOT committed to Christ, I am habitually signing in to learn about my friends when i NEED to be spending a great portion of that time In The Word.
I need to post daily on this blog, check in, I need to trick my brain into turning THIS web page into my new habit For The GOOD.  I need to check in, like a time card punch, daily, and say, Here I Am Lord, I am committed to you, Daily. Period. Amen.
I read James 1 1-18 with a friend on the phone tonight, that was a blessing. It was a great chapter about Perseverance and Trial.
Lord Prepare Me, to be a sanctuary, Pure and Holy, TRIED and TRUE... with Thanksgiving, I'll be a living Sanctuary For YOU.
Goodnight. and God Bless.

Day 2

Tuesday School. Today was a full day of work proceeded by helping serve the dinner at church that leads into Tuesday School for the kids.  God knew that I Did want to be a leader, and that always sounded good to me in theory, but never had the courage or faith to believe that I could actually handle a leadership role. There is a great quote that reads: Not everyone is born a leader, but everyone is born with potential.  That's me, Filled with Potential.  Slowly learning and growing into a Leader, Thanks Be To God for His Patience!! I have been co-leading Grace's class of 10 little ones for a month or 2 now, it is most definitely a step in the right direction.

A Year with God

He never ceases to amaze me, Our God.  The very night I knew that I needed to commit a year (at least one year) to Christ (as my husband), I was laying in bed awake at about 2:00 a.m. with my daughter's constant cough keeping me up.  I decided to say a prayer that her cough would subside for both of our sakes, and then proceeded to turn on the radio in hopes to muffle the sound and get some rest.  God chose the song he wished for me to hear at that very moment, he knew exactly what he was dying to say to me.... "waited so long, waited so long, i've got 2 tickets to paradise, we can pack our bags and leave tonight."
Think about it! God has Patiently waited for 29 years of my life for me to utter those words, I am Committing My Life to You Lord.  And there we were, sharing that moment at 2:00 in the morning while His Grace slept (and coughed) beside me. Monday, November 8, 2010.