Monday, March 28, 2011
Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord
Hello Beloved, We had a visiting Preacher in our church services last night... He did a outstanding job. He was in the book of JOB. I have never heard much about Job from any other preacher... I have read of course the book of Job on my own.. It was a really great preaching time, for me. I have been on a roller coaster ride in my mind and spirit for sometime and this preacher seemed to say all the things I needed to hear... I can just never get over how God's word seems to affect you like that... You can hear the same thing from two different people but when God is really in it , it just seems to hit home.. Know what I mean? Job :1:20-22 , not alot of words, but, oh, so much impact. I will write it out here so you can see what I mean. Job 1:20-22 ( KJV) 20: Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and worshipped, 21: And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, And naked shall I return thither: The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD. 22: In all of this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. I am still in a learning process here. I do not know everything. I have really just opened my mind up to receive what God is trying to tell US. " Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither." Job said that.. but you and I can say that too... we are really no different then Job.. and we can also say what Job did next too... " The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away" What ever you think is yours, really isn't ... whatever you think you have done, you really haven't. The Lord gave us everything,,,, yes, He did.. He gave us , life, our mind, body, and soul. So what we have He gave us.... and it is really His to take away. We can all agree on that I hope. When things are going good and we have no problems we can say" Blessed be the name of the Lord. But, here is the clincher, Can you say that when things are piling up and not going your way . What about when you have multiple deaths, lose your income, and also your material things, can you then say like Job did," BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD" ? This is where the rubber meets the road folks... I had to take a deep breath because I have been failing in the Praise and Worship of my Savior... I can ask no one to help me but the one who has Created and gave me Life....... I am going to be trying to do this each and every day for the rest of my life.. I want to... I don't have to. but I want to .. I want to Bless the Lord with what He GAVE me and that is my Praise.... Like I said this was a good service last night.. Watch what you say out loud, your ears hear, and your heart reacts.... I want my heart to be reacting to God and the Word He GAVE us... How bout you? Smile: it is your free gift from God to share with others..... With arms tenderly wrapped about you..... your sister in Christ Jesus. vickie
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
What God Can do: My Testimony
Hello Beloved,
I want to tell you about what God can do for you.. If you have read any of this blog, then you will
know that I have been on a journey with God for some time now... It has not always been a easy
one but it has been a worthwhile one.. I fall more deeply in love with my Creator and Savior everyday.. While some of those around me may think I have not. Even on the days when it appears I haven't I am... I have learned so much about Him and myself.. So, today I would like
to tell you some of what I have learned. I promise it is worth reading about...
As a small child I learned about God in Sunday School... I still think this is an important part of
a child's life... ( I hope you are sending or better yet taking your child or children to Sunday School) One of the verse's that I learned really young was John 3:16. We all know that verse
" For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotton son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have
everlasting life." I have always since learning this ,loved this verse the best.. Why? Well , because I have most of my life looked down on myself... in this scripture it says "" WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH" . Well I have always thought I did... Now, when you believe something you are usually acting upon it, correct? Well, I didn't start acting upon it in my mind til recently.. I have lived my whole life believing but not acting ... and yes, I think it makes a difference.
Jump forward now, many, many years ahead... I fell in my bathtub in 2007 and that was the pivotal point in my testimony here... I had lived so many years in a dark depression and felt that there was no way out except to end my own life... The day I made that decision is the day I fell in the bathtub. Coincidence? I don't think so . I think we are all born with a purpose in God. Scripture says in Jeremiah 1:5 " Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee."
So I believe the fall was something used to wake me up. Not saying God caused me to fall, just saying it was something used to wake me up.
Wake me up it did. I used the time it took for me to heal to get into a closer relationship with God.. I had to to think on Him day and night and I read and read trying so hard to learn.... I still have had many trials during this time but I awoke this morning with something new in my mind, and that is what I would like to talk to you about now..
God loves me so much that even when I am down and out He takes care of me...
After the fall in the bathtub, I went back to work and worked for about 10 months and lost my job. For a couple of months I was OK , sorta. I had a daily Bible study with a few friends and then reality set in and I didn't have a job anymore... That was pretty scary business, let me tell you..
In 2008, just about 8 months after I fell, my husband was hurt in an accident. He was off work for over 3 months and on very restricted work after that. In May, 2009, he lost his job also... now we are down to living on savings and it was pretty much a horror story. I finally found work as a janitor after hours . And I am grateful for the job.... It has helped us to stay afloat. Since losing our jobs there has not been a month go by where we couldn't pay our bills and still eat out occasionally.. I sure didn't make enough each month to pay the bills.. and the savings was not much to start with.. NOW, I am going to tell you what I think , NO, what I know has happened.
During all this period we still were faithful to God,, We paid our tithes and made offerings and we honored God.... I know that during all this time that God saw that and he kept us through....I am so excited to tell you that through this time we had still had house payments and on each month we have paid extra payments and in April we will make the last payment on our house.... That is just a huge big thing!!!! And it will be paid off almost 3 years EARLY!!! That my Beloved is God. We would never have been able to do this if we had not been faithful to God...
So, I guess I am saying to you all that honoring God everyday and doing what He says do..( His Word, the Bible) is the way to go... Yes, you will make mistakes and have to pick up again many times but it is so worth the journey... That is my testimony of what God can do.. at least for today... Smile: It is a free gift from God to you for you to share with all you meet...
God Bless you all today ... Tenderly with arms wrapped about you... your sister in Christ Jesus.
vickie
I want to tell you about what God can do for you.. If you have read any of this blog, then you will
know that I have been on a journey with God for some time now... It has not always been a easy
one but it has been a worthwhile one.. I fall more deeply in love with my Creator and Savior everyday.. While some of those around me may think I have not. Even on the days when it appears I haven't I am... I have learned so much about Him and myself.. So, today I would like
to tell you some of what I have learned. I promise it is worth reading about...
As a small child I learned about God in Sunday School... I still think this is an important part of
a child's life... ( I hope you are sending or better yet taking your child or children to Sunday School) One of the verse's that I learned really young was John 3:16. We all know that verse
" For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotton son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have
everlasting life." I have always since learning this ,loved this verse the best.. Why? Well , because I have most of my life looked down on myself... in this scripture it says "" WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH" . Well I have always thought I did... Now, when you believe something you are usually acting upon it, correct? Well, I didn't start acting upon it in my mind til recently.. I have lived my whole life believing but not acting ... and yes, I think it makes a difference.
Jump forward now, many, many years ahead... I fell in my bathtub in 2007 and that was the pivotal point in my testimony here... I had lived so many years in a dark depression and felt that there was no way out except to end my own life... The day I made that decision is the day I fell in the bathtub. Coincidence? I don't think so . I think we are all born with a purpose in God. Scripture says in Jeremiah 1:5 " Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee."
So I believe the fall was something used to wake me up. Not saying God caused me to fall, just saying it was something used to wake me up.
Wake me up it did. I used the time it took for me to heal to get into a closer relationship with God.. I had to to think on Him day and night and I read and read trying so hard to learn.... I still have had many trials during this time but I awoke this morning with something new in my mind, and that is what I would like to talk to you about now..
God loves me so much that even when I am down and out He takes care of me...
After the fall in the bathtub, I went back to work and worked for about 10 months and lost my job. For a couple of months I was OK , sorta. I had a daily Bible study with a few friends and then reality set in and I didn't have a job anymore... That was pretty scary business, let me tell you..
In 2008, just about 8 months after I fell, my husband was hurt in an accident. He was off work for over 3 months and on very restricted work after that. In May, 2009, he lost his job also... now we are down to living on savings and it was pretty much a horror story. I finally found work as a janitor after hours . And I am grateful for the job.... It has helped us to stay afloat. Since losing our jobs there has not been a month go by where we couldn't pay our bills and still eat out occasionally.. I sure didn't make enough each month to pay the bills.. and the savings was not much to start with.. NOW, I am going to tell you what I think , NO, what I know has happened.
During all this period we still were faithful to God,, We paid our tithes and made offerings and we honored God.... I know that during all this time that God saw that and he kept us through....I am so excited to tell you that through this time we had still had house payments and on each month we have paid extra payments and in April we will make the last payment on our house.... That is just a huge big thing!!!! And it will be paid off almost 3 years EARLY!!! That my Beloved is God. We would never have been able to do this if we had not been faithful to God...
So, I guess I am saying to you all that honoring God everyday and doing what He says do..( His Word, the Bible) is the way to go... Yes, you will make mistakes and have to pick up again many times but it is so worth the journey... That is my testimony of what God can do.. at least for today... Smile: It is a free gift from God to you for you to share with all you meet...
God Bless you all today ... Tenderly with arms wrapped about you... your sister in Christ Jesus.
vickie
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