Happy Birthday MOM!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM, MAY YOUR FORTIETH YEAR BRING BLESSINGS BEYOND YOUR YEARS!!!(WHICH IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO DO ;~)
FROM YOUR LITTLE HACKER (AND TECH GEEK) JORDAN.

Time For What?

2 Timothy 1:9who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.

In Jesus' name I claim protection and guidance on the time You have given me. I surrender "my ways" of using time to You. Lord, I do not know how to fit " it all" in but I am putting my trust in You to show me. I Believe in your Wisdom and Knowlege and I KNOW that You will allow me to serve You, my husband, my children, my extended family, the Body, my friends, and the "world" in Your Purpose for the Life Everlasting that You have blessed me with. Thank You Father.

Amen

P.S. If anyone else out there is struggling with how to use the time God has given them Lord please let this prayer touch their hearts and minds and bring them under Your wing of protection too. Thank You Jesus.

So I know that the Lord will reveal to me what and how to use my time (Thank you Jesus) but I know what I don't have time for ! I don't have time to "not" read my Bible, I don't have time "not" to cry out to our Lord and Saviour in Prayer and Thanksgiving, I don't have time to be short or yell at my kids!, I don't have time to "not be there" for my family and any other commitments that the Lord has placed in my life, I don't have time to get caught up in emotions and lies that prevent me from really living for Him, I don't have time to say "I don't have time" for the people in my life, I don't have time to waste doing things that don't have any meaning and purpose in God's Ways, I don't have time to be fearful, I don't have time to dwell on missed opportunities and bad choices in my past, I don't have time to let thoughts of judgements on myself and others pollute my mind, I don't have time to fight the people in my life to do things my way (supposedly the "right" way), and I don't even have time to worry and get anxious over how I will use time.

It is His time and I am ready and willing to be a good stuard and with His guidance I am even "good enough" to live a blessed life in Him.

What "time" is it for you? If I can live in God's time than so can you, Amen?

Mater

I like Mater. He reminds me of, well, me. One of my favorite characteristics about Mater is his spiritedness. There is a scene where Mater sees Ramone doing some fancy driving down the fixed up town road. Ramone uses his specially designed hydraulics to lower his back end just a bit so that he creates a few flashy sparks. When Mater sees this he just throws his rusty old battered up chaise down and scrapes along the road for all he is worth with a big smile on his face. Similar to the innocent way of children-they see-they do. I am thankful for the ways of children and I am thankful for the way God has made me. And I am also thankful that (as Pastor Barry puts it) He Loves me just the way I am but He loves me enough not to leave me the way I am! Life may have taught me to look and act like Mater (and that has some important qualities for God's purposes) but the Lord wants to use me to demonstrate the class of King, the caring of Sally, the loyalty of Mack, the vulnerability of Red, the teamwork of Luigi and Gueto, the fun and flash of Ramone, the healing and recovering abilities of Doc, and even the speed and perfection of McQueen (after he learns his "purpose". I believe our Lord Jesus wants us all to be available to run His race and win. I believe if we learn His ways and incorporate them into our life the Holy Spirit will drive us where He needs us and we will ALL win.

Jesus My Pop Up

I am so thankful that Jesus has always been a pop up in my life,even when I don't even know it. Do you know what I mean? I choose this program or that program and the Lord pops-up and gives me the choice to take a redirect. I can cancel His council and continue to do my thing my way or I can push the OK button and find out where He would have me go. The interesting thing is that I wonder how often I may have pushed cancel on His protection and guidance and the program I am insisting on continuing may lead my life and thous I love and influence to crash.

Thank you Lord for continuing to be my - our forever pop up!

God's Presence in the Presents

So God really had a lot of fun with Rick (my husband) and I this CHRISTmas- O.K. He might of smiled, at least- and maybe it was just Rick and I that had all the fun-after all God already knows His presence in EVERYTHING so it might not be as amazing for Him as it was for us.

This is what happened.

For CHRISTmas I thought I would like to get our kids a talking plush Jesus. Well it did not work out so I let it go.

Then one of our little ones was grabbing another little ones stuffed toy at playgroup and the other little one was getting upset and I felt bad for him. So I talked with my little one and told them not to touch the other child's toy because we do not want to hurt our friends feelings and we want them to feel that they can trust us and we care about them and respect their words. Then I thought maybe if I get my little one a stuffed toy then maybe he could share his stuffed toy (giraffe) with his friend and they would learn about sharing. So I was up late 2 nights in a row searching on the Internet for a nice stuffed giraffe and it was just not working out and I asked the kids what kind of stuffed toy would you like and it ended up that they wanted to get a stuffed snake. And I almost got one. But it was just not "sitting" right.

Then I remembered what I really had on my heart to get our kids and it was the stuffed Jesus and I am about to get them a stuffed snake and wasn't that just too coincidental and odd and well, what it really was, was God. So I told Rick all about what was going on and He thought, like me, that God really was trying to get it through to my mind that this is not the way this was supposed to go. So we did not get any stuffed anything and I let it go.

Well CHRISTmas morning rolls around and one of our kids was opening a gift from the Church and what does he pull out but a stuffed giraffe!!!!!! Rick and I looked at each other and we started to laugh and praise Jesus out loud (Ricks parents were visiting and they thought we had gone loonie-they could not imagine why in the world we would be praising the Lord in the first place and especially over a stuffed giraffe) But Rick and I were stunned with God's great sense of humor and His presence in the presents.

God is sooo Good and Thank you to whoever got our little ones the stuffed toys God worked through you.

Thank you to all who blessed us a CHRISTmas God worked through all of you! And best of all others around us who are seekers even if they don't know they are seeking see all of this work of the Lord and we are planting seeds, yey!!

The Biggest Blessing

I love the way that God blesses us in every area of our lives and in the smallest as well as the largest of details. He has been doing this in my life even before I knew Him. I remember years ago when my favorite colour was green, I walked into value village (where I do most of my shopping-along with salvation army) and there on the shelf was a brand new pair of green suede birkenstocks for something like $10. I knew it was God and that was before I was able to feel Jesus. There are countless of these blessings I could share, the list is endless and many of the blessings that He provides I am not even conscious of.

About a month ago my family and I were shopping at value village and there were a pair of pink suede birkenstock style sandals for $5. Guess what my favorite color is these days? God you are sooo great, thank you. However even though the Lord provided me with exactly what I needed and liked I put them back! Can you believe that! I passed up God's perfect blessing for me that day. Now every time I go to playgroup and I don't have those perfect sandals for my feet I think of how amazing God is. I am more open and alert to not put His blessings back on the shelf. Thank you Lord for showing me this, You are pretty cool, to say the least.

I am also very thankful that I have not missed Jesus' biggest blessing - the seal of His blood on my life that cleanses my sins so I can be one with God. Thank You Thank You Thank You.

Do you have some blessing stories to share with me? I would love to hear them.

My littlest is awake so I must go for now.

On My Heart for 2007 and Beyond

I have a tremendous need to claim and walk God's Living Word in every aspect of the life Jesus has allowed me to steward. My heart experiences great distress when I fail to live as the Holy Spirit guides me to live.

Oh dearest Jesus I NEED Your guidance! I cannot live this life, along with all the roles you have blessed me to be part of, without your help. When I try to live on my strength I stumble. Even my best intentions for You, my family or anyone You put in my path, done "my way" falter.

I have experienced the Peace and Joy that comes when I am surrendered to You. I want to live that always and all ways. I want to model that for my husband and children, so they can touch and feel and taste what "living in Love with You" really is, through me. I ask you Lord to make me mute when I am about to spout off anything that is not of You (especially to the children) Please Lord I Love You and I want to do Your will but I am simply human. I thank You for Your Grace and Mercy. I pray that I use Your gift of Life for Your plans. Please show me Lord how to really LOVE.