Tuesday, January 26, 2010
For the Women
A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her .
When I say that 'I am a Christian', I am not shouting that 'I am clean living.
I'm whispering 'I was lost, but now I'm found and forgiven.'
When I say 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.
When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.
When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect.
My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.
When I say 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.
When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou, I'm just a simple sinner who received God's good grace, somehow!
Today is Beautiful Christian Woman's Day .
Pretty is as Pretty does but, Beautiful is just plain Beautiful.
I'm supposed to send this to 10 Beautiful Women, and you are one of them!!!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
1st Sunday of the New year 2010
I woke up this morning by the ring of my phone "New message" The message read at 7:14am, "Mathew 5:9. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God!" But I didn't even read it because I was still sleepy and I did not want to get up. Then all of a sudden I bring my hand to my stomach thinking, "what am I going to eat today?" My stomach was growling and I know that I'm hungry, but also very picky. I finally get out of bed and wash up. I had a lot on my mind so I decided to get back in bed ready to have my brain explode with so many thoughts that ran through my head. An hour later my sister comes to my room and asked if I was going to church. I answered with a quick "No." So she carried on. My thoughts came back surrounding my head of negative energy, but I couldn't take it anymore so I said to myself, "find something to eat." I searched in the refrigerator, pantry, and then the cabinet where I found oatmeal. Now remember, I am very picky so I looked at the oatmeal package and read Regular. I know that I can dock it up with some brownsugar, milk, and some raisins. Therefore, I grabbed two packages out of the box and was in the mood of making oatmeal. After I poured the hot water on the oats, then scooped two spoonfuls of brownsugar into the bowl I was set. Im searching for the raisins, but there wasn't any. I satisfied myself with plain brownsugar oatmeal until I tasted a few bites. My stomach didn't feel right as if my stomach wasn't hungry so I went upstairs and was called out by my GodFather. He stated, "We are going to church are you going?" This was my calling to get up and get out the house and enjoy the New Year. I was quick to get dressed and be ready for church.
I love going to church, but everytime I go to church I cry and I cry; therefore, I feel weak and soft. But I know its a great thing to wake up sunday morning and go to church. I knew that I had a lot of negative and unanswered questions swirming my head that just needed to leave. As I entered the Sanctuary, I did not have one thought roaming around. As I prayed to Jesus Christ to keep my family together and get me through my struggles in life. I prayed. All my negative energy went out of my body and I began to think positive. I had tears running down my face. I continued to pray aloud instead of keeping my words within thoughts. These tears were good tears, tears that symbolized a gateway to an open door. I been holding a lot of thoughts good and bad inside and all it has been doing is eating me away. Destroying the happiness that is in me. But not anymore. This day made me share my thoughts to whom I needed to talk to.
As I heard the minister preach today, I got something good out of it. He talked about Paul in the storm and the shipwreck (Acts 27). As much as someone feels that they hit rock bottom there is always something on better in store for us. We ask ourselves so many questions and recieve very few answers, and we continue to say Why me? Why now? The answer to that question that helped me stand to my feet was, "We have assignments and no matter what we have done in the past our assignments clearifies our Identity and that we are still a child of God. And the Assignment from God will take us through rough times, hard times, and tough times, but we must go through it to show the power of Almighty." Strength can only go so far, but the power in God will let us stand and fight what ever we are going through becuase He is there with us. This I do believe and I know that He is with me every step of the way.
I woke up this morning feeling miserable with multiple thoughts running through my mind, couldn't sleep, didn't have an appetite, didn't want to go outside the house. I just wanted to be miserable. I know I woke up for a reason becuase my assignment was not yet finished and I thank God for waking me up this morning and getting me out of the miserable state.
I love going to church, but everytime I go to church I cry and I cry; therefore, I feel weak and soft. But I know its a great thing to wake up sunday morning and go to church. I knew that I had a lot of negative and unanswered questions swirming my head that just needed to leave. As I entered the Sanctuary, I did not have one thought roaming around. As I prayed to Jesus Christ to keep my family together and get me through my struggles in life. I prayed. All my negative energy went out of my body and I began to think positive. I had tears running down my face. I continued to pray aloud instead of keeping my words within thoughts. These tears were good tears, tears that symbolized a gateway to an open door. I been holding a lot of thoughts good and bad inside and all it has been doing is eating me away. Destroying the happiness that is in me. But not anymore. This day made me share my thoughts to whom I needed to talk to.
As I heard the minister preach today, I got something good out of it. He talked about Paul in the storm and the shipwreck (Acts 27). As much as someone feels that they hit rock bottom there is always something on better in store for us. We ask ourselves so many questions and recieve very few answers, and we continue to say Why me? Why now? The answer to that question that helped me stand to my feet was, "We have assignments and no matter what we have done in the past our assignments clearifies our Identity and that we are still a child of God. And the Assignment from God will take us through rough times, hard times, and tough times, but we must go through it to show the power of Almighty." Strength can only go so far, but the power in God will let us stand and fight what ever we are going through becuase He is there with us. This I do believe and I know that He is with me every step of the way.
I woke up this morning feeling miserable with multiple thoughts running through my mind, couldn't sleep, didn't have an appetite, didn't want to go outside the house. I just wanted to be miserable. I know I woke up for a reason becuase my assignment was not yet finished and I thank God for waking me up this morning and getting me out of the miserable state.
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