Thessalonians

Okay since we decided on a book lets get going! This is where we can give ideas on what we want to do.

First off I think we should commit to reading either one chapter or the book everyday. Then posting our insights on a certain day? What are some other suggestions!

Wanna go through a book?

of the Bible that is! just been thinking it might be fun to go through a book togther. Get thoughts insights other such stuff. What do you think? any suggestions on which book.

Long Weekend

Well ladies, just wanted to let you know that we made it back safely. Thanks for all the prayers and for the plant, everyone appreciated it! Telitha thanks so much for coming, it really did mean a lot to me to have you there (and of course your mom too!). Just wanted to ask you to continue to pray for Gina (Sam's wife) and the kids, Allyson (14) and Drew (5). Allyson was daddy's little girl so I know it's gonna be tough on her and Drew doesn't really understand what is going on.

So I look forward to hear what's going on in your lives... Victoria good luck with starting school back up!

Eye Opener

Thank you so much for your honesty Telitha! You are such a blessing and inspiration to me! I think what hit me the most was this part:

Turn to me and be gracious to me
For I am lonely and afflicted
The troubles of my heart are enlarged
Bring me out of my distresses
Look upon my affliction and my trouble
and forgive all my sins.

That right there is my prayer to the Lord. About a month ago I made a post that it was a bad week and I wasn't in the Word, I pray that God would give me the strength and power, and ability to stop what I'm doing and focus on Him, and lately I realized that He does give me that power everyday, I just choose not to do it! How crazy am I? Here is this incredible Father who loves me so much and I can't stop and give Him the time of day! I realize that my prayer should not be for the strength to do it, but I should be on my knees praying for forgiveness for not spending time with Him! It's not up to the Lord whether or not I spend time with Him, it's my responsibility, and I want to, yet I find it easy to not do it and say I'm sorry God everynight... but I can't keep doing that!

So now the devil is putting thoughts and feelings in my heart that if I can't take time to spend with my Savior maybe I don't love Him as much as I should... but that's not true!!!!! I want to spend time with the Lord!!!! And I am going to!! Nothing should be more important that spending time with my Heavenly Father, I've put way too many things in front of that and it has got to stop....

Ladies..... please please please please pray for me..... and please pray for Jeremy and me that we would spend time praying together and spending time in the Word together.... I want to be honest with you three... we don't do that.... and I know that the husband is the spiritual leader so I struggle with whether or not I'm supposed to initiate it or if I'm supposed to wait for him and be an example in my own walk with the Lord.... don't get me wrong, Jeremy is a fantastic husband and a great leader, but he is just now learning how to have his own walk in the Lord and growing so much right now, and I am re-learning (yes i know that may sound weird) how to grow in Christ... please just pray for the both of us!

I don't know if any of that made sense.... I didn't even know when I started writing this post that any of that was going to come out, but it did, so I truely believe that God wanted me to share that with you...

Random Post

Well, last night I had a really great time with the Lord and it has been so long. In this post I want to do my best to convey as honestly as I can where I am spiritually, and hopefully it will not be scattered. I feel as though I have become complacent for the last 1 and 1/2 years to 2 years. Like I have not had consistent growth, or maybe it is that I have not been in love with Christ but more indifferent. I have been feeling as though He has been calling me to discipline and a life that is once again centered on Him, I have had infrequent inclinations to do so, but not convicted enough to act. Last night as I got my bible out to prepare a sunday school lesson on the beattitudes I remembered when I did a retreat over that passage with my bible study girls and how the Lord has spoken to me and I really missed Him for the first time in a long time. I longed for the intimacy and fellowship that He offers and was broken over my self centered life. I flipped to Psalm 25 and amazingly the words of David were the exact words that my heart wanted to cry to the Lord.

To You O lord I lift up my soul
O my God, in You I trust
Do not let me be ashamed
Do not let my enemies exult over me
Indeed, none of those who wait for you will be ashamed
Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.

Make me know Your ways, O Lord
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me
For You are the God of my salvation
For You I wait all the day
Remeber, O Lord, Your compassion and Your lovingkindness
For they have been from of old
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions
According to Your lovingkindness remember me
For Your goodness' sake, O Lord.

Good and upright is the Lord
Therefore He instructs sinners in the way
He leads the humble in justice
And He teaches the humble His way
All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies
For Your name's sake, O Lord
Pardon my iniquity for it great

Who is the man who fears the Lord?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
His sould will abide in prosperity
And his descendants will inherit the land
The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him
And He will make them know His covenant.
My eyes are continually toward teh Lord
For He will pluck my feet out of the net.

Turn to me and be gracious to me
For I am lonely and afflicted
The troubles of my heart are enlarged
Bring me out of my distresses
Look upon my affliction and my trouble
and forgive all my sins.
Look upon my enemies, for they are many
And they hate me with violent hatred.
Guard my soul and deliver me
Do not let me be ashamed for I take refuge in You
Let integrity adn uprightness preserve me
For I wait for You
Redeem Israel O God
Out of all his troubles

Hopefully I have communicated clearly, I am tired of being indifferent and I am ready to be in love with the Lord again and enjoy intimate fellowship with Him