God is Great

Everyday I see the beauty He has created . Sometimes I forget to say thank you. God is blessing me more and more everyday. Tonight I have a kitchen full of giggling girls. I am thankful. Last night I found a group that will help me grow in my dependence on God. Today I had the opportunity to climb a mountian.

Tomorrow I will get to work and worship and fellowship. God is great. and when I keep my eyes on Him, I can see that. I can see the blessings He is sending my way. I am so excited. Life is difficult. Hiking is difficult. Learning is difficult. Stretching your muscles is difficult. - But not impossible, and SO worth the effort. The rewards outway the pain.

Complaining

Complaining is harmful. To those that do it and to those that hear it. It hurts God. It tells Him that we don't have faith in His ability to control the circumstances. We need to be thankful for every situation we are in. God places us here for a reason. We may not know or like it, but there is a purpose for it. God doesn't want to hear us whine. A group of missionary wives and got together a list of how to become content with their relationships and in the situations they face. I thought it was good enough to share.
1. NO complaining. Absolutely none. Not about the weather, the food, their health, the government. Nothing.
2. NO fantasies. No wishing to be somewhere else, be someone else, married to someone else, having a different body.
3. NO comparisons. Don't compare yourself or your situation to some one else's. Ever.
4. NO "if only" thoughts. Don't let those thoughts fill your mind. They are destructive and wasteful.
5. NO "what if" thoughts. We can't control the future. God has control over that don't get in his way.

I'm Learning!!!!

God commands that we be holy. It's repeated constantly throughout the Bible. - Not a revelation to me. But what I learned this morning and MUST implement into my life this moment and every moment from now on is. Jesus said in Matthew 15:17-20 "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart,and these make a man 'unclean." For out of the hear come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man "unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean' " What we say, what comes out of our hearts- must be holy to glorify God. I can't let Satan fill my heart with hurt and anger. I can't let him steal my peace. Those thoughts must be pushed away so I can be filled with faith, hope, love and compassion and share that for God's glory.

A New Year A New Focus

This is as good as time as any to get on the right road. Financially, spiritually, physically, emotionally. It's going to be a tough journey, but nothing like Moses did. It's going to require sacrifices, but nothing like Job did. I started during last year to make some changes. I have a little momentum to start the new year. I know I won't get it all right. I will stumble, have bad days. But everyday starts a new day. A day to be better focused on the goals at hand. I feel a lot of changes coming this year and they are all going to be coming from within me. How exciting is that?? I can't change those around me all I can do is change myself. I'm done living life the way I have been. It's not getting me where I feel God wants me to be. I only have one life to get it right and I'm running out of time. It's time to get out of my comfort zone and get to it. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!