Where did I go

No where, I'm still here! Surprised?! Wondering what I've been up to aren't you. Well, I've been busy! Between church & work there isn't much time for any thing else. I started a new job back in June. I currently work in guest services (front desk) for Spring Hill Suites by Marriott. It's bran spanking new, we've been open for almost nine months. WOW, feels like a lot longer than that. I'm part of the opening crew I stared during the finishing stages of construction. I went through out cleaning, organizing, & setting up the rooms. There isn't one inch of space I haven't touched in that place. You know the saying "blood, sweet, & tears?" I experienced them all. But we had so much fun, we really bonded as a staff. We worked crazy hours, 40+. One night my self & two other girls I became real close with worked a 20 hour shift! We called it quits at about 6am went home slept from a few hours & where back in that afternoon by 2pm ready to go back at it. We then kept our shifts between 7hrs to 18hrs. CRAZY!! Now that where open I have steady 7hr shifts. I'm full time BIG answer to prayer! But exhausting. Like I said between church & work I don't do anything else. The church is growing & doing great. The other week I did a head count & about 260 something! WOW! This weekend we have the MacSorley's from Scotland in town. Should be a good time, I have big expectations for this weekend. Well there you have it, now you know!

KEEPING IT FRESH

"Hey there! Are you thirsty, come to the water!
Are you penniless? Come anyway--and eat!
Come, get your drinks, have some wine and milk.
Come without money--everything's free!
Why do you spend your money on junk food,
your hard-earned cash on clothes?
Listen to me and listen well: Eat only the best, fill yourself with what is good.
Pay attention and come close now,
listen carefully to these life-giving, life-nourishing words. God is making a lasting covenant commitment with you, the same that He made with David: it is sure, it is solid, and it is of enduring love. God set David up as a witness to the nations, made him a prince and leader of the nations, And now God doing it to you: You'll summon nations you've never heard of, and nations who've never heard of you will come running to you Because of your GOD, because The Holy of Israel has honored you.
Seek GOD while He's here to be found, pray to Him while He's close at hand. Abandon all wicked ways of living and the evil ways of thinking. Come back to GOD, who is merciful, come back to our God, who is lavish with forgiveness. Isaiah 55:1-7

Today is a fresh new day - have you taken a fresh drink lately or are you trying to live like a camel and survive on stored up water from yesterday, last week, last month or even last year?! Time and time again God pours out His blessings to us, He honors us and He calls us to go and do - every day He has something fresh and new for us. We have to keep that as our focus or else we get bogged down by trying to make it all happen in our own strength. What God is willing to give us for free, we sure can make a hard time of it by trying to work it out on our own.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

LOVE IS PATIENT,
LOVE IS KIND,
LOVE IS UNDERSTANDING,
ALL THE TIME.
LOVE CHEERS OTHERS ON,
IS HUMBLEST OF HEART
AND THE STRONGEST OF BONDS.
LOVE THINKS OF OTHERS
INSTEAD OF SELF,
KEEPS TRACK OF RIGHTS
LETTING TROUBLES MELT.
LOVE ENJOYS THE TRUTH
AND IS PATIENT IN ALL THINGS.
ALWAYS TRUSTING, HOPING
AND HAVING GIFTS TO BRING.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7

It's a New Year and a New Day

Do not think so hard trying to remember the past,
all those things that have happened so long ago!
Wake up and see that I am doing a NEW thing!
It is bursting forth, a fresh flowing of rivers of life!
Open you eyes and look up so that you
don't miss what I am doing and about to do!
I am making a way for you to travel through
what has seemed so densely forested,
a jungle of turmoil and stress;
and I will provide rivers of refreshing
where you have been parched and dry as a desert.

Isaiah 43:18-19

You will live a long life & eat many fortune cookies

As many of you may know my family & I enjoy take out. Especially Chinese!! I have always found the fortune cookies to be the best part. I can't wait to see what a slip of paper has to say. And I will go on record to say that I save the fortunes that I like the most. I know it's stupid but I think it's funny. Last week when my mom & I decide to once again do Chinese for lunch I received the fortune that read "It must be home-grown". I don't get it. Do you? I have been banging my head up against the wall trying to make sense of it. Do you have an opinion? A guess? Something? Come on you must have something . Well I don't get it so I thought you might.
Well..... Good Night then.

2Chronicles 26

Today in my study of the Beth Moore series "Breaking Free" I read 2Chrinicles 26. This portion of scripture talks about King Uzziah taking the throne after his fathers death, all the successes that take place during his reign & then his down fall that led to his avoidable death.

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king & reigned for fifty-two years. Uzziah did right in the eyes of God & prospered because of it. Uzziah reigned during a time of many wars. His army was built up strong because of God's favor over him. 2Chronicles 26 verse 5 say's "and as long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him."

But Uzziah had a down fall PRIDE. A down fall of many unfortunately. Uzziah's pride blinded him from the very rule he knew & often had obeyed in the past. Only priest could present incense before the Lord but with pride over taking Uzziah's heart, he came to the notion that he had authority to go before God in the holy place & burn incense. I would like to make a personal comment; that is not the smartest thing to do seeing how you only want to go into the holy place before God & offer up incense with a clean heart. But like I said pride had blinded Uzziah.

Needless to say the proper God appointed Priests approached Uzziah telling him to leave that this was not his place & Uzziah gets an attitude. God see all this & smites Uzziah with leprosy instantly! Uzziah goes & eventual dies alone. But the point that stands out to me is what it said in verse 5 "As long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him." As long as, that's it! As long as... Come on!! I can look back at many things in life that could have been avoidable as long as I sought the Lord. Kind of makes you hit your self in the head and say "Stupid!"

But hey that's what is a missing link for so many. As long as you seek the Lord, God will prosper you! So many falls, trips, stumbles, accident can be avoided with something so simple & easy. So that's my revelation for the day.

As Long As You Seek The Lord, God Will Prosper You!

God Would like to have a word with you .......And He did !

So God spoke to Lynnsy when she read my blog titled "Nothing A Strong Drink Can't Fix" So she took what God said & but in a really cool presentation for me & well there it is on the right. I wanted to share it with you all cuz well I thought it would make a great post so there you have it. Just click on it & it should take you on to another page & maximize it for you so you can read it, cuz it looks like scribbles in the size it's in now. So I will leave you to it.