Prayer List

Pray for the following:

1. Trayvon Martins' family & the situation in Sanford.
2. The U.S., the election, the candidates, the government.
3. The Body of Christ
4. The persecuted
5. Those that are hurting
6. Our church leaders
7. For victims
8. For children
9. For those in bereavement
10. Those that are in domestic abuse situations.

My Cubby Hole

Does anyone remember way back when we were in Kindergarten where we had cubby holes for each of us? When we came in, we were instructed by our teachers to put our items (book bags, pencils, etc) in there. They held our items for us. (Granted someone did take things from others at some point, but for the most part they pretty much kept our items). 


Today, I had an emotional day at work. It was a personal thing. It hurt so bad that I couldn't respond after awhile. I just had to stay quiet and focus on work. I felt like crying (at one point a tear did come into play, but I brushed that away). I didn't want to cry. 1. It was at work 2. It would activate my sinus & I'm just recovering from that (I didn't want to go back). The irony of the situation was that I had just read from a link talking about problems in the church. One way to cope with was to remember that people aren't perfect. I tried to focus on that, and let go of the bitterness that was slowly but surely making its way in me. It didn't help. I still felt hurt, anger-mixed emotions. 


After work, I went to the gym to work out, and I walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes. It was AWESOME because I kept telling myself that I couldn't do it-that 10 minutes was enough, if not too much. I let my energy focus on exercising-not food or eating. Praise and glory to God for this because most of the time I would cope with emotional issues with overeating. Yet, I couldn't eat. The Lord took that away from me. 


When I got home, I began rehashing the points that hurt, and the thought of a cubby hole came into my head. My Cubby Hole is Jesus. When I give Him things, when I place my worries, cares, hurts, anger-everything with Him, He takes care of them. Unlike the cubby hole by man's hands, Jesus 100% takes care of them. He is a Protector of our souls. I thank God for Jesus. Jesus is gonna take my hurt away, and allow me to forgive and forget. I know this as I place all in His hands. God is truly AWESOME! Glory to God!


I also know that my imperfections, God will help me with. Lord, I'm not perfect. I know this. I give this to You God. I pray that You take away them Father-that You help me overcome them as You have overcome the world. Thank You Jesus :)


I love this song by Michael W. Smith. I want to share this with you. How appropriate it is.

Until  Next Time...Lord's Willing

May God get the glory!

Your Sister in Christ

Mary

New Blog

I have decided to begin a new blog for my personal diet journal. I'm going on a diet, and have decided to post things about this diet that I'm now on. I'm in the process of creating it. The link will be mypersonaldietjournal.blogspot.com. It will be inclusive of my struggles, contain Biblical Scriptures to help, my food journal, drawing strength from the Lord, my weight, age, height, and other things. I want this journal to be an encouragement for others, because many struggle with obesitiy. I know that the Lord will help me with this. I want this to be my testimony that glorifies the Lord. I pray that many find encouragement through this blog.

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,"

Philippians 4:13



Learning to Trust God

I love this. My friend actually emailed this to me awhile back. My other friend on Facebook reminded me of it when she posted it. I wanted to share this with all because all of us at some point have issues with trusting God. Most, if not all of us, need to learn to trust Him when minor or major things happen to us. The script is as follows:


Me: God, can I ask You a question?
God: Sure
Me: Promise You won't get mad
... God: I promise
Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?
... God: What do u mean?
Me: Well, I woke up late
God: Yes
Me: My car took forever to start
God: Okay
Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait
God: Huummm
Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call
God: All right
Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that?
God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one
of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that
Me (humbled): OH
GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.
Me: (ashamed)
God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.
Me (embarrassed):Okay
God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.
Me (softly): I see God
God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.
Me: I'm Sorry God
God: Don't be sorry, just learn to Trust Me.... in All things , the Good & the bad.
Me: I will trust You.
God: And don't doubt that My plan for your day is Always Better than your plan.
Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for Everything today.
God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children...

Until Next Time...Lord's Willing.

To God Be The Glory

Your Sister in Christ,

Mary

Important Question For Christians

There is a question many questions have to ask themselves: Are you willing to SACRIFICE the WORD of GOD in order to get on the good side of people? Sadly, my Brothers & Sisters in Christ, so many are doing this very thing, thinking that by gaining this person's friendship, that they are gaining their souls to Christ, but they are doing the complete opposite, including losing their own souls. Revelation 22:19 states, "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book." The Word says this-not me.

We have to understand that as Christians our concern is for the souls. This concern has to be open, loving, tenderhearted, kind, compassionate, and also honest to others. Notice, I underlined and highlighted honest. Somehow, people withhold the Truth. For example, we are seeing, an alarming rate I might add, that homosexuality is becoming a norm for today's generation. We see so many people proclaiming to be Christians (only God knows the heart), but embracing homosexuality and homosexual marriages. Now, I mention this because I have seen the actor Martin Sheen, a very great actor, who is a devout Catholic. He signed a letter to the President to support gay marriage (see this link for further reading on his support http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Anne-Hathaway--more-celebrities-urge-Obama-to-support-gay-marriage-rights/8016714). I understand that many people claim to be Christians & many are not. I can't say because I'm not God, but what he has said contradicts the scriptures. For example, Leviticus 20:13 and Romans 1:26-32 are examples that strongly go against homosexuality. 

Now, I can't say what these people are thinking. I'm not God, but I can say that they just contradicted the Word of God. I can also say that many Christians are willing to sacrifice, to divide, to "cherry-pick" as my co-worker said, to skip the Word of God in order to please people. They want friendships with them. They want their money lining their pocketbooks. They want to be people pleasers. Galatians 1:10 addresses this: "For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." Pleasing people will cause you to lose out big time. 

Christians have to tell the Truth, the whole Truth, & nothing but the Truth. Look, I know that it is hard going out there and facing rejection. We still are in the flesh, & rejection still hurts, but look at it like this: would you rather hear Jesus tell you depart me from me for I never knew you or hear man call you a name (homophobic, bigot, hater, etc..they get creative in the insult department), hell or heaven, applause of men or the applause of the angels? You have to weigh this. What is more important to you? Is Christ important or are people's opinions more important? 

I encourage each and everyone of my Brothers & Sisters in Christ to examine yourself in this area. Ask yourself this question. Let it guide you in checking yourself. Lord knows, I have to & will. The Lord gave me this thought. So, I have to ponder it just as well as you. 

To God Be the Glory,

Until Next Time...Lord's Willing

Your Sister in Christ,

Mary