Kneeling before the Lord!

How have you been this week?

Are you a Sunday Christian or a 24/7 365 days a year and 366 on a leap year Christian.

Are you a Christian Soldier marching to the beat of the Lord?

In the dark in the light?

How about when alone, with people, when faced with a peer pressure situation...when faced with the one side or the other? What kind of Christian are you?

These past few weeks and even months have been such an eye opener to what kind of christians are out there. It is amazing to see the fields of christians have treasure that shines so brightly and yet have the most horrible little lizards imaginiable scampering about. It is so hard to think in the Spirit while our flesh bodies feel in the world. I don't know about you but sometimes I am quick to judge and sometimes I am hurt by others "christian walks"!

I have to ask for forgiveness every day, and thank God, He gave us grace and mercy or I would be in a good deal of trouble. When others whom claim they love Christ and yet turn around and do what in the eyes of the Lord are an abomination are so hard for me to forgive, to look over, to not cry out in protest. Why oh Lord, Why...

Deuteronomy 23:5Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

It is so easy for us women, to become so devoted in our own walk with Christ, that we forget to encourage, love, forgive, care, be a light and an example to other sisters in Christ. Did you know that each daughter of Christ is in her own walk? She may be behind yours or she may be ahead of yours. She may have little expierence and need a sister to give advice, to listen and to learn from, or she is ahead of you in her walk and you may be able to glean from her wisdom, mistakes and life long journey.

It is easy to believe our learning is done. We read our Bibles, we witness to the lost, we voluteer, we verse our children in the Lord Word and Work, we are the best homemakers we can be, dinners are hot, and ice tea's are cold.......It is easy to get entangled in life and forget about those around us. It is easy when we forget to judge, to become quick to jealousy, to become quick for bittness towards others, to be closed minded and hurtful....all because we forget that other daughters of Christ are in their own walk with Christ and it just so happens for a time they cross on your pathway and something you don't like you see and forget to forgive, forget to have mercy and grace....

Does the Lord forget you?

Does He look at what you do in the quiet unseen moments....and forget

Does He look at what you say under your breathe..........and forget

Does He look at you when you have lost your temper and yelled at your children.....and forget

Does He look at you when you are disrepectful to your husband............and forget

Does He look at you when you ignore His commands.................and forget

There are so many I will not list them....we are all guilty of these things at one point or another. We all need to remember this when we are so quick to cut down, critize and down right blast others....

Remember there are also treasures in our dear Sisters fields and we need to help eachother polish and refine those treasures.. And we need to pray when we see a lizard in our dear Sisters fields and pray that those lizards be removed for her sake...But do not run away because of the Lizard...

For in your darkest hour the Lord will lift you up in His arms and carry you...And then set you down and show you the way!

Forgiveness

Mercy

Grace

Love

Kindness

Repentence

Prayer

Look to the Lord in all and everything.

Thank you for joining me in my journey with the Lord,

With Him all is possible,

Stacey

How do we stay Encouraged in Times of Severity?

How do we as Christian Women
Stay Encouraged?

It is not even in times of Trials and tribulations that we need encouragement. It is in the small things that happen in our every day lives. For example, I need encouragement in the parts of my day where I for reasons unknown to me, where I do not feel the Lord nearest to me..When all of a sudden I realized I need Him, I need to feel the Holy spirit fill me with strength and wisdom, energy, love, compassion and understanding.


How are you feeling today? How were you feeling yesterday? How can we learn from Today, Yesterday and make tomorrow a better day?


I am sure we all feel it, the moments when the darkness looms above us. The dark feelings that threaten our very emotional being. The moments when all seems to crash in around us in waves of unforgiveness.


The enemy knows us, he knows which cords to strike when he wants us to falter. He uses our past, our hurts, our families, our insecurities, our desires, our wants, ourselves and he utilizes us as a carpenter would use the nails in order to get the carpet down.


There is hope... When I was lost I always felt it but denied it. When I was lost there was no end to the feelings and the waves and I rode it out until I could quiet them down. But never ending the discouragement and discontentment I felt.


When I was saved the waves still came, and sometimes because I was so new to seeking God and allowing God to enter into my very being. The waves sometimes overflowed.

Four years and just a year finding Christ in a new way helps me. Knowing that my Heavenly Father is there, he can not always save me from the trials or the tribulations, simply because there are lessons that I need to learn, know and grow in Him. I find that although I cry I never cry alone for the Lord counts my tears. When I fall and feel nothing but despair, I know and I feel the tug and the nudges to find my way back to my Glorious Heavenly Father. I know that although I live in the world that when I feel that I am being crushed the things of this world cannot quench and or satisfy or properly justify me. That the Lord whom made me, made me to seek Him, made me to stand for Him, made me to walk with Him, allow Him to carry me when I need, He created me to humble myself, to learn servanthood, to learn to be a godly woman, a godly mother, a godly wife, a godly citizen. He made me to ultimatley return to His house to be honoured to Sit along side of Him at His table. Sometimes we must be silent, in our minds, in our mouths, in our hearts and be patient.

patience is not something that I can do well. Holding my tongue is not my best attribute. My most frequent prayer is that my Mouth be closed and that my tongue be glued to the roof of my mouth. So that I do not something that will shame the Name of the LOrd, for the Lord gave me breathe, the Lord gave me the gift of free will, the Lord gave me the gifts of love, speech, caring, the gift of motherhood, the gift of encouragment the gift of endurance.


No matter what is going on, or how far your circumstances are oppressing you, how much the World is caging you, the light starts in the word, the light shines through you, the light illuminates all because Jesus Christ Died for you, for me, for all of us are sinners and need to be saved. Thank God Jesus is our saving grace!


"So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: though has holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward recieve me to glory. Whom have I heaven but thee?and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: though hast destroyed all them that go a-whoring from thee. But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works."

~Psalm 73:22-28~


I hope in some way reading this blog today speaks to your hearts dear sister in Christ,

With Him all is possible,

Stacey