Horiscrope of the Day...

Are you devoting too much time right now to things that are too idealistic? It's nice to want to have fun and relax with people you love, but there is a time for relaxation and there's a time for work. Today, you should stop thinking that everything will work out fine. Instead, start working to make sure that things work out fine! Double check recent reservations. Call up friends and make sure you're still on for the weekend. Don't take anything for granted.

The Joy of the Season

Well it is Christmas Eve and what a better time to rethink my life and where I am heading and going, and coming from. It is hard to think how just a year ago I was so trusting in the Lord and all his people. Man what a change has happened in me inthe last couple of days, it is almost like I have looked in the mirror and seen someone who isnt me. Someone I dont really want to be, but today I feel like my oldself. Having so many amazing people in my life who show me God's glory has been a great gift. It was really nice to talk with my cousin Heather yesterday, she always knows how to help me regain my footing next to the Lord, she is such an amazing woman of God. Her and her husband are starting a new season in thier lives as well and are having to put all their trust in Lord to see what he is planning for them. When I started to think about it was a reflection of where I am as well, which proves God understanding of who we are. To see how strong her and her husband are in the Lord and how they give their lives to him and God blesses them over and over again. She one person who makes my fire for the Lord strong and more direct, I am so excited to begin meeting with her and see where the Lord takes their family and where he takes me this next year.

"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching." Heb 10:25

Another tidbit

As I was signing off my computer this came on as my horiscope today, so amazing that it is a summary of what I just wrote. Crazy!!!

"Your prestige is growing right now, and a powerful person is suddenly seeing you in a brand new light. Try not to let this new level of attention make you feel uncomfortable, though. Now is the time to step boldly into the spotlight and make the most of this time in your life. And if you have to fake the confidence for a while, so what? Show people that you are worthy of the trust and respect they are giving you, and they will give you more of it."

New Season, New Devotion

It is amazing to me how faithful the Lord is of us and how he continues to find reasons to pull me back to him. I am a stubborn one and it takes him knocking me over my head a time or two to realize it is him trying to talk to me. Sometimes I feel like I should have been born in the stoneages and he could have really gotten my attention. This is the first time I have felt like I wanted to participate in this blog for reasons other than trying to see what family and friends are up to. Each day I am planning on writing my devotional studies on my blog, whether anyone will read it or not that doesnt matter. It is going to be a way for me to communicate with the Lord and continue to grow in him. This mornings devotion was a mix of a couple of places I have found online and in a devotional guide I have. It amazes me everytime I reconnect and recognize God is trying to share with me his glory how much I have been missing out on and how clear his message is for the day.

So in my searching I found a womens devotional studies (well a couple actually, and all of them contains identical information) catching my eye. It began with the title Mountain Climbing, which is perfect for me because I an adventerous sort of woman, but what grabbed my attention was the scripture quoted.

"Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord, no matter what happens. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do Gods will. Then you will recieve all that he has promised." (Hebrews 10:35-36

This scripture is exactly what I needed to hear today, because I am adventurous and an adrenaline junkie I have an incredibly hard time being patient and waiting for anything. So to really begin to understand how my patience will be rewarded with the greatest gift of all God's love. It is always scarey to begin new seasons in our lives, I can never tell if it is suposed to happen on a certian day or time of the year, but understanding that it happens when God feels you are ready to embrace what he has planned for you. There is no timeline or date to tell you when it is going to happen or how to prepare for it, mostly it is a feeling you get knowing something has changed and God is the guiding the change.

God knows where he wants me in life it has been planned for a long time. There is no need for me to fear the future, because in my life God is already in my future.

here goes...

so i have heard a ton about blogging and how great everyone thinks it is. so here goes nothing. i am always looking for ways to stay connected to my friends and family and i think this is going to be one of the best yet. it will also be a way for me to work somethings out in my head, i have so many questions about so many things. i am completely open for comments, so please feel free to help me out in anyway possible.