Star Card

You have been reached!  You are a star!  Several weeks ago my kids and I were able to go out and look at the stars and we were able to see Jupiter right near the moon.  It was such a clear night and there were so many stars.  I love sitting back and soaking up the beauty that God has created.  I love knowing that those stars are always up there.  They are the same stars that Abraham sat under when God told him 

(Genesis 15:5 - He took him outside and said), “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”  Abraham and his wife Sarah did not have any kids, but through God's promise, Sarah was able to have a child at 90 years old.  This sounds so ludicrous to us because that is just plain OLD.  When God told Abraham this, he had to WAIT.  I bet he went outside ALOT and looked up to the stars and was awestruck that his descendants would be that numerous when he was yet to even have 1 child yet.  Now, I am telling you this story super fast and missing alot of things that happened, so you will have to read the entire story in Genesis yourselves....it's great!  But I wanted to tell you that you are a star.  You were chosen by God to be His child and wants so desperately to have a relationship with you.  You are a star!  You are amazing!  You are chosen!

Note Pad

The Power of a Note

I don’t know about you, but I am a NOTE TAKER!!!! My desk at work is covered with little notes to remind me of the most important things that need to be taken care of. I have notes at home for groceries, things to be done around the house, when and where the family needs to be through the week….oh yea I am a NOTE TAKER!!!!

I was in a bible study a few years back, and the lady who was leading the study, challenged us to write down the things that we wanted God to work out most in our lives. I remember thinking, how silly….why would God react to a list I wrote in the back of my study book? I remember writing that I would like to get the courage to pray in public, that I wanted to be still long enough to feel the Holy Spirit’s presence in my life and ease my anxiety long enough to focus on what God wanted me to do in my life. Well months went by, and do you know I started slowly seeing the things I wrote down start to happen. I was asked to help be a part of VBS at our church, and was asked by our director to lead prayer for our volunteers and I was soooooooo scared!! But I did it, I prayed and remember the first person I saw when I looked up was my pastor, and I looked straight at him and said I have never prayed in public before, and he just hugged me and said, you did GREAT!! WOW the power of a note, on a piece of paper, from my bible study months ago!!

I want to challenge you to do the same thing I did so many years ago, use this notepad that you received from our precious VBS children and use it to write down the things you want God to do most in your life. Maybe you want him to speak to you about work, family, your children, your marriage…or just to be still long enough to hear him speak to you. Whatever it is write it down, pray about it and lift it up to the Holy Spirit who can hear you whether you say it, feel it in your heart or write it down on a notepad. I hope you feel the Power of a Note very soon in your life.

Thank you for reading our blog, we love you but God loves you so very much more than us. I pray that you hear him speak to you and that the things you do write down are lifted up to the Holy Spirit and that you slowly start to see and realize the things you wrote down are being done by the Power of the Note that you wrote to our Almighty God!!

Necklace

This week is very special because it contains a very special day...Valentines Day! You are welcome for the reminder! I used to work at a Hallmark Cards store many years ago. It was humorous to see the people who would come the day before or even the day of Valentines, desperate for just the right card or gift, and then they would ask, "Is this all you have left?" Well we can't have an endless supply just for you is what I would think in my head but I would just nod politely and apologize. Many things run out in life....for example, toilet paper- someone has to change the roll, the ink in your favorite pen- needs to be refilled, even an endless buffet will eventually run out of food. There is only one thing that I can think of that needs no refilling, when I received this I was given everything I would,could and should ever need....that is the fullness of Christ!

"For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority." (Colossians 2:9-10)

I am in union with Christ and He has placed the Holy Spirit in me with all His fullness. When I am low on patience, I don't need to pray to be refilled, I need to ask God to restore me to the place where I feel His fullness! When my life seems empty and powerless, I need to pray and ask God to renew my mind to understand He has already given me all the fullness of Christ!! If I am in Christ there is no refilling needed, it's my end that has a little static and it's my phone that keeps dropping the call.

I don't know what your Valentine's Day will look like, maybe you will need to run out for a last minute card or gift. The Good News is that you can receive the most amazing gift ever offered, you can receive the fullness of Christ today. The second good news is that you now have received the gift of this necklace that you can give away on Valentines Day, just in case you find yourself in a store asking, "Is this all you have left?"

"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within "(Ephesians 3:16-20). AMEN 

Heart Card

Hearts!!!!  I love hearts!  I love seeing them all over my house.  I have small children and that is their favorite thing to draw.  On their spelling tests, they draw hearts, on their math sheets, they draw hearts, on their workbook pages, they draw hearts - there are hearts EVERYWHERE!  I love how misshapen they are and how they are various sizes.  I love all the colors they put on them as well as designs.  I love them so much, because of what they represent.  My children love me.  I used to teach second grade and I had one little boy that would always write me heart shaped notes that would say:  You are love to me.  It feels good to be loved.  It feels good to see the love and affection my children have towards me.  I think of how I love God.  Do I want to express it all the time?  Do I want to lather Him with hearts and tokens of my affection?  How do I show Him that He is love to me?  Love has no limits and I pray that I shower my Lord and Savior with limitless love.  Take time to praise and worship our God - He is Great and worthy of praise!
Psalm 13:6 - I will sing the Lord's praise, for he has been good to me.