Today, as I was driving to work, I felt like Jesus was telling me..
Tell everyone you meet today, that I love them...
At first, the task felt daunting.... It seems as soon as I become comfortable with reaching out, He propels me to reach out in a new way....
At first, I was a little frightened...but I remembered that fear is Not of God...
My coworkers....most already know that I have taken a stand for Christ...
I have shared blog posts with a few...and we have often had engaging discussions and I tell them of the many things that Jesus is doing in my life...
He has had me reach out to a few in various ways....
A few of my coworkers are a little mean...on the rude side..I never know if they are joking with me...or if they see someone they can pick on....
either way, I wonder if it has anything to do with my stance for Christ...
Jesus loves you...When it is spoken...it sounds rather simple...but it speaks an immense truth..
I told a lady at the gas station the other day that Jesus loves her..She kindof made some sort laughing noise..I couldn't really tell how she responded...
I think so many people don't know what to think...Jesus has been abused by so many....People who have been hurt by a "Christian"...often blame Christ for their pain.....
Jesus is mocked and ridiculed...So it's not always easy to look someone in the eye or send an email that says, Jesus loves you..
But it is true..It is the one fact that we can hold onto... It was we can embrace to claim the freedom that is ours...
I don't want to become content with not reaching out...i want to grow..to expand....it's sometimes hard in a work environment where Jesus isn't really talked about... I am finding that Jesus is treated as taboo in the workplace....
It's really sad.... I sometimes see people at work with Bibles...but not many ever talk about Him...
Lately, however, there have been some curisoity that has been aroused by my stand for Christ..
It has allowed me to witness in varying ways...
But I know that I want to one day reach a point of confidence where I can go up to everyone I meet and it becomes the norm to say, "Jesus Loves You."
If nothing else, it reminds them that there is more. It reminds them that there is more to this life than what we can see with the eyes...Perhaps, then they will search...or they will remember a Man they used to know ....a long, long time ago...
Maybe thier eyes will be opened..with just three little words, Jesus loves you.
what's so scary about that? Love. Love is the most brilliant and blessed thing of all. Love is the reason He died so that we may live...so that we might have hope in an imperfect, sinful, sometimes very difficult world...
Today, i was a little afraid but I send some emails....I kept it simple..Jesus loves you.
Nothing more really needs to be said. When I come back to work, I'll send out a few more...and then a few more....
We can only conquer fear when we stare it in the face and say, "NO!" You will not hinder the works that He has called me to...
we are living in a lost world....People need to know one thing...Jesus loves You.
If you are reading this post, rest in the fact...That Jesus Loves You.
Nuff said.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
What are your Dreams?
What are your dreams?
What motivates you?
What song lives inside you that is dying to be set free?
My dreams came to life when I found Jesus
He showed me the world in color
Jesus wants our dreams to see life..
He wants us to excel and succeed...
but success doesn't always come through the mighty dollar
Sucess comes through loving and living...
learning to separate ourselves from darkness
and truly learn to walk in Light...
He wants us to thrive
to use our creativity to motivate others toward goodness and purpose...
He wants us to inspire...
God is Good...
He is the source of dreams...
MY dream is to one day be a full time mother..to travel around the world with songs and love...sharing His light...His love..
My dream isn't to be rich...but to be humbled in giving...
My dream is to see the beauty of His creation...admiring the sunsets of Sedona, smelling the ocean.....
My dream is to fulfill the destiny that He has given...that is my dream....
What is your dream?
What motivates you?
What song lives inside you that is dying to be set free?
My dreams came to life when I found Jesus
He showed me the world in color
Jesus wants our dreams to see life..
He wants us to excel and succeed...
but success doesn't always come through the mighty dollar
Sucess comes through loving and living...
learning to separate ourselves from darkness
and truly learn to walk in Light...
He wants us to thrive
to use our creativity to motivate others toward goodness and purpose...
He wants us to inspire...
God is Good...
He is the source of dreams...
MY dream is to one day be a full time mother..to travel around the world with songs and love...sharing His light...His love..
My dream isn't to be rich...but to be humbled in giving...
My dream is to see the beauty of His creation...admiring the sunsets of Sedona, smelling the ocean.....
My dream is to fulfill the destiny that He has given...that is my dream....
What is your dream?
Monday, June 20, 2011
Disappointed in Televangelism
Last night I couldn't sleep so I turned on the t.v...
I don't watch much t.v...with the exception of the news..
As I was scanning the channels...I came across a televangelist...
He was offering dvds ...3 for $99 ....
I couldn't help but cringe...
Really?
It seems like these people always have a hand out.....Somehow I don't see Jesus panhandling in the streets....I see him giving...
Yet televangelists, who are supposed to represent Him...always seem to be devising new ways to get money....It's like they try make Jesus a business...
It's rather sad..
Give your money to the poor, the orpans and widows..
Please don't send your money to money hungry preachers...
I don't watch much t.v...with the exception of the news..
As I was scanning the channels...I came across a televangelist...
He was offering dvds ...3 for $99 ....
I couldn't help but cringe...
Really?
It seems like these people always have a hand out.....Somehow I don't see Jesus panhandling in the streets....I see him giving...
Yet televangelists, who are supposed to represent Him...always seem to be devising new ways to get money....It's like they try make Jesus a business...
It's rather sad..
Give your money to the poor, the orpans and widows..
Please don't send your money to money hungry preachers...
Random Act of Kindness Ideas
Just a few ideas to spread His Light...
1. Pay for the person's coffee behind you in the Starbucks drive thru...or lunch
2. Hold the door open for someone
3. adopt an elderly person at the nursing home
4. write a letter to abused and neglected children at temporary shelters
5. Donate food to a local foodbank...or....cook a huge meal and invite an underprivaledged family over for dinner
6. Sew a blanket for a newborn
7. Donate Christian children's books to reading programs
8. Volunteer in prison ministry...write letters, or get involved in programs like Angel Tree or Mommy Reads, that connect children to incarcerated parents
9. Donate toys or Bibles to children's homes
10. Offer to clean someone's home or wash thier car
11. Leave some flowers on a strangers car with a note telling them that they are special and loved
Just a few ideas.....insert your own...what are your talents that you could offer?
visit this site for more ideas:
http://www.randomactsofkindness.org
Ask Jesus to go with you wherever you go, and in whatever you do..
the key, however, is to go...to not sit idle...and just go..
1. Pay for the person's coffee behind you in the Starbucks drive thru...or lunch
2. Hold the door open for someone
3. adopt an elderly person at the nursing home
4. write a letter to abused and neglected children at temporary shelters
5. Donate food to a local foodbank...or....cook a huge meal and invite an underprivaledged family over for dinner
6. Sew a blanket for a newborn
7. Donate Christian children's books to reading programs
8. Volunteer in prison ministry...write letters, or get involved in programs like Angel Tree or Mommy Reads, that connect children to incarcerated parents
9. Donate toys or Bibles to children's homes
10. Offer to clean someone's home or wash thier car
11. Leave some flowers on a strangers car with a note telling them that they are special and loved
Just a few ideas.....insert your own...what are your talents that you could offer?
visit this site for more ideas:
http://www.randomactsofkindness.org
Ask Jesus to go with you wherever you go, and in whatever you do..
the key, however, is to go...to not sit idle...and just go..
Beautiful places
One day I thought I heard Him telling me that if I would sell my car and give the money to help the poor, He would take me into beautiful places.
The knots came. The knots that often arise when He tells us things that we don't want to hear.
This is something that I have struggled with. I actually struggled with anger for a short time over this request.
I had worked hard for my car. It was mine. I was proud.
But God has a way of teaching us that we aren't meant to be proud.
I guess I had to work on mentally letting go of the car...
around the time of the earthquake in Japan, I noticed how people's cars were floating in the waves, piled and heaped like rubble.
People's cars looked so insignificant in light of all the tragedy. What is a car? or any "thing" for that matter?
As I "let go" of the car, I felt like Jesus gave it back to me....I felt like He just wanted to show me that I that I ought not to be proud.
Pride seems like something so harmless. But what is pride? Isn't pride what keeps us selfish, greedy, and corrupt?
If everyone had less pride and more humility, thinking of others as better than themselves, imagine what a peaceful world we would live in...
Jesus also taught me sharing...What does it mean to love your neighbor? He showed me that love is exemplified through sharing.
Beautiful Places. How I long for "beautiful places." Every time I act in love, He brings me into a beautiful place. Of the heart. Of the mind. One day, He will bring me into physically beautiful places. Places that abound with natural beauty...
I told Jesus, Jesus, If you really want me to sell my car....Please send me some confirmation. Send me someone to confirm this....But I wonder if He will..
Should He need to? I don't think so....isn't that what faith is? To listen to His voice and still know that you will be provided for and taken care of?
One day I was at work and He illustrated something to show me that He would take care of me.
The knots came. The knots that often arise when He tells us things that we don't want to hear.
This is something that I have struggled with. I actually struggled with anger for a short time over this request.
I had worked hard for my car. It was mine. I was proud.
But God has a way of teaching us that we aren't meant to be proud.
I guess I had to work on mentally letting go of the car...
around the time of the earthquake in Japan, I noticed how people's cars were floating in the waves, piled and heaped like rubble.
People's cars looked so insignificant in light of all the tragedy. What is a car? or any "thing" for that matter?
As I "let go" of the car, I felt like Jesus gave it back to me....I felt like He just wanted to show me that I that I ought not to be proud.
Pride seems like something so harmless. But what is pride? Isn't pride what keeps us selfish, greedy, and corrupt?
If everyone had less pride and more humility, thinking of others as better than themselves, imagine what a peaceful world we would live in...
Jesus also taught me sharing...What does it mean to love your neighbor? He showed me that love is exemplified through sharing.
Beautiful Places. How I long for "beautiful places." Every time I act in love, He brings me into a beautiful place. Of the heart. Of the mind. One day, He will bring me into physically beautiful places. Places that abound with natural beauty...
I told Jesus, Jesus, If you really want me to sell my car....Please send me some confirmation. Send me someone to confirm this....But I wonder if He will..
Should He need to? I don't think so....isn't that what faith is? To listen to His voice and still know that you will be provided for and taken care of?
One day I was at work and He illustrated something to show me that He would take care of me.
The way I see it, my car is a rolling beacon of Light...I have my baby booties for new moms in the back...my letters to moms considering abortion, ...
I have my letters for abused kids and teddy bears in my trunk....I have Bibles and good things..things to let people know that they are special..that they are cared for and loved....
http://letmewashyourfeet.blogspot.com/2011/03/havent-always-lived-christian-lifestyle.html
Beautiful places. I long for Beautiful places.... Read the above post...He asked me to sell some things in the past...the above post talks about my experiences...
He Holds a Needle of Light
He holds a needle of light
My heart is a canvas of flesh
I can see His hand, unwavering,
desiring to make me
His work of art
To thread together with Light
all that has been broken
My heart is a canvas of flesh
I can see His hand, unwavering,
desiring to make me
His work of art
To thread together with Light
all that has been broken
Thursday, June 16, 2011
I see God
I See God
In the fireflies warming the night
leaving trails of fire
in dark and quiet
In the starlight cradling the earth
swaddling the night
as day gives birth
I see God
In the laughter of my children
In the wetness of the rain
In the sweetness of the flower
In the whistle of a train
I see God
In the face of death
we stood
we stared it in the face
and in the midst of all the pain
We sang Amazing Grace
I see God
In the fireflies warming the night
leaving trails of fire
in dark and quiet
In the starlight cradling the earth
swaddling the night
as day gives birth
I see God
In the laughter of my children
In the wetness of the rain
In the sweetness of the flower
In the whistle of a train
I see God
In the face of death
we stood
we stared it in the face
and in the midst of all the pain
We sang Amazing Grace
I see God
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