For the Love of Christ

Our Pastor shared on Sunday that his wife has been trying to teach him for 20 years to put down the toilet seat. If you are a woman I am sure you can relate. I know I can. Men if you can do that one thing you will save yourself from a lot of grief, right? If only it were that easy. Men joke about us ladies training them to do this simple task. The funny thing is I can only recall a few times I grumbled about the seat being up, probably because those were the times I nearly fell in. :)

This evening my husband boldly professed.... "I've been putting the seat down...... and I put the lid down too so there is something for you to do!" After laughing at him I joked and told him how selfish that was and asked why he felt "I needed to do something?" He really didn't respond. Well he did but it was all in a joking manner. I responded "you just gave me something to blog about!"

It amazes me how quickly thoughts come to my head sometimes. Other days I try to force my writing and end up deleting it. I give up, but moments like these, are the moments I live for because I began to think about our relationship with God. He gives so freely to us and never expects anything in return. No matter how many times we leave him or try to deceive him he wants us. We are his children. Everything that comes from him is good. So why is it that so many times we get wrapped up in what we think he isn't doing? We try to force his hand in our prayers by praying the same thing over and over with sling shot action. He knows our every need. I wish I knew then what I know now because instead of praying for ME...... I would have prayed for others. Because God loves it when you care about others. Thinking about all the things my eyes have seen, from homeless people to adultery. How does this relate to you? What do you do when you see these types of things happening? Probably the same thing I did. Walk on by.... don't get involved.... I use to think it wasn't my business. But as a believer in Christ it is. That moment your heart starts racing is the moment something inside of you starts saying "this is wrong or I should do something." Some people ignore it. I have been guilty of it too. It makes me realize how important it is to teach others about Christ. It is so easy to get sucked into the wicked ways of Satan. So keep your hearts pure. Stay engaged with those who keep you close to God.

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.


As I reflect on the last year so much good has come to our family. We have suffered loss but nothing that can't be replaced. We have suffered heartache, but truth be known it was probably because of our own self righteousness. Mike and I had both trying to fill voids with things and people! Not the best of things and not the best of people. But as every season passes by you see where the truth is in family, friends, and in possessions. As quickly as you get it, it can be gone. Not always because we want to let go, but sometimes because God removes those things to show it wasn't ours to begin with. It wasn't what we thought it was, but the amazing thing is he replaces it with better things, better people.

 My heart overflows with a love I have never known. I want to be surrounded by those who love me. Who love me for me, who support the road I am on, and who will not question my walk with Christ. My mistakes in the past are just that and I beat myself up enough over those. But as my walk with Christ gets closer, I realize I don't have to do that. I don't have to carry that cross everyday. God's word is true and my heart, my life, my marriage are a testimony to that. God has been so good to my family, to my brother who survived a horrible wreck, to my husband the recovered alcoholic, and to others close to me. My prayer is that others can see him in me and will one day want what I have!

Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

I also wish that my relationship with Christ would have developed sooner rather than later as it seems these are very trying times with my children. My heart yearns for them to be close to the lord and for a chance to make things right for them. But they are missing more days of church than they are going and it breaks my heart. So my prayer is that we can get a family vehicle that holds everyone soon. So that we can all go to church together and become a closer family in Christ. Also because there are areas in which my children wish to serve. My prayer is also for those I have wronged in the past. I have been burdened by a friend I hurt awhile ago and have tried to make amends with. I just want her to know that I am truly sorry. I am so glad that I am not in that place anymore. No more hurt, No more lashing out, No more hate in my heart. God has healed me from the inside out! So with great hope I will continue on my Journey, sharing the stories of our life. Praising God every Step of the way and believing in all his promises! Because truth be known my life would have never changed had it not been For the Love of Christ!