Creation

I visited the Creation Museum in Kentucky today and was blown away. Not only was the place Amazing but it was very educational.

Seeing how they viewed the creation of the world really brought the scriptures alive. It made me see the creation and the scriptures that go along with it made me think twice.

After viewing the museum, I see God and His way of bringing the earth about made me very emotional. I got to view the creation through God's eyes and I can tell you that God did not make a mistake.

It truly is amazing that God loves us that He took great detail in everything He made doing His six days of work. My prayer is that every one would visit the Creation Museum once in there lifetime and take in and enjoy the beauty of creation and experience God's love.

God Bless.

Why ask why

Do you ever find yourself in a tragic situation and asked God, 'Why? Why is this happening to me?'

For one moment, let's imagine that God actually answered that question. Would His explanation change anything? The effects of the tragedy would still be with you, and the pain would be just as severe as it was before. What would you have learned?

When we ask God that question, I think the real questions we're asking are: 'God, do You love me? Will You take care of me in my sorrow and pain? You won't leave me alone, will You?' Is it possible that, because we're afraid God doesn't truly care about us, we ask for explanations?

Instead, we must learn to say: 'Lord, I believe. I don't understand, and I'll probably never grasp all the reasons bad things happen, but I know for certain that You love me and are with me, always.'

I believe it often takes more faith to go through something victoriously than to be delivered from it. Put your faith in God and you'll come out stronger on the other side.

Thank you Joyce Myers for all the wisdom and forcing me to recheck my way of thinking.

Honestly I think I enjoy blaming God for my problems and for doing nothing about my hurting heart.

I need to look deeper within myself and suck it up and forgive God and stop asking why and start saying "not my will but thine.

God Bless.

Notice the Little Things

I know I seem to be a copy cat but this is something I feel as if God wants me to start dealing with in my life. There is no better way to get started then with the words of Joyce Myers: Every Day Promises Devotional:

Notice the Little Things

One day as I was going into an office building, a man standing nearby opened the door for me. I thanked him and smiled. "You're the fifth person I've held the door for," he said, "and you're the first one to smile and the second to thank me."

I thanked him a second time, with a smile on my face. Afterward, I thought how much we take others for granted, even in simple things, such as opening a door for a stranger.

We often commend people when they do big things for us, but how often do we appreciate the little things?

When a person does something nice for you and you thank them, it builds them up and encourages them. It means a lot to them, just like it did to the man at the office building.

Did your bus arrive on time today? If so, did you thank the driver? The last time you ate at a restaurant, did you thank the waiter for filling your coffee cup a second time without being asked? This is the point I want to make: Develop an attitude of gratitude toward the people in your life.

Prayer Starter: Lord, keep me aware so that I will notice the little, helpful things that people do for me. I don't want to be ungrateful. Instead, I want to thank them and build them up.

Let this become ingrained in our hearts that the little things matter.

God Bless.

Practice Thanksgiving

This is from Joyce Myers: Promises for Every Day Devotional:

Practicing Thankfulness

We all know that we should be grateful for our many blessings. God tells us in His Word to be thankful, and we know from our own experience that once we seriously start praising God, our burdens and troubles seem to weigh less heavily on our shoulders.

David said, "I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Many evils confront the consistently righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all" (Psalm 34:1,19 AMP).

That's the power of thankfulness. Not only does it help set us free, but as we pause to give thanks to God for the blessings we enjoy in our lives, we actually begin to find more blessings, even more to be thankful for!

I encourage you to take time to practice being thankful. There is so much for us to be grateful for, and we need to focus on it, every single day. Keep in mind the admonition of the psalmist, "Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!" (Psalm 100:4).

Prayer Starter: Dear God, the power of thankfulness is truly incredible. Thank You for blessing me daily and working in my life. I know that without You, I have nothing, so I thank You for the goodness that You have shown me.

Love it and is something I need to put into practice for myself. Won't you join me?

God Bless.

A Heavenly Prospective

Go back and report to John what you hear and see: "The blind receive sight, the lame walk...and the good news is preached to the poor." It wasn't that Jesus was silent; it was that John had been listening for the wrong answer. John had been listening for an answer to his earthly problems, while Jesus was busy resolving his heavenly ones. That's worth remembering the next time you hear the silence of God.

This little tidbid once again is a taken from a portion of Max Lucado's Grace For The Moment Devotional book. This small passage speaks heart.

In fact, this passage is an answer to a prayer that went unanswered for so long. My hope in staring this with you is that this goes resident deep within your soul and when you have questions about why God is being silent then you will be able to pull the answer from what you seen hear, knowing He's working it out in the heavenlies.

God Bless.

Living in God's Presence

This is from Max Lucado's Grace For The Moment Devotional Book and I love it and couldn't say it any better:

Pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayers, asking for everything you need. - Ephesians 6:18

How do I live in God's presence? How do I detect His unseen hand on my shoulder and His inaudible voice in my ear?...How can you and I grow familiar with the voice of god? Here are a few ideas:

1. Give God your waking thoughts. Before you face the day, face the Father. Before you step out of bed, step into His presence.

2. Give God waiting thoughts. Spend time with Him in silence.

3. Give God your whispering thoughts...Imagine considering every moment as a potential time communion with God.

4. Give God your waning thoughts. At the end of the day, let your mind settle on Him. Conclude the day as you begin it: talking to God.

Nothing I can add but to put it into practice.

God Bless.

Life can be a waiting game

I don't know about you but I hate waiting especially when I feel it's important or if I feel it is going to effect my family.

Waiting makes me feel like I'm out of control. There is nothing I can do about the situation because it is in someone else's hands. It is a frightening feeling and I don't like how it makes me feel and how I then take it out on my family. It's true, you always hurt the ones you love.

The thing about waiting is it is God's chance to do something in your life. Waiting is a chance for us to practice what is written. It is a chance for us to grow stronger in Christ. It is a chance for us to become totally reliant on the Holy Spirit.

Waiting is a chance for us to do something big after the waiting period is over and we have the directive God wants us to take.

So if we love God then waiting shouldn't come as a surprise to us but as a way for us to become closer to the one who demonstrated waiting as a way of life perfectly with no complaints but lived in expectation that we would follow suite.

So waiting is the next big thing to do and live if you want to be apart of something bigger than a life you can control.

God Bless.