Ahh Friday again!

Do you ever feel like, where is the time going?

I sure do…doesn’t seem to be enough hours in my days at times to do all I need to .

My older daughter commented on my goings and to ings last night, she said ” mum, you need to slow down, you do loads, ” to which I replied, “well not sue what I can down size” but God knows me dosn’t He…so I think I will have a chat with Him today.

In saying that, I also feel that we will have eternity in which to slow down….maybe we won’t in the way we think of time here on earth huh…I truly love all I am doing and cannt see me ever resenting it.

My List of Do’s!

I do what a mother and wife needs to do, daily.

I do a newsletter for our P.U.S.H prayer meetings every month (lots of prayer and research at times goes into this)

I do the dog walking

I do manage my website

I do run my girls around here and ther and where ever is neccessary

I do things in secret for the Lord (sorry , can’t even write them here)

So , all in all, others may think I do too much but I think I do not do enough!!

Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.
Psalm 37:5 (NLT)

What does that supposed to mean? It refers to our practice of linking all our works and desires to the glory of God. In other words, we do everything for the glory to God.

We commit the things that we do to his glory so that the results of our works are the reflection on his glory.
Once we are in this mindset, we will be destined to triumph over every challenge that comes our way. The second part of Psalm 37:5 tells us to trust him and he will help us. We have to trust him first before he will help us. Why is that so? Why must we make the first move in trusting him? Why can’t God help us first? He respects us. He will not force himself into our lives and insists on helping us regardless of our feelings just as he does not force every human being to be saved.

So, in conclusion, I think once we have God as our helper, there is nothing we cannot achieve. Amen!!

~Today Is A Sad Day~

Amelia December 1998 - March 2008

Today we had to make a brave decision to allow our beloved pet die with dignity.

She took so ill over the weekend, that the kindest thing for her was to allow her to be at peace.

Prayers for all our family are appreciated as we go through this sad time, thanks

Update

The time flies past so quickly, and more so when you are busy with stuff..

My daughter celebrated her 14th birthday yesterday and so on top of everything else she is one blessed young lady!!

She flies out a week on Friday and is ever so excited. I am too for her….seems like yesterday the school put this forward to them all.

We have been successful in raising our own funds, GLORY to God for the ideas though…

Some students who are going have been soooooo blessed as their supporters have donated huge sums of money whereas in my daughters case shes had to believe God and we have seen the money come in, slowly but surely.

We have a couple, we barely know, who have regularly sent her £5 a week out of their pension…its that kind of support that touches your heart! 

Anyway I am glad the fund raising is drawing to an end and basically all her needs have been met.We have learnt such a lot in trusting our Lord, this is the kind of things you need to bring an increas in your faith.

Luke 17:5… And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

 

It’s the Weekend!!

My o my, we are here already,looking quickly to the end of yet another year.

This one has passed so quickly and yet at times I really didn’t think so….

I am not long  back from spending Christmas down in a place called kettering with some dear friends…we had a blast! God is so awesome giving us people who are on the same page as each other…it makes fellowshipping much more fun too…

We were doubly blessed too as we got to visit with some of their family  who are in the RAF and this meant we had to go the camp…oo that was cool…

Anyhow, as the sister had just returned from a *tour* in Afghanistan, she was able to bless my daughter, who is going on a Mission Trip to Uganda soon, with some great stuff. boots she will def need, a backpack, and other various useful items. We were thrilled!!

Now, this weekend sees me baking a birthday cake for a gentleman in church who recently came in and gave his heart to the Lord. He will be 77.

I am nervous as it is for someone else but am thrilled for the opportunity too…

I will let you know how it gores, even take a picture of it perhaps!

Well, best get started, it won’t bake on its own…c ya soon xx

Catching My Breath!!

Where has the time gone I ask myself? Indeed it is so hard to blog and keep up with so many other things , especially this time of year.

Anyways, I am happy to report that things in my life have now began to slow down and make some sense.

Am not too sure I did  get into the whats and whys of my recent happenings but no worries because God is still Faithful, He is everlasting, he is MY STRENGTH and my shield!!

I have hit some hard times recently, in a spiritual sense that really *tested* my faith, all to do with people in fact! but I love God, I am not going to be a people pleaser any more so here I am, having endured the testing and now on the track running once more.

I am so thankful to the Lord because He sent me someone, who is so passionate for Him, who *met* me reading my blog,  and who has become a VERY special dear friend…Thank You Jesus!! We may live thousands of miles apart but we are united in the Body of Christ and that is so awesome!!

For His Peace To Come Over You Today”

              I pray His peace comes over you today,
              And covers you in holy, sacred love,
              Then sweeps you, tumbling, rolling down the stream,
              Into His river, gentle, wide and pure.
                      by Rev. Bill McGinnis -

Today’s Verse:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

1 Peter 2:9

I pray that as we enter into this weekend of seasonal activities in preparation for the Christmas Day, you will indeed find God’s Peace and Joy and Hope of all he is offering you in Christ Jesus.

I look forward to the coming New Year and more of
what God is going to do in all of our lives.

Glory to Him

A Busy Time Indeed!!

 

The Christmas Season is upon us so quickly….

 

I especially love this time of year, not because of the gifts or the shops but knowing that we celebrate our saviors’ birth and how much that eans to me in a personal way.

 

The past few weeks have been so busy, I have been helping my daughter bake and sell her cakes at church to raise money for her Mission Trip to Uganda coming up in March 2008.

On top of that there have been several *things* going on in my life that have taken up some of my time and energy…

 

Now, though, I am able to relax some and concentrate on worshiping my God and King .

This Season is all about Him and not me or anything happening in my life.

 

I am in awe of His faithfulness and how he has taken care of the details , He has brought some fresh new friends into my life who inspire and lift me. That is so important as we don’t get to fellowship too much with those in the church we attend.

 

I Thank God that He is all seeing and all knowing!

 

 

The Promises are For Us

“For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.”
(2 Corinthians 1:20)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ”.
(Ephesians 1:3)

If we are in Christ, then all the promises in the Bible can be found, claimed and received by us.

Good Morning, this is GOD I will be handling ALL your problems today.

Please remember …
I WILL NOT NEED YOUR HELP!!!

If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFGTD Box (something for God to do). It will be addressed in My time, not yours. Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it. If you find yourself stuck in traffic, don’t despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work, think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad, think of the person who has never known what it’s like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend, think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance, think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror, think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.

Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose? Be thankful! There are those who didn’t live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people’s bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities, remember … things could be worse. You could be them!!!!

So, just relax, and have a
GREAT DAY!

Matthew 11:28
“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.”

 

 

M.I.A or in other words I have been missing in action…

Just when you start to think your life is slowing down at a reasonably steady pace , whoop, you get slapped silly and everything goes haywire…

Anyway I am not about to list the haywires on here but for those of you who are prayer warriors, I am asking you to pray for me, my family and the situations that have rolled on and on for too long now….

Other than the above, my pc decided it was having a break, and so I have spent days tooing and frooing the pc shop with memory upgrades and other technicalities only those trained know about to bring it back to life… it now works but with one or two annoying glitches..I will learn to live with them I think!

Anyways, I have committed my days to serving the Lord. I am His servant, and I will run the race without giving up. My life is not my own, it belongs to Jesus. he knows what is best for me and so I lay my surrendered heart down before His feet and ask Him to continue to  mould and shape my life as He sees fit.

Have a blessed day readers and may God pour out blessings upon you and yours!

 

Back home to reality

Well, my short break away last week was simply wonderful. We enjoyed our short time away with some christian friends and their family. All our children got on so well together.

 We went down to Norfolk, well, Great Yramouth to be exact. It was our first time down that way and I can’t wait to revisit. It is a beautiful , interesting place!!

We took a cabin cruiser out on to the Norfolk Broads for one of the days and that was incredible!

God has such a beautiful, enjoyable creation to share with us…..We are so blessed to be able to partake of this in our lives.

I love how He inspires our hearts and moves us in ways we would not normally think to do so….This week the Lord has been laying on my heart about serving my sisters in Christ especially in the area of helping / giving. Iam excited as I know this something I regularly did at one time before God had me stop.

I came across this scripture this morning and it really touched my heart!

Ezekiel 37:27   My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

God is Fantastic!!

Recently I wrote about a baby in our church who at 3 weeks old was on life support due to heart problems. His parents have been a tremendous testimony and their faith has inspired us so much

Well the good news is God has performed a miracle!!

 Baby J is now OFF support, breathing on his own and the hospital is delighted but of course are in a state of disbelief!! No one can deny that God has intervened…God gets all the Glory!

 

Prayers Appreciated

I really am blessed by those of you who visit *me* and so would like to say to you, do pray for us as we venture off this coming week for a weeks break. we are going with a christian family we have known for over 10 years but have only just been really getting to know one another well this past year  and so we we are joining them at a caravan site …I really can’t wait for this MUCH NEEDED break.

See you on my return

T’was a Sad Day , Yesterday!

OO The dilemma of having pets!

We own or owned 2 King Charles Cavaliers and they have been part of our family for over 10 years…We have so enjoyed them. They brought a lot of love and affection within the family, as they are completely lovable dogs.

Bethwyn (the brown one) developed the expected heart disease a few months back, (this is common with the breed) and was on a couple of medicines for it. Up until the weekend she was fairly well.

Suddenly, on Tuesday she had become visibly ill, with no appetite or desire for her treats. we knew she was ill-er than we thought Her tummy had been swelling up over the weekend too. She was looking at me with those big saucer eyes and I knew in my heart she was asking me to let her go….

I called out to my God, who is an ever present help in these times, and He answered me, He used friends who love Him too who have insight and wisdom and on feeling satisfied I took her to the vets.

My daughter, 16yrs, also came along.

I don’t think either of us expected what was to come but probably thought a change of tablets was in order or that kind of thing.

Sadly the vet announced Bethwyn was dying and it would be kinder to put her to sleep…at which point I burst into big uncontrollable sobs!

So, we said our sorrowful goodbyes, reluctantly, the surgery was miraculously empty! something I had not witnessed before, and we left her there …I couldn’t stay and watch my *baby* go to sleep and not wake up…

I don’t know that she knew what lay ahead for her but I thank God He cared enough to make the whole experience for us as painless as was possible with as much dignity.

I know He loves animals and cares for them too.

This is a day to remember how much more my heavenly Father has been good to me , to us, and to rejoice that He has everything under control!!

Yeh It’s The weekend!!

Life over here at 543 has been a buzz of cooking activity to the extreme this past week or so….

My daughter A has been accepted by her small christian school to go along with a few others on a Mission Trip to Uganda!!!

Such an awesome opportunity for her to indulge her life in but not only that to see her faith rise when she had been praying and believing she would go without a doubt was a tremendous time for us as  her parents here on earth!

She has to raise funds to get her there and we have around 5 months to raise £800/£900..

She decided to bake cakes and sell them and we have been so blessed by the repsonse of others. Some one we don’t even know sent her cash and this went towards her deposit!

Another at church gave her £20 for a particular cake to be made *Bless you! you know who u r*

Yet another donated £20 because it touched his heart she was eager to go…

So, we now have been baking for a week or more and selling them too at a good rate and I am so grateful God has equipped us and strengthened us to go for it.

As she ventures out into this country she will witness first hand the poverty, the sadness of lives BUT she will also witness the Hand of God, the way the children she goes to serve respond to her and the others and I know this will have a great impact on her small life.

Several months back when our own church school closed I was expecting it in a way but when it happened it threw us as a family because this was all we knew…Homeschooling had dominated my life from 1985 and I had been used of God to establish it within our community..so when it ended as it was I was OO what now Lord? But you know we KNEW A was meant to go to this local christian school and God has shown us over and over why…and then Uganda….Thank God we are in the centre of His will…not on the outside looking in!!

Weekend is here , my husband is at work and I am taking 5 mins to rest my legs as I have been baking since early hours!!

It’s Interesting …..Life I mean!!

Sometimes life can just flow from one day into another without us really paying too much attention to what is actually happening within that day at all…..

I sort of realised this recently, mainly because I was exhausted after some things I needed to do in my life and home to catch up after some time of neglect. It dawned on me that even when I have been *hit* with some problem I have not given thought to its timing. It made me think how many times I go from Monday to Friday so quickly and have’nt been stopping in that day long enough to soak up the wonderful blessings God has blessed me with.

I am so grateful to God that His Holy Spirit will begin to nudge my heart and cause me to stop and think…and that is so important, after all….I don’t want to be caught sleeping now do I!!

Life is so full of wonderful everyday happenings, if only I would slow down some and allow them to have the impact on me intended.I don’t mean the negative stuff but the smaller things, like my daughter sharing her homework and as I listened to the story read aloud or the way she worked out her maths problems I suddenly realised what a beautiful clever darling I have and began to praise her efforts and encourage her and then she was walking on cloud 9!! Didn’t take too much effort, just my time…and that is awesome.

I know that God has called me to serve others whether that be in my home my church or my community…that is what life is about, knowing what God has given us. I must remember that today is a GIFT, one that will happen whether or not I am aware of it. he has promised to be with me through it and in it and will never leave me so what am I waiting for..roll on day!!!!

Came across this  HERE and thought this would so bless someone reading my blog..

Hey! If you take time to read mine then do take a moment to add a comment and let me know you passed by!! God Bless you.

The Lord has been speaking to a lot about knowing and truly believing that He is good. It is easy to know He is good when things are going well, but it is much harder to know deep down with total certainty that God is good when things are not going the way we think they should go. God wants us to stand in faith in Who He is, to believe His goodness and to know for with a certainly that rises up from our innermost being that He loves us and that He is dependable.

There are times when the enemy tries to beat us down and to make us believe that God is mad at us, or that He is disappointed with us. The devil does that because he wants to prevent us from running back into God’s presence, so we can be restored. Our enemy wants to sabotage our faith.

There are going to be times when we get empty and drained. We begin to minister and to function from our own limited resources instead of from God’s vast resources. We continue doing our best to please God, but the emptier we get, the more we feel that God must either be mad at us or disgusted with us for allowing ourselves to get into this state. Then the enemy begins to play “mind games” with us to make us feel even worse about ourselves and our walk with God. He tries to tell us that God won’t help us when we cry out to Him because He is so disappointed in us, and we have failed Him or let Him down. Eventually we find it difficult to believe that God wants to restore and refresh us. We are not aware of it, but what is happening is that out faith in God’s goodness is being systematically attacked and damaged.

I went through that for a couple of months. The emptier I got, the harder it was to do the things that strengthen my spirit: to pray and
read my bible every day. I felt guilty about my struggle to do those basic things and I began to feel so desperate for God that I arranged
to go on a five-day prayer retreat at a mentor’s house to seek God in hopes of being restored and refreshed.

As I began to draw into God’s presence, I realized that I was afraid of coming to Him. My head “knew” I had to draw into God, but my heart feared that He would be angry with me or not want me to come to Him. Part of me was so hungry to be restored to intimacy with God that I was willing to meet His terms and conditions–whatever they were. But another part of me was afraid that God would not want to meet me.

I set all else aside and started to press into Him, and His sweetness began to settle over me. I expected Him to rebuke me, and I kept waiting for that rebuke–but it never came. I expected Him to tell me that He was displeased with me, but all He did was love on Me and let me see glimpses of His glory. Two days into the prayer retreat, I finally asked Him about it. I asked Him if He was angry or disappointed in me for letting myself get into that state. His reply surprised me.

“It hurts My feelings that you think I would be like that. I am not hard to please for those who’s hearts are committed to obey Me. I am a loving Father, and I love My children. When they get empty or drained, I don’t get mad at them for it and I don’t punish them for it. Instead, I fill them back up; I refresh and restore them, just like I am doing for you right now. When hope is drained and My children feel they have disqualified themselves, I don’t disqualify them. I restore their hope and I remind them of their destiny, and then set them back into it. I don’t rebuke My servants when they are weary, I revive them and I refresh them.”

Then He want on to say, “When you are feeling empty or dry or when hope begins to fade away, I want you to exercise your faith. I want you to remind yourself of Who I am, of what I am like–remember what My true nature is. I am your loving Father and I am committed to take care of you. I want you to choose to believe in My goodness instead of choosing to believe the devil’s lies about Me. Have faith in Me–not in your spiritual disciplines or in your ability to sense My nearness, or even in your ability to “please” Me. Know that I am love and I cannot stop loving you. Believe that I am good and choose to stand in faith when the enemy whispers his lies into your ears.”

“I have revealed Myself to you, and I don’t change. So don’t think of Me don’t attribute pettiness to Me. Trust Me, I really am Who I have showed you that I am, and I am truly good.  Yes, I have good plans for you and I will accomplish them in your life.” 

Urgent: Please Pray

 One of the new families in our church has a 8 week old baby boy in hospital ( has been since birth) and he has heart failure. He is wired up to all kinds of machines and a ventilator is breathing for him.

His parents are amazing! their faith is so awesome …we are praying with them and believing God with them but we need YOUR help too.

They are facing the authorities soon who want the machines switched off.

Of course they are looking at the situation from a medical point of view BUT we are looking at it from God’s !!

Please pray for the baby, the parents and those who are caring for them all at this moment. many many thanks

Phillips,Craig,Dean, You Are God Alone

Praising Jesus

 God is ever so kind ever so good and I love Him to pieces.

I had a major *fall out* and honestly thought no way could I begin again but you know what? That is not the case. With God He waits for us with open arms as we repent and respond to His love.

Psalm 51:10  Create in me a pure heart, O God,
       and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

I have been informed that my favourite site is back up and running , it is a totally Christian program to help those like me get rid of those extra pounds or in my case stones!! with God’s help. Take a look at Thin Within

I have also created a new blog in addition to this one to help me journal my journey…Visit me at Thin4Him

Well, do havea blessed day and enjoy the goodness of God…

Made me Glad - Hillsong