Psalm 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God. 

This verse is a good one especially if you are going through a trial. 

Maybe you are like me and sometimes your mind is going about a thousand miles a minute. Just think of this verse. Be still, and know that there is a God who loves you.

Thoughts

Psalm 139:13-16

"For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. 

All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." 

As I was eating my breakfast yesterday morning I kept thinking about how amazing my body was. God created me. He knew what He wanted me to be like. My hair color, my eyes, and other features that I have. He made me just the way He wanted. 

I have not always loved myself in a way that I should. I have often times felt useless, unloved, and many other thoughts. But by believing these lies I am saying to God I don't like my life. 

Then I realized what I was doing and I asked forgiveness from God. I am much happier now and I know that God is much happier with me also. 

How About You?

Do you feel good about yourself? Do you realize how wonderfully you are made? Do you believe God has created you the way that He wants you? 

Jesus Can Open Our Minds

Luke 24:45

"Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures."

Jesus was walking on the road side with Emmaus and Cleopas and asking them what they were talking about. The man asked Jesus, not knowing it was Him, "Haven't you heard about Jesus of Nazareth?" They didn't recognize Him at this point. 

The men went on and told Jesus of the things they had just learned that Jesus was no longer in the tomb. 

Jesus listen and when they got to the village the men asked Jesus to stay and eat with them. He did so and when Jesus blessed the food it was then revealed to the men who Jesus was. 

It was then that Jesus opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 

Question

Has Jesus opened our minds so that we too can understand the Scriptures. How do we know for sure?

Spring Is Almost Here

In my area of the country it is still just a bit cold but so much better than 27 below zero. We are almost up to 60 degrees.

It has been a very busy and painful winter. First, I have gotten my book written that I wanted to do and now I have to edit it and get it ready to send to the publisher. It is a seasonal devotional with ten pages for each season. Both women and men can read it and I think they would both like it. Thank you for your prayers.

I am also teaching Sunday School for 3-5 years-old. There is only one that shows up but we are having a great time. This young fellow needs lots of love and attention. He is very smart for his age and he certainly knows what he wants so need to calm him done a bit but love working with him. We are praying that our Sunday School for younger boys and girls will grow. Most of our congregation right now are in the middle age or older group. But we are beginning to see new faces and age groups coming.

I am also church historian and am trying to write a booklet containing material since 1995. Got up to 2009 written up. And now that the weather is warmer I want to get to doing the crafts that I can only do outside because of the flumes that the material creates when I am making the craft.

The pain part is my feet and my back. My feet I have diabetic nerve pain and the pain in my back is due to having three kidney stones. Two one one side and one on the other side. As long as the stones stay in my kidney nothing is going to be done for them. If they start to travel then there is going to be a lot more pain involved. Pray the Lord's will be done in this matter as either way there is pain.

Remember-The Lord is in control of everything!

Starting A New Project

For many years I have wanted to write a book. I know, many people say this, but I took courses in writing and the other day I got a phone call from a publishing company and the nicest representative talked to me and she gave me some ideas on what to write about. We became friends on the first call.

So for the next three months I am going to be writing the first draft of the book and hope to have it done by May 25th. Pray for me that I will write things that will be helpful to the readers. I will be up dating you on my progress.

The Lord is so good because when I wrote to this publishing company I was looking for their catalog and instead the Lord put me right with the person who could help me most. So I am very thankful for that and He is directing me in what He wants me to do and that is sharing with others what I have learned.

Ask the Lord what He wants you to do and see what happens if you are not doing it already. It is very exciting to be in His Family and see how we can use our gift to encourage others.

Gratitude

I just found a new blog site called Calvary. And in the post I am ready right now it is talking about gratitude. I am very thankful for many things. As I thought about the things I am grateful for not all the things were good things in my life. Actually they were all the bad things that happened to me except for one.

That was another point that the blog brought out. Be thankful for all circumstances. After I thought about this and the things that came to my mind I realize that I can be thankful for all of them. For the bad things that took place made me the person I am today. Makes me a stronger, more compassionate, and loving person. I see things that sometimes others don't see and then I can pray for the situation.

Giving thanks is also the will of God in Christ Jesus for me and for you. The word gratitude carries the idea of being bound to the person we are thanking. I have never thought of it that way. It shows the person that I appreciate what they have done for me.

So I am very thankful to God for all He has done in my life so far and what He is going to do for me in the future.

How about you? Are you thankful for all things that have come your way?

A Quiet Week

It has been a quiet week in the House Family. This is very unusual. However, my daughter and granddaughter and grandson did come down with strep throat, earaches, and coughs but that is going around so much. My granddaughter's teacher even had strep throat and was out for a few days. My son-in-law is only able to work half days until Wednesday because of headaches he can't get rid of. He has had them now for almost a month. Been tested but nothing has been found yet. He is going to a specialist in March. See his regular doctor this coming week.

I did have a AHA moment this week. At work they are getting rid of old magazines and I was discarding the page with the bar code on it. As I was going through I was very shocked at some of the pictures there were in some of the magazine that you would not think would have those kind of pictures.

For instance, car machines. They, of course, had the almost naked ladies in the picture looking at the car from off a top of a building which had a swimming pool. The men's magazines for style and advertising strength were very muscular men modeling the product. So I found that it is hard to look at anything, even a simple thing as a magazine, without being bombarded with pictures that is better not to see as they stay with me.

The Bible tells us that we should be careful in what we see. There is also a children's song that speaks of this. So I found it is not just on the computer but it is everywhere.

Be careful what you see is the thought for today.