Pray the Hardest, when it is the hardest to pray

           I will start off by saying that God is testing me in my maturity that I have gained over the past few years and the strong love I have for people along with it. I've been put in a situation without my knowing about it before that I am having to have professional maturity along with personal maturity. I am also finding myself having strong love for things too. I don't want to share a lot and give away way I am writing this but I think God is going to grow me in that at least this Fall. I will say there are times that I wish I could get back at certain people and say things that I think needs to be said but I am holding back because of self control and the maturity I have, not to mention the love I have for them too.            God has a sense of humor. He taught me about the Fruit of the Spirits and how listening and seeing and loving in a community is very important. I will tell you that God does not use the sermons...

         Some people might think this: "Is it really good to have the Fear of God in you?" My personal answer for myself is, "Yes." Why? You might ask. It is because if I didn't have the Fear of God in me nothing would get done. It is t he Fear and drives and challenges me to do things I wouldn't do otherwise. Fear of God means: " reverential   awe,   especially   toward   God." Other words are: respect, awe, and reverence.           It is that tugging on my heart when I need to ask that certain question or talk to this certain person. The thing could also be good but it keeps us waiting a little longer for that good thing. It is like I can see the future yet I need to stay away from it for a little longer. Right now, the Fear of God does have a place in my life and that place is dating and marriage. I want that so bad yet the more I think about it the more I am scared.  ...

This came at the perfect time for me. Much needed! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE VIEW FROM UNDERNEATH WHITNEY CAPPS DAY: 21 | PLAN: SUFFERING AND SOVEREIGNTY Today’s Reading:  Job 21  Job 21:7-8 (NIV)  “ Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes. ” One of my favorite memories as a little girl was watching my grandmother cross-stitch. I remember the first time I watched her nimble fingers stitch a mess of x’s into a masterpiece. She always sat in her recliner, legs curled under her, leaning toward the light of the table lamp. I usually sat on the floor at her feet looking at the underside of her work-in-progress.  We had a little game where I would try to guess what she was making. But the underside was such a mess! Was it a basket of flowers? A bowl of fruit? A hummingbird or a hippo? Who knew? From my perspective it was an indisti...

See What is Important         It takes a lot of situations and things  to see what is really important in life. It  could be one thing while we think it is the  other. Sometimes we have to ask the question: "What is really important?" Some people  might think money. The more money we have,  the more things we can buy and that makes  us happy. Other people might think it is their career.  They have be be in the highest position  possible to make a difference. They could spend all their time making the money but forgetting who they truly are. They could  also be trying to be someone that they are not just trying to impress the boss so that  they can get that higher position or more people to like them. Other people might think that only where they live is important. Another thing that could be important to a person is their race. They could think that th...

          Yesterday was a day for the history books and science books. It was the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017. It was so big that the schools got involved with it and people stepped out of their offices to watch it too. The schools brought solar glasses for every child so they could experience it. It started at 11:45 and the peak time was 1:15 here in Bentonville, AR. It ended at about 2:00. I couldn't see it because my glasses were in the mail. I got them after work yesterday. It was going to be full up by St. Joe, MO so that would have been neat to see in a way but I would have hate fighting the crowds. It is funny, though, because that is probably the one time that St. Joe has been or ever will be really busy.            I did get to see it on the ground and I even took pictures of them to remember the day. The pictures on here are only 2 out of the 10 I took. But the real thing ...

Living as One What can I bring to the situation that I am in now?     -This is a new prayer of mine, whether it is about certain people or things or just in general. It is a good place to start. Go to the "Who", not the "Why". Luke 7:36-39 (ESV)-                        "36  One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.   37  And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,   38  and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and  wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.   39  Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If  this man were  a prophet, he  wou...

             I am going to try something new with this entry. I have shared this video through YouTube and I want to see if my entry will also be shared with it. The entry might be a short one because of the experiment but I am hoping I can get the point across. If this one works I might be doing more of these link ones because I like telling people what certain songs mean to me.              I came up with the title first because of a sermon that was given at my parents' church back in July. Yes, I am now just getting to write about it. It was a sermon about how the simple and easy things  like the Bible and prayer were an important part of the Christian life. I wrote down this one quote during the sermon and I hope it makes sense. I think I got it all but not for sure. It was, "Essentials unity, In nonessentials freedom, in everything love."  The verses the pastor used were 1 Timothy 4:1-10. Other quot...

Psalm 23 New International Version (NIV) Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 1  The  Lord  is my shepherd,  I lack nothing. 2       He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3       he refreshes my soul. He guides me  along the right paths      for his name’s sake. 4  Even though I walk      through the darkest valley, [ a ] I will fear no evil,      for you are with me; your rod and your staff,      they comfort me. 5  You prepare a table  before me      in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil;      my cup  overflows. 6  Surely your goodness and love  will follow me      all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the  Lord      fore...

How do you get the children from focusing on the alters to focus on the fun of the sport of hunting itself? "It all comes from the person that is taking the child hunting."-A Friend of Mine The reaction you have to any deer is the reaction that is being absorbed by the child. Children model what grow ups do. We hate to admit it sometimes but it is true. Trophy deer? Doe? Start least and go more. They will like things better. I like the word "Absorbed". Prefect way to describe children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                  It is the first day of the school year and I thought this would be a perfect entry a day like today. I got the the above from a friend of mine about 2 or 3 weeks ago. My friend was talking about how children enjoy hunting and how it grows in them. He was talking about it because one of his viewers ask the first question that I put above. Then he ans...

                       "Our brand is the Fruit of the Spirit."         -Counterfeit= weakness, social sweetness         -Definition of Gentleness: Strength under control of the good of others.         -Gentleness= essential quality of spiritual leadership ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         -1 Kings 19:11-13-NIV                     -" 11  The   Lord   said, “Go out and stand on the mountain   in the presence of the   Lord , for the   Lord   is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind  tore the mountains apart and shattered  the rocks before the  Lord , but the  Lord  was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the  Lord  was not in the earth...