Pray the Hardest, when it is the hardest to pray

            I wrote this entry out first because it was a very sensitive one for me. I also thought about this entry for a long time. I am still working out some of the things but I wanted to get something out there for other girls/women. Let's just say that guarding your heart is a lot easier said then done. The Proverbs Bible verse makes it seem so simple but it really isn't. I've had my high school crush and college crushes. During those times, everyone world either quote the verse or tell me to guard my heart or both. They either didn't understand me and the depth of things or they didn't care. I will go with the first one for most people towards me.            Yeah, you want to guard your heart from those crushes but what about guarding it from your first love. What about guarding it from that crush that the possibility is there? My eyes have just been open a little bit more l...

             I know I usually do a sermon entry on Sundays but this entry idea came from my morning small group today at church, not the sermon. It might have some ideas from the sermon but not all of it.            "We ask you to commit to a church membership for 4 reasons and this is one of them. One of the reasons is the cultural reason. Church membership is an antidote to our society."              Why is it an antidote to our society, you might ask.              Commitment and Contentment is a hard thing to do in today's society.                          Commitment is a trait that America is losing through everything. We are losing it because people are not trying to be content with what they have anymore. People can have head knowledge and not heart knowledge. Head knowledge is...

The Red Sea Road We bury dreams Lay them deep into the earth behind us Said our goodbyes at the grave But everything reminds us God knows we ache When He asks us to go on How do we go on? We will sing to our souls We won't bury our hope Where He leads us to go There's a Red Sea road When we can't see the way He will part the waves And we'll never walk alone Down the Red Sea road How can we trust When You say You will deliver us From all of this pain That threatens to take over us Well, this desert's dry But the ocean may consume And we're scared to follow You Oh help us believe You are faithful, you're faithful When our hearts are breaking You are faithful, You're faithful You'll grant us eyes to see You are faithful, You're faithful Teach us to sing You are faithful, You're faithful, You're faithful   Ellie Holcomb - Red Sea Road Lyrics 

"Take God at His Word." "Believe in miracles but trust in Him." "Another desert opportunity to trust God."-Mark "Each day trust God for daily bread." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John 4:53   New International Version (NIV) 53  Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him,  “Your son will live.”  So he and his whole household  believed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Psalm 37:5-7   New International Version (NIV) 5  Commit your way to the  Lord ;      trust in him  and he will do this: 6  He will make your righteous reward  shine like the dawn,      your vindication like the noonday sun. 7  Be still  before the  Lord      and wait patiently  for him; do not fret  when people succeed in their ways,    ...

          This is a fast entry but I hope it really make people think. I am sitting in my car thinking about what took place on this day and I can't be more thankful and it can't be more true. I was in high school just 15+ years ago and it wasn't easy at all. I went to a country school and got through everyday because of my family and God.           It's not about the gun contorl or more or less guns. Coming from a person that felt like a loser and weak everyday in high school, it is more about the love and the people you have around you. I always regretted having my parents at school but it was good because I could go to their office or classroom when I got overly stressed. Now that I look back I kick myself for doing that because it showed I was weak and would run to my parents for every little thing but it could have been worse in so many ways.         ...

           This is probably one of my last sermon writings from a big church for awhile because I am going to take a break from the big church style for a bit. I just need to take my mind off of it and think smaller, I guess. I need to look under things instead of at and above bigger things if that makes sense. I am all the more for quality then quantity if that makes sense. Those two things are also coming in an entry soon. I will example it more of what I am meaning.  Ex. 17:8-16 The Amalekites Defeated 8  The Amalekites  came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.   9  Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff  of God in my hands.” 10  So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur  went to the top of the hill.   11  As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israel...

          This entry is my take on the sermon that I heard this morning from church.   Bolder Ridge Fellowship Church , that is.  I will say that these past two weekends/Sundays have been really helpful for me and that I can feel God working in my life because of where I am going now. I have moved out of the old  and big and into the new and small. Last Sunday and today have been really hard for but I have felt the Lord talking to me and challenging me through this church. It is like with this sermon today.   Below are the verses that we went over and below those are my ideas and what I took from the sermon. This is no way the true translation of the Bible. This is just how it applies to my life and maybe someone else's out there. Maybe it will get them to come to Bolder Ridge Fellowship Church? Maybe I can do this every week/Sunday and put it up somewhere where more people can see it? Whatever the reason, I just hope that it will ch...

            This entry is my 800th entry and it is about one of the children that I am teaching now. It seems like every daycare/preschool has a small king in each classroom I am in. I have noticed that id a child is the king of the house then he will to be the king everywhere else. That's fine with me I love to be stubborn and have a challenge at the same time. It almost took me 2 months with this small king but I think I finally got through to him. It took getting hurt a few times and talking stern with him. It also took help with another teach being involved and watching his behavior carefully too.  Took my toes getting hurt and him slapping me. Also there is special experience that need to be had when being involved with a king child.             Another things that it took other teachers and me to do were: telling him he was the only one in the class, me telling him that he needs to listen to his Nana, and trying the...

Those Moments "There are those moments in life that you just have to trust God with. Those moments when you can't see the outcomes." It's heard but we all have those moments throughout life. Some of us live like that daily. Those moments after 40 days are up. Those moments where you let go but hope that child saw the happy life. Those moments where you hope they don't lose everything you taught them and the way you made them feel. Those moments where they first felt like someone cared for them. Those moments where you see the hardest child in the class. Where you see it has a challenge you want to get passed and later the reward is greater. Where you finally got through to that child and they love you back. They never want to leave your side. Those moments where you try to get through to the ones you love. Where you try to support them in everything they do yet they don't give anything back. Yet you don't expect them to b...