The Journey Continues:A quick update

You know that something good is happening if I don't post about a visit to the cancer Doctor until almost a week later!!  Richard does not have to go back again for two months.  The blood work was great!!  The Dr. did say that another pet scan would be done in four months.  Richard seems to be gaining more strength every day.  He has those days still thrown in but is doing really good after his battle of four year!!  Thanks for the prayers and the continued prayers!!  You guys are fantastic!

Psalm 68:35

New International Version (NIV)

35 You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;
    the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

Praise be to God!

What will you do today?

This is a new day!  What are you going to do today??  Do you have a routine?  Do you live for yourself and your desires? I think we all do but what about today?  What about tomorrow?

I want to live for God!  I want to do His will!  I will fail but today and each day I can start over.  Today I want to do what God wants me to do.  I want to seek Him out and listen to His voice. Will my actions always show this?  No but I want others to know that I love my Lord with all my heart.  I want you to know that God loves you too.  He wants you!!

What will you do today?  Will you accept my Lord?

John 3:16-17

New King James Version (NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 14:6

New King James Version (NKJV)

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

The Sun

This morning after I had written about bullies, it was time to take my daughter to school.  On the way to school I noticed that it seemed still quite dark and that there were quite a few clouds.  I even mentioned this to my daughter that the clouds seemed dark.  I dropped her at school and headed toward work.

On my way to work from her school there is a point that I turn to the east.  This morning when I turned east I saw the sun peeking over the horizon.  It was spreading it's marvelous colors across the sky when I noticed that the clouds closest to the sun had taken on the color of the sun.  You could still see the dark of the cloud underneath but the brilliant hues of the sun made a magnificent picture.

That is when the truth hit me.  The trouble with this world is that it can not see the colors of the Son!  The world looks to feed selfish desire and greed.  The world does not care who gets hurt as long as it gets it's way.  The world does not want to take on the colors of the Son.  It prefers the darkness.

What about you?  What do you prefer?

Ephesians 6:12

New King James Version (NKJV)

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[a] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

1 John 2:11

New King James Version (NKJV)

11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

2 Corinthians 4:5-7

New King James Version (NKJV)

5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to givethe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

My rant for the day

I can't not believe all the children that are killing or hurting themselves because of bullying.  Further more I can not believe the parents that are letting their children be bullies!!  What is up with that???  If I thought my children were being mean or bullying someone they were in BIG time trouble!

How can a parent excuse a child that writes on another child's face book after she committed suicide that they are glad she killed herself?  Where are the morals?  Where are the boundaries?  I think the parents should be charged also!  This world is nuts when it is okay for children and adults to torment others to the point that they don't want to be on this world anymore?

What is wrong with people!  It seems they only follow their own evil desires!

What if this happened to their children?  What if this happened to your child??

Matthew 19:14

New King James Version (NKJV)

14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

1 John 3:1

New King James Version (NKJV)

3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God![a] Therefore the world does not know us,[b] because it did not know Him.

The Woman's Conference at Tulsa

The Woman's Conference was wonderful.  It was full of worship, reading the Bible and praise.  I also got to know some women better as we opened up and shared our lives with each other.  One of the women talked about a time in her life when she first met and dated her husband.  She thought their first date was perfect and he thought it was a disaster.  She didn't have to say much and he talked a lot.  She liked that.  They eventually married and she thought at that time that they were pretty much the opposite of each other.  Now, though after thirty years of marriage, she feels like they are very much alike in many ways.  The years of growing and knowing each other have brought them to the point of being more alike than being opposite.

I started thinking about my walk with God and wondered if I have grown more like God or am I still asserting my way.   Are my thoughts like His or more like the world's.  Do I reach out to others or do I do my own thing?  Does God's light shine through me or am I dull with sin and pride?  I hope that after 43 years of a relationship with my God and Savior that each day I become more like Him!

What shines through you?  The world or a Savior?

2 Corinthians 4:6

New King James Version (NKJV)

6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

The teenage years

I have already had three teenagers go through my life and the fourth one is on the path of teenager right now. This teenager can be bullheaded, give me my way or the highway but can be so sweet, lovable and adorable.  I think it is a split personality. I guess that is just a teenage.  I do remember the adoring I love you looks and the I want to please you most of the time from the younger years but those years have faded into teenage chaos.

This teenager still needs me but is growing to be more and more independent.  When there is trouble this teenager just like the others will come to me or dad for help.  I know that this is a short period of time that will eventually pass and the teenager will become almost normal again.

Do you remember when you first came to know Jesus?  Do you remember not being able to get enough of Him and His word?  Did you love to spend time with Him and relish being in the company of other Christians?  Have you become like a teenager?  Are you always right no matter what you read in the Bible?  Do you ignore the wooing of the Holy Spirit?

Jesus is better than parents. He is always right and He is always there.  He is waiting for you turn back to Him and leave those teenage years behind.  Nothing will keep us from the love of God.  Not even the teenage years.

Romans 8:39

New King James Version (NKJV)

39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.