What's Important

God you are slowly opening my eyes to see what is truly important in the world.  Sometimes as society what we see as important is not as important to You and Your plans for our lives are much grander than we could ever fathom.  You see the bigger picture in our lives from the very beginning to the very end; we only see the here and now.  Why do we as human beings, always want to follow our plans and our dreams when they might not be Yours?  It would be so much simpler just to follow after the dreams that You have for our lives and what You want us to do to further Your plans for the world.  We can fight You every step of the way, which I have been known to do, but in the end Your will always takes precedence.  God remove my tunnel vision and help me to see everything through your eyes. 

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I like to view life this way especially when I stumble and lose my way:

I see it as participating in a never-ending baseball game and You’re the coach God.  In our attempt to obtain that treasured home run, there is no limit to how many strikes we accumulate trying to hit the ball.  The 3 strikes you're out rule does not apply. 

God will continue to pour down His grace, love, and forgiveness upon us while building up our endurance and making us the best that we can be.  He will continue to let us try and try again until we hit that Home Run in life and slide into home base!  When we finally do, God will be our loudest, most exuberant fan, and cheerleader we will ever have.  God never gives up on us, so why should we give up on Him!

~ KM

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Thoughts

Some of my favorite lines taken from one of my favorite movies:  EVAN ALMIGHTY


“If you ask God to give you patients, does He give you patients?  Or, the opportunity to be patient.  If you asked God for courage, does he give you courage, or the opportunity to be courageous?  If you ask God to make your family closer, does God give you warm fuzzy feelings, or opportunities to love each other more?”
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What I am learning is to enjoy and cherish the opportunities that God has given me.  These opportunities are such precious gifts from above and I am so humbled to think that He chose me to share them with even when I'm stubborn. God never ceases to amaze me with his generosity and constant love. 

TESTING: The Strengthening Of Your Faith

Excerpts Taken from The Woman’s Bible- New King James Version

In a sense, everyday life is a test of our relationship with God.  But, to each person come seasons of special joy or adversity.  Both good times and bad times present opportunities for testing our trust in the Lord.

Testing comes through the circumstances of our lives so that we can know our own hearts more insightfully and appreciate God’s grace is more deeply.

Conversation with God

“Jesus, I’m on my way back to you.”

Look out world:  I’m spiritually and physically getting stronger, healthier, wiser, plus developing more

self-confidence, baby!  I know the latter will be a daily struggle, but I am certainly up for the challenge-you better believe it. My short sabbatical has done me a world of good.   Who wants to be around a 24/7 sour puss   LOL  Not me!   

 "My desire is to add to life, to inspire those around me, and not take away from life!"

 An extremely big THANK YOU for the (figurative) smack upside the head. Jesus, obviously that's exactly what I needed, and You certainly have a way of getting my attention when I'm not listening.  Please don't ever allow me to get this distant from you again, and help me put my words into action with You and others once more. Help me to "trust" in you more, God...in all aspects of my life..help me to do less talking and more listening (that's going to be a hard one for me).    haha

I want to be the positive, fun-loving, kind, caring and compassionate woman You created me to be again.  Somehow, I have lost my way.  Jesus, I ask that You make  me a better person. I kneel down before You with a tired and broken spirit.  Please heal me on the inside-renew me so that You can touch other peoples live through me once more.  My life is in Your hands.

You raise me up

Don't give up! 

  

Best Motivational video ever

A neat way to look at Psalm 23

Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd;	That’s Relationship!
I shall not want.	That’s Supply!
He maketh me to buy down in green pastures:	That’s Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters.	That’s Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul:	That’s Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness	That’s Guidance!
For his namesake.	That’s Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,	That’s Protection!
I will fear no evil: for thou are with me;	That’s Faithfulness!
My rod and I staff the comfort me.	That’s Discipleship!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies:	That’s Hope!
Thou anointest my head with oil;	That’s Consecration!
My cup runneth over.	That’s Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:	That’s Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord	That’s Security!
Forever.	That’s Eternity!