Are you Still in the Race?

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.1John 2:28

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Do you ever feel like giving up? Giving in?  Do you feel like this living for Jesus is really hard and you’ve wondered if it is worth it?

I have felt this way.  I’m not proud of it and I don’t go boasting about it, but there have been times during the years I’ve been living for him that situations have been tough! I have pulled the covers over my head and tried to block out the world!  I know I’m not the only one to do that!  You know why I know it, because I’ve talked to enough women and I know some that have done the same thing!

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You know what keeps me getting out of that bed? I want to please Jesus! Yep……..it’s that simple. I want to be able to stand before the King of Kings and not be ashamed of how I lived for him!

Coffee rows in Honduras 2011

 You see my friend- he is coming back and we will have to give an account of what we did and didn’t do for him.  Have I stumbled? YES! But I get up and keep going; in Phillipians- Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit describes it as a race to keep running. The race is long and we run out of breath and sometimes we have to get up after we fall.  We keep going, knowing one day we will see our Savior face to face and that we can stand before him Confident in who we have been in him and Unashamed! Until that day let us encourage one another! Don’t give up! Don’t give in!  There are others who are going through this life and you are not alone!

Promise of God

God is present in the

company 

 of the righteous

The Lords’ Day

   

Sing to the Lord a New Song!

Laying Out the Fleece

Two of my boys being silly

Just a warning my pictures have nothing to do with my post......Just thought you might like to see my boys! Aren't they good looking!:) Okay now to the post....

I'm sitting here at my computer at 11:43 p.m-actually it is more like an hour later because I have been trying to decide on pictures. 

Anyways, I was talking to the Lord and wondering if I should really be doing this blogging thing!  So, I laid a fleece out.  I know not real original, but that's all I have at the moment!


Have you ever laid a fleece out?

Well, I did.... totally unrelated, but doesn't he look so cute...... Now where was I.......Oh yea, I laid my fleece out.

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I said to the Lord " Lord if you want me to do this blog and the website I'm working on-someone will have looked at  my site- there will be some views on my page.  If you don't want me to, then no one will have looked at it. 

I looked -fully expecting there to be no page views(talk about lack of faith)- there were more than I have have ever had.

I know the Lord wants me to do this. It may be just to encourage one person.  One person is worth it all! Jesus would have died for just one of us! Goodness knows I sure didn't deserve it! May the Lord Bless You and Keep You -Good Night Dear Friends!

~Windy~

Quote of the Week

Lottie Moon-Missionary to China

How many there are … who imagine that because Jesus paid it all, they need pay nothing, forgetting that the prime object of their salvation was that they should follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in bringing back a lost world to God.” Lottie Moon,Tungchow, China,Sept. 15, 1887

Looking Ahead

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I was 18 years old when the Lord called me to missions.  I was 35 when I went on my first mission trip overseas.  I wish that I could say that ever since I accepted Jesus as my Savior at 14 that I have wholeheartedly followed him, but I can't. I ,like so many others, strayed away for a time. Have I wanted to go back and change it? Definitely, but I can't and it will forever be part of my testimony. 

 Philippians 3:13b-14 says, Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.



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God wasn't caught by surprise by my disobedience-he knew that I would wander in the wilderness for a time, but he also knew that I would come back to him and desire him like never before.  He encourages me to strain toward the goal, to win the prize and one day I will see Jesus face to face! What a wonderful day that will be when my faith becomes sight, but until that day God didn't take that calling off of me, but he has had some work to do in me.

A house for a family in Honduras

I keep reminding myself that there are 40 years that we don't hear from Moses after he murdered a man.  Just maybe he had a lot of dying to self to do. I know I have! That's what the Lord has been doing in me for the last year is killing all the yucky slime that has built up in me for 36 years! Can anyone identify? He is still making me into what piece of pottery he wants me to be so that he can use me for his glory and not my own. Not to mention forming my entire family into what he would have us be.

This season-he is the Potter and I am the clay and sometimes I'm not so moldable, but I want to be.  So, after the Master breaks me some more and waters me down where I am pliable in his hands, he forms this piece of clay a little more into what he would have me be. I so want to see what he's forming, but for right now I have to focus on being pliable which is no easy task for me!



The Children followed us everywhere we went



I felt like someone needed to hear that this morning. No matter how far you have been-it's not too far! The Lord loves you and he desires to use you- just as much as when he first called you-but it takes you willing to be obedient in whatever he ask of you. I know how hard that is, but I am telling you that there is no greater joy when you are right in the middle of his will for your life! Don't let the enemy keep feeding you a lie that God won't use you anymore. Choose to believe the truth! Choose to trust Jesus!

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Attributes and Promises of God

 These are all attributes of God or promises for us who are his. They are found in the Psalms. I think I am going to post a few of these each day.....

1.       Blessed are all who take refuge in him

      Amen!

2.       Shield

      Armored up!

3.       Bestows Glory on me

4.       Lifts up my head

      Somedays my head needs lifting alot!

5.       Answers me from his holy hill

      He hears me.

6.       Sustains me

7.       Delivers

8.       Deliverance

9.       Relief

10.   Merciful

      I'm so grateful for his mercy.

11.   Hears my prayer

12.   Hears when we call

13.   Light of your face shines upon us

14.   Fills heart with great joy

      He's the greatest joy I've ever known.

15.   Makes me dwell in safety

      So glad he keeps me safe!

16.   In the morning you hear my voice

      Help me to talk to you every morning Lord.