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

Honduras 2011

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.



Honduras 2011



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!

Honduras 2011

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.

Inspirations

I love to go to these places! They are places that inspire and encourage me!

Every Home for Christ

Revival to the Nations

The Handmade Dress

YWAM Kona- University of the Nations

Pioneer Woman Cooks

Encouragement Anyone?

Do you wake up some mornings-discouraged right off the bat! I have been there, believe me! God is so faithful even when we are finding it difficult to come to him with our problems.


So, this morning I am here to let the Lord use me to encourage you and what better way to be encouraged than through scripture!  The Lord keeps speaking Isaiah 51 to me and I know it's to keep me looking to him!

"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord;Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; look to Abraham, you father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many. The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing." Isaiah 51:1-3

I am sharing that with you this morning, but I need it just as much as you! I need to be reminded that if I am pursuing righteousness and seeking the Lord that he will comfort me and he will take all my ruins and deserts and make them like Eden.

 Is there anyone with alot of junk that needs to be made into Eden besides just me?

 I need to be reminded that  the Lord is going to take all the dry times in my life and make them alive in him!

Praise the Lord he is faithful! If we just keep  focusing on Jesus and being obedient, he takes care of all the other stuff that surrounds us! Right?

So my friends know this, that no matter how rough your morning has been......
the phone call that made your heart break and put the covers up over your head......
 or the children who were whiny first thing because they didn't get there way.......
no matter what has happened the Lord- if we are living for him- makes it good!

He promises that in Romans 8:28. Let him speak to your heart this morning and show you all the ruins he is rebuilding in your life!

Do you believe he will?I know he will dear friend and he will encourage you like no one else can!

Prayer

Okay this Blog is specifically about three things: Encouragement, Missions and Prayer and definitely not in that certain order. Until I figure a better way- Why don't we put the Prayer Request in the Comment part of the Prayer blog posts-If you don't mind everyone knowing the request you can put it under your name. Otherwise, just leave the request anonymously. I'm not quite sure just how I am going to organize this yet.  Please be patient.  I hope as you get to know me that you will know that I will truly pray for you and I'll ask a few other prayer warriors to do the same.  May the Lord bless you and keep you today and everyday!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18- Be Joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

What I want to be About!





I have to say that this isn't my first blogging rodeo, but I will say this is the first time of being completely who I am. I've read many post on blogging about what you love! I don't have to think too hard to know who it is I love-Jesus and I want this vapor of a life to be about Jesus;the Lord of my life! 



I love him more than ever! I would not have been able to say that 10 years ago when I was so far in the pit-I couldn't even see the light at the top, but I can now-Thank you Lord! Every day I serve him in Honduras or at home affirms that my life must be all about him! Do I struggle-Yes ma'am! Recently? The answer would still be yes! Am I perfect? No! But I want to live for him for the rest of my days! I want the old "woman" in me to be dead and I want to be fully alive in my sweet Savior!

Some days that refining fire is so hot and hurts so much that all I want to do is run! Then there are those days where I just get down with life-the days when the piles of laundry are touching the ceiling and I'm trying to figure out this blogging thing or homeschooling my three boys meanwhile my boys can't say not one nice thing to each other-unless you consider Meany and Scalawag nice. Can anyone relate?

Then there are those times like when the Lord let me serve in Honduras, it's times like that I know that living for the Lord Jesus is what I was created to do.  There is nothing that touches the heart more than a grown woman who lives in a foreign country tell you that she loves you and loves learning about the Lord or you get to tell a little brown-haired, dirty faced little girl about Jesus and you get to lead her to Jesus! It makes it worth it all, Doesn't it!

 This time around blogging is going to be different, I am combining all the things I love into this blog-Encouraging people, Missions,praying and I'm sure you will hear about my friends and family! I love all these things and I love sharing my Lord with anyone who will listen. I want to encourage others to live for him and love on him with all their hearts and I want to share about others who I know do just that! I love you already and I know everyone needs encouragement especially us women! So be encouraged my friend-the Lord loves you and he is not through with you yet! May you be blessed and may you seek the Lord with all your heart and he will be found!


~May the Grace of Jesus shine upon you today~
                            Windy