David Crowder*Band - How He Loves

Reminder

Don't forget how much HE loves you today.....

Think about...

The way...

He loves us...

How HE loves us so, how He loves us so....

OH..... how He loves us.

Truth - remember it today.

Don't Be A Bystander

Jesus was no bystander. He was also no grandstander.

he was more of a church planter.....

looking for us....

He showed us how to treat others, 

how to love one another, always looking out for our brother.

He didn't care about our education,

or personal feelings of liberation.

He came for all,

and hung out with the lost.

He told us the truth....

We have a short time here.

It's not about our comfort, happiness or freedoms.

It's about the lost...

the ones we should seek at all cost.

We are called to see with a global vision

the call of Christ..

We are to act on the day to day, and seek to help the lost find their way.

A global vision with a personal touch. Reach out to the hurt and see where He leads.

If we do the small things, and sow healthy seeds,

He will be our Provider and reap a great harvest.

We are called to community, to love God and love people.

It's really quite simple, so why

do we struggle?

We put our needs ahead of His call. Why do we search for a perfect world here on earth? 

That is not His plan, but the evil one sneaks in and destroys. He tells us we should have our way, our rights, and so we fight... 

The Christ tells us we have gone astray, none of these things matter if you seek Me first...

trust and obey. 

Invest your life in others. His call is clear. 

He is coming back soon, will we have anything to declare? 

Will our life be a song, lovely and clear... sharing Jesus love simple as he shared?

Simple, but without apology. He is first, we are last. Put aside our needs and wants and recognize the facts. 

The things we fight about here on earth are foolish and take our focus off what He declares us to accomplish.

"He has shown you O man what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

Micah 6:8

Careful Where You Put That Icy Hot...

I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth this afternoon. 

I was headed up the highway and had just eaten some almonds and well, it was the right thing to do.

I brush a lot... probabaly 6-8 times per day. 

The theory is that if you brush your teeth you will not be tempted to eat that piece of luschious chocolate cake starring at you. 

My beautiful, thin, blonde, perfect toothed friend told me this years ago. 

I figured out a way around this theory years ago too.... eat the cake, it will still taste good and have the cold glass of milk along with it. It's good for you after all and will keep those pearly whites strong.. 

After the cake you can brush your teeth again, and again, and ... you get the idea of why I brush a lot. 

I grabbed the container of toothpaste and spread it on the brush. It smelled a bit minty and I thought it was my husbands sensitive teeth toothpaste. He's a sensitive soul.

I love mint and started to brush.... hmm, this is kind of funny tasting, smells minty but not much flavor.

Wow, I will have to ask him where he bought this, and don't buy it again.

I rinsed my mouth and boom!

I grabbed the tube and read ... Icy Hot pain relieving cream. NO!

In case of accidental ingestion seek medical help immediately or call poison control!

No!

I searched through the drawer, found the real toothpaste, brushed my teeth twice, reviewing in my mind how much I may or may not have injested of the icy hot cream starting to burn my airways.

Agh.. this back pain WILL be the death of me, just not how I pictured it!

Would I crash my car after going into convulsions on my way up the highway? 

Should I call Poison Control? 

Should I call my husband? 

Should I go online, searching for answers?

I contemplated all these options for about 29 seconds and couldn't decide which would be more humiliating or scare me to death. Internet was not an option. That would lead to immediate death for sure. 

Poison Control, nah, too humilating and probably be put on hold. 

Husband? And hear the laughter between here and the O.R., nah.

I chanced it. I risked it. I ventured out, onto the highway, thumbing my nose at danger.....

to live another day.

 On a positive note, my back is feeling pretty good.

Have you ever done this? 

What is the dumbest thing you can remember doing that you would share?

I will never forget the time I wore two differant sneakers to my son's field trip. 

We moms were huddled around in a circle, as moms do on field trips. 

I looked down at our feet and mine didn't match... each other.

 Instead of hiding this fact I burst out laughing at myself. 

It was kind of ridiculous. 

Steven Curtis Chapman: Long Way Home - Official Lyric Video

Do you ever feel like this?

 It's a long way home, but He is leading us..... every single step of the long way home. Sometimes we feel like we are going the wrong way. Rocks in my shoes, fears I wish I could lose, I can hardly wait till the day I get to lay it all down...

Our God has made a promise. We're gonna make it... just taking the long way. Just pilgrims passing through. Thanks Steven....for reminding us again.

Should Have Had Cake...

Trying to sneak, one handed, past the Italian cream cake for the Greek vanilla yogurt.... I had a natural disaster. 

Natural because the yogurt was naturally organic, 

the dog naturally jumped in to help me, 

and naturally words were flying out of my mouth at the speed of sound, in Greek I believe..... the end result, "I should have reached for the stupid cake instead!"

In my attempt to clean up my mess, I ended up spreading it all over the floor as the yogurt had squished between my toes. 

My intial mess grew exponentially until the floor had white globs all over it. 

Naturally (last time)

it made me think.....

Everyday

I will do something, say something, write something. 

It will grow and spread, for good or bad.

I probably could not turn this mornings mess into much good, but I was given a picture. 

Being a visual person, I realized what was being spread all over the floor, 

I saw the truth of our lives.

We spread ourselves all around....

leaving some full and blessed and others, hurt and wounded.

Try cleaning up that mess. Like squeezing toothpaste back into the container.. just doesn't work. 

Our words hurt.

But leave someone blessed and well.... you can spread that stuff around all day long.

Spread some blessings today and by all means, eat the cake.