What are your answers???

Yesterday at church Pastor Jeanne gave us a lot to think about. The scripture was 1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. "


She gave us 5 questions to ponder. This is the assignment for the week for my kids & we will discuss it later on in the week. I try to give them little things to do in scripture each week. I urge you to take each question yourself & think about them.

1. What has God given you?

2. What did Christ give up for my sake?

3. What have I given up for Christ's sake?

4. What did Christ's sacrifice?

5. What does Christ call you to sacrifice?

Let's get honest shall we?

This post is going to take a couple different directions. . So bear with me here!


I have a problem....


Tonight is my monthly school board meeting & I am out of Pizza Rolls!!! But more than that I need prayers for the meeting tonight. I ask that you specifically pray for the right words from my mouth (without getting angry), I ask you to pray that the other members are open to 2 specific things being presented that I feel strongly about. One of them has been put off too long. I would appreciate the prayers!


Ok here is where we get honest. This whole week I have been struggling with putting God before my kids. I know that God is to be numero uno... But I struggle with putting ANYTHING in front of my kids. Not only that, our spouse is to come before our kids. As if I wasn't having a hard enough time!


Don't get me wrong here I love God but do I love him MORE than my kids. I would like to be able to say yes without reservation but I'm afraid I have been questioning that as of late. For too long I lived for me, me, me. What I deserved, what I needed. Blah blah blah!


My relationship with Jesus Christ is stronger now then ever which is why I probably question it. I want nothing more but to please Him. I don't want to stand one day at the judgement throne & look back on my life & be ashamed of how I lived.


What do YOU put in front of God?!?!

I am having blogger block....


I never thought I would lack for something to blog about but alas.... here it is.


I do have a couple of funnies to pass on... true stories about text messaging follies!


A certain always smiling person I know sends a text to a gal to double check the spelling of her daughter's name for her sash and he sends "I need to double check your daughter's rash"!!!


Another fellow sent a text that said "who's the chick" to a friend of his only to discover as he sent the text he realized it was his friends sister with him!!!

Tuesday Tunes

What If - Jadon Lavik

What if I climbed that mountain, what if I swam to that shore
What if every battle was victorious then would you love me more
Would you love me more
What if I were everyone's first choice, what if I went farther than before
What if I stood high above the rest than would you love me more
Would you love me more

You say I belong to you apart from the things I do
You say I belong to you I'm in awe of why you do
Why you do, why you do, I'm in awe of you, ooh

What if I ignored the hand that fed me, what if I forgot to confess
What if I stumbled down that mountain then would you love me less
Lord would you love me less

What if I were everyones last choice what if I mixed in with the rest
What if I failed what I passed before then would you love me less
lord would you would you love me less, oh no oh no oh no

You say I belong to you apart from the things I do
You say I belong to you I'm in awe of why you do
You do you do you do

What have I done to deserve your son sent to die for me
What can I give I want to live give me eyes to see
In a world that keeps changin' there's one thing that I know is true
Your love is stayin' there's nothing else I'll hold onto

You say I belong to you apart from the things I do
You say I belong to you I'm in awe of why you do
Why you do

You say I belong to you apart from the things I do
You say I belong to you I'm in awe of why you do
I'm in awe of you I'm in awe of you

The way you love me, the way you do
The way you do , the way you love me, you love me , you love me
The way you do the way you do the way you love me,
the way you love you love you love

How often do you violate your soul???

Nothing like a big heap of conviction this early in the morning!!! Think of a great big pile of mashed potatoes plopped on your plate. Yep, that's what I got this morning only in the way of conviction.


So, what better to do with it but plop a bunch onto you.....


How often do you violate your soul???

-by watching that show you probably shouldn't.

-by reading those novels instead of the Bible. (OUCH)

-by participating in gossip.

-by remaining in the depths of sin.

-by not being the witness you could be at work.


Ok ok, that's enough huh?!?!


I have been guilty of all of these things at one time or another. Often times we get so caught up in these that we can't seem to get out of it.


Sin takes you further than you intend to go, and keeps you longer than you intend to stay.


My biggest is picking up that novel when I could be in The Word. It's SO vital to stay within the realm of God that all too often once we slip even the slightest bit away it can drag us so far away.


Look at Lot. Even though he got out of Sodom, he took his sin with him. Now mind you it is believed he made it to Heaven as the Bible says "through the fire" with nothing to show for his life. Is that how you want to approach the judgement day???


I for one DO NOT want to be ashamed on that day.


So, you ask how do we get away from violating our souls?!?! Well, for a one time fee of 19.95 I will tell you. No just kidding! Have I mentioned I love informercials???


I digress.....


It takes DAILY discipline. It's a matter of making a conscience effort to walk the path of righteousness. Is it easy? No, but no matter how far in sin you are God still loves you right where you are. How amazing is that?!?!


Is there something or someone you need to break free of? One that brings you down into that path of sin??? Make an effort to get away from the situation.


Is there someone you know who has something in their way of total surrender? This is the tough one. How do you approach that?? You must do it with love. It's hard to take "discipline" but if you are a true friend you will approach the topic. I hope that my friends would do this for me AND that I would take it with grace.


Have a great week!!!