Greetings!

I am so in awe of God again today....

I know...I probably say that a lot, but He just continually blows my mind. I think I have mentioned before that we minister in a couple of different nursing homes and rehab facilities. Well, today I was so extremely blessed. We were at the nursing home this morning when God really showed up. He changed that place into a birthing room. It was awesome.  We always think that we are there to encourage and motivate the residents, but they always end up ministering to me!

When we got there today, there were a couple of women just praising and worshiping the Lord. They had their hands upraised and they were singing to the songs that one of the nurses had playing on her phone. It was amazing. We tend to forget that these were probably people who were active in ministry before they became residents. They were ushering in the spirit of the Lord and I could feel His presence. They had forgotten all about being in a nursing home...they were in the sanctuary.

I love when the word falls on fertile ground. They were ready to hear the word and they made sure we knew it! When the word was brought forth, you could tell they were receiving what was being said. God speaks to us in many ways, and today He spoke to me through the hearts of His people.

I am looking forward to what He has in store for me next.

Until next time...

Be blessed

My plan vs God's plan...

Greetings!

It is hard to believe that next month is Thanksgiving. This year has just seemed to have sped by...

In a way, I am a little disappointed. Not in the way time keeps moving, but in the way, I have used my time. I had such plans at the beginning of the year. There were things that I was going to get done this year that I had been putting off in previous years. I was going to write a new book, and this time I was going to market it better. I was going to launch a new ministry/business and I was going to get my body in shape...for real this time.

Ok...so, I at least did one of those things. I did write a new book...

Well, actually it is a journal. It was inspired by the fact that all of us have stories to tell. Most of us just believe that no one is interested. The thing is that somebody out there needs to hear it. Someone needs to know how to get through, hold on....or even how to let go.

God says that your life matters. Your experiences were predetermined just for you...way before the world began. God knows how to get the best out of us and He will not let anything happen that He will not use to grow us.

So, I know that although it may seem like nothing happened year...there was some growing going on. If nothing else, I learned that my plan doesn't mean much if God is not in it. I know that I can make all the plans I want, but if God is not ordering my steps, I won't get very far. And I know that He has a plan for me and I am not going to have to struggle to make it happen.

Until next time...

Be blessed

When a man loves the Lord

Greetings!

I am so utterly and profoundly grateful for how God watches over us. He blesses us in ways that still amaze me...

Every first Sunday we meet at one of the local rehab facilities to minister to the patients there. We know that we are there to pray and sing and love on them, but every single time that I'm there...I feel like I'm the one getting ministered to.

Today, one of my brothers in Christ spoke a word to the patients, and while he was reading the scripture he became so overwhelmed that he could hardly read it. The Spirit of the Lord was so heavy on him that the word of God came to life right before our eyes. The other thing that made it so amazing was that four of the five patients that were there were men.

When a man loves the Lord it is so powerful. It's awesome when anyone loves the Lord, but women typically don't have a problem expressing how they feel. Men, on the other hand very seldom let their emotions show. To them, it feels like they are showing weakness...when in fact, it's the other way around. It shows a confidence in Christ that wherever I am...Christ is with me and I am not ashamed of how I feel about Him.

God wants all of us to open up to Him just like that. He wants us to not be so concerned with others that it affects our worship to Him. Don't let anything come between you and the Father. We want the kind of relationship with Him that even when we don't have the words to say...we know with confidence that God hears our heart. We want that relationship to be a priority in our lives. Because when we put God first, EVERYTHING else will be added unto us.

Until next time...

Be blessed!