Kirk Franklin...one of my former loves. He is a worshipper. Yesterday, I introduced my son to his music, and he loved it! I found a concert on You Tube that Kirk Franklin performed in Houston and have been listening to it while on the computer. He brings me back to Jesus! Here's the link to his concert...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOfO9hYwG4
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Friday, December 3, 2010
My life in a nutshell
Just wanted to write about the faithfulness of God throughout my life...
Childhood...
The best. Was surrounded by a church family, loved unconditionally by my family and friends, came to Jesus at an early age. Got to travel a lot with my family and see so many different things.
Teenage years...
The worst. My parents divorced. My life felt like it was shattered. I rebelled and made terrible choices.
College...
Restoration. God allowed me to find so many spiritual mentors and breathed life back into me. So here is where God began to teach me so many things. I felt led to go to Bible school in Tulsa after I graduated. Bible school was tough for me. I left the security of my amazing church family in College Station to being completely by myself in Tulsa. I only went a year and was supposed to go two years in order to finish. It's hard to describe what happened to me while I was there, but the best way is to say I felt conflicted the entire time. I felt like what I was being taught completely went against what was in my heart. Needless to say, I ended up in Lubbock confused about why I felt led to go there. That was a complete low in my life. I struggled to live the Christian life. And I fell on my face over and over. What I was caught up in was the trap of "striving". Living under God's laws. Or trying to! I wasn't very good at following anything that God wanted me to do. I found out that my flesh stunk. :)
Marriage and beyond...
More challenges. Our first year of marriage was so tough. We had a pretty hard year, but God's hand was on it the whole time. The second year of marriage was the year I found out I had cancer. That's when my previous beliefs got shot to the ground. God began to reveal so much truth to me in the years to follow (Right before I got married, I was in a Christian bookstore, and a stranger walked up to me and gave me three books...The Rest of the Gospel by Dan Stone, Grace Walk by Steve McVey, and Grace by Charles Spurgeon. He told me he felt led to buy me those books and to read them if and when God led me to. Years later I did and I'm a changed woman because of it.) Here's the simple truth God recently showed me...I can't live the Christian life. I'm a failure at it. But Christ in me can. And He will do it. All I have to do is be myself and trust that He will live through me. That's it.
I believe all of those experiences led to that one simple truth...truth that is beginning to set me free. Galations 2:20...I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
Amen. :)
Childhood...
The best. Was surrounded by a church family, loved unconditionally by my family and friends, came to Jesus at an early age. Got to travel a lot with my family and see so many different things.
Teenage years...
The worst. My parents divorced. My life felt like it was shattered. I rebelled and made terrible choices.
College...
Restoration. God allowed me to find so many spiritual mentors and breathed life back into me. So here is where God began to teach me so many things. I felt led to go to Bible school in Tulsa after I graduated. Bible school was tough for me. I left the security of my amazing church family in College Station to being completely by myself in Tulsa. I only went a year and was supposed to go two years in order to finish. It's hard to describe what happened to me while I was there, but the best way is to say I felt conflicted the entire time. I felt like what I was being taught completely went against what was in my heart. Needless to say, I ended up in Lubbock confused about why I felt led to go there. That was a complete low in my life. I struggled to live the Christian life. And I fell on my face over and over. What I was caught up in was the trap of "striving". Living under God's laws. Or trying to! I wasn't very good at following anything that God wanted me to do. I found out that my flesh stunk. :)
Marriage and beyond...
More challenges. Our first year of marriage was so tough. We had a pretty hard year, but God's hand was on it the whole time. The second year of marriage was the year I found out I had cancer. That's when my previous beliefs got shot to the ground. God began to reveal so much truth to me in the years to follow (Right before I got married, I was in a Christian bookstore, and a stranger walked up to me and gave me three books...The Rest of the Gospel by Dan Stone, Grace Walk by Steve McVey, and Grace by Charles Spurgeon. He told me he felt led to buy me those books and to read them if and when God led me to. Years later I did and I'm a changed woman because of it.) Here's the simple truth God recently showed me...I can't live the Christian life. I'm a failure at it. But Christ in me can. And He will do it. All I have to do is be myself and trust that He will live through me. That's it.
I believe all of those experiences led to that one simple truth...truth that is beginning to set me free. Galations 2:20...I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
Amen. :)
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Psalm 30:5
So here's my theme verse for my life...
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
New to blogging
Ok...I swore I would never blog. And I'm not a great writer. So why am I doing it? To reflect on and write about what God is showing me. I just made it out of a spiritual drought. Many many days without knowing His presence. Not sure if I'm truly out of it yet, but I believe God is bringing me back. And this blog is my accountability to share what He is showing me. That's it...that's what this is all about! :)
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