Archive for December 2010

Tip of the Day (Back in Action Day 8)

December 5, 2010

PSALMS 73:21-28

WHEN MY HEART WAS GRIEVED AND MY SPIRIT EMBITTERED, I WAS SENSELESS AND IGNORANT;

I WAS A BRUTE BEAST BEFORE YOU. YET I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU; YOU HOLD ME BY MY RIGHT HAND.

YOU GUIDE ME WITH YOUR COUNSEL, AND AFTERWARD YOU WILL TAKE ME INTO GLORY.

WHOM HAVE I IN HEAVEN BUT YOU? AND EARTH HAS NOTHING I DESIRE BESIDES YOU.

MY FLESH AND MY HEART MAY FAIL , BUT GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART AND MY PORTION FOREVER.

THOSE WHO ARE FAR FROM YOU WILL PERISH;

YOU DESTROY ALL WHO ARE UNFAITHFUL TO YOU.

BUT AS FOR ME. IT IS GOOD TO BE NEAR GOD.

I HAVE MADE THE SOVEREIGN LORD MY REFUGE;

I WILL TELL OF ALL YOUR DEEDS

HI ALL. WELL I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY, UNTIL I GOT A ADVERTISEMENT ON FACEBOOK, TO GO SEE THE BARLOWGIRL WEBSITE, IN CASE SOME OF YOU DO NOT KNOW, WHO, OR WHAT BARLOWGIRLS ARE, BARLOWGIRL ARE A CHRISTIAN GROUP OF GIRLS AROUND MY AGE,THAT SING MUSIC, MUSIC THAT ENCOURAGES THE HEARTS OF TEENS, AND SHOWS THEM A SENSE OF VALUE’S. ONE OF THE GIRLS FROM THE BARLOWGIRLS, WROTE UP A BLOG, THE BLOG WAS BASICALLY ABOUT, THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE ARE, AND THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE SHOULD BE!! I KNOW FOR MYSELF, IT OPENED MY EYES UP BIG TIME!, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE TALKED ABOUT, WAS PARENTS BEING AFRAID TO SET RULES, OR BOUNDARIES FOR THEIR KIDS. NOW PLEASE DON’T GET ME WRONG, I KNOW I’M NOT A PARENT, SO SOME OF YOU MAY THINK I HAVE NO RIGHT TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF, BUT I AM, OR WAS, I SHOULD SAY, A KID AT ONE TIME, SO I CAN AT LEAST PUT MY INPUT ON WHAT A KID NEEDS, NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY THOUGH , I DIDN’T SAY, I WAS GIVING MY INPUT, ON WHAT A KID WANTS, I SAID, I WOULD GIVE MY INPUT ON WHAT A KID NEEDS!!!!! IN THE BARLOWGIRL BLOG, THAT YOUNG WOMAN, MENTIONED HOW EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN TODAY’S WORLD, IT IS ABOUT SEX! EVERY MOVIE YOU WATCH, THERE ARE NAKED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, EVERY MAGAZINE YOU READ, ITS EITHER TALKING ABOUT SEX, OR HAS NAKED OR HALF NAKED PEOPLE ON IT, AND WHATS WORSE IS, THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THAT DON’T HAVE TO DO WITH SEX, HAVE TO DO WITH HURTING ONE ANOTHER, OR WORSE, KILLING ONE ANOTHER!!!, THE GIRL FROM BARLOWGIRL ALSO MENTIONED, WHAT TODAYS SLOGAN IS IN AMERICA, ANYONE KNOW WHAT IT IS??? COME ON DON’T PRETEND WITH ME, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS, ITS SEX SELLS, RIGHT?? DUH, WELL I JUST THINK THAT IS SO SO SO SAD, I THINK IT IS EVEN MORE SAD, WHEN WE ALL LET THAT BE OK, ESPECIALLY US CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE LIGHT, IN THE DARK, COME ON PEOPLE!!!! YOU NEED TO START BEING THAT. STOP BEING SO WORRIED, ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK OTHERS WILL THINK OF YOU. THE GIRL FROM BARLOWGIRL’S, WROTE TO THE TEENS, AND KIDS OF THE WORLD, TO STOP BEING AFRAID OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK OF YOU, WELL I’M GOING TO WRITE TO THE ADULTS OF THE WORLD, CAUSE YOU PEOPLE ARE WORSE THAN THE KIDS LOL, TEENS AND KIDS, HAVE AN EXCUSE, THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR IDENTITY, BUT YOU ADULTS SHOULD KNOW, THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU WANT TO BE, OR ARE. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANTING TO BE CLOSE TO YOUR KIDS, BUT STOP BEING SO WORRIED, ABOUT BEING THEIR BEST FRIEND, THAT YOU FORGET WHO THE PARENT IS. YOU ALL NEED TO STOP PUTTING SO MUCH FOCUS ON THE WORLD, AND PUT YOUR FOCUS ON THE WORD (THE HOLY BIBLE) PROVERBS 22:6 SAYS TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO , AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. MY PARENTS DID THAT WITH ALL OF US, ARE WE PERFECT? HECK NO, DID WE LOVE EVERY RULE? UM NO, AT TIMES DID WE HATE EVERY RULE? UM YES, BUT THE OLDER WE GET, THE MORE WE ARE THANKFUL TO THEM FOR SETTING THOSE RULES, AND BEING DISCIPLINED ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM GOING, EVEN DURING TIMES, WHEN MY SISTER OR BROTHER TORTURED THEM HEHEHEHE OKAY, MY BROTHER, SISTER AND MYSELF TORTURED THEM LOL, THEY STILL DID NOT GIVE IN THOUGH, DID WE HATE IT? AT THAT TIME YES, I CANT SPEAK FOR MY BROTHER, AND SISTER, BUT I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I AM THANKFUL, THAT THEY KEPT FIGHTING FOR US, BECAUSE YES, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING. KIDS IF YOUR PARENTS, ARE SETTING RULES THAT YOU CANT STAND, DON’T THINK THEY ARE DOING IT, BECAUSE THEY HATE YOU, THEY ARE DOING IT, BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOU, AND ARE FIGHTING FOR YOU, THEY ARE NOT FIGHTING AGAINST YOU, THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR YOU!!!!!!! LISTEN ALL YOU ADULTS OUT THERE, GOD LOVES US, HE GAVE HIS LIFE UP FOR US, WITH ALL DO RESPECT, BUT HE GAVE HIS LIFE UP FOR US, SO I THINK WE CAN GIVE UP, SOME OF THE WORLDS MATERIALISTIC AND EVIL EARTHLY WAYS, LIKE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE LIGHT, IN THE DARK, ITS NOT ABOUT SHOWING THE WORLD, THAT I CAN BE COOL TOO, ITS ABOUT SHOWING THE WORLD LOVE, HIS LOVE, WHICH IS WHY, I LOVE THE PHRASE, THE CHRISTIAN/WORSHIP SINGER BECKAH SHAE GIVES, ABOUT PUTTING YOUR LOVE GLASSES ON. WHEN I SPEAK TO SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS, FRIENDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CHRISTIANS EVEN, TALKING ABOUT, HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO PROVE TO THE, WHAT WE CHRISTIANS CALL “WORLDLY PEOPLE” THAT WE CHRISTIANS ARE JUST AS COOL AS THEM, I JUST WANT TO SCREAM!!! ITS NOT ABOUT HAVING TO PROVE YOUR COOL, ITS ABOUT HAVING TO PROVE YOUR LOVE, HIS LOVE. SO LETS MAKE A CHANGE TODAY, AND SHOW THE LOVE OF JESUS, IN EVERY SINGLE THING WE DO, LETS START TO MAKE CHOICES, THAT SHOWS HIS LOVE, LETS BE THAT GLOW, THAT LIGHT IN THE DARK. LETS START GOING AFTER THE DESTINY THAT GOD HAS FOR US, LETS STOP BEING SO WORRIED ABOUT, WHAT THE WORLD WANTS FROM US, AND WORRY ABOUT WHAT GOD WANTS FROM US, DID THE WORLD EVER GIVE YOU ANYTHING??? NO, GOD DID THOUGH, GOD GAVE YOU LIFE, GOD GAVE YOU THE WORLD, SO IN RETURN LETS BE THE PEOPLE HE WANTS US TO BE, AND LETS HEAL THE SICK, LETS FEED THE HUNGRY, LETS BE HOPE, TO THE HOPELESS, LETS FULL FILL THE DESTINY HE HAS FOR US, LETS GLOW LIKE FIRE, LETS SHINE LIKE GOLD BABE!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS ALL I FELT TO WRITE TODAY, ILL SEE YOU TOMORROW GOD BLESS

stories of miracles

December 4, 2010

MARK 4:35-40

THAT DAY WHEN EVENING CAME, HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, LET US GO OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE. LEAVING THE CROWD BEHIND, THEY TOOK HIM ALONG, JUST AS HE WAS, IN THE BOAT. THERE WERE ALSO OTHER BOATS WITH HIM. A FURIOUS SQUALL CAME UP, AND THE WAVES BROKE OVER THE BOAT, SO THAT IT WAS NEARLY SWAMPED. JESUS WAS IN THE STERN, SLEEPING ON A CUSHION. THE DISCIPLES WOKE HIM AND SAID TO HIM, TEACHER, DON’T YOU CARE IF WE DROWN? HE GOT UP, REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID TO THE WAVES, QUIET BE STILL!” THAN THE WIND DIED DOWN AND IT WAS COMPLETELY CALM. HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES. “WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID? DO YOU STILL HAVE NO FAITH?

OK ALL I’M SORRY THIS IS COMING OUT SO LATE, BUT I WAS REALLY DEBATING, WITH GOD AND MYSELF, IF I SHOULD BE WRITING ABOUT THIS, SOMETHING HE SHOWED ME A FEW DAYS AGO. I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO WRITE ABOUT THIS SO SOON, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE LORD’S TELLING ME TO WRITE, SO I WILL OBEY HIM AND WRITE LOL. IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN READING MY BLOG, YOU WILL SEE A PAGE ON IT, TALKING ABOUT HOW SICK I BEEN THESE PAST TWO YEARS. THESE PAST TWO YEARS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, HAS BEEN HARD, I HAVE BEEN SO SICK THAT I LITERALLY COULD NOT LEAVE MY HOUSE FOR TWO YEARS, AND THAT WAS REALLY STARTING TO GET TO ME, IT STARTED TO GET TO ME SO BAD, THAT I THINK PART OF ME STARTED GIVING UP ON MY FAITH, AND THE LORD, THAN LIKE I HAD SAID BEFORE, ONE DAY I FOUND MUSIC TO THIS CHRISTIAN/WORSHIP SINGER NAMED BECKAH SHAE, AND IT REALLY STARTED TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER, IT REALLY STARTED TO BRING JOY BACK IN MY LIFE, THAT JOY THAT I BEEN TALKING SO HIGHLY ABOUT, (THE JOY OF THE LORD) BACK IN TO MY HEART, MY LIFE AND MY HOUSE, SINCE I FOUND HER MUSIC, I REALLY STARTED TO ALLOW MYSELF TO CONNECT WITH GOD AGAIN, THE SECOND I STARTED TO ALLOW HIM TO TAKE CONTROL OVER MY LIFE AGAIN, MY LIFE INSTANTLY STARTED TO CHANGE, I HAD SO MANY AWESOME, MEMORABLE, WONDERFUL, LIFE CHANGING, THINGS HAPPEN TO ME. MY SISTER BECAME PREGNANT, WHICH MEANS I BECAME, OR AM BECOMING A AUNT, (FOR THE FIRST TIME) I MET TY PENNINGTON, I MET AND SPENT TIME WITH MY FAVORITE CHRISTIAN/WORSHIP SINGER BECKAH SHAE, SHE EVEN MADE A VIDEO OF ME ON YOUTUBE, I STARTED THIS BLOG, WHERE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT, AND ALREADY TOUCH SO MANY LIVES, WITH MY LIFE STORIES. IT IS SO AWESOME TO SEE ALL THE MIRACLES THAT GODS DOING FOR ME. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WAS SICK TWO WEEKS AGO, AND DID HAVE TO BE ADMITTED IN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND EVERYTHING THAT I HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PAST TWO YEARS, WAS STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN!!. I WAS SITTING IN MY HOSPITAL ROOM THAT NIGHT, AND I WAS PRAYING, AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF, OK I HAVE TWO CHOICES, ONE IS I CAN LAY HERE, AND FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF, AND LOCK MYSELF BACK UP IN THE HOUSE, LIKE I HAD BEEN DOING THESE PAST TWO YEARS, OR I CAN TAKE WHAT I HAVE BEEN LEARNING, AND STAND ON GODS WORD AND HIS PROMISES, AND HAVE FAITH THAT EVENTUALLY THINGS WILL CHANGE, AND GOD WILL BRING ME THROUGH THIS, AND SO I MADE A PROMISE TO MYSELF THAT DAY, THAT NO MATTER HOW BAD IT GETS, I WOULD NOT ALLOW NEGATIVE THOUGHTS TO ENTER MY MIND, AND I TOLD MYSELF, I NEEDED TO START PRACTICING WHAT I PREACH, AND BELIEVE IN HIM AND HIS WORD, SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING, I JUST BEEN STANDING ON HIS WORD. OKAY HERE COMES THE MIRACLE PART OF THE STORY, MY MOM, OR ANYONE ELSE IN MY FAMILY, KNOWS OF THIS, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS, WHY I WAS SO HESITANT ON WRITING THIS, BUT I HAD TO OBEY WHAT I FELT THE LORD TELLING ME TO WRITE, SO THEY WILL FIND OUT WITH EVERYONE ELSE I GUESS LOL. IT WAS EITHER THE MORNING OF THANKSGIVING, OR THE DAY BEFORE, I WAS LAYING IN BED, LISTENING TO MUSIC, PRAYING, AND MEDITATING ON THE LORD, AND WAS THANKING HIM, FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING LATELY, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I FELT HIS PRESENCE MORE THAN I EVER HAVE BEFORE, AND I FELT THIS RELIEF COME OVER ME, AND I STARTED CRYING, BUT I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHY I WAS CRYING, OR WHY I FELT SO GOOD, THAN INSTANTLY I FELT HIM SAY, ITS OVER!! ITS OVER!! ITS OVER!! AND I KEPT HEARING THAT, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND IT TOOK ME A SECOND BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT HE MEANT, BY ITS OVER, I CONTINUED TO PRAY, AND I ASKED HIM, WHATS OVER? HE SHOWED ME THAT EVERYTHING I HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE PAST TWO YEARS IS WHAT WAS OVER. THAT’S WHY I PUT MARK 4:35-40 ON THE TOP OF THIS PAGE, BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT, THE DISCIPLES AND JESUS, BEING IN A BOAT, AND A BIG SQUALL (WIND STORM) CAME OVER THEM, AND WHAT DID THEY DO? JESUS WAS SITTING THERE SLEEPING!!! SO THE DISCIPLES, PRETTY MUCH LOOKED AT HIM, AND SAID HELLO!! DON’T YOU CARE ABOUT US? THERE’S A HUGE STORM COMING HELP!!! AND WHAT DID JESUS DO? HE GOT UP, AND HE REBUKED IT, AND HE TOLD THE WAVES TO QUIET AND BE STILL, AND WHEN JESUS DID THAT, WHAT HAPPENED? EVERYTHING BECAME CALM!!, AND THAT WAS EXACTLY HOW I FELT, I FELT LIKE THESE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAD BEEN FIGHTING OFF THIS HUGE STORM, AND I FELT JUST LIKE THOSE DISCIPLES, ITS LIKE I KEPT LOOKING AT THE LORD, AND SAYING, HELLO LORD, THERE’S THIS HUGE STORM OVER MY HEAD, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO SIT THERE, AND DO NOTHING??? IN THE END JESUS DID REBUKE THE STORM FOR THE DISCIPLES THOUGH. ITS NOT ABOUT, OUR TIMING, ITS NOT ABOUT WHEN, WE THINK GOD SHOULD DO SOMETHING, ITS ABOUT WHEN HE THINKS HE SHOULD, I WAS WRONG FOR PUTTING DEMANDS ON HIM, IT WASN’T ABOUT WHEN I SEEN FIT FOR HIM TO HELP ME, IT WAS ABOUT HIS TIMING. THE MINUTE I STOPPED SITTING THERE SAYING, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? WHY ISN’T HE FIXING ME? WHY ISN’T HE SHOWING THE DOCTORS WHAT IT IS? THE MINUTE I STOPPED SAYING WHY THIS, WHY THAT? AND THE MINUTE I STOPPED PUTTING DEMANDS ON GOD, AND WHEN I JUST LEARNED TO BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT I HAD IN THAT MOMENT, AND TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT I AM ALIVE, AND THANKFUL FOR THAT, AND THAT ALONE, THAT’S WHEN THE LORD TOUCHED ME, AND REBUKED MY STORM. I BELIEVE THAT DAY, WHEN THE LORD SAID, ITS OVER! ITS OVER! ITS OVER! HE SHOWED ME, FEELING SORRY FOR MYSELF, AND ME FEELING SICK AS A DOG EVERY DAY, WAS WHAT WAS OVER, HE SHOWED ME, I WAS FREE FROM EVERYTHING I HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THE PAST TWO YEARS, HE SHOWED ME IT ALL WAS OVER!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!!! JESUS IS SO SO SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW PLEASE DON’T GET ME WRONG, I’M NOT SAYING FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I’M NEVER GOING TO GET SICK AGAIN, NO THAT’S NOT WHAT I’M SAYING, I’M JUST SAYING, EVERYTHING I BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE PAST TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE IS OVER!!. SO IF THERE IS SOMEONE READING THIS BLOG, WHO IS STRUGGLING, OR MAYBE JUST GOT BAD NEWS FROM THEIR DOCTOR, PLEASE DON’T DO WHAT I DID ALL LAST YEAR, PLEASE DON’T GIVE UP ON GOD. IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING, PRAY, AND BELIEVE THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL. LET HIM GUIDE YOU, AND HOLD YOU. BASICALLY MATTHEW 6:33 SUMS UP EVERYTHING I’M TRYING TO SAY, MATTHEW 6:33 SAYS, BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. THAT’S ALL I GOT TO SAY FOR TODAY, I PRAY THAT THIS BLOG TOUCHES THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO READ, AND THAT EYES ARE OPENED. THE LORD LOVES YOU SO SO MUCH HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU, HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU, HE GAVE HIS LIFE, THAT’S HOW MUCH HE LOVES US. PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU NEED SOMEONE PRAYING FOR YOU WRITE TO MY SITE, AND I WILL MAKE SURE ME, AND ALL WHO COME TO THIS SITE PRAY FOR YOU, AND REMEMBER YOU ARE LOVED. SEE YA TOMORROW, GOD BLESS. P.S PLEASE EXCUSE ANY TYPO’S THERE MAYBE I WAS TYPING THIS UP FAST, AND IM NOT A GREAT SPELLER, SO PLEASE EXCUSE THE MISTAKES, I APOLOGIZE