Late Nights

Well I should really be tucked in bed fast asleep by now but instead I'm up,thinking...yep, thinking. Sometimes I think I tend to do that a little too much, but then on the other hand I think I don't do it near enough. Can you relate? See, there I go with the thinking again, uuhmmm, let's move on shall we? I have set up big plans for this New Year. There is so much to do and I really want to do it. Will it stop right there? With the WANT to? I'm reminded that the WANT to is not enough! I WANT to lose weight, I WANT to be more productive, I WANT to visit with family more. Yes, there are so many things I WANT to do. I have good intentions but if I don't put ACTION, PASSION & DESIRE to my WANT to, it will not do any good at all. Isn't it enough to just WANT to have big plans and good intentions? If I am honest then the answer will be NO! Good intentions will get us no where unless we place action to the intention. Oh Lord help me to purpose myself to be intentional this year. I feel like God created us to be intentional people. He doesn't mean for us to have the "I WANT TO BUT..." attitude. I'm not a resolution kinda girl but I will say this, I am going to live on purpose FOR a purpose all for the Glory of God!!! Well now I think I can close my eyes and go to sleep now. Goodnight all~ On purpose, Tammie

Choices

I know that just like me,all your life you have been told about what choices to make in life. Everything consist of a choice. When we wake up the first thing we have to do is make a choice of some type. All through the day we make choices. Sometimes I think that we have gotten so comfortable with making choices that we don't really even think about it. We have gotten numb to the things we chose in life. I've been thinking alot about this lately and to be quiet honest it's a scary thought. How many decisions do we make in haste? We do things now without even giving thought to it. I think if we are honest with ourselves we never really take the time to ponder on things anymore. We live in a world of quick decisions. Are we really thinking about the long term effects of our decisions? When we make choices we are usually not the only ones effected by them. They usually involve someone or something else as well. I think about so may choices that were made so long ago by some of my favorite people in the Bible. Joseph. Now there was a guy who had to really ponder on life choices. He could have fallen right into the trap of sin with Potiphar's wife had he not made the choice to pray every day and seek the favor of God. What about Joshua? Could that wall have ver come down and the sun stood still if he had not takn some time to choose right? And Job. What if he had listened to his wife and friends? We all have choices to make. Maybe we should ponder them awhile before reacting on a whim. Maybe we should stop trying to go along with the obvious choice and seek God and ask Him what choices we should make. I look at our current situation in America and it seems to me as if are failing in our choice making. I imagine that Jesus, the Lover of our Souls has to be very disappointed that we are so easily influenced. I'm going to try and slow myself down, think about my reactions and ponder the choices that I make from here on for the Glory of God. Isn't that what it's really all about? Until next time~

December

DECEMBER! Already~ It seems like only yesterday that we were getting ready to open the pool and sharpen the blades on the mower. Now here we are, getting out the winter coats, going to football and basketball games and yes once again complaining about the weather.

 I am even more aware of how busy and commercialized that our lives have become. It's sad really. We go to spend time with our loved ones and it seems the minute we get there we are planning on when we leave and where our next destination will be. Why is it so hard to just sit and fellowship and "see the beautiful"? I don't want my life to pass me by and then one day realize that I never took the time to stop and see the beauty that God has given me to behold. the morning sun rise, the evening sunset. A mommie bird bringing food to her young as we sit in our porch swing watching her fly by. A snow topped mountain, wiping our children's tear-stained dirty faces after a fall. What happened to the simple wonders of life. The thinkgs that used to amaze us are forever gone and forgotten~

My wish this Chirstmas season is that we STOP and really gander at the beauty He has created for us, and to be forever thankful for a love so huge that it cost us His most precious Son, Jesus. I want to be forever tender to how much He loves us~

Sun Stand Still

Today I am excited for our Bible Study Group to be starting the Sun Stand Still Study! I have been praying and believing that God will indeed answer Sun Stand Still prayers for His Jesusgirls in this study.

I am praying that I will have that audacious faith that pastor Steven speaks of, so that my sun stand still prayers will be answered. i have come to realize that there are things in our lives that we have to get rid of just so that we can have sun stand still prayers answered. I can't give lip service to the fact that I believe God will answer. I can't get angry or upset if He doesn't answer in the way that I feel He should. i have to believe in the promise of knowing that He works everything out for my good. Also I have got to bury the lies that I have believed from the enemy. I plan to do just that tonight! I have been so blessed and I know that God has been getting me ready for just this time~ So I will let you know how HUGE God is working in this study, but you gotta keep up and you may even want to get in on the action for yourself~

WAKE UP!!!

I sometimes look at people and thtink what in the world goes thru your mind!!! I know, I know, you think the same thing as well.  I was reading this morning in the Word and Paul was serious when he said that to be a follower of Christ we have to die to our old nature! Just because Christ is a merciful God and forgives us doesn't mean we just get to keep on living our old way of life. We are calling ourselves Jesusfreaks but we are still living like we were before we said that we were followers of Christ.

In Romans 6 Paul was aking the "Christians" if dead people can sin. Their reply...."Who's dead?" Paul replied very simply and directly: All of us who are Christians! As Christians we cannot continue our former careers as sinners....I am not judging right now, I am asking when in the world will the  "world" wake up. My prayer is that if you are not in a right relationship with the Father, please do it now before it is too late~

Basking in Christ's Love,
Tammie

Open The Box

OK. So I have been thinking all week about our Sunday night lesson. You know the one about how we have recieved this great treasure or inheritance and we take it home and put it on the nightstand and just look at it because we are afraid to open it up.  Well all week I have been wondering what if I just dive on into the dang thing! I mean stop opening up and pulling out only what I pick and chose. God has an amazing life planned out for us (Jerm. 29:11) and we just leave all of our tools on the nightstand in the box. Guys I have decided that I want to jump over into my inheritance box and let God equip me with all that He has set before me. Will it always be easy? Will the road always be smooth with no troubles or problems? NO WAY!  Am I gonna have to give up a few things in order to be smack dab in the center of His will? You better believe it! Will I gain from all that I have to give up? Absolutley.

I challenge you this week and in the coming weeks....go on get over in the box! The reward is great!!!!!
Until next time~

My thought for today~
Today.....
I affirm life.
I challenge problems.
I accept responsibility.
I believe God.
I live today.

Elizabeth Searle Lamb