Life.

What is life in general? It is a fast moving train, with occasional stops here and there. I am sure we are all super busy, with work, home, children, and church, but then comes a time when you glance out of your window and wonder what life is all about, why are we truly here? What is the sense of hurry and busyness? Life is what you make it, it could be either sweet and fun, or sad and demanding, something we put a lot of limitations on ourselves and our families, sometimes we try to put a lot of burdens on our selves, what she should be doing, and how our family should look, and how we should dress, and how we should act. But really, who are we trying to impress here? Is it someone else. I read somewhere that no matter what you do, and how you act, there will always be someone to criticize. There is just no way in making every one happy. The only true thing is to make God happy. If we live for Him, then no matter what happens, or what people say, it is truly no that important, when you know you did the will of God. God does not want us to be so busy with every day life, that we don't have time to notice the beautiful sunset, or laugh with your kids, or snuggle with your husband. Yes, I am sure that there are things that need to be done, but sometimes we think that some things just have to be done, we ourselves make the rules, the limitations, the burdens. And then we wonder why we are so unhappy, so worn out, and so bored. God made life beautiful, lets stop the craziness around us, and enjoy a nice time alone with God, with nature, with you little ones, with the love of your life.

Focus on Gods truth.

I was reading a post about how hard it is for girls and teenagers in this time and age, and this post really bring everything to light from http://visionarydaughters.com/  It teaches even me, and I am far from being a teenager, but the simple wisdom of Gods truth never fades and never changes. So mostly this is for myself to remind me to not focus on myself and my problems, but to see a larger picture.

• Stop focusing on yourself.

• Look to the big picture

• Stay focused on the goal

• View their situation as an opportunity, not an excuse

• Be grateful for what the Lord has given you.

• Embrace hardship, trials and hard work

• Don’t Become Bitter and Compromise. God did not fail you.

We may not be responsible for our circumstances, but we are responsible for how we use them, and we are responsible for our attitudes

There are principles in Scripture that suggest that we should be distinctively feminine, honoring parents and authorities, trying to serve God within a home-and-family context, preparing for wifehood and motherhood, praying for a God-honoring marriage and a godly husband with whom to build a better future for your daughters, building up men, and seeking after a useful education. Simply living with your biological parents or doing homemakey things, however, doth not a biblical daughter make. You can discourage your family, dishonor your parents, serve no one but yourself, run men down, waste time, neglect the needy, cultivate personal uselessness, and prepare yourself for a wretched marriage, while living self-righteously at home baking muffins in a feminine apron you made all by yourself.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children’s children; to such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them. (Psalm 103:17,18)

• Don’t Judge Others and Assume that They are Judging You.

If you have been given a challenging situation, and are using it in faith, perseverance and integrity, you will be pleasing to God, and have the respect of His saints.

Don’t Break the 10th Commandment

Thou shalt not covet they neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.” (Exodus 20:17)

Eat the Rich, P.J. O’Rourke writes, “A liking for fairness is not that noble a sentiment. Fairness doesn’t rank with charity, love, duty, or self-sacrifice. And there’s always a tinge of self-seeking in making sure that things are fair.”

Here’s the other lesson the 10th commandment teaches. The tenth commandment is not about squelching desires and aspirations for a better life. It’s not telling us that it’s wrong to desire houses, livestock, wives, husbands, beauty, success, skills, gifts, or any of the other things that the Bible tells us are good things Gnostic or self-righteous pietism. The message of the 10th commandment is this: Don’t begrudge others the fruits of God’s blessing and their hard work – get out there and work towards those for yourself.

Coveting can consume our thoughts and eventually our life. If we give in to it, it will:

• Kill our gratitude

• Kill our incentive to work for what we desire

• Kill our ability to rejoice in other people’s good

• Kill our love for God, who clearly is ‘not fair’

In the same way that God designed all of creation in its undeniable perfection and beauty, He handcrafted each person’s situation with exquisite precision. He chose the exact parents, position, and opportunities that would best fulfill His purposes for your life and bring Him glory.

This does not mean that there won’t be trials and tests, not even for the seemingly “more fortunate.” We are all tested. “The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. The LORD trieth the righteous…” (Psalm 11:4,5) The very trials He gives us are signs of His love for us in the advantages they ultimately produce.

After all, we’re not the only one struggling. All over the world women are being thrown out (and worse), wives are being abandoned, widows are being neglected, and another generation of daughters is being raised by women who married in desperation to escape an unhappy situation – perpetuating the cycle. Those who have had more personal experience with these kinds of problems will know better how to help. They will know better how to raise their sons to be responsible leaders and protectors. They will know better how to raise their daughters to be strong and full of faith. As women face their situations by re-hauling their attitudes and actions, in faith, they prepare themselves to be warriors in the work of re-hauling a broken nation.

We can’t promise anything – but God does promise some things to women in difficult situations. In His loving mercy, He promises that He will be “a Father to the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows” (Psalm 68:5). He promises that He makes “all things work together for good to them that love God, and to them who are called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28). He promises that if we “seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness… all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matt. 6:33). And He promises that if we “do not be weary in well doing,” “in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” (Gal. 6:9)

Amazing promises for sure. Our God is an amazing God.

Separation is painful.

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
"I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."


"Therefore come out from them

and be separate, says the Lord.

Touch no unclean thing,

and I will receive you."

"I will be a Father to you,

and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." 1 Cor. 6:14-16
 
Such strong words. Such amazing promises! It's hard to separate ourselves from this world and all the sinful things this world is offering us. All the glitter and jazz. I was thinking about this and was discussing with my husband how hard it is to know if someone is a Christian or not. For instance if I am in public, will someone know right off that I am different, that I am a Christian? One day I was passing by a lady in a doctors office, and saw that she was reading a Bible.... Wow! That’s really one of the ways we can know that she loves the Lord, if we see someone reading or praying or just portraying that light and goodness. Its an amazing sight... I am sure God loves it too.

I may be wrong, but maybe the way we do things that’s what separates us from people who don’t believe in God?

1. Going to church as often as we can.

2. Reading the bible as our book of choice. Our living bread and water.

3. Praying constantly, speaking of God.

4. Portraying the words of God all around us.

5. Dressing modestly.

6. Speaking wisely, avoiding gossip, and lies.

7. Being filled with Gods peace and love, which means we wont get easily angered.

8. Forgiving others and not repaying in evil.

9. Knowing that we are not perfect but striving to be like Jesus.

I am sure there are a lot of other characteristics of being a Christian that I forgot, and maybe some of these things you may not agree with, but God will ask me and you personally to account for how you believed in your own heart, if your conscience is not clean, seek yourself and find guidance in the bible.

I love reading this website…http://visionarydaughters.com/ there is so much guidance in there for young girls, and for older women. You may like it too…:)

May God bless you and keep you in His guidance and strenght.

Is the Fathers love in you??

‘Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.’ 1 John 2:15-17


My little 2 year old is feverish today… so I am staying home and making her feel comfortable as best as can be, but she is cranky… so I am not sure if it is her fever that is making her feel cranky or just her age? Probably both.

I was thinking lately on what makes a person a Christian, or what the difference is between two people, when one person is a Christian and the other not, how can someone else know for sure who is who? Have you thought about it? I have, and I wonder what are those things that pinpoint me and you to someone who is not a Christian. I know for a fact that we as people don’t like to stand out, we want to fit in, and not be noticed for something we do, say, or wear… right? Like following fashion, everyone follows it, some more then others. We all try to look stylish, and no one wants to be caught wearing out of style clothes or shoes. I know when I go shopping its like what is the most flatering shirt I can find? Well, in my budget, but still what is stylish and will compliment my looks… and all the women I know are the same way. Young or old, we are mostly the same. Is it ok for a Christian female to follow the trend someone in Hollywood establishes as fashionable and follow it? Is it ok for us females to wear tightly snug jeans, that makes our butts look smaller, or is it ok to wear a see through blouse where our bras are visible? Hey I like wearing my jeans just like you, but I wonder if God cares in what we wear. Also about our hairstyles, I bought the latest hairstyle magazine, on how the stars have their hair in the latest trend or style. A lot of those very famous stars are not Christians, so I believe its not right for me to look up the her and copy her hair, make mine just like hers. Why would I want to copy a style from this evil world. It all comes down what is in our hearts, what are we trying to accomplish when we wear a certain piece of clothing or wear our hair in a certain style. Are we trying to feel better about our bodies, ourselves, or to uplift our self-esteem?

When in reality we should be looking how to bring grace and how to glorify God through our lives. Something to think about? Its hard to glorify God through my life, I need to either follow his footsteps, or follow the path of the ungodly. I know God loves everyone, all the ungodly and all the sinners, but he hates the sin, the ungodly things. One of my friends wrote about having a choice and choosing life or death? We always have a choice to choose what ever we want. To live our lives how ever we want, for ourselves, or for God.

'Life is more than food, and the body more then clothes.’ Luke 12:23

‘I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.’ 1 Timothy 2:9
So you see, its not me preaching it’s the word of God….:)