I was wrong...

Ok...I know several friends have said this was an awesome lady who had an awesome website....

....but I just thought to myself..."I don't want to hear any more theology etc...etc" 

Some where I had heard that there was some Amish/Mennonite connection (actually she just lives close to them) and I just really didn't want to have a lot to do with it because....

...I'm like that.  I have things I'd rather forget than be reminded of them. I don't enjoy reading books about their religions etc.  It's a personal thing.  It doesn't bother me if you like the books...that is fine :)  And, no, I will not discuss with you why I don't like the books. :)

So these ideas kept me from experiencing and understanding more about my life and my walk with God....

I received a book this week from my friend, Heidi.  The title is "One Thousand Gifts".   Written by Ann Voskamp .  The author and writing of the website  www.aholyexperience.com   The website I wasn't interesting in....

What a book!  I can't put it down and yet it takes time to really think about the words written and the impact they have on life....my life.  Interestingly, it's along the same line that God has been guiding me...encouraging me....to give thanks.  In the good times, in the bad times, for the little things of life.....

Yet....I struggle and will still struggle as I learn...but I'm so excited to see where this journey takes me.

I urge you to try it.   Experience it.  It could make a difference.

Blessings

 

 My friend, Heidi, told me about this song last Sunday.  The words are awesome.  I'm going to learn the song so we can use it sometime.

Blessings
Laura Story

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
...Comfort for family
Protection while we sleep

We pray for healing
For prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand
to ease our suffering

And all the while
You hear each spoken need
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things

Cuz what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know you’re near
What if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness
We doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

And all the while You hear each desperate plea
Lord, that we’d have faith to believe

Cuz what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know you’re near
What if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not
This is not our home

Cuz what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know you’re near
What if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?

What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
is the revealing of a greater thirst
This world can’t satisfy?
And what if trials of this life
The rain
The storms
The hardest nights
are your mercies in disguise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSVqHcdhXQ  

 

should be a link to this song 

rest...

Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him, for He shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders. Deuteronomy 33:12. 

Lately, I'm just uptight.  I know there are reasons, some physical, but I've just struggled alot with getting my muscles and mind to relax.  Sometimes I feel myself slipping off....Last night I told Paul I don't know why ...I don't have the reasons to feel anxious like so many others.  My house hasn't been washed away, I don't live in appalling situations, I know where my children are...  A friend shared this scripture and I really liked it.  I know I am blessed.  Blessed to have Paul hold my hand tight when I can't sleep; blessed to see my kids smile; blessed to enjoy music, to have my cats snuggle close, to have a job...the list goes on and on.  Thankful for my blessings.