Morning Goodness

I attempted again to make something again, but I think this time it is a success. I had all the ingredients and had directions, and they smell amazing. I am excited to try them.....But while they were in the oven...I was doing some good reading. I love the books I am going through. The book The Pursuit of God is a bit harder to understand, but If I go slow enough I am able to pick up on so much amazing stuff. I am realizing more and more, (and I feel like I am always saying it in every post, but its true) how undeserving and selfish I am, and how much I need more of Jesus everyday. He is worthy of all praise, without Him I would have no breath, no life. May I live my everyday, my every moment of this life that He has blessed my with; with a conscience awareness of Him, and a grateful heart.

We must of necessity be servant to someone, either to God or to sin. The sinner prides himself on his independence, completely overlooking the fact that he is the weak slave of the sins that rule his members. The man who surrenders to Christ exchanges a cruel slave driver for a kind and gentle Master whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.

Pursuit of God.

Meeting God

In public and private, in sanctuary and home,
may my life be steeped in prayer,
filled with the spirit of grace and supplication,
each prayer perfumed with the incense of atoning blood.
Help me, defend me, until from praying ground,
I pass to the realm of unceasing praise.
Urged by my need, Invited by thy promises
Called by thy Spirit,
I enter thy presence, worshiping thee with godly fear,
awed by thy majesty, greatness, glory
but encouraged by thy love.
I am all poverty as well as all guilt,
having nothing of my own with which to repay thee,
But I bring Jesus to thee in the arms of faith,
pleading His righteousness to offer my iniquities,
rejoicing that he will weigh down the scales for me,
and satisfy thy justice.
I bless thee that great sin draws out great grace,
that, although the least sin deserves infinite
punishment
because done again an infinite God,
yet there is mercy for me,
for where guilt is most terrible,
there thy mercy in Christ is most free and deep.
Bless me by revealing to me more of his saving merits,
by causing thy goodness to pass before me,
by speaking peace to my contrite heart;
Strengthen me to give thee no rest
until Christ shall reign supreme within me,
in every thought, word, and deed.
In faith that purifies the heart,
overcomes the world, works by love,
fastens me to thee, and ever clings to the cross......

Valley of Vision

My Desire.

Only to sit and think of God

Oh what a Joy it is!

To think the thought, to breathe the Name;

Earth has no higher bliss. Father of Jesus, Loves reward!

What rapture it will be, Prostrate before Thy throne to lie,

And gaze and gaze on Thee!

Fredrick Faber

May my love for the Person of Christ be so intense that it consumes me.

Attempt # 2

So today since its really crappy, slushy, rainy, snowy, ect. outside, I decided to attempt to make the Fruity Pebble Squares again. If you remember from my previous blog post, you remember mine turned out okay,but not really my best work. I remembered this time to use the smaller marshmellows, BUT this time I attempted also not to use a receipe. It wasn't by choice. The last time the receipe was on the box. This time it was NOT. So I tried to do it from memory. BAD IDEA. I should have known better. I am not good at cooking or baking. But somehow I thought I could attempt this simple lil receipe and I failed once again. I forgot the butter. JEEEEZ. Someday I will get SOMETHING right. My poor husband someday, Good thing he won't be marrying me for my cooking skills. So the next rainy day I shall attempt it AGAIN. I WILL get it right one of these times.

Omnipresence

I must be on a Jerry Bridges streak right now, because my new devotional book is by none other than that man, Jerry Bridges. I just finished The Joy of Fearing God and Wow, simply humbling and amazing. Anyways, I am kind of in an in between stage right now for books, I am waiting for my friend to finish the one I wanna read next, so I picked up another Jerry Bridges book, which is just a short like 3-4 page devo, and then I am also doing Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer. I have read the book multiple times,but my old youth pastor told me its the kind of book that you need to read every year to be refreshed and reminded. And I quite agree.

Omnipresence, what an amazing word, that nobody can do except for God. He is everywhere at all times. Such a crazy concept that is just so hard for me to grab, probably cause my mind can't really comprehend such a thing. But what an amazing God. So many people in this world, and He is with every single one at every single moment of every single day. Wow. Doesn't that just blow your mind? It does mine.

AA Hodge points out
The immensity of God is the phrase used to express the fact that God is infinite in his relation to space i.e. that the entire indivisible essence of God is at every moment of time contemporaneously present to every point of infinite space....omnipresence characterizes the relation of God to his creatures as they severally occupy their positions in space.

What an amazing thing. God is with me all the time. When my loved ones can't be, or my friends can't be God is. He is ALL I need. Always faithful. Always enough.

Jeremiah 23:23-24
"Am I only a God nearby."
declares the LORD, "and not a God far away?
Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD.
" Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD

Psalm 139:7-10
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there, if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me. Your right hand will hold me fast.

Storytime

This morning as I was hustling and bustling about at my nanny house,just doing my regular routine that I do as I am there- waiting for the time to come for Leah and I to go to storytime at Barnes and Noble like we usually do on Tues. or Thurs. Well, As I came from the kitchen to the living room this is what I saw...The most precious thing in the world...Leah wanted to have her own storytime with her bear...So adorable. She was so cute as she was "reading" her book to her bear. Love it.

LOVE

So today I guess is Love day, or Valentines Day. The day we tell our loved ones how much we appreciate and care about them, even though we should do that everyday...I have always loved Valentines Day, even being single for so many of them, I still liked it. I liked the lovey dovey-ness I guess of everything. And probably also because I LOVE flowers esp. roses which are my favorite, and they are EVERYWHERE. It just made me so happy.

Although, the last couple of years, being that I was single, and also this year too, I wanted to shift my focus on Christ, and the love that He has for me, and thank, praise and worship Him for how much He loves me, and has shown that to me over the years. Without Christ I am nothing.

I think to Calvary and the love that was poured out for me, and I am just in awe and just so grateful, for Christ loving me so much that He would die for such a selfish sinner like me. I think about the forgiveness that He gives me daily, I don't deserve it, and He gives it to me. I am so grateful for all the blessings He has placed in my life, that I don't deserve either.

God loves me so much I will never be able to comprehend how much He does. To send His one and only Son to die for me, just blows my mind. I am such an aweful wicked person. And He loves me. I am just so awestruck.

I love Jesus so much, I Just could burst. I can't wait to be with Him someday, worshipping Him at His feet and being in His presence forever.

Thank you Lord, For showing your grate love for me through your Son Jesus. And loving me so much when I don't deserve it. May I show your love to all in my life, now, always and forever.

Happy Valentines Day Everyone, May you see the great love that Christ has for you too!!!

They Did It.

Well, They did it, And I can't believe it. My home team of the Green Bay Packers have won the Super Bowl, and this state is going nuts. I have never seen so many crazy people together all at one time. I must say it was pretty fun being able to witness it all. The last time this happened was when I was 11, and I have no recollection of any of this hype. It was a great game to watch, and I was surrounded by such fun people for the game, we had our times of excitement and our times of heart palpitations, and moments when I thought I may cry, and also some disturbing moments at the end when we had finally won, when my father did the Raji dance.

All in all, such a great season, I didn't think we would make it this far, because of all the injuries we had and because of some of the teams we lost too. What a fun season. I can't wait to do it all over again next season.!!!

The Delight Of Right Obediance

Ecclesiastes 12:13-"Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."

So this is the verse that I have been meditating on today as I go through my personal time, and throughout my day. It seems like such a simple, simple thing. obey, and fear God. Yet why is it so hard to do sometimes?

We fear the Lord by obeying Him, and it is a conscious obediance to God's commands as given in His Word that constitutes this godly fear. We cannot rightly obey God if we do not fear Him--If we do not honor, reverence, and love Him.

I thought I was pretty good at obeying the Lord, yet as I look into my life and look at some of those "little sins" I see that I am not so good, I still need to improve on my speech, my love for others and for Christ, my thoughts, my submission, and intensions just to name a few. I see that fearing God and loving Him are so very closely related...Loving in EVERY area of my life.

And as I take a look at this list..I am broken and humbled of the wicked aweful sinner that I am, such in desperate need of a Savior and so thankful for the gospel, which I need to preach to myself daily, and express my thankfulness to Him for what He has done for me.. This list comes from Romans 12.

--Love Sincerely(9)

--Be dovoted to one another in brotherly love(10)

--Honor others before yourself(10)

--Share with others in need(13)

--Practice hospitality(13)

--Bless those who persecute you (14)

--Rejoice with those who rejoice (15)

--Mourn with those who mourn (15)

--Live in harmony with one another (16)

--Do not be proud or conceited (16)

--Do not repay evil for evil (17)

--Seek to live at peace with everyone (18)

--Do not seek revenge (19)

--Overcome evil with good (21)

Do I honestly seek to practice these things???

Obeying is loving the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. I want to do that everyday. Daily I fall short, and need Him. I am so thankful for the gospel. Grateful for the daily grace and forgiveness that I need. I'd be so lost and diffrent without it.

23 Inches

Yep, Thats how much snow we here in Racine, Wisconsin got last night. I woke up this morning and was completely stunned at the amount we had. Its crazy. Thankfully, I did not have to work today at either job, so all 4 of us that live in this house went out and started to tackle that snow. It has taken 3+ hours to get it all cleared. We got the most here in Southeastern Wisconsin, along with Kenosha County. It is quite amazing to look around and just see tons and tons of white everywhere. What a powerful God we have.
All of us are off of work today, so I guess that means a family snow day??? All together , all of us in the house at one time??? I dunno if I can handle that :) We shall see.:)