What? A blog????

   So my sister calls me with this crazy idea today.  She wants me to contribute to a blog. What??? What would I have to say that anyone would want to read??  So here goes!  I had to pray about this blog thing.  Then I realized that was it!  Maybe you could be inspired by some nugget some prayer that God has placed on my heart! Not inspired by me but by what God has done in my life, how HE has blessed me.

        I love God so much and pray to be HIS obedient servant.  I pray not for things like wisdom or patience, but for God to fill me daily with HIS Holy Spirit, that HIS light would shine from every area of my life that I would be HIS hands and feet; an Ambassador of Christ.  I know that all I need to be is filled with the spirit of God and all things that one might pray for will be fulfilled.   I know as a saved believer that the Holy Spirit indwells me,(I have no doubt) however I am human and I often quench the spirit.  Put that fire out so to speak.  SIN!!!

      Take for instance this blog instead of embracing the idea I hemmed and hawed! Ugh, one more thing to try and fit in and then I was convicted by that very Spirit. I get a realization Mandy, you are a bond servant of Christ and you have been given the privilege to work for HIS Kingdom and spread HIS love!  I have been given the opportunity to to do work for GOD! 

     So as we go on this journey together you will learn about the struggles and triumphs of my life in Christ.  Which in the end are all victories because God will use even the struggles to glorify HIM and that is what this life is about folks.  Not living for me, but dying to myself so that Christ lives in me.

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6

   So yes, I will be thankful for this blog and the opportunity to share Jesus with you. 

In Christ love,
Mandy

Hello God, it's me Bridgit....

Anyone old enough to remember The Golden Girls …if so …picture this:  

December 28, 2013.  Small town USA.  Single Mom –had  pushed thru holidays though she dearly missed her deceased Mother, stressed over finances and  all her buttons were being  pushed by 2  small children.  She could not muster the energy on this cold rainy morning to attend church.   Her children had begged and pleaded for the maple flavored mini pancakes that had been purchased.  Yet this morning – they refused to eat them.  

RED!! I was seeing RED – have you been there before?    

I quickly packed up the uneaten breakfast.  Loaded up my children and myself (all still in pajamas)  and drove off in the down pour of rain for an early start to the weekly Sunday visit with their Dad. The 20 minute ride allowed the hopelessness to take an even tighter hold on me.   Once my children were safely inside I turned the car around and headed home.   I barely started my trek back when the tears began to roll down my cheeks.   I felt alone.  I felt overwhelmed with life.   Tear stained face,  nonstop rain drops on the windshield and me crying out I NEED HELP …I NEED HELP!   Out of nowhere a voice  came through loud and clear:  I am with you my child.    

Yes I did pause and look around  my car as if to say ….did anyone else hear that …there is no one in here with me …right?  I was not afraid of the voice.  It comforted me.  At that very moment the weight I was carrying was lifted.  Praise God for each and every time we think He has forgotten us or is not listening to us – He proves us wrong.   I think more often than not God is speaking but the problem is we are not listening. 

 

Genesis 28:15

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.

Greetings, Salutations....

I am starting this blog to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and show how He has and is working in my life daily. I have two contributors to my blog; my sister Mandy and my best friend Bridgit.  We hope to use this blog to glorify God and all He is doing and has done in our lives.  We are all saved by HIS amazing grace and not by ourselves. 

Grace to you,

Jenny