The other day I was so excited. I had been working with a man on some songs I had written, He is putting them to music. He's going to make me a cd and a soundtrack. And I was estatic!!!!!!
Then I go to work. And I tell a friend, who by the way I tell everything to. And she brought me down. Way down.
I didn't realize just how bad it brought me down. I mean I tell her just about everything. So why did she have to be so negative about it?
I have been a mess all week. Second guessing everything. Feeling almost, well actually I was, DEPRESSED.
But then I realized, maybe she is jealous. Maybe, just maybe, she is envious of me. Over the last few months I have been telling her about my calling. About what I feel led to do for God. And recently she has had something negative to say about everything I do.
I am working and praying so hard to do God's will. And then I let somebody bring me down. Give the devil an inch and he will take a mile.
I know that God has called me to work for him. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt. But I let one little comment, one little moment where somebody had to say something negative, ruin my feeling of good. And it makes me mad!
I'm mad at myself for listeniong to negativity. I'm mad because someone I consider 'friend" would be negative about something I was so excited about.
It made me wonder if God really has called me. It made me wonder if I was just imagining it. I've gone back and forth in my mind. I'll just quit and won't do anything for God...No preaching, no singing, no nothing! That will "show" her and everybody else who doesn't believe in me.
But, that is not what God wants from me. That will do nothing but make the devil happy. And I'm not going to make the devil happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So devil, I'm putting you on notice , as of right now, this very minute, I AM NOT LETTING YOU DEFEAT ME! I HAVE THE POWER, IN JESUS' NAME TO REBUKE YOU, TO TELL YOU TO GET OFF MY BACK, TO GET BEHIND ME AND TO LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!I BELONG TO JESUS AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO NOW I SAY THIS.............PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOWS....PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST........
I praise you Lord for everything you have done and for everything you are going to do!!!!!! I praise you with all my soul.....with all my heart!!!!!
Whatever comes your way....Praise Jesus......for all the good times and the bad.....Praise Jesus....When the devil says I can't....I will turn him away...and Praise Jesus...Praise Jesus...Praise Jesus!!!!!!!!!
Ok....I feel sssoooooooo much better now!!!!!
Thank you Lord Jesus!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
With Blessings and Praise,
Kathy
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
When Sleep Won't Come
So here it is. 2a.m. and I cannot sleep. When I try my mind starts. I have gotten up and played the piano. Usually that helps calm me. But not tonight. I will pay dearly at work for not sleeping. I have tossed and turned. Instead of counting sheep I talked to the shepherd. And got wound up.
Yes I now have a sermon on my mind and can't sleep. Everytime I close my eyes I think of something else. Plans and sermons and songs.
Kelly, the things we talked about yesterday are things I have already thought of many times. I would so LOVE to do those things. But is it fear that keeps us from doing them? Not enough faith?
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. KJV
Maybe I need to call again......
Love ya,
Kathy
Yes I now have a sermon on my mind and can't sleep. Everytime I close my eyes I think of something else. Plans and sermons and songs.
Kelly, the things we talked about yesterday are things I have already thought of many times. I would so LOVE to do those things. But is it fear that keeps us from doing them? Not enough faith?
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. KJV
Maybe I need to call again......
Love ya,
Kathy
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Where did they go ?
The other day while at work I realized something. In 7 months and a few days I will be 50 years old! Where did the years go? How did I get this old? Seems that one day I was going to 1st grade and now this. 50.Years. Old.
Now I know 50 is not "that" old. Some say life starts at 50. I really hope so because I got to thinking, "What have I done with my life.?" And the answer is not much. Don't get me wrong. I have had a good life. I was married, have 2 of the best sons in the world, who I love dearly and would do anything for. I have 2 sisters and 3 nieces a brother in law and 2 daughters in law who I love so much. And I have and had good parents and grandparents. I've been blessed with love.
But what have I done to help somebody, to make the world a better place?
Got the same answer. Not much. So I have decided to change. Change my thinking and my attitude. I've decided to come up with a 'bucket list'so to speak. Don't get all upset Kelly because it's a bucket list. I'm not being morbid. It's just things I want to do to improve my life, to get the most out of life. Life is way too short it seems sometimes.
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
So on this note and with this mindset, I am going to start living my life to the fullest.
I'm gonna pray more, read my Bible more, listen to God more.
I will sing praises to God, and go out and dance in the yard...maybe even in the rain:)
Laugh more, love more, play more. And praise God more!
Embrace life! Accept change! And Praise Praise Praise!!!!
Love, Kathy
Now I know 50 is not "that" old. Some say life starts at 50. I really hope so because I got to thinking, "What have I done with my life.?" And the answer is not much. Don't get me wrong. I have had a good life. I was married, have 2 of the best sons in the world, who I love dearly and would do anything for. I have 2 sisters and 3 nieces a brother in law and 2 daughters in law who I love so much. And I have and had good parents and grandparents. I've been blessed with love.
But what have I done to help somebody, to make the world a better place?
Got the same answer. Not much. So I have decided to change. Change my thinking and my attitude. I've decided to come up with a 'bucket list'so to speak. Don't get all upset Kelly because it's a bucket list. I'm not being morbid. It's just things I want to do to improve my life, to get the most out of life. Life is way too short it seems sometimes.
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
So on this note and with this mindset, I am going to start living my life to the fullest.
I'm gonna pray more, read my Bible more, listen to God more.
I will sing praises to God, and go out and dance in the yard...maybe even in the rain:)
Laugh more, love more, play more. And praise God more!
Embrace life! Accept change! And Praise Praise Praise!!!!
Love, Kathy
Sunday, August 14, 2011
All By Myself...
Do you ever feel that you are all alone? I know I do. It's not easy going from parents, to husband, to alone. One day you are a wife and a mother. The next just a mother. With 2 grown sons. Two grown ,married sons. What do you do now? Where do you go? What is your purpose now? You have no one to take care of. And that is all you have ever known. You feel there is no one to take care of you. What will happen if you get sick? Who will be there for you? I always thought I would have my husband to take care of me. But alas, it was not meant to be.
There are a lot of parties when you are all by yourself. Pity parties. Don't need to send invitations, cause it's a party for 1. You are already there. No need to dress up. Poor me...Poor me...Poor me!
But in the midst of all your self pity, you do the only thing you can. You cry out to God. And He is there. Comforting you, giving you a shoulder to cry on and lean on.
Giving you the strength you didn't realize you had.
James 4:9-10 says Be afflicted and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness...Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
In our weakness he is strong.He is our Rock and our comfort.
I can remember laying in the floor one Sunday morning,crying (screaming is more like it) out to God for answers, wanting to know why things had happened and wanting to know what was I going to do. My heart was broke and I thought it would never heal. I just wanted to die. In my distress I heard a voice say get up and dry your eyes and go to church, for I AM WITH YOU. So I did.
Since then I have prayed more, read my Bible more and have never been closer to God. I'm no where near where I need to be. But who is? We are to strive to be better and do more for God.
I praise God for getting me through those trying times. I praise him for ALWAYS being there for me. And I believe he will get me through all my trials.
We/ I will always have trials. Things will go wrong. That's life. We aren't promised easy and good all the time. But he does promise to be there with us and for us. And that makes me happy :)
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
For all my trials (and yours too)......this too shall pass.
With love,
Kathy
There are a lot of parties when you are all by yourself. Pity parties. Don't need to send invitations, cause it's a party for 1. You are already there. No need to dress up. Poor me...Poor me...Poor me!
But in the midst of all your self pity, you do the only thing you can. You cry out to God. And He is there. Comforting you, giving you a shoulder to cry on and lean on.
Giving you the strength you didn't realize you had.
James 4:9-10 says Be afflicted and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness...Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
In our weakness he is strong.He is our Rock and our comfort.
I can remember laying in the floor one Sunday morning,crying (screaming is more like it) out to God for answers, wanting to know why things had happened and wanting to know what was I going to do. My heart was broke and I thought it would never heal. I just wanted to die. In my distress I heard a voice say get up and dry your eyes and go to church, for I AM WITH YOU. So I did.
Since then I have prayed more, read my Bible more and have never been closer to God. I'm no where near where I need to be. But who is? We are to strive to be better and do more for God.
I praise God for getting me through those trying times. I praise him for ALWAYS being there for me. And I believe he will get me through all my trials.
We/ I will always have trials. Things will go wrong. That's life. We aren't promised easy and good all the time. But he does promise to be there with us and for us. And that makes me happy :)
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
For all my trials (and yours too)......this too shall pass.
With love,
Kathy
Friday, August 12, 2011
F.R.O.G
1 Samuel 17: 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Last month my church had a Vacation Bible School Day Camp for our kids. It was the first one in many, many, many years. The theme of the day was F.R.O.G. In case you don't know that stands for Fully Rely On God. F.R.O.G. I had the pleasure of teaching the adult class. We talked about Daniel in the lions den and the faith he had. We talked about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnance and the faith these 3 young men had. And we were going to talk about David and Goliath, but ran out of time. This is the story that caught my attention.
We have all heard the story. Big giant, little shepherd boy, rock and slingshot.
Boy shoots rock, giant falls dead. Hip hip Hooray, the giant is dead.
But did you know that the Israelite army was afraid of Goliath? Yep he was a giant with an attitude. Goliath had shouted and strutted and intimidated a whole army for 40 days! He was over 9 ft. tall. The armor he wore weighed over 125 lbs. The shaft of his spear was heavy and thick, tipped with an iron spear
head that weighed 15 lbs.So he had to have been big to have been able to wear all that. Big, bad Philistine champ.
Then here comes David. 1 Samuel says David was ruddy and wherewithal of a beautiful countenance. So he was a good looking young man. He was the youngest son of Jesse and a shepherd. His father sends him to take food to his older brothers who are in the Israelite army. And he hears Goliaths taunts.And he sees the army is afraid . And he doesn't understand why.
So David goes to Saul and says I will fight him.And Saul lets him go. David picks 5 smooth stones from the brook, puts them in his bag and goes to Goliath.
Well Big G. looks at David and just laughs. But David, little shepherd David tells Big G, "You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts". And we know the rest of the story. David defeats Goliath.
David was putting his trust in God. He knew with God all things were possible. To the other older men, Goliath looked to be an unbeatable foe. But David Fully Relied On God.
God gives us these stories to show us, to prove to us that we are not perfect. But to show us that He can use even the least likely, the least equipped person to do his will.
We need to rely on God. Fully Rely On God. Everyday. Everywhere. All the time. He will take care of all our needs, our worries and our cares. If we will let him.
Remember....everything with breath praise the Lord!!!!
Love,
Kathy
Last month my church had a Vacation Bible School Day Camp for our kids. It was the first one in many, many, many years. The theme of the day was F.R.O.G. In case you don't know that stands for Fully Rely On God. F.R.O.G. I had the pleasure of teaching the adult class. We talked about Daniel in the lions den and the faith he had. We talked about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnance and the faith these 3 young men had. And we were going to talk about David and Goliath, but ran out of time. This is the story that caught my attention.
We have all heard the story. Big giant, little shepherd boy, rock and slingshot.
Boy shoots rock, giant falls dead. Hip hip Hooray, the giant is dead.
But did you know that the Israelite army was afraid of Goliath? Yep he was a giant with an attitude. Goliath had shouted and strutted and intimidated a whole army for 40 days! He was over 9 ft. tall. The armor he wore weighed over 125 lbs. The shaft of his spear was heavy and thick, tipped with an iron spear
head that weighed 15 lbs.So he had to have been big to have been able to wear all that. Big, bad Philistine champ.
Then here comes David. 1 Samuel says David was ruddy and wherewithal of a beautiful countenance. So he was a good looking young man. He was the youngest son of Jesse and a shepherd. His father sends him to take food to his older brothers who are in the Israelite army. And he hears Goliaths taunts.And he sees the army is afraid . And he doesn't understand why.
So David goes to Saul and says I will fight him.And Saul lets him go. David picks 5 smooth stones from the brook, puts them in his bag and goes to Goliath.
Well Big G. looks at David and just laughs. But David, little shepherd David tells Big G, "You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts". And we know the rest of the story. David defeats Goliath.
David was putting his trust in God. He knew with God all things were possible. To the other older men, Goliath looked to be an unbeatable foe. But David Fully Relied On God.
God gives us these stories to show us, to prove to us that we are not perfect. But to show us that He can use even the least likely, the least equipped person to do his will.
We need to rely on God. Fully Rely On God. Everyday. Everywhere. All the time. He will take care of all our needs, our worries and our cares. If we will let him.
Remember....everything with breath praise the Lord!!!!
Love,
Kathy
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Praise Ye the Lord
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
This is one of my all time favorite verses. It says it all. Everything with breath. Everything with life is commanded to praise the Lord.
If we don't, then the flowers, trees and all creation will praise him.
We were created to praise him. How should we praise him? With everything we have! With our voice we can sing ! Make a joyful noise unto the Lord .He doesn't say you have to have a beautiful voice. If you are singing to him with praise, with a joyful heart and a love for God, then you are praising the Lord. Praise him with uplifted hands. Praise him with music. Praise him by loving your neighbor. Praise him by using your gifts.
Praise him when good things happen in your life. Praise him when bad things happen in your life. I know how hard that is, but try it. You will receive such a blessing !
Praise him everywhere you are for everything he has given you. God loves us and he takes pleasure in us. He does so much for us, we should do all we can for him.
With much love ,
Kathy
Praise ye the Lord !
This is one of my all time favorite verses. It says it all. Everything with breath. Everything with life is commanded to praise the Lord.
If we don't, then the flowers, trees and all creation will praise him.
We were created to praise him. How should we praise him? With everything we have! With our voice we can sing ! Make a joyful noise unto the Lord .He doesn't say you have to have a beautiful voice. If you are singing to him with praise, with a joyful heart and a love for God, then you are praising the Lord. Praise him with uplifted hands. Praise him with music. Praise him by loving your neighbor. Praise him by using your gifts.
Praise him when good things happen in your life. Praise him when bad things happen in your life. I know how hard that is, but try it. You will receive such a blessing !
Praise him everywhere you are for everything he has given you. God loves us and he takes pleasure in us. He does so much for us, we should do all we can for him.
With much love ,
Kathy
Praise ye the Lord !
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