Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving 2009
"In all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
God knows
There are so many things that I want to write right now, but can't because I am sure exhaustion will take over any minute now. Okay, for now - here is a brief overview ..
I have been listening to some Louie Giglio podcasts that "you just know God had you find them for a reason" .. I have been SO fed by them this week that my heart is just overflowing with joy, peace, and love for Him! It's one of those things where you just want to go tell everyone about Jesus and how absolutely wonderful He is. Where you just want to shout from the rooftop "He is SO worthy to be praised!"
I have also had one of those weeks where I have been challenged more spiritually, emotionally, physically and you just have to wonder what God is up to. It hasn't been a "bad" emotionally just a slight "rollercoaster". Now, I say this but this is the most that I have been challenged in a long time. I have been more challenged, but it is a different season in life right now. It's hard to explain, but I do plan on writing more to try and put into perspective for you what it is God is doing here in my heart and life. I know that I am ready for whatever He has, but I also know that I am slightly terrified at the things that I am going to have to confront that is going to be awkward. Yes, things are crazy and I am glad that I have this time to write about it and oneday look back and say "Wow, that was God! Look at how He worked all that out!".
I will close with just letting you know that I serve a mighty Awesome God, I am blessed beyond measure! Blessings Everyone!
In HIS Name!
Goodnight!
I have been listening to some Louie Giglio podcasts that "you just know God had you find them for a reason" .. I have been SO fed by them this week that my heart is just overflowing with joy, peace, and love for Him! It's one of those things where you just want to go tell everyone about Jesus and how absolutely wonderful He is. Where you just want to shout from the rooftop "He is SO worthy to be praised!"
I have also had one of those weeks where I have been challenged more spiritually, emotionally, physically and you just have to wonder what God is up to. It hasn't been a "bad" emotionally just a slight "rollercoaster". Now, I say this but this is the most that I have been challenged in a long time. I have been more challenged, but it is a different season in life right now. It's hard to explain, but I do plan on writing more to try and put into perspective for you what it is God is doing here in my heart and life. I know that I am ready for whatever He has, but I also know that I am slightly terrified at the things that I am going to have to confront that is going to be awkward. Yes, things are crazy and I am glad that I have this time to write about it and oneday look back and say "Wow, that was God! Look at how He worked all that out!".
I will close with just letting you know that I serve a mighty Awesome God, I am blessed beyond measure! Blessings Everyone!
In HIS Name!
Goodnight!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Ramblings of a Sunday evening
I am at a time in my life where most anything could happen. I am excited about this time, but scared that I am going to make the wrong decision. I am not exactly sure why, but I am. I know that God is in control, and that all I have to do is listen to His direction. Sometimes that can be hard. I am not sure about anyone else, but sometimes I feel that my own thoughts drown out God speaking to me. It doesn't necessarily mean a "voice" but the subtle things. A scripture, a sermon, worship, God's creation, anything that may be right there in staring you in the face. Sometimes I feel so close to Him simply by walking outside to look at the sky that is so wide, or even the mountains that bring such crazy weather here. They are so steady and ferocious, stunning and majestic that all you can do is simply breathe in the beauty that God has given.
I know that for me, in this particular time in life, I need to enjoy each day that God has given me to learn and realize how wonderful He really is. He takes such good care of me. Why do I complain?! He know's the plan for me. He know's my heart and the desires of it, because he placed them there. I just see everyone around me "moving on with life" and I wonder when it's going to "take off for me". Only it has! I know I am right where I need to be, even though I may complain about it. It's easy to get in a rut and not see the big picture. It's an every day adventure for me and I absolutely love it! I do treasure this time and know that everything that I am doing is for a reason and that it's going to pay off in the end.
I can't wait to look back and see how God was directing everything. It's going to be so rewarding!
"He is Jesus
The One and Only.
Transcendant over all else.
To know Him is to love Him.
To love Him is to long for Him.
To long for Him is to finally
reach soul hands into the
One true thing we need
never get enough of.
Jesus.
Take all you want.
Take all you need.
Til soul is fed.
And spirit is freed.
Till dust is dust.
And Face you see.
Jesus Christ.
He's all you need"
-Beth Moore
I know that for me, in this particular time in life, I need to enjoy each day that God has given me to learn and realize how wonderful He really is. He takes such good care of me. Why do I complain?! He know's the plan for me. He know's my heart and the desires of it, because he placed them there. I just see everyone around me "moving on with life" and I wonder when it's going to "take off for me". Only it has! I know I am right where I need to be, even though I may complain about it. It's easy to get in a rut and not see the big picture. It's an every day adventure for me and I absolutely love it! I do treasure this time and know that everything that I am doing is for a reason and that it's going to pay off in the end.
I can't wait to look back and see how God was directing everything. It's going to be so rewarding!
"He is Jesus
The One and Only.
Transcendant over all else.
To know Him is to love Him.
To love Him is to long for Him.
To long for Him is to finally
reach soul hands into the
One true thing we need
never get enough of.
Jesus.
Take all you want.
Take all you need.
Til soul is fed.
And spirit is freed.
Till dust is dust.
And Face you see.
Jesus Christ.
He's all you need"
-Beth Moore
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
The Servant-Leader
This is kind of funny... I was going through some old journals tonight because I couldn't sleep and came upon this. I must have been reading the Focus on the Family website while I was at work at WinShape Retreat.
"Despite all normal human assumptions, leadership is not determinded by how much a man is exalted, but how much he serves. In fact, the greatest display of leadership is one's ability to directly serve those for whom he has responsiblity and jurisdiction. A husbnd must put love into action if he expcts his wife to be willing to follow his lead. He must understand the power principle behind serving his wife, even as Christ serves the church, and garner the ideal characteristics of true leadership through service.
"What kind of leader are we talking about? This describes biblical leadership as "responsible, compassionate, understanding, accountable, competent, respectable, autoratative, pioneering, exemplary, and God-fearing." Being a leader does not mean making all the decisions. Nor does it refer to be the boss in marriage, in the church, or in society at large. Leadership implies taking the initiative, accepting responsiblity and shouldering the weight of accountability before God. A definition of servant - "responsive, respectful, willing, loving, self-sacrificing, and submissive. Servanthood does not mean unthinking obedience. What it does mean is willingness to lower one's self, to humbly serve another person, and to put the interests of someone else above your own enjoyment. Christ the perfect servant-leader excelled to the fullest in demonstrating all the attributes of both servant and leader as described above. "Serving does not lessen one's autority or leadership. Instead, it enhances it- especially the leading-by-exapmle aspect. One who leads as Christ leads is always thinking of others, not self. He is willing to sacrifice his own comfort and even his own wellbeing for those he leads. He is willing to put himself last, prefer others, and even serves those he leads. Christ gave us an amazing example of serving when He humbled himself by washing the disciples feet. The message to His disciples rings loud and clear. If Christ was willing to be a servant, we should be too!!"
I want to strive for excellence in every area of my life. Life changes... so our excellence needs to stay in an onward change.
I am so excited about what God is doing that I cannot wait to look back on this season in life and just be in awe of what He has taught me. However, I don't want to rush what He has for me. I know that I am on a journey that is a lifetime's worth of adventure! I am not perfect. I am very far from it, but more than anything I am committed to go where God calls, and to simply follow where He leads. I have so much that's going on in my heart! I am SO blessed to know that He is in control of it, because if I were to let myself I could very easily become overwhelmed! God is so good to only give us what we can handle in each stage of life! Praise Him for that!!
"Guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." Proverbs 4:23
"Despite all normal human assumptions, leadership is not determinded by how much a man is exalted, but how much he serves. In fact, the greatest display of leadership is one's ability to directly serve those for whom he has responsiblity and jurisdiction. A husbnd must put love into action if he expcts his wife to be willing to follow his lead. He must understand the power principle behind serving his wife, even as Christ serves the church, and garner the ideal characteristics of true leadership through service.
"What kind of leader are we talking about? This describes biblical leadership as "responsible, compassionate, understanding, accountable, competent, respectable, autoratative, pioneering, exemplary, and God-fearing." Being a leader does not mean making all the decisions. Nor does it refer to be the boss in marriage, in the church, or in society at large. Leadership implies taking the initiative, accepting responsiblity and shouldering the weight of accountability before God. A definition of servant - "responsive, respectful, willing, loving, self-sacrificing, and submissive. Servanthood does not mean unthinking obedience. What it does mean is willingness to lower one's self, to humbly serve another person, and to put the interests of someone else above your own enjoyment. Christ the perfect servant-leader excelled to the fullest in demonstrating all the attributes of both servant and leader as described above. "Serving does not lessen one's autority or leadership. Instead, it enhances it- especially the leading-by-exapmle aspect. One who leads as Christ leads is always thinking of others, not self. He is willing to sacrifice his own comfort and even his own wellbeing for those he leads. He is willing to put himself last, prefer others, and even serves those he leads. Christ gave us an amazing example of serving when He humbled himself by washing the disciples feet. The message to His disciples rings loud and clear. If Christ was willing to be a servant, we should be too!!"
I want to strive for excellence in every area of my life. Life changes... so our excellence needs to stay in an onward change.
I am so excited about what God is doing that I cannot wait to look back on this season in life and just be in awe of what He has taught me. However, I don't want to rush what He has for me. I know that I am on a journey that is a lifetime's worth of adventure! I am not perfect. I am very far from it, but more than anything I am committed to go where God calls, and to simply follow where He leads. I have so much that's going on in my heart! I am SO blessed to know that He is in control of it, because if I were to let myself I could very easily become overwhelmed! God is so good to only give us what we can handle in each stage of life! Praise Him for that!!
"Guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." Proverbs 4:23
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Adventure? Where is it?
There is so much that I can say, but I am not really sure where to start. It has been one of the most interesting years that I have ever experienced in my life. It has been full of every emotion that you can think of. However, I know that I am approaching a change in life somehow. I could not tell you what area it's in, but I know it's coming. I wish I knew in what area. I know that I am where God wants me at this moment, but I am also eager to find out what's ahead. I am not feeling restless, but I am feeling "in a box" if that makes any sense. It seems that I keep limiting myself to certain things when all I really want to do is just get out there and live! I am trying hard to do that but it is so hard to do. I hope that I don't seem like I am complaining because I am not. That's the last thing that I am doing. I am just simply ready to get on with the buisness of moving on with life and seeing where it takes me. I love living here in Colorado and I know that God brought me all this way for something. I am so blessed by the things that God has given me and I am so grateful for the friends that He has placed in my path. I am not sure if I really have a point.
I am simply ready for the adventure that God is bringing! I am ready to tackle it with everything that I am!
I am simply ready for the adventure that God is bringing! I am ready to tackle it with everything that I am!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Satisfied
Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone,
To have a deep soul relationship with another
To be loved thoroughly and exclusively.
But, God says to a Christian,
“No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled, and content
with being loved by me alone:
Not until you resolve to giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me.
Only then will you be able to have the intensely personal
And unique relationship that I have planned for you.
You will never be united to another until you are united with Me
Exclusive of anyone or anything else,
Exclusive of any other desires or longings.
I want you to stop planning, stop wishing,
And allow me to give you the most thrilling plan existing
One that you cannot imagine.
I want you to have the best.
Please allow me to bring it to you.
You keep watching me, expecting the greatest things.
Keep experiencing the satisfaction that I am.
Keep listening and learning the things I tell you.
You just wait…that’s all.
Don’t be anxious.
Don’t worry.
Don’t look at the things you think you want.
You just keep looking off and away, up to Me,
Or you’ll miss what I really want to show you.
Then, when you are ready, I’ll surprise you
With a love far more wonderful than any you could ever imagine.
You see, until you are ready,
Until the one I have for you is ready
I am working at this very moment to have both of you ready at the same time,
Until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I have prepared for you,
You won’t be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with me…
Thus, the Perfect Love.
And dear one, I want you to have this wonderful love.
I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with me.
I want you to enjoy completely the everlasting union of beauty,
Perfection, and love that I offer.
Know that I love you utterly.
Believe it….
And be satisfied.”
This was an e-mail from a coworker.
To have a deep soul relationship with another
To be loved thoroughly and exclusively.
But, God says to a Christian,
“No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled, and content
with being loved by me alone:
Not until you resolve to giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me.
Only then will you be able to have the intensely personal
And unique relationship that I have planned for you.
You will never be united to another until you are united with Me
Exclusive of anyone or anything else,
Exclusive of any other desires or longings.
I want you to stop planning, stop wishing,
And allow me to give you the most thrilling plan existing
One that you cannot imagine.
I want you to have the best.
Please allow me to bring it to you.
You keep watching me, expecting the greatest things.
Keep experiencing the satisfaction that I am.
Keep listening and learning the things I tell you.
You just wait…that’s all.
Don’t be anxious.
Don’t worry.
Don’t look at the things you think you want.
You just keep looking off and away, up to Me,
Or you’ll miss what I really want to show you.
Then, when you are ready, I’ll surprise you
With a love far more wonderful than any you could ever imagine.
You see, until you are ready,
Until the one I have for you is ready
I am working at this very moment to have both of you ready at the same time,
Until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I have prepared for you,
You won’t be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with me…
Thus, the Perfect Love.
And dear one, I want you to have this wonderful love.
I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with me.
I want you to enjoy completely the everlasting union of beauty,
Perfection, and love that I offer.
Know that I love you utterly.
Believe it….
And be satisfied.”
This was an e-mail from a coworker.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Skiing 2009
Amber and I went skiing at Copper Mountain last weekend, and had a blast! It took us four hours to get there because of traffic! It's usually only a 2 1/2 hour drive!
I had a bit of trouble getting on the four man lift, but it's okay. The guy running the lift gave me a little push (trying to push me over so the other lift rider's could get on the lift), I fell off, nearly got hit in the head with the lift, missed because I ducked just in time to have it come over me, and then they had to back it up over me again. The poor guy trying to help me up just grabbed my arm (nearly pulled it out of the socket) and I started slipping towards him. Finally I made it on the lift and up the mountain we went.
By the way it's a 3,000 ft incline up the first lift we went on.
Well, on the second to the last run I had a little accident. Amber stopped so we could chat for a moment, but so I would not run smack into her I fell down. In the process of falling I heard something ... my pants ripped from the knee to the crotch! It was only the outside lining that ripped thank goodness.
The thing that makes this so funny is last year on the same run- my pants did the exact same thing except on the inside.
Well, I do hope to bring more exciting skiing stories before the year is over. I have picked it up pretty quickly and really enjoy it!
I had a bit of trouble getting on the four man lift, but it's okay. The guy running the lift gave me a little push (trying to push me over so the other lift rider's could get on the lift), I fell off, nearly got hit in the head with the lift, missed because I ducked just in time to have it come over me, and then they had to back it up over me again. The poor guy trying to help me up just grabbed my arm (nearly pulled it out of the socket) and I started slipping towards him. Finally I made it on the lift and up the mountain we went.
By the way it's a 3,000 ft incline up the first lift we went on.
Well, on the second to the last run I had a little accident. Amber stopped so we could chat for a moment, but so I would not run smack into her I fell down. In the process of falling I heard something ... my pants ripped from the knee to the crotch! It was only the outside lining that ripped thank goodness.
The thing that makes this so funny is last year on the same run- my pants did the exact same thing except on the inside.
Well, I do hope to bring more exciting skiing stories before the year is over. I have picked it up pretty quickly and really enjoy it!
God's Covenantal Work
"Magnify greatly whatever you find exceptionally beautiful in order to begin approaching the beauty of God's covenantal work. God's covenantal work involves stunning patterns and silencing choruses, breathtaking landscapes and warm rythms, tragedy and triumph, and fearful awe. Nothing can really compare to the beauty of God's gracious covenatal work, which He had laid before us magnificently from Genesis to Revelation."
- Douglas Jones
- Douglas Jones
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Adventures with Amber
Amber and I had a wonderful time at the Zoo here in the Springs.
It's on the side of the mountain! It is also one of the most beautiful Zoo's that I have ever been to.
It's on the side of the mountain! It is also one of the most beautiful Zoo's that I have ever been to.
Things to Ponder/ Quotes
What activities do we engage
in that God is at the center of?
Do you and I have space for
God in our every day lives?
Plan something impossible
for you to do today.
When we face up to the glory of God,
we find ourselves face down in worship.
I dwell in possibility~ Emily Dickinson
I will fall face down as your Glory shines down.
How long has it been since I have
gazed upon the face of God?
The simplicity of God somehow escapes man...
in that God is at the center of?
Do you and I have space for
God in our every day lives?
Plan something impossible
for you to do today.
When we face up to the glory of God,
we find ourselves face down in worship.
I dwell in possibility~ Emily Dickinson
I will fall face down as your Glory shines down.
How long has it been since I have
gazed upon the face of God?
The simplicity of God somehow escapes man...
Sunday, January 25, 2009
A hike at Garden of the God's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGCMl_b0n4
I would love it if you would watch this video!
I would love it if you would watch this video!
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