Ok I have been tagged by my friend Kristin and have limited time however wanted to play so here it goes at least 7 facts about myself:
1) I love to collect tea pots and tea cups with the plates to match I have passion for this and love tea.
2) my favorite color is purple however I do love the turquoise and blue combo and the pink and brown combo.
3) I grew up near the beach in California and LOVE Huntington Beach it is my favorite , if I could afford to have a house on the beach I so would.
4) I am not a cook cant cook at all.... I do however cook I just stick to what I know and dont try alot of new things.
5) I have only been scrapbooking for 3 years and I am loving it . I t is becoming a passion of mine.
6) I have been with my husband for 12 years 11 of those years married in fact our anniversary
is this month on the 19th we have 7 great kiddo's in which we homeschool.
7) ok this may shock you all I didnt get my driver license until I was ..................................24
I know crazy isnt it I have to say there is a whole story behind that I will share with you on another blog some day lol !!!!!
Welcome Friend's !! This is a blog in which I pray to Encourage Women to live authentically by being transparent, renewed, and transformed by the Word of God. Thanks for stopping by may you come away refreshed and renewed every time. God Bless
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
"The Battle is The Lord's"
Hello Friends,
You know I cant really put into words just how amazing the retreat truly was.......I have to say for me this was the best retreat yet. It was just amazing........I have to say the favorite for me was the quiet times I am sorry I loved the rest however that was my alone time with just me and my daddy my "Abba Father" it was so amazing to just be still before my King and really hear from Him in an amazing kind of way no worries, no kiddo's in the background, no responsibilities lurking, just the beautiful hot springs and the nice weather the awesome view it was amazing. Before I left I was very overwhelmed there are many changes taking place in my life right now some in which I cannot share at this time and some a few already may know of anyhow I have been in a health battle and am to scared to go to a doctor (not with eating) I know ridiculous, then my parents were just here and left the Tuesday of the retreat week before they left they dropped a bit of a bomb on us and that gave me lots to ponder and pray as well as seek God's will for our lives, then in middle of week I sat down to catch up on the news which as for most of you .....you know I dont do the news can't it has never been my thing dont like to watch it so I was clued into Presidential things as well as finding out our bank(WAMU) has just been seized by government and bought out by "CHASE" in which my husband and I do not like at all.
So I have to say I became overly overwhelmed and scared and wanted Greg to go get any and all monies out and keep at home of course he disagrees so that was issue...... I NOW AT THIS POINT AM FRANTIC and told Greg see this is why I dont watch news I cant stand it. I finally went to the Lord in prayer and realized that it was all warfare as I was about to leave in two days on retreat so I calmed down some what I have to admit though that I was still ,fearful,
nervous, scared, and worried just not as bad. You see I wanted to have a plan of action I wanted answers........ was that God's plan NOPE it was a plan of my FLESH. As I got to the retreat the Lord was already beginning a work in my heart and it just continued to unfold as the weekend unfolded our retreat as you all know was titled "VICTORY IN CHRIST" wow how amazing is God on His timing ????? I am continually amazed at how the Lord works everything in His ways and His perfect timing ........Amber had no idea the state of our fading world and how things may have unfolded in a year however God did and He gave her the perfect Retreat for the perfect time His TIME I am thankful we are in a church in which the Pastor and his amazing wife obey the Lord's calling and seek His face for all they do. This title came at God's perfect timing as the world around us (in my opinion) is now fading away more quickly than ever before and many of us are fretting and worried at times it is hard not to..............................HOWEVER we really need not to because the battle belongs to Christ alone it is not ours to pick up and try to win it has been won already by the "KING OF KING'S" so we should be celebrating cause it is done over with thanks to Jesus. I wanted to see results and see that our monies would be ok and no one can touch it and the Lord said am not I your Father in Heaven Have not I promised to NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU I ANSWERED............................. OF COURSE LORD THEN WHY THE WORRY IN THE PASSING I HAVE PROMISED TO MEET YOUR EVERY NEED
AND THAT IS WHAT I SHALL DO ....................duh how can I have been so lame ummmmmm
my flesh, praise God He shows mercy on me, how often I forget that it is He whom is in control of my life not me, me, me ,me oh whoops. See it doesnt matter whom becomes President or what bank carries our money or what goes on in the day to day news I am as well as all His children just passing through this crazy place awaiting something more beautiful so as the world around us continually fades
away and the cross comes closer and closer to our view may we not become restless in the things that are out of our control and find peace in knowing our Lord sees our lives He knows our needs and has promised to meet each one right where we are.... does that make life easy ??? NO however it does give us peace knowing that this for us is all temporal we are just passing on through until we meet our Lord praise the Lord!!!!! Now we all have many different battles going on right now, it may be the worry of our fading world, it may be a failing marriage, or
the salvation of family weighing heavy on your hearts, it may be personal, there are 100's more
just know the way to find true "VICTORY" in any of these area's is to let go and let God just lay your battle at the foot of the cross and allow Him to care for you...... real victory is His accomplishment not our's the battle belong's to the Lord. We need to trust He will meet our every need (not greed my friends) we need to stay in His word daily to fight off the attacks the enemy will continue to throw at us and take everything to God in prayer and trust Him alone to provide.
I read this in the little book we receieved at the retreat it says this:
"THE SECRET OF VICTORY IS NOT PRAYING, BUT PRAISING; NOT ASKING, BUT THANKING" may we remember to be praising and thanking our King on a daily basis!!!
I leave you with this which was also found in this great book in which is called:
"VICTORY IN CHRIST" by Charles Trumbull
"PERILS OF THE VICTORIOUS LIFE"
In the truly victorious life, the Christian believer, having put on the whole armor of God (Eph. 6:11) moves forward under the protection of the shield of faith, wherewith he is able to quench ALL the fiery darts of the evil one (6:16).
God's word is absolute on the completeness of the victory that is the experience of every child of God who trusts wholly in Christ for that victory. It's not a once-for -all victory, but a moment-by-moment victory as the believer remains "looking unto Jesus,as the author and finisher of our faith." (Hebrews 12:2)
awesome book please read if you have not already started and those who didnt get to go see if our library at CCGV can get you a copy I am sure it is possible.
Father we thank you for you the amazing "CREATOR" you are Lord and Father I ask you to forgive me of my doubt and wash me anew Father I pray that as we look to You alone and knowing that makes the enemy more fired up that you would remind us to put on that armor because as we put our complete trust in you for Victory in our lives we know that puts us on the frontline trenches of Christian warfare and the attacks it brings may you give us the strength needed to come through those attacks stronger than ever Father I pray that there is not one person reading this whom feels as if there battle is just to bad and to hard for them to get out of because we know Lord that that to is a lie from the enemy because we can do "ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHOM STRENGTHENS US"
so Father I pray you be there strength right now and give us all peace in this fading dieing world Father we love you and are so grateful that our Victory is found in you Praise you Lord Jesus for the gift of Victory and the freedom it brings
I love and praise you Jesus Name amen
Until Next Time,
God Bless,
Cindy
You know I cant really put into words just how amazing the retreat truly was.......I have to say for me this was the best retreat yet. It was just amazing........I have to say the favorite for me was the quiet times I am sorry I loved the rest however that was my alone time with just me and my daddy my "Abba Father" it was so amazing to just be still before my King and really hear from Him in an amazing kind of way no worries, no kiddo's in the background, no responsibilities lurking, just the beautiful hot springs and the nice weather the awesome view it was amazing. Before I left I was very overwhelmed there are many changes taking place in my life right now some in which I cannot share at this time and some a few already may know of anyhow I have been in a health battle and am to scared to go to a doctor (not with eating) I know ridiculous, then my parents were just here and left the Tuesday of the retreat week before they left they dropped a bit of a bomb on us and that gave me lots to ponder and pray as well as seek God's will for our lives, then in middle of week I sat down to catch up on the news which as for most of you .....you know I dont do the news can't it has never been my thing dont like to watch it so I was clued into Presidential things as well as finding out our bank(WAMU) has just been seized by government and bought out by "CHASE" in which my husband and I do not like at all.
So I have to say I became overly overwhelmed and scared and wanted Greg to go get any and all monies out and keep at home of course he disagrees so that was issue...... I NOW AT THIS POINT AM FRANTIC and told Greg see this is why I dont watch news I cant stand it. I finally went to the Lord in prayer and realized that it was all warfare as I was about to leave in two days on retreat so I calmed down some what I have to admit though that I was still ,fearful,
nervous, scared, and worried just not as bad. You see I wanted to have a plan of action I wanted answers........ was that God's plan NOPE it was a plan of my FLESH. As I got to the retreat the Lord was already beginning a work in my heart and it just continued to unfold as the weekend unfolded our retreat as you all know was titled "VICTORY IN CHRIST" wow how amazing is God on His timing ????? I am continually amazed at how the Lord works everything in His ways and His perfect timing ........Amber had no idea the state of our fading world and how things may have unfolded in a year however God did and He gave her the perfect Retreat for the perfect time His TIME I am thankful we are in a church in which the Pastor and his amazing wife obey the Lord's calling and seek His face for all they do. This title came at God's perfect timing as the world around us (in my opinion) is now fading away more quickly than ever before and many of us are fretting and worried at times it is hard not to..............................HOWEVER we really need not to because the battle belongs to Christ alone it is not ours to pick up and try to win it has been won already by the "KING OF KING'S" so we should be celebrating cause it is done over with thanks to Jesus. I wanted to see results and see that our monies would be ok and no one can touch it and the Lord said am not I your Father in Heaven Have not I promised to NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU I ANSWERED............................. OF COURSE LORD THEN WHY THE WORRY IN THE PASSING I HAVE PROMISED TO MEET YOUR EVERY NEED
AND THAT IS WHAT I SHALL DO ....................duh how can I have been so lame ummmmmm
my flesh, praise God He shows mercy on me, how often I forget that it is He whom is in control of my life not me, me, me ,me oh whoops. See it doesnt matter whom becomes President or what bank carries our money or what goes on in the day to day news I am as well as all His children just passing through this crazy place awaiting something more beautiful so as the world around us continually fades
away and the cross comes closer and closer to our view may we not become restless in the things that are out of our control and find peace in knowing our Lord sees our lives He knows our needs and has promised to meet each one right where we are.... does that make life easy ??? NO however it does give us peace knowing that this for us is all temporal we are just passing on through until we meet our Lord praise the Lord!!!!! Now we all have many different battles going on right now, it may be the worry of our fading world, it may be a failing marriage, or
the salvation of family weighing heavy on your hearts, it may be personal, there are 100's more
just know the way to find true "VICTORY" in any of these area's is to let go and let God just lay your battle at the foot of the cross and allow Him to care for you...... real victory is His accomplishment not our's the battle belong's to the Lord. We need to trust He will meet our every need (not greed my friends) we need to stay in His word daily to fight off the attacks the enemy will continue to throw at us and take everything to God in prayer and trust Him alone to provide.
I read this in the little book we receieved at the retreat it says this:
"THE SECRET OF VICTORY IS NOT PRAYING, BUT PRAISING; NOT ASKING, BUT THANKING" may we remember to be praising and thanking our King on a daily basis!!!
I leave you with this which was also found in this great book in which is called:
"VICTORY IN CHRIST" by Charles Trumbull
"PERILS OF THE VICTORIOUS LIFE"
In the truly victorious life, the Christian believer, having put on the whole armor of God (Eph. 6:11) moves forward under the protection of the shield of faith, wherewith he is able to quench ALL the fiery darts of the evil one (6:16).
God's word is absolute on the completeness of the victory that is the experience of every child of God who trusts wholly in Christ for that victory. It's not a once-for -all victory, but a moment-by-moment victory as the believer remains "looking unto Jesus,as the author and finisher of our faith." (Hebrews 12:2)
awesome book please read if you have not already started and those who didnt get to go see if our library at CCGV can get you a copy I am sure it is possible.
Father we thank you for you the amazing "CREATOR" you are Lord and Father I ask you to forgive me of my doubt and wash me anew Father I pray that as we look to You alone and knowing that makes the enemy more fired up that you would remind us to put on that armor because as we put our complete trust in you for Victory in our lives we know that puts us on the frontline trenches of Christian warfare and the attacks it brings may you give us the strength needed to come through those attacks stronger than ever Father I pray that there is not one person reading this whom feels as if there battle is just to bad and to hard for them to get out of because we know Lord that that to is a lie from the enemy because we can do "ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHOM STRENGTHENS US"
so Father I pray you be there strength right now and give us all peace in this fading dieing world Father we love you and are so grateful that our Victory is found in you Praise you Lord Jesus for the gift of Victory and the freedom it brings
I love and praise you Jesus Name amen
Until Next Time,
God Bless,
Cindy
Sunday, September 21, 2008
The Love Of Our Lord..................
Hello Friends,
As many of you know , the Bible study is back in full swing. I am excited to see the mighty work of our Lord for each of us doing the study. As you know it is on the Book of Ruth which is an awesome love story of all times. Nancy had said something in the video that makes me sad ...that is that so many feel isolated and alone even in our churches today. I pray that if any of us find ourselves feeling that way that we allow the Lord to work in our hearts and get to the root issue of why we are feeling this way as well as realize we are "NEVER" alone with God :
"THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD NEVER CEASES; HIS MERCIES NEVER COME TO AN END." (found on page 21 of our "Ruth books" upper right corner) the Lord is always there for us and His Love can never be taken from us. Some thing that touched me was on the bottom of page 20:
The Meaning Of Genuine Love: the purest kind of love is completely selfless and unconditional .
Only GOD can love perfectly. As long as we are clothed in human flesh, our love will be imperfect.
I think if we can wrap our minds around that and realize in and of ourselves we can love no one this way and no one can love us this way(outside of God) then we can be more forgiving and less lonely as we find those around us are just as imperfect as we all are. We love others alot of the time based on feelings and feelings as we know often lie to us in fact: "feelings rise and fall, but genuine love endures." (page 21 in book) I pray we all find that genuine love and may we all be touched mightily through the word of God as we study the book of Ruth...................................
As many of you are doing I will be preparing to go to the retreat this weekend due to that and my hectic schedule I will not be posting until some time after the retreat. I pray we all have a week filled with no warfare and all goes effortlessly when at retreat:
Father I pray a mighty work is done this weekend I pray hearts will be changed for a life time.
I pray we would not just hear the message that will come forth however that each of us would live that message in our day to day lives. I pray Lord for travel mercies and for the women to be blessed beyond measure each one of them. Father I pray this as well as many other things in Jesus name amen
until next time..............................
Cindy
As many of you know , the Bible study is back in full swing. I am excited to see the mighty work of our Lord for each of us doing the study. As you know it is on the Book of Ruth which is an awesome love story of all times. Nancy had said something in the video that makes me sad ...that is that so many feel isolated and alone even in our churches today. I pray that if any of us find ourselves feeling that way that we allow the Lord to work in our hearts and get to the root issue of why we are feeling this way as well as realize we are "NEVER" alone with God :
"THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD NEVER CEASES; HIS MERCIES NEVER COME TO AN END." (found on page 21 of our "Ruth books" upper right corner) the Lord is always there for us and His Love can never be taken from us. Some thing that touched me was on the bottom of page 20:
The Meaning Of Genuine Love: the purest kind of love is completely selfless and unconditional .
Only GOD can love perfectly. As long as we are clothed in human flesh, our love will be imperfect.
I think if we can wrap our minds around that and realize in and of ourselves we can love no one this way and no one can love us this way(outside of God) then we can be more forgiving and less lonely as we find those around us are just as imperfect as we all are. We love others alot of the time based on feelings and feelings as we know often lie to us in fact: "feelings rise and fall, but genuine love endures." (page 21 in book) I pray we all find that genuine love and may we all be touched mightily through the word of God as we study the book of Ruth...................................
As many of you are doing I will be preparing to go to the retreat this weekend due to that and my hectic schedule I will not be posting until some time after the retreat. I pray we all have a week filled with no warfare and all goes effortlessly when at retreat:
Father I pray a mighty work is done this weekend I pray hearts will be changed for a life time.
I pray we would not just hear the message that will come forth however that each of us would live that message in our day to day lives. I pray Lord for travel mercies and for the women to be blessed beyond measure each one of them. Father I pray this as well as many other things in Jesus name amen
until next time..............................
Cindy
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
What's New With Homeschool????
Hello my bloggie friends,
How are you all doing?? We have had our good days and more challenging days for sure however this has been a little bit of a fun week. I LOVE THE FALL..........
I mean I really love it so we couldnt wait to get started on Fall crafts (oh did I mention my kiddo's love Fall too???) SO my house has pumpkins hanging from the ceiling and paper plate crafts covered in leaves it has been so fun and it is only just the beginning for us I am a bit crazy but my kids love it especially when we share the fun with friends and family. I dont know about you guys but I am so ready for the cold and the fall fashions my fav. hee-hee!!
My days are hectic but I am making my way and feeling real good with how much we accomplish on a day to day basis we dont always get everything in ....HOWEVER what is getting in is sticking and to us that is the MOST IMPORTANT. Spanish has been difficult however my kids love it and are having fun with it I think I am the one struggling the most go figure lol. Well that is all for now I have been busy and want to stay focused so I will blog here and there when I can and not be stressed about it. I am planning Lord willing on doing the women's Bible study and the Mom's once a month so lots of time in the word and doing homework just pray I keep my eyes on Him with all I do thanks ladies!
God Bless each of you and may He multiply your efforts abundantly until next time.........................................................................................................................
Cindy
How are you all doing?? We have had our good days and more challenging days for sure however this has been a little bit of a fun week. I LOVE THE FALL..........
I mean I really love it so we couldnt wait to get started on Fall crafts (oh did I mention my kiddo's love Fall too???) SO my house has pumpkins hanging from the ceiling and paper plate crafts covered in leaves it has been so fun and it is only just the beginning for us I am a bit crazy but my kids love it especially when we share the fun with friends and family. I dont know about you guys but I am so ready for the cold and the fall fashions my fav. hee-hee!!
My days are hectic but I am making my way and feeling real good with how much we accomplish on a day to day basis we dont always get everything in ....HOWEVER what is getting in is sticking and to us that is the MOST IMPORTANT. Spanish has been difficult however my kids love it and are having fun with it I think I am the one struggling the most go figure lol. Well that is all for now I have been busy and want to stay focused so I will blog here and there when I can and not be stressed about it. I am planning Lord willing on doing the women's Bible study and the Mom's once a month so lots of time in the word and doing homework just pray I keep my eyes on Him with all I do thanks ladies!
God Bless each of you and may He multiply your efforts abundantly until next time.........................................................................................................................
Cindy
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Homeschool Challenges.........................
Well my friends can you believe most of us are at the end of our 3rd week??? where oh where does the time go. I have had a few challenges along the way starting with my best student to this date not wanting to cooperate with the rules this year and he is an older one I was expecting some of that with the 5 year old not the older sibling. I have learned that you just dont know from year to year it is different each time.................. and you have your better years for sure.
I am homeschooling all seven this year yes even the 3 year old! She is ready it helps having 6 siblings ahead of you it tends to motivate you to want to know as much as they do so we are taking full advantage of this while we can lol. My two oldest are doing ok with their Math we started with some stuff from last year they were not doing well so really wanted to go back and go over concepts make sure they were understanding all there was to know before moving on.
please keep the older ones in your prayers that the Lord gives them eyes to see and ears to hear and that it would be truly applied to their brains. Lets see some have asked for my schedule this year so here it goes:
5:00 a.m.- I hear the dreaded alarm clock (lol)
5:00-5:30- I have half hour quiet time(only first half)
5:30- 6:30 - GYM
6:30 - 7:15 - the rest of my quiet time(7:00 kid's up and I fed them)
7:15- 7:30- PRAYER (kiddo's cleaning and getting themselves dressed and prepared)
7:30-8:00- get anything ready for the morning and going over kid's devotion
8:00-8:45- Bible/ devotion seat work
8:45 -9:30- Math
9:30- 10:15 - Reading
10:15-11:00- Science
11:00-11:45- History
11:45- 12:30- Big Kid's do seat work while I tend to little guys
12:30- 1:00- LUNCH
1:00- 2:00- Spelling/ English/anything not done
we are all done by 2:15 at the latest ............... well on the good days that is lol.
from 2:00-3:00 it is play outside time and 3:00-4:00 put house in order 4:00-5:00
the only hour my children watch T.V. all day long during the week PRAISE THE LORD
5:00-6:00 PREPARE SUPPER
6:00- 6:30ish EAT
6:30-7:00 CLEAN DISHES AND MESS
7:00-8:00 Daddy is on bath duty praise God thank you Daddy
8:00-8:30 Bed process...... teeth, read,devotion,prayer.....
8:30-8:45 LIGHT'S OUT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
9:00 -????? MY NIGHT BEGINS cleaning or blogging or catching up on e-mails or doing projects or spending some time with hubby lights out most nights 11:00p.m. and yes start at 5:00 the very next morning!!!
some of you have said you dont know how I do it well guess what me neither It is all the Lord
also I have always been this way go go go and hardly on any sleep however it is getting harder as the years go on and I become older and older bummer I know. Any how we all have to find our families balance and what work and what doesnt work so just continue to pray and dont lose heart my friends you will reap a harvest sooner or later. God Bless you all
Until next time my hearts and prayers go out to each of you,
cindy
I am homeschooling all seven this year yes even the 3 year old! She is ready it helps having 6 siblings ahead of you it tends to motivate you to want to know as much as they do so we are taking full advantage of this while we can lol. My two oldest are doing ok with their Math we started with some stuff from last year they were not doing well so really wanted to go back and go over concepts make sure they were understanding all there was to know before moving on.
please keep the older ones in your prayers that the Lord gives them eyes to see and ears to hear and that it would be truly applied to their brains. Lets see some have asked for my schedule this year so here it goes:
5:00 a.m.- I hear the dreaded alarm clock (lol)
5:00-5:30- I have half hour quiet time(only first half)
5:30- 6:30 - GYM
6:30 - 7:15 - the rest of my quiet time(7:00 kid's up and I fed them)
7:15- 7:30- PRAYER (kiddo's cleaning and getting themselves dressed and prepared)
7:30-8:00- get anything ready for the morning and going over kid's devotion
8:00-8:45- Bible/ devotion seat work
8:45 -9:30- Math
9:30- 10:15 - Reading
10:15-11:00- Science
11:00-11:45- History
11:45- 12:30- Big Kid's do seat work while I tend to little guys
12:30- 1:00- LUNCH
1:00- 2:00- Spelling/ English/anything not done
we are all done by 2:15 at the latest ............... well on the good days that is lol.
from 2:00-3:00 it is play outside time and 3:00-4:00 put house in order 4:00-5:00
the only hour my children watch T.V. all day long during the week PRAISE THE LORD
5:00-6:00 PREPARE SUPPER
6:00- 6:30ish EAT
6:30-7:00 CLEAN DISHES AND MESS
7:00-8:00 Daddy is on bath duty praise God thank you Daddy
8:00-8:30 Bed process...... teeth, read,devotion,prayer.....
8:30-8:45 LIGHT'S OUT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
9:00 -????? MY NIGHT BEGINS cleaning or blogging or catching up on e-mails or doing projects or spending some time with hubby lights out most nights 11:00p.m. and yes start at 5:00 the very next morning!!!
some of you have said you dont know how I do it well guess what me neither It is all the Lord
also I have always been this way go go go and hardly on any sleep however it is getting harder as the years go on and I become older and older bummer I know. Any how we all have to find our families balance and what work and what doesnt work so just continue to pray and dont lose heart my friends you will reap a harvest sooner or later. God Bless you all
Until next time my hearts and prayers go out to each of you,
cindy
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Friday School Success!!!
"THANK YOU MOM'S................... we had an awesome Friday school I did final count 52 of us in all in my home.....awesome we sure have grown. That was 16 mom's and 36 children. However 4 mom's were missing so that gives us a total of 20 mom's and with their kiddo's 46 grand total 66
for elementary side that is absolutely amazing. God is so faithful in the growing of our group I pray His will may be done in the guiding and directing of our group. I thank you all again for your patience ,your help was truely a blessing without a team effort it really isn't possible ........many hands make the load lighter. So thanks to you all!!! I also wanted to let all the mom's know who were seriously interested in coming and watching me homeschool let me know a morning best for you and I will set up those times it really is no bother in fact my bestest friend ever who has moved to Tennessee allowed me to do the same and it was a huge eye opener as well as HUGE HELP......... SO anytime ladies my house is your house sister's in Christ and I am all for encouraging anyone along. God Bless you all and may every Friday school be as successful as this one was and may we continue to lift one another up in prayer as we go along side each other in this journey the Lord has set before each of us to homeschool our children.
Until Next Time,
Cindy
for elementary side that is absolutely amazing. God is so faithful in the growing of our group I pray His will may be done in the guiding and directing of our group. I thank you all again for your patience ,your help was truely a blessing without a team effort it really isn't possible ........many hands make the load lighter. So thanks to you all!!! I also wanted to let all the mom's know who were seriously interested in coming and watching me homeschool let me know a morning best for you and I will set up those times it really is no bother in fact my bestest friend ever who has moved to Tennessee allowed me to do the same and it was a huge eye opener as well as HUGE HELP......... SO anytime ladies my house is your house sister's in Christ and I am all for encouraging anyone along. God Bless you all and may every Friday school be as successful as this one was and may we continue to lift one another up in prayer as we go along side each other in this journey the Lord has set before each of us to homeschool our children.
Until Next Time,
Cindy
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Holiness!!! (What is Holiness??)
Have you ever asked yourself what is Holiness truely and what does it look like??? I have alot lately and here are some things I have found:
I have found as well as read it is certainly not a subject easily discussed not a topic on the list of most peoples lists which is heart breaking because it really isn't an option in our lives "we as children of God are called to be in His image and He is 100% HOLY. Holiness is not an option for those whom belong to the King. The Lord wants us to understand there is blessings to living a holy life and consequences to living an unholy life. The new testament authors call us to live a life of absolute purity here are some of those very scriptures:
"you therefore must be perfect,as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matt. 5:48
"Keep yourselves pure." 1 Tim.5:22
"Awake to righteousness, and do not sin." 1 Corinth. 15:34
"Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity(sin)." 2 Tim.2:19
"Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." Romans 12:9
Holiness my friends is not just for the spiritual giants and church leaders it is for you and me and every single child of the King it is for everyone who names the name of the Lord we are "ALL"
CALLED TO LIVE HOLY LIVES.
By all means this is not easy and is hard it is a day to day process however that is the key it is a process there should be a process in all of our lives it is a part of being "Sanctified" we are a continual work in progress we should be trying to be more Christ like and less self like.
How you ask can we have true holiness well it is cultivated in the context of our relationship with God Himself. His love for us moves us to reject all things fleeting that sin can offer and as our love for Him grows we are then motivated to aspire holiness.
True holiness starts from the inside with our thoughts (are we holding every thought captive?)
our attitudes(are they following the golden rule to love others as yourself or for that matter as Christ would) our values (do they reflect that of the world or are we truely set apart?) our motives(are they pure or are they for selfish gain)these are our innermost parts gang the parts the Lord
sees just as they "REALLY ARE" over time the things above affect our outward and visible behavior: "BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT" 1 PETER 1:15
It all comes down to our sin by which if we dont repent sooner or later sin will rob us of everything that is beautiful and desirable and to walk in that holiness is amazing to know the joy of having clean hands ,a pure heart,a clear conscience,and one day to stand before our KING and not be ashamed........ and to Hear Him say "well done thy good and faithful servant" with that why settle for anything less this is something I am longing for the more and more I soak up His word we serve an amazing God friends. Please dont get me wrong I still have not come to the end with learning about holiness I in fact have just been studying it in depth and it is so amazing and soooooo very convicting cause for sure I am "FAR FROM HOLY" however it has opened my eyes to a life I am truely longing for. There is a verse I have recently stumbled across and now can see it was by no accident it is 1 Peter 1:15-16
"BUT AS HE WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY , YOU ALSO BE HOLY IN "ALL" YOUR CONDUCT, SINCE IT IS WRITTEN, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
The Lord was speaking especially to me and wanting me to see that as I am seeking to live Holy
that means in my "EVERYDAY LIFE AND CONDUCT" I am to be "set apart" our lives are to look believable to our world and was mine as I yell at my children in public or get impatient in line at the store or at a red light or in traffic do all around see His image ???? So I was asked WHAT DOES YOUR LIFE REFLECT TO THOSE AROUND YOU??? and I asked myself some hard convicting questions .......do my attitudes, words, and behavior give others an accurate picture of God or do I profane His holiness and as I was painfully honest with myself I have to admit more times then I care to admit it has been the latter??? wow deep things to ask ones self although I think we should be doing a heart check often for the heart is wicked if left to itself. So you may still be asking how do I know how to be Holy well.......... God is our standard
for Holiness, and He alone is the Source of our Holiness so we must have a relationship with Him and be in His word daily to learn what that very holiness looks like. I read this in a book recently it says" to be holy is to be clean from sin, to be clean from sin is to be free from the weight and the burden of that very sin." Another eye opener for me in this quest to be more like Christ is
knowing that without being holy we cannot fellowship with God because he cannot fellowship with unholy people....... Matthew 5:8 says: "blessed are the pure in heart," Jesus said "for they shall see God." We cannot cling to our sin and have fellowship with God at the same time.
"For what fellowship has rightousness with lawlessness? and what communion has light with darkness?" 2 Corinth. 6:14
You see we all must be seeking that holiness because without holy hearts we cannot draw near to our Lord and as children of God that should be our every desire to draw near to the King.
So for now I believe as my study continues (and I may share periodically) the thing I am praying about for the day to day is that others will see in me a reflection of Christ as I live out my day to day life for all to see. I pray that if I am the only Bible someone may read it is of your holiness and goodness and nothing in me. Father I pray that we all seek to be holy and more Christ like that we all would truely be able to call ourselves a "set apart" people may we never blend in or look as the world may we always be mindful of our actions and words our attitudes and motives may we do a heart check often on ourselves and stay armored up in your very word daily and even hourly if that is what it takes to hold our every thoughts captive Lord I pray you will continue to empty me of all unrighteousness of all selfishness and fill me to over flowing with "YOUR LOVE, GRACE, MERCY, JOY, PEACE, KINDNESS , GOODNESS ,FAITHFULNESS AND ALL THAT IS OF YOU IN JESUS HOLY AND PRECIOUS NAME I PRAY AMEN.
Until next time friends,
Love,
Cindy
I have found as well as read it is certainly not a subject easily discussed not a topic on the list of most peoples lists which is heart breaking because it really isn't an option in our lives "we as children of God are called to be in His image and He is 100% HOLY. Holiness is not an option for those whom belong to the King. The Lord wants us to understand there is blessings to living a holy life and consequences to living an unholy life. The new testament authors call us to live a life of absolute purity here are some of those very scriptures:
"you therefore must be perfect,as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matt. 5:48
"Keep yourselves pure." 1 Tim.5:22
"Awake to righteousness, and do not sin." 1 Corinth. 15:34
"Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity(sin)." 2 Tim.2:19
"Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." Romans 12:9
Holiness my friends is not just for the spiritual giants and church leaders it is for you and me and every single child of the King it is for everyone who names the name of the Lord we are "ALL"
CALLED TO LIVE HOLY LIVES.
By all means this is not easy and is hard it is a day to day process however that is the key it is a process there should be a process in all of our lives it is a part of being "Sanctified" we are a continual work in progress we should be trying to be more Christ like and less self like.
How you ask can we have true holiness well it is cultivated in the context of our relationship with God Himself. His love for us moves us to reject all things fleeting that sin can offer and as our love for Him grows we are then motivated to aspire holiness.
True holiness starts from the inside with our thoughts (are we holding every thought captive?)
our attitudes(are they following the golden rule to love others as yourself or for that matter as Christ would) our values (do they reflect that of the world or are we truely set apart?) our motives(are they pure or are they for selfish gain)these are our innermost parts gang the parts the Lord
sees just as they "REALLY ARE" over time the things above affect our outward and visible behavior: "BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT" 1 PETER 1:15
It all comes down to our sin by which if we dont repent sooner or later sin will rob us of everything that is beautiful and desirable and to walk in that holiness is amazing to know the joy of having clean hands ,a pure heart,a clear conscience,and one day to stand before our KING and not be ashamed........ and to Hear Him say "well done thy good and faithful servant" with that why settle for anything less this is something I am longing for the more and more I soak up His word we serve an amazing God friends. Please dont get me wrong I still have not come to the end with learning about holiness I in fact have just been studying it in depth and it is so amazing and soooooo very convicting cause for sure I am "FAR FROM HOLY" however it has opened my eyes to a life I am truely longing for. There is a verse I have recently stumbled across and now can see it was by no accident it is 1 Peter 1:15-16
"BUT AS HE WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY , YOU ALSO BE HOLY IN "ALL" YOUR CONDUCT, SINCE IT IS WRITTEN, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
The Lord was speaking especially to me and wanting me to see that as I am seeking to live Holy
that means in my "EVERYDAY LIFE AND CONDUCT" I am to be "set apart" our lives are to look believable to our world and was mine as I yell at my children in public or get impatient in line at the store or at a red light or in traffic do all around see His image ???? So I was asked WHAT DOES YOUR LIFE REFLECT TO THOSE AROUND YOU??? and I asked myself some hard convicting questions .......do my attitudes, words, and behavior give others an accurate picture of God or do I profane His holiness and as I was painfully honest with myself I have to admit more times then I care to admit it has been the latter??? wow deep things to ask ones self although I think we should be doing a heart check often for the heart is wicked if left to itself. So you may still be asking how do I know how to be Holy well.......... God is our standard
for Holiness, and He alone is the Source of our Holiness so we must have a relationship with Him and be in His word daily to learn what that very holiness looks like. I read this in a book recently it says" to be holy is to be clean from sin, to be clean from sin is to be free from the weight and the burden of that very sin." Another eye opener for me in this quest to be more like Christ is
knowing that without being holy we cannot fellowship with God because he cannot fellowship with unholy people....... Matthew 5:8 says: "blessed are the pure in heart," Jesus said "for they shall see God." We cannot cling to our sin and have fellowship with God at the same time.
"For what fellowship has rightousness with lawlessness? and what communion has light with darkness?" 2 Corinth. 6:14
You see we all must be seeking that holiness because without holy hearts we cannot draw near to our Lord and as children of God that should be our every desire to draw near to the King.
So for now I believe as my study continues (and I may share periodically) the thing I am praying about for the day to day is that others will see in me a reflection of Christ as I live out my day to day life for all to see. I pray that if I am the only Bible someone may read it is of your holiness and goodness and nothing in me. Father I pray that we all seek to be holy and more Christ like that we all would truely be able to call ourselves a "set apart" people may we never blend in or look as the world may we always be mindful of our actions and words our attitudes and motives may we do a heart check often on ourselves and stay armored up in your very word daily and even hourly if that is what it takes to hold our every thoughts captive Lord I pray you will continue to empty me of all unrighteousness of all selfishness and fill me to over flowing with "YOUR LOVE, GRACE, MERCY, JOY, PEACE, KINDNESS , GOODNESS ,FAITHFULNESS AND ALL THAT IS OF YOU IN JESUS HOLY AND PRECIOUS NAME I PRAY AMEN.
Until next time friends,
Love,
Cindy
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