Acceptance......Do we REALLY accept the way Jesus did ????

Do we accept ALL those around us??READ James ch.2 it speaks of partiality and treating others differently and not accepting all no matter what. I ask you to answer in a very honest answer because if you do I am afraid of what the answers may be. I find myself sad and hurt as well as upset these past few days as I try to process an event that took place among

young ladies whom profess for all to see that they are God fearing Christian girls who's behavior was anything but Godly. I am about to share something that may or may not convict many however I am sharing in obedience to the Lord in hoping to be His hands and feet in getting a message across to even one sister. I will take you back to a few weeks back on a Wednesday evening yes my friends we were at church our very safe haven and the night was great and the service was great the Lord spoke to us it was great until we were on our way out and we pass by a group of gals young gals whom are ALL churched gals whom are all well ....Saved AND KNOW BETTER and what transpires next was heartbreaking to say the least. As most everyone knows my niece was staying with us for about a month or so and she was searching and really needing the Lord . She comes from a broken home and a very messed up childhood which is still not good she has seen and heard things that most of us as adults have NEVER seen and hope to NEVER see in this life time. She dresses differently AS TO TRY TO FIT IN SOME WHERE ANYWHERE however over all a good girl searching for answers. As I am getting to the point she was dressed a little differently this certain night and as we pass by to leave this group of girls were chatting ,look up at us as we were walking by and instead of saying goodbye or goodnight they instead look both my daughter and niece up and down and whisper into each other's ears giving not so nice stares and laughing as they continue to look on and laugh and chatter until I gave them a look of disappointment

though I can't be sure what was said it was something negative for sure and we all know from many of our childhood memories what this feels like... DON'T WE?????

I am sad to admit that I as many of us have bought into the lies of SATAN that who we are is based upon what we look like what we wear what we do or not do how we talk or not talk what are social status is or isn't and how other's think of us is how we think we get our worth.(OUR ONLY WORTH IS FOUND IN CHRIST ALONE) Well my friends we really ought not to be judging other's for any of these things mentioned the Lord did not judge by outer appearances in fact He allowed the sick, poor, harlot's, children ALL types to speak to Him as well as He showed them unconditional LOVE. Matthew 7:1-6 says:

"Judge not , that you be judged." for with what judgement you judge, you will be judged and with the measure you use , it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the PLANK in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, Let me remove the speck from your eye and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. " Do not give what is holy to the dogs nor cast your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."

Why do we in our flesh think we are better than another because of our status wether it be social, riches, hair and skin color, what kind of cars and homes we have, positions we may hold OR NOT hold..... we need to understand gang ALL ARE ACCEPTED IN THE EYES OF CHRIST (IN THE BODY OF BELIEVERS I AM SPEAKING OF) we have ALL sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Roman's 3:23 it makes no difference if one wears Gucci while another wears Wal-Mart brand we are ALL sinner's and in need of the SAME THING a SAVIOR why then must we judge???

Now please my friends DONT misunderstand me I am not saying we may not wear different name brands however dont judge others because they dont wear what you wear or drive the most expensive car's or have the most amazing homes we each have as the Lord sees fit for our personal lives and we dont know what goes on in each family and why they live the way they do it is not for us to know. Friend's all that each of us has ...name brand or not it.ALL belongs to the Lord and He can take it from each of us at anytime and gang if He sees us clinging to it and not being able to live without it He WILL TAKE IT FROM US and I know this to be true from my own personal experiences. Friends church SHOULD BE the one place we can go where we dont have to worry of chitter chatter and gossip and being made fun of and idle talking,

slander's, and down right cattiness, it is not of the Lord to have these traits the Lord calls us to "love one another" and not just the lovable or the ones who look and dress only how we do however His word says: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself". But if you bite and devour one another (which is what we do when we behave this way to another sister or brother in Christ) beware lest you be consumed by one another!Gal.5:14&15

How about the GOLDEN RULE? TREAT OTHERS AS YOU YOURSELF WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED MMMMMMMMMMMM????

He then calls us to be filled with the fruits of the spirit :LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING,KINDNESS, GOODNESS, AND FAITHFULNESS.....

GENTLENESS, AND FINALLY SELF-CONTROL His word goes on to say in verse 25 of Galations that if we live in the spirit LET US ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT."26

"Let us NOT become CONCEITED, provoking one another, envying one another.

There is a song we love to sing my kiddo's and I and it says: they will know we are Christian's by our love by our love they will know we are Christian's you see gang the outside world is looking in and if they dont see a church set apart standing FIRM in the word and not only being HEARERS BUT ALSO BEING DOERS of His word so we may be above reproach and not allow the enemies attacks to work and to show the world that we truly are a church set apart for the sake of Christ and that we do Love as Jesus loved THEN EVERYTHING WE DO IS IN VAIN. Another thing to ponder friends is the younger little kids looking on to the Jr. High High school levels as cool examples of who they want to be like and then the Jr. High looking to the High school and High school looking to college and college looking to young 20's and then Mom's looking to older Mom's for guidance, direction, and sometimes even to mirror how they see us living our lives so I ask when we walk out of those cozy church buildings How are we living out our week for all who are REALLY watching to see???? I ask myself and all of you a tough question if your life was going to be broadcast for the church to see on the big screen going back the last few months would our lives reflect the life of Christ or would our lives reflect that of this fallen sin striken world??????

In this fast paced media frenzy world we live in it is so easy to get caught up in all the trappings of technology texting is a big one I speak of Parents are we REALLY aware of the things that our being talked about via texting even our own texting would the things being typed would you consider yourself above reproach or is it questionable if so the Lord already sees and knows our every thought before you think it let alone write it. Mom's I want to remind us (including myself for sure) the high calling we have as Mom's and the little mimics we have sitting under toe watching every move we make every phone call we have every curse word that comes out of our mouth every prayer we make every positive or negative thing we say bottom line the APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE am I blaming the mom's for the girls behavior no of course not HOWEVER I am saying it is a possibility and just a reminder of how are our children seeing us live our day to day lives. Something to Ponder Friends AND I ASK YOU TO NOW SCROLL DOWN TO MY PLAYLIST AND IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY PLAYED PLEASE CLICK ONTO THE SONG BY "CASTING CROWNS" IF WE ARE THE BODY may it convict you as it has my own heart. God Bless

Father may we just see the importance of how we are living our day to day lives outside of church and that we lead only by example and may we be the examples you call us to be living and seeking after you alone and Lord when we fall help us to admit it to repent and to seek you again and again Lord I ask you to forgive us when we do live in the flesh and may you give us the strength to live in you alone Father we Love you and praise you Jesus name amen................

until next time,

cindy

God's Garden!!!!

I am reading a great book called, "The Power of a Women's Word's" by: Sharon Jaynes it is in our church library. on page 124 I believe is a wonderful little side note titled "God's Garden"
here is what it reads:
In growing a healthy, fruitbearing church, try this plan:
Plant three rows of Squash:

. Squash Gossip

.Squash Criticism

.Squash Indifference

Plant seven rows of peas:

.Prayer
.Promptness
.Perseverance
.Politeness
.Preparedness
.Purity
.Patience

Plant seven heads of lettuce:

.Let us be unselfish and loyal
.Let us be faithful in duty
.Let us search the scriptures
.Let us not be weary in well doing
.Let us be truthful
.Let us LOVE one another
I thought this was amazing and powerful and really friends if we are all doing this we really should not have any problems so I encourage each of us (myself included) to be doing all these things so we may have a church body in which brings glory to our Father in Heaven.

Father I ask you to be with each of us helping us to fill this tall order knowing when we do we shall have the blessings from above and have healthy Godly relationships with the ones we fellowship with. Father if we just get the top three the Squashing of GOSSIP, CRITICISM, AND INDIFFERENCE RIGHT then I believe all the rest will fall into place Father may you bless our church body and continue to grow each one of us for your kingdom purposes in Jesus Name Amen

until next time ,
cindy

Faith................................

Good evening blog friends I pray all is well with my sister's and brother's in Christ may we keep those lifted up whom may not be doing so well in this season of life.
Today's reading of the word was : Hebrews ch. 11-12 I was blessed as I began my study sometimes in today's world we sometimes get caught up in the news and the trappings of this world and if we are not careful we can lose sight and faith especially if we are waiting to see something then I was reminded in verse 1 "NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN." AND THEN JUST HOW EACH ADDITIONAL scripture reminds(for me encourages) us of men and women of the bible whom had that faith, faith that cannot be seen.... God's word calls us to "Walk by Faith and not by Sight" verse 6 was and is a fav of mine "BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM, FOR HE WHOM COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS , AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK AFTER HIM" IT REMINDED ME to be diligently seeking after the King of Kings no matter what my circumstances are or how bleek life may seem at that time we must walk by faith not by sight and that without that faith anything I do is in vain and not pleasing to my Lord that was convicting for me .
We now come to chapter 12 verse 2 "LOOKING UNTO JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, praise you Jesus that you endured that for such a filthy rag as myself I am so blessed .

Then as we go down to verse 11 it is speaking of Chastening and how it is not joyful yet painful however it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those trained by it praise God I have gone through alot of chastening over the last year or so and it has been Very painful yet I am so very grateful because it brings me closer to my Father making me more in His image and not my own thank goodness for that. I was blessed that these chapters were today as I continued to read chapter 12 verse 14 and 15 ended up ministering the most to my heart today as I felt tossed to and fro by a very dark and rejecting family who spoke very unkind things of my husband and I and our faith in God alone. " Pursue peace with ALL people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this may become defiled; 14-15
Today as I was being mocked and pursecuted for His name sake and our beliefs I wanted in my flesh for a brief moment curse at them and say HOW CAN YOU SAY THESE THINGS?? when just then I remembered today's passage to pursue peace with all people not some all even those whom are mocking me as hard as it was and it was HARD but I remembered the second half of the word "WITHOUT WHICH NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD" I knew then had I responded in the flesh I would have allowed Satan to win and fuel the very fire of the ones being so awful and they would not have seen nor heard the Lord in me so I pursued PEACE and I know that in that I store my treasures in heaven which to me is what matters. So I encourage you to walk and live by faith as hard as our daily lives get and as the attacks of the enemy grow stronger and in numbers may we remember to be diligent in seeking after God and believing that if He is for us who then can be against us??? Amen

Father thank you that you endured the cross for our lives and thank you Lord for being the rewarder of those whom diligently seek after you may we each seek after you wholeheartedly each and everyday no matter what life has to throw at us. Lord when we are persecuted help us to remember that you endured the greatest persecution of all.... the weight of every man's sin upon that cross and may we realize that the persecution in other countries is greater than even what we experience may we count it all joy and continue to seek your face Lord we praise you in Jesus name Amen
until next time,
cindy

Getting Beyond the Accident............

Well tomorrow will be 2 weeks ago that the accident happened and already we have another car thank you Jesus. Prayers were answered and we can now move on from that terrible day. Thanks for all your prayers family is good and we are healing well some healed already all the way. The Lord is good and it amazes me that He truly does turn EVERYTHING for the good to those whom believe upon Him. We truly are a blessed people and we need to know that even in the midst of a trial no matter what it may be the loss of a job, tight finances, troubled marriages,car accidents, hard to handle kids, friendships, family feuds, doubt whatever it may
be we can trust with the Lord we can get through even these little things and dont get me wrong I know these things are not little as we are going through them however in the big picture of things they really are little and we have a VERY BIG GOD whom can see us through anything so I encourage you today to put your trust solely in Jesus alone and watch Him see you through any issue you may be going through. Will it be easy NO but I know without HIM it is sooooooo much harder if not impossible. "but as for me, I trust in you, O Lord; I say you are my God" PSALM 31:14

"Be of good courage , and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord."Psalm 31:24

"Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him " Matt. 6:8
Father we thank you that you do go before us and know our every need even before we ourselves know. Father thank you for your provision and may you provide for
each of us in your timing and as we wait may we wait upon you and take comfort and peace knowing you have always provided and will continue to provide our every need not greed. Father may you just be with all whom find themselves without a job Lord may you provide for them through whatever means you see fit and open the doors to a new job. Father for all of those with marriage problems may you just provide healing and maybe use the Love Dare to minister to their marriages. Father no matter where we may find ourselves this Thursday night in July of 2009 may we first just seek your face may we then listen for your still small voice and then may we wait patiently as you begin to work in our lives. May we place our trust in you now may we surrender ALL to you now in Jesus holy name
amen.
I pray you all have a very blessed and safe 4th of July weekend may you have a great time with family and friends and until next time GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

His very humble faithful servant,
cindy

1st and Prayerfully Last Accident !!!!

"I will love you , O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;My God my strength in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saved from my enemies." Psalm 18:1-3

Hello my friends...........as most of you know I was in a very bad car accident on Friday the 19th day of June at about 1:45 ish in the afternoon. I was on the 215 headed towards The Lakes well to be exact it was going to my old neighborhood to drop my son off for his regular get together time with some friends it is a part of the freeway I have traveled 1000 times before I was in the middle lane of the freeway in between the Stephanie Exit and the Gibson Exit and I was needing to get into the fast lane and as I look over my shoulder to see if I was able to make a lane change I see blue coming into my current lane and try to move over so he doesnt hit me only when swerved it was very jerky because I didnt want to hit car on the otherside of me so I ended up not being able to gain control and spun out into two complete circles hitting the middle wall which seperates the sides of freeway once and then again spinning my car back into freeway across all three lanes and by the very GRACE of GOD parked on side of highway not even in the rocks that was amazing uh??????

As the car was spinning out of control and cars are flying past us and stopping to not hit us all
I could see was the life of my precious three children(Matthew 10, D.J. 7, and Bella 4) flash before my eyes and then my own and I remember everything happening so slow and saying Lord I cant do this please Jesus take the Wheel from my hands and protect me from these passing cars please save us. I was also thinking am I ready to be before Jesus and was overwhelmingly convicted and was brought to my Knees in prayer the whole night after.
The Lord was truly the ONLY thing that saved us that Friday afternoon I truly 100% believe that to be the case. Every witness was in amazment they wondered HOW ???? How no one hit me and I hit no one and how we were alive and how did I see over airbags in a smoke filled car to
get it to safety and Matthew and I kept saying Jesus our Lord thats how. It was so amazing and Matthew was so concerned and didnt care about his injuries at the time he wanted in the car to check for his bible. It was so sureal in many ways my son asked me later mom did you feel like you were out of body and it wasnt real I said yes son that is sorta how I felt. I am so very thankful for my life and have not been putting anything for granted the last few days life is to short and we truly dont know how many days we have left. The Lord spoke to me in that car and it was profound and one message that spoke the loudest was Cindy you want me to take the wheel of this car but HOW ABOUT THE WHEEL TO YOUR LIFE?????? WOW Lord HE WAS right and the words rang loud and clear I need the wheel to your life EVERY PART OF IT not
just the ones you are cozy with ALL parts 100% so I have searched deep in my soul and am rededicating myself solely to the Lord of Lord's and King of King's being ready in any event to go home and be with my Lord. As for the accident the car is God's we do for sure NEED another right away yet we are trusting in God for that I do ask your prayers in that though if you will.
The children are fine bruised and sore but will recover, I am very sore and still suffering minor headaches so prayer for continued healing is great. I also am still a little nervous and shaky while driving so but other than that PRAISE GOD FOR GIVING US MORE TIME and His mercies are new every morning and this is His Day we shall be glad and rejoice in it. As for the blue car whom caused the accident he got away never stopped to admit he was what caused the accident
my family prayed for him for he knows not his ways the Lord knows and that is the important thing. There were great angels the Lord sent to stop and wait with us as well as witness the whole thing so that again was God. We really do my friends serve an amazing AWESOME God.

I ask you now my friends are you allowing the Lord to take the wheel of your life or are you still hanging on to that last piece of sin or pride or hurt whatever it is be real before your King admit
humbly that you cannot do any of it on your own and allow Jesus to take your wheel and lead you to safety. Without my Lord that day may have ended very tragicly and we know that and are blessed. I was reminded that as mundane as it is to pray everytime you get into the car you really NEED TO it is so important also saying good by to family members I recall not saying a proper goodbye to my husband and being so convicted we may have NEVER seen each other on this side of heaven again yikes. Life my friends is but a vapor and we really dont have time to get right the time is now to be right("but the hour is coming, and now is,when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and TRUTH ;for the Father is seeking such to worship Him." John 4:23) get on your knees today and seek wholeheartedly after our King
as will I and am blessed that I am able. God Bless you all and may God continue to keep each of our families safe.
Father you are truly amazing I am honored to be your daughter, I ask you to forgive me for the way I have been living my life half way in so many areas and Lord I do give you the wheel to my life every last part of it I ask you do what you will with my life and thank you so much for saving the 4 of our lives. Lord I thank you for steering us to safety that hot Friday afternoon I praise you that when I called out you answered I praise you for the things you are working on in and through me and my children you are awesome. Father may we all seek you before any other thing in this awful sinful world. In Jesus HOLY name amen

until Next time,
your humble sister,
cindy

Mom's Don't Forget Your Hubbies This Father's Day

Hello blog friends.................. I am a few days early however it is on purpose I want to remind us all to plan in advance a special day for our hubby's this Sunday for Father's Day maybe breakfast in bed.... well ok maybe not for those of us that have to be at church by 7:00a.m. but maybe a nice lunch or early dinner just a time all for him to spoil him and love him. I want to tell my Honey he is the best hubby/daddy ever he deals with alot having a huge family and a crazy emotional wife. He has a big family and loves us all and continues to provide for us and we just want to publicly (well over blog world) tell everyone how great he is and that we love you so much thanks for being the best Daddy ever May God bless your Father's Day this year we love ya daddy..............................................................................

Happy Father's Day Babe

ARE MY WORDS PURE???????????????

Great question to ask ourselves on a ..................well all the time basis!!!! I have found myself asking this question lately as I have well been hurt over the last few months over careless words spoken to me. Are our words pure, gentle, peaceable, full of mercy grace and good fruit, unwavering and without HYPOCRISY?? Wow thats a tall order to fill uh however with God's help we need to be filling this order daily. What a great world we would live in if we all just thought about our words and how and what to say before saying them. I would love to ALWAYS measure up to these attributes above myself but it is hard to do this everytime we open our mouths I have to admit I fall short to many times more than I would like to admit sadly enough. There are 2 important scriptures I am reminded in the book I am reading 1) "speaking the TRUTH in LOVE" Eph. 4:15 NOW THIS MY FRIENDS is a very touchy subject you see we have to be careful to not come across as holy rollers and go up to people saying all kinds of truth and claiming to say your doing it in LOVE. I THINK we need to be REALLY CAREFUL the truth we speak to one another and make sure you have prayed to the Lord and have His ok to share.
I have had people speak things to me that later they even realized themselves should NOT have been spoken to me .. and even though it was truth it was not the time nor the place so I ask you to just be wise and use discernment before speaking the TRUTH in LOVE with someone make sure that is what the Lord would have you do at that moment. 2) "Never forget to be TRUTHFUL and KIND" Prov. 3:3 Love ,or kindness, and truth must be inseparable.
A passage from Words that Hurt Words that Heal is great it says; Unfortunantly, at times we think we are being loving by not speaking the truth. At other times we speak the truth , but are unloving as we do so. I wish I could place love and truth deep in my mind to filter every word I speak. Amen to that!! If we can ALL (myself included) just realize the power of our tongue the good and evil that falls off of it "The tongue has the power of life and death" Prov. 18:21
for me I am making it a must to think before speaking and ask myself these few questions
1) Is what I am about to say Glorifying to God?
2) Is it uplifting and encouraging to the hearer?
3)If it were posted for all to see I wouldnt be worried/ or would I????
If I have answered yes to the first 3 then I may say it if not yes to all three it doesnt need to be shared. I encourage us all to be more aware of what and how we speak to others starting today
and may our words be filled with God's love and encouragment.

Father I pray you would forgive me for every unkind, unGodly thing spoken from my mouth I pray Lord you would give all of us the awareness of what comes off our tongues and may we only speak truth in Love when you appoint for us to do so with one another. May we be the iron that sharpens iron and again only in LOVE. Father help us to think before we speak and ask for your wisdom and discernment. Father I ask this in Jesus Name Amen.

Friends I believe as we spend more and more time in the word of God we will be filled with Him and able to speak as Jesus did to those around us . As we spend time drinking from the river of His delights we will be filled to overflowing with His love, joy, and peace which shall then spill over into our speech God Bless you my friends!!!
until next time,
Cindy