Happy ♥ Day!!!

Herein is love,

not that we loved God,

but that he loved us,

and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1John 4:10

Made me LOL

(Brandon, Skylar, and I were sitting around the table trying to decide what we wanted to make for supper)

Koda - "Lets make pancakes, and bacon! bacon sounds sooooo good!!!!!"

Skylar - "naaa... I dont want bacon"

Koda - "WHY!!!????"

Skylar - "I already have a bacon taste in my mouth.......... It came from the cookie dough"

I

Love

My

Little

Bro.

♥

Ministry

I thought about the subject a lot while I was stick the past 2 weeks. Its been the core of how Jesus has been working in my heart recently. Today in my Bible reading I came across a verse.

"But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions,

do the work of an evangelist,

make full proof of thy ministry."

2Timothy 4:5

Questions started echoing in my mind.

~Whats my ministry?

~ Where is my ministry?

To whom am I ministering?

Where should I be?

God do you want me to go on a missions trip?

as I sat and pondered some things- I started to recall a conversation that I had with my dad quite awhile ago. The words of a book I recently read drifted into my thoughts. Parts of a verse formed in my mind. All answeres to my own questions.

my Daddy has so much insight and wisdome! a few months ago, I was sitting in the dinning room talking with my dad about this very subject. (more correctly my dad was guiding me and giving me counsel!) but I still recall the message of his words. His wisdome brought me to realize

ministry is right here!

I want to go on a missions trip, I want to go be apart of a ranch in OR. that ministers to hurting kids... nothing wrong with that... maybe someday I will get the chance to! but my dad pointed out to me - that there are hurting kids right here in small town NE! sure im in the cornfeilds... but Ministering is having a personal relationship with the individual! even though its all great... but I really dont have to go across the world/country to reach out to kids and people. the fact is they are right here- I know them, I know that they are hurting, struggling. and I know that they need Jesus.

the answer to my question about "what IS my ministry?" -

my ministry is Luke 4:18.

my ministry is to stand up and fight for the cause of Christ

my ministry is to bring hope to those that have none

to encourage those that are falling

to share the gosple

to light MY world

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hat anointed me to

preach the gospel to the poor

he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,

to preach deliverance to teh captives,

and recovering of sight to the blind,

to set at liberty them that are bruised,

YOU can make a difference for Christ exactly where God has put you. weather your in small town USA, the middle of a bean patch, or some big city -doesnt matter. God has you where he has you for a reason. Im so thankful for the place where I am,

Im so thankful for how God is changing me

I want to BE more, I want to DO more. how could we possible say.... "iv done enough for God" we cant.

I WANT TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God

I will strengthen Thee; yea

I will help thee; yea

I will uphold thee with the right hand of my rightesouness.

silhouette pictures

I snaped these a couple weeks ago right as the sun was setting. it was pretty fun.

A Bow

"When we choose to answer the call of our Lord,

we become like a bow in His hands, A bow is useful only when it's drawn.

It's the drawing, the ability to handle tension, that gives a bow its value.

With a little draw, there is little release. Yet each time we submit to God,

we expand our trust and faith and grow more flexible, resilient, and strong.

Over time we are able to flex into a full draw and know His full release.

The bigger the draw, the farther our arrows fly for him.

The farther they fly, the greater the impact we make on the hearts of

those around us who need help."

~Kim Meeder~

Picture Collages

these are some picture collages that I put together from some of my random pictures! :D

What if Im fifteen??

I hardly ever have the radio turned on. If music is playing It’s usually a CD, or songs that we have on the computer. For some reason I walked by the radio in the kitchen and clicked on K-love Christian radio, and went to sit down at the computer desk. I started to sort through some pictures and work on an birthday invitation for my grandma when a song came on that I hadn’t ever heard before. I leaned back in the chair to pay more attention to the lyrics. As I listened God softly pushed on my heart. I felt convicted and challenged by the words to this song. So I want to share them with you.

Fifteen Lyrics
Greg Long

I was sitting at the table
As the waitress took our order
In her eyes I knew that something wasn't right
And before I saw it coming
I was caught up in her story
Of the storms that she had weathered in her life
My friend said can we pray for you
She said I think I'd like you to
She walked away, we bowed our heads
But then he turned to me and said

If it takes fifteen times
To hear about Jesus
For someone to believe
Wherever I stand in line
I've got to make a difference
In case it comes down to me
'Cause, I may be the third,
may be the seventh
There may be years in between
but what if I'm fifteen
What if I'm fifteen

Just a chapter in a story
With the ending still unwritten
Do they find the truth of Jesus after all
As I listen for the whispers
And I follow where they lead me
I pray that I'll be faithful to the call
If I'm who I'm supposed to be
I know that God can work through me
I may not understand it now
But I believe somehow

If it takes fifteen times
To hear about Jesus
For someone to believe
Wherever I stand in line
I've got to make a difference
In case it comes down to me
'Cause I may be the third,
may be the seventh
There may be years in between
But what if I'm fifteen
What if I'm fifteen

God I don't want to miss the chances
When you open the door
What may seem so insignificant
You see so much more

If it takes fifteen times
To hear about Jesus
For someone to believe
Wherever I stand in line
I've got to make a difference
In case it comes down to me
'Cause I may be the third,
may be the seventh
There may be years in between
But what if I'm fifteen
What if I'm fifteen

I just can’t explain how God used that song to once again show me how important it is to be sharing the gospel everywhere I go. Do I make a difference every time I stand in line? I just hope it encourages you to make a difference to. We never know the life story of the lady checking us out at the grocery store, so the teenage girl handing us our sack in the drive through. But it it takes 15 times for them to hear about Jesus I pray that you and I would be one of the ones to hand them a track, or stop and share Jesus. What if we are that fifteenth person?? And what if we didn’t bother to share our faith with them??? Is theyre blood going to be on our hands like it says in Ezekiel 33?

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die;
if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way,
that wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it;
if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity;
but thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezekiel 33:8-9)