God answers prayers

This morning I prayed about two very specific things...
1. That I would not stress about money. The money my oldest son needs for college in September. The money my younger son needs for a Conference in Chicago for August.

2. That my heart and mind would be open to God doing amazing things through signs and wonders.


Not 2 hours after I prayed I received a phone call. Back story... we bought a turkey for Christmas from the farmer's market and then the farm had some problems and we never got the turkey or our money back. When I had tried to phone this farm their phone was out of order. I had just assumed we had donated the money and was not really expecting it back.
The person on the other end of the phone was the lady we had bought the turkey from, telling me that they were indeed going to return our money and needed our address.

I could say this was coincidence, or I could acknowledge that God controls all things and was letting me know that He will take care of all our needs. The money from the turkey will not cover any of these expenses but it was like God rest His hand on my shoulder and letting me know that He heard me and I was to not worry, He was on it.

After praying I spent some time reading my bible and was reading in Exodus. I was reading the part about the Israelites crossing the Red Sea and how after they had saw God's power they believed in Him. They put their trust in Him. They had to see His power. Would we be any different?
This just confirm my searching about signs and wonders and that God is in it. He is faithful to those who seek.

A New Year

Another year...what will this year hold?

I find myself excited about the possibilities.

There are so many ways that God can move and work in our lives this year.

Are we willing to step out and trust His plans for us? It means we have to put aside our plans and our goals and ask God what are Your plans and Your goals?

What I want more than anything this year is to know God better than I do right now. To hear His voice clearer than I do right now. To be active in doing the things that He sets in front of me to do.

What does this mean?

It means...

I will spend more time reading my bible, and I will focus on hearing words from Him each day.

I will act on those ideas that "come from nowhere" and trust that God is speaking.

I will not try harder to be "perfect" but rest in who I am in Christ.( That could be a topic for a future blog)

I will trust Him for my life and the life of my family...He loves them more and wants good for them.

I will not chalk things up to coincidence, I will acknowledge God in every single happening. ( I'll tell you about today's happenings)

Bring on a New Year!

What do you fear?

Today in Sunday School we were talking about some amazing things that God is doing...healing and prophetic words and that got us started on fears. What do you fear? What is it that makes you afraid to trust God and believe that the things that happened in the New Testament could and should be happening today?
I know mine...what if I felt lead to pray for someones healing and it didn't happen? What if I prayed and prayed and God didn't answer the way I think He should? What would that do to my faith? Do I even have a faith?
I know of people who have prayed for healing and God has healed. I also know people, godly people who have prayed for healing and God has not healed them. I know those who were not healed have been used greatly to show how God uses us even in our pain and sickness.
But...
I want to know God deeper. I want to know God's power in my life. I want to see people come to faith and set this world on fire with the knowledge of a real and awesome God.
So I will start to lay aside my fears, with God's help. I will be obedient to Him, no matter what.

My heart did a Leap Today.

When I hear of someone who has come a little closer to God, my heart leaps and sometimes...usually I shed a few tears.
Today that happened.

Does God Need to be Defended?

How often do we try to defend God and His workings around us?
We try to put Him in a box, within our understanding and make Him make sense to us.

Is He suppose to make sense to us? Are we, in our limited understanding of this awesome God suppose to understand everything or anything that He does?
How do we finite beings wrap our brains around an infinite God?
We who can't see anything past the present try way too hard to make sense of things that only the God of the universe; who sees past, present and future all at once, knows.

Now, what do I do with this?
Does it make me want to pray? Since God is going to do what He is going to do anyway.
Does it make me fearful? Like some unknown force is at work and I am just a pawn in it's play.
or
Do I find comfort in the fact that I don't have to have all the answers? I know that God knows, and that's enough.
Can I rest in the knowing that God wants what is best for me? This does not mean what I think is the best for me.
Do I know that God desires a relationship with me, and in that relationship comes conversation and listening, on both parts?
Do I trust this being I call God Almighty?
Do I serve Him as a slave, with the have too hanging over my head? Or do I serve Him as a servant, who has chosen to do as He asks?

Write a little every day.

If you're going to blog, then BLOG!

Nothing special has been going on...which I guess is a good thing. We have had some things that have required a time of prayer for peace to just rest in the moment rather than stressing about the what ifs. It's amazing to see how much time we (I) waste stressing about the ifs.

There's a question for out there...does stressing matter? I know what the scriptures say about stressing and how it doesn't add a single hour to our lives...but. What are we saying about our God when we stress? What are we saying about our trust in Him? What does this all say about our faith in who He really is?

Everything we do, reflects Him...am I a clear picture or are there too many ripples in the way?

Worshipping with my Son

My oldest son leads a worship team at my church. Last night we ran through the songs that he picked for this Sunday. There is something so amazing about singing praise to God with your child or children.

I was leading a team for a bit, and will still fill in from time to time, but my absolute joy is singing back-up for my son. He has a heart for music and a strong love for God that comes through when he leads. It is my privilege to sing with him.

My only sadness comes when I think about him going away to school. Can we sing together on Skype?