Waiting...

Struggling a bit these days. This is my theme song right now. Maybe you can relate...



Faithfully, I still worship Him while I wait.

To Know You...

I can't get this Casting Crowns song out of my head. I have it on my ipod, and I bet I've listened to it 4-5 times today. This is my heart's cry friends! I especially love the line..."To know you is to ache for more than ordinary, to know you is to look beyond the temporary." I literally ache for more than the ordinary, because I know that God is not ordinary...He's extraordinary, and He's looking for ordinary people to do extraordinary things for Him. I seek to know Him more...

Maybe this song will bless you as it has me...just had to share...

Powerful Cardboard Testimonies...

This past Sunday at church was the most powerful service I've ever attended at our church. This was part of the reason why...

Cardboard Testimonies 1/10/10 from Biltmore Baptist Church on Vimeo.

What would be on your cardboard for something God has already done in your life? What would be on your cardboard for something God is presently doing?
What, by faith, will be on your cardboard for something God is yet to do?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving blog friends!

I really don't want to fill up this blog space today with a bunch of words or thoughts. I just want to take a few moments to publicly give thanks for...

My Savior - who died for me and loves me unconditionally and constantly pours out undeserved grace & mercy.
My Husband - who showers me with blessings, speaks words of adoration over me, and lets me know in even the subtlest of ways that I'm his girl
My Daughter - who brightens my day with her laughter, forgives my mistakes, and has gently taught me how a mother is to love her young for the last (almost) 13 years
My Friends - who show love, mercy, and kindness even when unsolicited and allow me to bare the depths of my soul while withholding judgment
My Church - that eagerly opens its doors to embrace the oppressed, the orphaned, and the widowed and has taught me how to worship in spirit and in truth
My Freedom - that enables me to worship openly, study God's Word visibly, and attend church freely
God's Word - that arms me with THE knowledge I need to get through each moment, each hour, each day, each week, each month, each year, and ONE lifetime
My Blog Readers - that continue to give me a reason for doing this "blogging" thing, that provide encouragement for me each step of the way of this journey and are willing to journey with me

What are you giving thanks for this day?

Don't Look Away...

A friend of mine recently shared this Hillsong film trailer on her blog. I was speechless after viewing it. I beg you...please don't look away. It's a 4 minute video that just may awaken a sleeping giant within you, but you need to watch. It's easy to say I really don't have time right now, but seriously? It's only 4 minutes. Maybe you've seen it before, but maybe it's time to watch it again. Perhaps it's too painful - you know what's coming, and you can't bear it. How can you not? I'm becoming more and more passionate for the poor, forsaken, orphaned, downtrodden, and hurting in this world. Their pain is becoming my pain. Their stories are piercing to my soul. So...what am I going to do about it? How about you?

When I Think About the Lord

One of my favorites...the lyrics are beautiful and could have come straight from my heart! (I love the Shane & Shane version too.)

HE IS RISEN!

In the blessed words of Luke,

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' " Then they remembered his words.

Luke 24:1-8 (NIV)

Have a blessed Easter!

Good Friday

Without fail, I remember more Good Fridays with rain than those with sunshine. As I watched the rain pour down and listened to the thunder shout this morning, I realized that although the sun may not be shining...the Son IS shining!!! The eternal light brought forth through the death of Jesus on the cross so many years ago, will NEVER be extinguished. There are those that choose to deny Him now and the sacrifice made by Him for us on the cross, but one day "every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord". I long for that day when the naysayers will be hushed, when the ridiculers will ridicule no longer, when the doubters will know the truth, and when He will finally get the praise He's so worthy of. As for me now, I am amazed that He loved me enough to die such a horrific death for sinful me. And...to think...He did it for many, but He would have done it for only one! WOW - what a Savior!!!