In His Timing

God has an amazing way with the prayers that we pray. I remember a prayer that I prayed many years ago for God to send my husband and I a godly couple for us to hang out with. A couple where we would be able to fellowship together, have a similar walk, and where we would be able to vent and be real with one another. For quite some time we never saw that type of couple. It was always the type that wanted you to do things for them but didn't want to do anything for you and to buy things for them because they said that they couldn't afford certain things but had money the whole time. So we backed off and God worked on the right friendship for us unknown to us. Not that it was an easy thing to do because when you need to vent to someone a husband or wife isn't one of the first candidates that come to mind on certain subjects. So we waited and waited and practically quit looking.

It was when we quit trying to find it on our own that God was able to maneuver that couple into our path. It is all about His timing, not ours. We try so hard sometimes to make things happen when we feel that God is taking His good ole' sweet time with the stuff we trust Him for and with. But it's in the waiting that you develop the things you need to usher along the prayer request. We can truly say that when we look back God used our prayer request to grow us into the people we needed to be for a godly couple to fellowship with and to share our lives with. We needed to have some stuff change about us first before they would come. A lot of growing took place. A ton of wounds were healed. And now we can go into this new found friendship with a clear conscience and free from past hurts. God is so awesome in the way He does things. It's all about the timing!

Seasons

As we watch fall change into winter, it makes me think of the changes we go through in life. The seasons of our lives sometimes depend on the circumstances of our lives. If everything is going well and all is right in our world, our season is one of joy and tranquility. If everything is going okay but you have some bumps in the road that you can overcome, then you are going through your blessed season. If everything is falling apart all around except you then you are having a trials and tribulation season. We all go through these seasons. Some more frequently in the trials and tribulation season than the joy and tranquility. But whatever season you are in right now, know that God is in that season with you. In the good and the bad remember that God created both for a reason.

Wake up call

As I sit back and look everything is changing & it's a shame. The world around us is not the same world that I remember as a little kid. Things seem so much different. People have gotten to be so rude and demanding. While others like being in their mess and sin. When are we going to wake up from our slumber and realize that Jesus Christ is soon to come. You see people everyday walking around oblivious to the disaster they leave in their wake. And you know what?? They are happy with what they are doing. This is not what God intended for our lives. Where does it say in His Word that we should be content living in sin??? Where does it say that we should ignore those around us creating or doing the sinning? It amazes me when someone says that they like being in their mess. Why???? Who likes being depressed? Who likes being miserable? I know I don't but there are so many people out in the world who do. Life is too short to let the cares of this world take our eyes off of what is really important. Jesus the Christ. The things of this life whether it be bills, family, work, etc should not be priority number one. When everything has passed away your car, house, family, this world, what will be left? Only the Word of God will remain. Let's not forget who we serve and why we are here. To seek to save that which is lost (Luke 19:10).

Grace and Mercy

Each day that we open our eyes, God has given us new grace and mercy. Yesterday and it's troubles are a thing of the past. We can't change one single thing about what happened yesterday. But how many of us try to undo what we've done?? Take back a word or thought or deed that wasn't pleasing for God or befitting for us as a christian. We can't. Or how many of us try to figure out what we need to do in the upcoming days? We aren't promised tomorrow or the next few minutes for that matter. In Matthew 6:25-34, it talks about not worrying. How many hours or days have you added to your life by worrying?? How many bills got paid because you fretted??? How many clothes filled your closet because of your anxiety? Yet God knows all that we need and things we haven't begun to seek Him for. Our future is in God's hands. He knows what's best for us even when we think we know. The only thing that we can do is stand in today. To be strong for today. To trust God with the rest of the days we have left. Live for today because tomorrow isn't promised.

Blessings

Right around the corner is a blessing for each one of us. We are standing in the right places at the right times. How many of us could use a miracle right now? There is so many of us that are going through something right now, it can seem a little unreal. We know that our lives aren't going to be a bowl of cherries all the time but it wouldn't hurt right? Well we could look at it in a couple of ways.If we never went through anything at all, how would we be able to help someone going through? Who would they have to turn to and ask how they got over the situation? You could be that blessing right around the corner. You just never know. You have to keep watch. And when you least expect it, your miracle will show up. God Bless.

Laughter

I don't know about you but I love to laugh. I love laughing at all kinds of stuff. The silly, the crazy, etc. I have found that over the years, laughter has pulled me through some pretty tough times. I used to laugh at some things that weren't too funny, but as you get older your taste in laughter changes. Some people laugh at the expense of others. Some laugh at crude and nasty jokes. Others still laugh for no reason at all..a just because laugh. In Ecclesiastes 3:4 it says that there is a time to weep and a time to laugh. Even though I know that life can throw some pretty mean punches, I just don't feel like weeping and crying. I like laughing and being happy, especially when you look at all the things you can be grateful for. A home to call your own. Your health when everything around you is sick or dying. A sane mind because there are a lot of crazy people out there (not the good crazy people like myself, the other kind :) Besides, I know that God has to be looking down on us having belly cramps from laughing at all the crazy stuff that we do.

Pathways

Have you ever wondered why your life takes the turns it does? I often do because my life takes some pretty crazy turns. I think the reason this happens is because God wants to take us through different things to get us where He needs us to be. Sometimes the paths we wind up on are not the paths that we would have chosen for ourselves but in the end we're so grateful we had the opportunity to be there, the right place at the right time. We have to always remember that God knows what is best for us even when we don't. I know that I have made some bad choices in life but I am thankful that I was able to get back on track with the help of God. Not too many people can say that. Most people continue on in their own paths that they have chosen no matter the cost. In the end it costs them everything. Yesterday at church, the Holy Spirit ministered to everyone. He spoke through three people. One of the key things that stood out was to believe God and trust Him. This scripture was also spoken out Proverbs 3:5,6-Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. God will make the crooked paths we make into straight ones. I so glad He does. I don't like doing the crooked walk. It hurts my legs:)

Fearless

Some of the things that we must go through in life whether by choice or not can sometimes give us a certain measure of fear. When things come our way that were unforseen or the mistakes we've made come back to haunt us, fear comes creeping in. Fear is a nasty disease that likes to linger around for long periods of time. Just when you think you have your mind under control, it pops back up on the scene. We will all have moments of fear but we have to determine in ourselves that we will not let it get the best of us. God said in His word that He didn't give us a spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind. We have the power to kick fear right in the butt and out of our lives. Or we can allow that fear to take up residents in our hearts spirits and minds. Who wants to live a life of fear of the unknown. Not I. Life is too short to live like that. God has too many glorious things in store for us. To miss them because of fear would be a crying shame. Step out on faith today and become fearless. 

Of all the things

Life can be hard enough on its own without us making a bigger mess out of it. I sometimes (which means all the time) make a bigger mess than what it would have been if I had just kept my hands out of God's way. So many times things looked like they were going to go down hill so I decided that I would help God a little bit and get things going in the opposite direction. That's not what God wants us to do at all. We have to realize that God can see far ahead of us and has our best interest at heart. Is life always going to be peaches and cream? No, but it isn't always going to be bad either. We have to remember that God knows the path that He has chosen for us to be on. The only thing we have to do is follow. I know that following can be hard sometimes because you don't know the route you are going to take, that it could be dangerous and you may not find your way back. But with God leading us, we never have to worry about where we'll end up because we will be right where we are supposed to be. Of all the things I love about God is that He is in control.

Psalm 91

Over the past few days and weeks I have seen God do some tremendous things. Stuff that before, if I weren't in right standing, I would have never seen. Like for instance, when my boss came to me one day and told me that I was lucky to be where I am at in my job. She told me she couldn't tell me everything but I was just lucky. One of my co-workers took it as I was lucky to even have a job, but that isn't how my boss meant it. God is always an on time God. When He does things we sometimes wonder why me and why now. Since He is God, He is all knowing. I found out the meaning to my being "lucky" a week later. There were changes that were being made that would probably have people without a job or staying stuck where they would be under some terrible management. I considered myself not "lucky" but blessed. God has always been that way to me. When I look back over my life to see where I came from and where I am now, I can truly say that the hand of God has been there. So many times I could have been dead but God said not so. Just the other day on the radio, psalm 91 by Sonic Flood came on. It's an awesome song about how God is so many things to us. In the psalm it talks about how God is a refuge or safe place and how He will protect us from evil. That our eyes will behold all these evil things happening around us but it won't come near us. I thank God for spiritual eyes and ears because without them, we would surely miss all the things He has been trying to show us and tell us. As it says in the last bit of the song, "The hand that heals the sick has my name written on it." Thank God for that.

Stubborn Child

Today was a day for lessons to be learned. I made a few mistakes today and my lovely husband was right to correct me in my wrong ways. Then I got mad with him. The reason why? I just don't like being corrected. When I'm wrong I don't like people pointing it out. Sad, I know. But that's what happens to many people. They think that they are supposed to be right all the time, but that's not the way that it works. God even spoke to me today and said don't get involved in this situation that was happening at work, to stay out of it. Sometimes I just wish that I would listen to my instincts more. I can be very stubborn and hard headed. How many of us out there can admit to that???

Transformed Mind

It's an amazing thing when you look at the world through new eyes. Something that you've looked at so many times before all of a sudden becomes different. Today I am extremely grateful for all that God has done in my husband and myself. Before to look at us you never would have known that we were serving God. Our actions did not speak Christ. It was more of the world in us than anything. We had gotten away from Jesus and all He had done for us. We started paying way too much attention to the things in the world than to what God was saying. I myself knew what was right to do but I used my husband as a crutch. Since he wasn't going to church, I couldn't possibly go by myself. All those unfamiliar people. Someone might look at me wrong.
It's funny now to think of how crazy my thought patterns were. But it wasn't funny at all at the time. I really thought I was right in my thinking. But how many of us know that our thinking can be wrong more times than not. In Isaiah 55:8 it says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," declares the Lord (NASB). The way we think is in no way how God thinks about us and for that matter how other people think about us as well. I remember when I thought God could not possibly want to have anything to do with me because I wasn't doing all I needed to do for Him. But then I had to remember His word Deut.31:6, "for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you".(NIV) It's comforting to know that no matter how far off track I've gotten, He is still there. Renewing your thought patterns with daily bible reading helps to transform your mind. It helps you to see things that were right there all along. It helps you see things you've seen before in a new light.

Something New

Hi everyone! My name is Kish. I'm a 29yr old christian chick. I will be married for 10yrs this August to my lovely husband. I love reading as well as writing. Most of all I love the Lord Jesus Christ. This is my first blog and I am totally excited. I never thought that I would see the day when I put my thoughts in writing for the whole world to read. You know when you start something new how you get the "butterflies". Well that's how I feel right now as I type. This blog is about everyday life with an everyday christian (me) and you. We all have ordinary lives. And with God we have extraordinary lives. Because each day in God, there's always lessons to be learned, new mercies given and lives touched (our own or someone else). Hopefully this blog will help you grow just a little more in God and help me to reach others. My husband said he is very proud of me and I'm glad I listened. Until next time....