~Strength for my journey~

~I love the song...I Surrender All~

...all to Jesus I surrender...all to him I fully give...

 

 

Today I was told by someone that I may be carrying old baggage around...bad memories,dreadful experiences from my past,which may be the cause for my many ailments. I was told I should seek some professional help to get pass these haunting's so that I can feel better physically and emotionally as well. I admit I do suffer from depression,but have never gave it a lot of thought as to why,other than the fact that I do  physically feel bad most all of the time and have little energy to do the things I really care to do. All this has had me wondering about myself ,and pondering on the question..Just what have I locked up in my secret room? I thought I had given all my cares and weights to my Lord in total surrender,but maybe I secretly held some back for whatever reason,I don't know. Maybe they were things I thought I needed to keep to think on, and try to resolve for myself. I did pray this morning that God's will be done in a certain situation...is God using a mouthpiece to reveal something for my own good or is it a trick of the Devil to try and convince me of my inadequacies. All I know is since this afternoon I have had a lump in my throat,(so to speak)and must come to terms with myself about this. The best way I know how is to deal with it straight up,the same way I always do,and that is by carrying it to the foot of the cross.

I totally agree we should surrender all to the Lord and we are commanded not to live in the past. I do think our minds sometimes works against our spirits to cause us inner turmoil . It's the flesh warring against the spirit,but I believe we who are God's children are more than conquerors by the blood of Christ and can be over comers of such distress.

I know the Lord is always watching out for me. He knows me better than I, are anyone else knows me. He knows my inner most feelings.  If I discover for myself that I have hidden secrets that I have even manage to hide from myself than he is able to deliver me from them and help me to come to terms with them.

I have no worries for ...If God be for me ...than who can be against me? Even if that WHO should be my own self........................

 

All to thee My blessed Savior ...I surrender all.............

Blessings to all, Sis. Shelley

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Today, I would like to share with you some thoughts as to what my desires are for myself. My desire today,and everyday is to do the will of my Heavenly Father. Although I sometimes fail, I am so very grateful God is always more than willing to forgive me and help me to begin anew. In these last few weeks it seems I have been having a greater desire to draw even closer in my walk with the Lord,almost to the point of a yearning more than a desire. There is a answer to this,...

If I am to draw closer to God,then I must draw myself to him,  how?  By spending time with him,reading his word,praying ,communicating with him,learning his ways,and his desires for me. Assembling myself with other believers. Also,obeying him when he speaks to me to do,or NOT to do something.....

I pray that I may have the mind of Christ...to see, to think,to feel....as he does toward myself and others.

To have a greater desire to see and help to bring souls to their place of repentance,and forgiveness though the blood of Jesus.

To be a faithful helpmeet to my husband,a better keeper of my home,a Godly example to my children and grandchildren,to show pure love and gratitude for his blessings of a family,and a home.

To do a greater service to the house of God,and to God's people,my brothers and sisters in the Lord...not just those from my local congregation,but the entire body of Christ....

Yes, I do desire to follow his ways....and with his help,I shall succeed to do so..

I am sure there shall be obstacles in my path,but I will be led by the Holy Spirit of God who will clear my way and light a lamp to guide my feet onward.......

 

~This is my DESIRE~

To God , be all glory.......,  Sis. Shelley

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Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wrench like me ! I once was lost but now I'm found , Was blind but now I see !

 

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God is the center of my life . He is my Father, my Savior ,my friend . All that I am ,All that I ever hope to be , is because of him and his mercy and grace !
Today I walk with him, tomorrow I will walk with him, and when I close my eyes for the last time, I will be forever in his presence ! To know God is to live ! And I live because I know him ! Because he lives I can face tomorrow ! When I was in my Mothers womb, HE WAS THERE WITH ME ! When I was born , His face smiled on me !
Every happy occasion, he has rejoiced with me ! Every grieving moment his Holy Spirit has comforted me .
His word says he will never leave me or forsake me and he will be with me even until the end of the world !
He gave his only begotten son Jesus , who was so willing to leave all the splendor of heaven to come and dwell among the lowly such as I . To suffer pain and such disgrace ,on Mt. Calvary took my place ! And I ask myself this question , Who am I ?

Without God, I am nothing ! With God , I can be all that he wills me to be .

He blesses me everyday !
With his sun to warm my life .
With water to quiche my thirst.
With the songs of his bird's to lift
my spirits.
With his tree's to shade me from heat.
With a home to shelter my family.
With loved ones to share my life.
With a Christian family to share his love.
With a Dear friend to share my secrets.
With clothes to cover my nakedness.
With food to nourish my body.
With his word to nourish my spirit .
With the blood of Jesus to save my soul.
With a voice to give him praise.

To him be all the glory and praise !
Jesus Christ the same yesterday ,today , and
forever .

John 3 :16
For God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten
son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish but
have ever lasting life.

 

Blessings,Sis.Shelley

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~Save this from an email, I thought it was to good,not to share.........hope you enjoy..

 

 

HOW TO REDUCE STRESS ......
 
 
 
1. Pray,
 
2. Go to bed on time.
 
3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.
 
4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.
 
5. Delegate tasks to capable others.
 
6. Simplify and unclutter your life.
 
7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)
 
8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
 
9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together.
 
10. Take one day at a time.
 
11. Separate worries from concerns . If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety . If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it.
 
12. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases.
 
13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.
 
14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.
 
15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.
 
16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line.
 
17. Get enough rest.
 
18. Eat right.
 
19. Get organized so everything has its place.

 20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life.
 
21. Write down thoughts and inspirations.
 
22. Every day, find time to be alone.
 
23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray.
 
24. Make friends with Godly people.
 
25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.
 
26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good "Thank you Jesus."
 
27. Laugh.
 
28. Laugh some more!
 
29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all. 

30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).
 
31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).
 
32. Sit on your ego.
 
33 Talk less; listen more.
 
34. Slow down.
 
35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.
 
36 . Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful for before. 

I am added #37 myself..............

37.Hug someone...there is power in the touch of another,hug your kid...big or small....hug an elderly person..they probably need it most...and remember to love yourself,if you do,it's so much easier to love others....

 

God Bless..........................

 GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU.
 
"If God is for us, who can be against us?"
 (Romans 8:31)
 

Blessings,Sis .Shelley

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~A prayer for Womanhood~

God, give each true good woman
Her own small house to keep,
No heart should ache with longing,
No hurt should go too deep.....
Grant her age-old desire:
A house to love and sweep.
Give her a man beside her,
A kind man, and a true,
And let them work together
And love, a lifetime through,
And let her mother children
As gentle women do.
Give her a shelf for dishes,
And a shining box for bread,
A white cloth for her table,
And a white spread for her bed,
A shaded lamp at nightfall,
And a row of books much read.
God, let her work with laughter,
And let her rest with sleep.
No life can truly offer
A peace more sure and deep....
God, give each true woman
Her own small house to keep

~Grace Noll Crowell~
~~~~~~1934~~~~~~

God Bless all you Mothers.......Sis.Shelley

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Sometimes,I come here not knowing what I will be sharing with you. I wait on the Lord and see if he will bring a thought to my mind,which is the case this evening...I met a powerful woman of God last evening at our ladies meeting at the church....She spoke with such experience and boldness. I wish I could only have the Holy Ghost boldness this woman has..to share the word of God so easily with no hesitations whatsoever. She spoke of her past life,how she was a slave to Satan for many years,a drug addict, a prostitute and imprisoned for 16 yrs. How she has five children,and had lost them for many years because of her addictions and imprisonment. While in prison she came to know the Lord Jesus and excepted him into her heart and received salvation,and during this time she began to feel the Lord was leading her to do a work for him . After being released from prison she was reunited with her family,including her children who were not so excepting of her love,are her new relationship with the Lord Jesus.

Her sister pleaded with her to stay and become apart of their family again,with a heart of love for her family,her flesh wanted to stay ,but she said she only felt that Satan was once again trying to entrap her back into the old life from once she came. She call the prison ministry workers who had been mentoring her during her time of incarceration and told them she was coming there(Calvary Commission) to be trained and prepared to do as the Lord would lead. Her plans were to stay ,but one year,and to this day she has been there ten. She has came full circle with the ministry and preaches in and out of the prisons,here in the U.S. and Mexico as well. Many souls havebeen saved and many have heard her testimony of how God saved her from a devils hell. In one experience, she literally saw and felt demons putting at her feet ,trying to drag her to hell,the next thing she knew she was in the hospital,after taking an overdose of heroin. At one point in her life,she had overdose three times in one day. This day she has a growing relationship with her children and grandchildren,and is praying for their salvation. She sings and preaches the word of God where ever ears are open to hear, she said last night if the dog would listen,she will preach to him also. We were all so blessed to hear her testimony and felt the Holy Sprit of God there in our mist...

My thought for this entry is ....that although I would love to express myself to others and share the word of God and his plan of salvation as Cynthia does,with such boldness and straight forwardness,is that in fact,I cannot,for the reason being ,I am not her,and I have not walked in her shoes,our life's and personalities are very different, but I am me,and I can be used of God,in the way he chooses to use me,and if I am willing and ready to allow him to use me to bring many souls to salvation. This is my hearts desire and is certainly God's will for us who are saved ,to be a witness to the lost....

I would suppose it possible for some to shout it from the rooftops while others whisper it in a prayer....the word of God says ...To whom much is given,much is required....and also in another scripture.....To those who know to do good and do it not, to them it is sin. I question myself , Do I do enough to share the word of God,and I am in account of what I am capable of doing toward seeing souls born into the Kingdom of God?

 I will leave you to question yourself,on this manner........

God bless all, Sis. Shelley

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Last night ,after staying up quite late, I lay down in bed and as every night,I began to say my prayers. After praying from sometime, I could feel the presense of the Holy Spirit there with me. I was thinking about how wonderful God is and how some day I will spend eternally with him in Heaven. How this world is truly not my home at all, just a place I am visiting for a while. I began to feel God's presense even stronger and with my eyes closed and my mind open to God, I let my imagination take me to where God is.....really this was a truly spiritual experience and much more than just my human imagination. In my mind I began to focus on a beautiful light, the  Gates of Pearl, which opened for me and just beyond were the streets of gold. Then there were crowds of people there to greet me, such peaceful looks on their faces, smiles, hands reaching out to welcome me. I knew all these souls, there were no strangers there...I felt a great sense of love and contentment, none to be found as such in this life...I began walking down the beautiful golden street and admired all the wonders to behold. There were brilliant white picket fences on each side of the street and big beautiful ,wonderful homes lining the streets, lots of beautiful plant life, and animals as well. People everywhere in their glory, no sadness, no sorrow to be found anywhere in this place.. I remember this one certain home that I knew in my mind is where I belonged .I walked though the gates of a picket fence and this home was beautiful, unlike any I have seen in this life. It had a huge porch across the front with a big porch swing hanging at one end. I thought, Oh, I am going to love sitting in that and talking to friends and loved ones. There were love ones to greet me at this home,but I didn't see anyone, I just knew they were there and I could feel their excitement that I had came home....I once again found myself walking down the beautiful golden street and at the end was a wide and long set of steps that led to the throne of God. I climb to the top with great ease and walk right up to God himself...I never focused on his face,but I just knelt at his feet and lay my head in his lap...at that point he lay his hand on my head and I felt in my body and spirit a great rush of God's presense and began to weep as I lay in my bed. My journey was over and I lay there and thought of what had just happened and thanked God for allowing me just a tiny bit of the wonderment of how Heaven must truly be... it was so much more than just my mind taking a fantasy trip...I believe I experienced a small glimpse of Heaven.....

Thanks for letting me share with you...and God bless you all, Sis.Shelley

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~Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.~

Hebrews 11:1

 

Hello, hope you are having a most blessed day.....it has been sometime since I last posted and coming back here this morning,I see my thoughts are still some what targeted on the last subject I posted about.....that wish. Yesterday,I found myself dreaming of  having a different dwelling place(house). This humble house we are in has served us well and given us shelter from the outside elements as well a place to call home and keep up our daily life activities,but to tell the truth of the matter,it has seen pretty much of it's better days and without some needed repairs and up keep, it is going to go down hill from here. So,I find myself thinking and wishing for a better dwelling place. I am in no way ungrateful for God's blessing and knowing that God knows my heart, I am doing my best to not feel guilty for asking for something better when I know there are others in this world whom have no dwelling and may be living out of their vehicle's or even under a cardboard box some where here in America, not to mention all the millions around the world who are homeless and refugees.

You know the scripture that says ,It's more blessed to give than to receive(Acts 20:35).I have had a problem with being on the receiving end and find it much more satisfying to give than to receive,but I am not sure if this is altogether pleasing to the Lord to feel as such. Kind 'a like someone giving you a most special gift and you feel unworthy of it...if that person goes to the trouble to find such a gift,wrap it in love and give it to you with a loving heart, should we not accept it and be very grateful instead of thinking it should have been giving to someone more worthy. I hope I am not confusing you and I pray I am making sense of what I am trying to say. As I said, I do so love to give and wish I had more means to do so,but for whatever reason ,I have pretty much been on more of the receiving end of things and am very grateful the Lord has always came through for me in one way or another. Now,I find myself asking my Father for a new dwelling place or even just the means to fix this one to satisfaction. I somehow feel in my spirit that a different home is the way the Lord will see fit to bless. Yesterday, I just plainly ask if it be his will than let it be so. It is totally in his hands.....yesterday in the afternoon while on line, I showed my husband a home of someone's I was looking at and asked his opinion of it. We both agreed we liked it very much.(A beautiful primitive style log home) Afterward he commented to me that , The home the Lord has for us is better than that one....I turned around and looked at him and asked...Are we in agreement that God has something better for us? Well,to come to find out ,he was making mention of our Heavenly home.....,but we did come to an agreement if the Lord see's fit than.....his will be done.

When we first moved here, I asked the lord to let this house hold up and keep a shelter for us at least the next ten years...as it is ,we have been in this dwelling for going on sixteen years now so,God has given me my request,plus some! We have repaired and painted more than once through the years and kept this home up to pare...now  we wait on God and see how he chooses to bless us....whatever his will I am happy.......

 

God bless you all, Sis Shelley

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~If you were asked the question......If you could have one wish granted in all the world , What would it be for? What would your answer be?...........For some unknown reason my dear daughter, Kathryne, ask me this question just this past week. How long would it take you to answer? Could you just answer right away?(My husband blurted out ...I want a million dollars) Would it take you awhile to think the question over? My first reaction was.....That I would love for all my dear children ,grandchildren,loved ones in general to been granted good health,peace and happiness through out the rest of their life's. Wrong answer.....Mom, the wish is for you! So,on to ponder the question.........I would like to have a new home, better health,but still this doesn't seem to fulfill the answer to the question. I thought a little while longer and then gave it no more thought, until I began to write about it here to you.

Could be that the ideal is just so far from reality that I just couldn't seem to imagine what ever I could wish for really being granted, or could be that my spirit is just not in tune to such earthly things that I didn't cared to give it that much consideration? I prefer to think it would be the latter of the two.

The word does tell us to be contend in whatever our state.

1 Timothy 6:6.... But Godliness with contentment is great gain...7..For we bought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out....8...And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

 

I believe it is God's desire to bless his children,and he does as he see's fit. He grants us each according to his will. God knows our every need and want and considers what is best for us.He knows us better than we know ourselves. Would some of us not be like to Prodigal son, if we were granted our inheritance? Would we not run and spend and splurge until we were left destitute and slopping the hogs?

I have not had many earthly treasures in this life thus far,and should the Lord see fit to bless me , I shall be more than welcome to receive his blessing,but to be honest, he has granted me many blessings in this life that others could never notice from outward appearances. My true hope is not in this world,but in the world to come where I know I have many treasures waiting for me and look forward to the day when my eyes shall behold them.

 

I pray you are blessed today and content to be so. I can truly say, I am blessed beyond all measure and in my heart there is no longing for more than what the Lord's will is to bless me with. He has provided me with life everlasting, what more could I ask for?......back to that question.

 

Blessings,Sister Shelley

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~I am so very much in love with my Lord.~So thankful to him for the sacrifice he made for me. I am sorry for the sufferings he had to endure to grant me life eternal and because of this I do my best to live a life worthy of the price he paid. I give him all the glory and praise of every joyful moment I have experience in this life and gratitude for every time he carried me through my sufferings.

I am his because he paid such a great price for my redemption and not only do I love him because... HE FIRST LOVED ME....,but because he me loved me enough to go all the way to Calvary. If we are his and carry him in our hearts then we should all live to please him everyday and in doing so we will show  love to him for all he did ,and continues to do for our sakes. Pass his love to others and don't bring shame to him by allowing yourself to conform to the ways of the world. Take a stand for righteousness and commit to following his way, in so doing you will glorify his death and resurrection.

We are overcomers by the shedding of his precious blood and he granted us every right to claim him name as Christian.(TO BE CHRIST LIKE)Is it possible to be a child of child and not be a Christian? Are you a Christian? Do you live a life worthy of his sacrifice?

I am so thankful  for a forgiving Savior ,who loves us and understands our nature, and if we are willing he will guide us to live our life's here to be examples for those who are searching for a better way.

 

~BECAUSE HE LIVES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW,BECAUSE HE LIVES ,ALL FEAR IS GONE. BECAUSE I KNOW, HE HOLDS THE FUTURE, THEN LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING ,JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES.~

If you don't have life eternal then you do not truly live. This is why he said ...You must be born again....Won't you began to truly live today? It is very simple, the price has already been paid. Just except him as your Savior, repent of your sins and pick up your cross and follow Christ. Then you to will share in his Resurrection.

 

Have a beautiful Easter (Resurrection Sunday) and may God bless you all, Sis.Shelley

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