~Strength for my journey~

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:38:39 GMT

Psalm 139:23-24 "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." (NLT)

Blessings to all, Shelley

~LONGING~

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:05:25 GMT

The words of an old familiar song.....................

~I'm longing for that glorious day when Jesus Christ shall come. I long to see his blessed face,when all the saints through out the ages shall be gathered home...the ones whose trusted in his grace.

I'm longing for Jesus to come back. I long for Jesus Christ, my King. To come and take me to my home beyond the sky. Up there where angels shout and sing...............................

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Are you longing for something today? Could it be more money,a nicer home, fancy clothes,a nice car, etc.... are could you be longing for more spiritual things? A closer walk with the Lord. Healing for yourself are a loved one. Maybe peace of mind are cleansing for your wrenched soul....................................

I long to see a move of God as I have never seen before . I long to see convicted souls pour out their hearts ,on bended knees to the Lord,crying for forgiveness and raising up new creatures in Christ Jesus. I long to see loved ones healed, delivered and set free from addictions and oppressions. I long to see empty church pews filled with souls hungering and thirsting for more of God. To witness miracles of divine healing and transformation of body and soul. To see little children and young people with uplifted hands toward heaven in praise and worship to our Heavenly Father. I long to see a greater recognition of the Godly home and righteous living. Homes where Christ is first and love and respect is shown as it is due. Where each member knows and fulfills their duty to God,and to one another.

That is what I am longing for........................

You may think this can't be,not in this day and time in which we live,but I say it can with faith,hard work and a determination to please the Lord and put him and his will first.

The time in which we live,isn't a good one and I don't believe it will get easier....times are hard and will become more difficult in days ahead,but I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day....2nd Timothy 1:12.

I pray today you will trust the Lord,to lead you into a longing for a closer relationship with him. Be that example to those who you meet and those of your own household,be that shining light in a world filled with so much darkness and evil. Trust God ,lean not to your own understanding and he shall bring it to pass.........................

Blessings to all, Sis. Shelley

~Total Surrender~

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:48:32 GMT

~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

~My desire~

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:15:29 GMT

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

~Who am I ?~

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:22:02 GMT

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

~How to reduce Stress~

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:58:53 GMT

~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

~Happy Mother's Day~

Sun, 11 May 2008 13:22:21 GMT

~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

Instruments of God.......

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:53:00 GMT

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

~Past those gates~

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:49:11 GMT

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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

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:29:36 GMT

~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