A long run with Danny

Danny was given a route of some sorts that would take him away from home for a few days. I cleaned his cab, fixed his bed with clean sheets, and put a few clean shirts in his little closet... readying him for this trip. I wrote out a list of things I needed to do while he was gone; finding a school for Ju, looking for a job, calling important people for other things that had come up.

On Sunday a sister in the church heard about his next job run... she offered to watch Julian so I could go (because of me being unemployed, a nice distraction from unsettling things that took place with my job and school). I was extremely distracted in my soul and felt I had entered another whirlwind, but I knew the Lord had it all under control, i needed to leave it in His hands and let the Lord do what He does best... take care of me =')

But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,

and will be secure, without fear of evil.

Proverbs 1:33

We told her we would think about it... It set the stage in motion in Danny's thought process. He insisted I and Julian go with him on this trip... I did not want to go. Julian was extremely insistent on going with daddy, I could not say, no to Julian... *sigh* I guess, we'll go.

I hesitantly fixed a clothing bag and all the necessities we would need to keep us comfortable on this trip. Tuesday morning, early morning (2am) we were up and heading to the truck. I still didn't want to go. We loaded up the truck with Ju'z and mine belongings, put him in the bunk, sleeping, and I sat myself in the passenger seat thinking about all the things that needed to be done at home.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.

Psalm 32:8

God always knows what He is doing. Yes, I put a lot of account in my life as the Lord's leading... he has done so much for me and has brought me so far, I do not underestimate His love and power in my everyday life. I give Him praise for the next breath I breathe and give Him honor for the next step I take. I love Him for the things He brings my way and love Him the more for bringing me through them. So Yes, I put a lot of praise in my life for Him. In everything that comes my way I need to learn to put my trust in Him, for He knows, better than myself, what He is doing.

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.

Proverbs 3:5

Being away for five days, I was not thinking about anything but the wonderful sights i was seeing and the many grounds of miles we were traveling. it was like i was being taken away from all of life's issues. I needed to recap, reset my mindset to God's ways, i read His word, prayed and sang many songs. My husband enjoyed my company and I in turned enjoyed his and Ju'z. It was a wonderful time to think of nothing else but my little family and God. 

The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 58:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

Thank you Jesus for this time with my husband and my little Julian. i know you have our life in your best interest, for that I am grateful. I will do my part and trust in you...

 

~To God Be the Glory!!!~

Our Tesimony♥

Where do I begin??

On Monday, July 18, 2011 I lost my job to unforeseen matters. It was very disturbing and very sad. My husband has been unemployed for 1yr and 6mnths. It has been a trying year. But as God's Word says;

“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

Phil 4:19

And He has, God has taken very good care of us.

"I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved"

Psalm 16:8 NKJV

 My husband received his last check for temporary disability on the 15th of July, 2011. He received two job leads and began to pursue them with every ounce of energy he had. He knew we were not going to survive on my income alone.

[[before ALL this, in January, he was released from the Dr. care and had begun to look for work. No such luck (if there is such thing)... It was very discouraging and disheartening. We/I tried to stay upbeat, for I knew the Lord would not leave us nor forsake us. But it was really bothering my husband. He didn't lose faith but he became very discouraged.

He stop looking...

Then an infection attacked a sore on the bottom of his foot (he is diabetic) It was ugly, scary and surreal. Was this really happening to us?? No longer a job being the main issue... We needed immediate intervention at this point. This posed one problem, He so thought. We had no medical since he was laid off in July 2010. I was not wavered, I almost forcibly made him go to the hospital ;) then it all became history (read story here) to the Glory of God! Danny was in the hospital for 8 weeks and I was still employed at the school I taught. I don't bring in very much but, like I said before, God was in all of this.]]

This last weekend the day after my husband received his last check and before my unforeseen Monday. I was cleaning his wound (we are still taking care of this under his foot, It's not completely closed as of yet) and it seemed like it was getting bigger, again! Then I began to feel myself crumble from the inside out. I started to cry uncontrollably :( He sat up and grabbed me by my arms and said everything was going to be alright. His foot really needs to see a Dr but when there is no medical you put all your trust in Jesus. You need to see this: if his foot doesn't heal completely and it becomes worse, a job would not be in his future... And my job in no ways could support our family! Which means we could lose our home and so here we go thinking these horrible thoughts. He still continued to pursue these two job leads. 

Well, Monday comes along and our school was abruptly closed, I involuntarily lost my job... [[click this link to see why]] So I have to say, I began to get a little disturbed... I didn't doubt, I know the Lord was in this, I didn't really know how to feel.. I was feeling quite numb. Any crumbling or doubts I had before began to turn to peace... PEACE?? Yes, even my daughter came to us and said, "mommy I'm not worried about you and daddy being unemployed, I think it's going to be alright. I feel good about this"

GLORY!! SO DID WE!!

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging...

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Psalm 46:1-3,7

I know this makes no since to the mind, but in God makes all the since in the world. Danny received two phone calls during all this time, one job was 5 states away and the other was 1 state away. The next day, Tuesday, we headed up to Sparks NV. He was only going to accept this job if they could meet our needs (financially) Me, my daughter and our youngest son Julian took the 2.6 hr drive up the mountain. We ended up coming home without my husband, for now he was an employee of Star logistics. God, our mighty God took care of all that mattered, all our needs and continues to work, beyond our understanding... I am prepared to proclaim more of our testimony to the Glory Of Our GOD!!

This is our testimony!

Citrus Heights School Closure Met With Mixed Reaction

Citrus Heights School Closure Met With Mixed Reaction

This is what has happened at the school I was employed at...

I dont know how to feel or what to think.

Many need and Im sure welcome your prayers.

Putting Away 'childish things'

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11

Hear we are with another of Pastor's metaphors. On Sunday night,
 two weeks ago he had a small teddy bear sitting on the pulpit.

He was exclaiming on how people hold on to their sin for comfort as you would do a teddy bear.

He was saying how children have teddy bears for comfort and we need to put away childish things,
our teddy bears, our sins and become men/women of God.

He kept saying that we need to throw away, get rid of,
or put away these teddy bears in our lives in order to make heaven our home,
how can we go there still hanging on to our childish things.

I cannot give it justice to how Pastor preached this, it really and truly was meaningful.

When we got home, Julian slept with this on his mind. Yes, you got it...

the next morning he came to me and said he had packed up all his teddy bears and threw them away.

He was ready and willing to give up his teddy bears to make heaven his home =')

Of course I had to contain my composer and explain to him that Pastor didn't actually mean
'TEDDY BEARS'
but that he was referring to sin... after awhile,
Julian retrieved his teddy bears from the garbage.

Julian was so willing to give up something so precious to him,
he loved his teddy bears. He was so intent to do as his Pastor said and get rid of the teddy bears because he really wants to make heaven his home and be with Jesus...

What a lesson to learn from this child about putting away childish things.

I have to admit, I was completely humbled by this child's actions, let alone his thinking!
What is it in my life that I continue to hold onto for comfort.
What heavy sin is weighing me down that may prevent me to make it
to that glorious place called heaven?
I really had to question myself and search deep within my heart;
"Search me, O God, and know my heart"
Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24

but in all reality, I didn't really have far to look.
How many of us try to justify our sinful comforts;
our anger, pride, selfishness, lust, unforgiveness... our teddy bears.
I believe that is why the Bible says we need to die daily and carry our cross.
For this alone, making it to heaven I will die daily and carry my cross.
As much as it may hurt me (physically or maybe hurt my pride).
I need to work on putting away childish things,
I need to get out of my comfort zone (rut)
and become a man.. er lol... a woman of God.
I have to make heaven my home.
I not only desire to see my wonderful Savior but I have a mother and a child
I have never seen waiting for me there...
There is no justifying here.. we need to all strive to make heaven our home.
Let us not be distracted to the things of God
or what really matters in our lives or persuad us other wise. 
'O God search our hearts that there be no wicked way in us,
lead us to your everlasting love' help us to
'put away childish things and become that man/woman you wish us to be!' 
*HALLELUJAH* 

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show

Focus on the Family

RADIO THEATRE

Believe it or not, I don't watch TV and it has been so long since I have, I don't really remember what my favorite show was, lol... There was one I remembered as a kid, but I thought it was corny, lol...

 

But I do have a favorite radio drama... that is done by Focus on the Family

(they're awesome)

the Father Gilbert Mysteries

*suspense*

http://go.focusonthefamily.com/radio-theatre.aspx

 

they do many different kind of radio theatre:

Les Miserables

Silas Marner

The Legend of Squanto

chronicles of Narnia

A Christmas Carol

The Screwtape Letters

Amazing Grace

Little Women

The Secret Garden

Just to name a few ;)

Great godly examples with strong Christian morals.

Wonderful for all ages in the family.

Satan is the accuser of the brethern. Don't be his tool.



The Bible describes Satan as the "accuser of the brethren." He is seen as a sort of evil prosecutor who brings accusations against us, but Christ as our defense attorney steps in and pleads our case.

Our case, of course, is that He died for our sins, and they cannot be held against us *HALLELUJAH*.

Since Christ paid the price for them with His own blood, punishing us for them would be a sort of spiritual double-trouble. Now that's a very simplistic explanation of the concept because Satan not only accuses us of our sins, he also tempts us to sin further. It's as though the prosecutor is also your drug dealer.

*Jesus help us*

Not only are we accused before God, we are also accused within our own minds. We struggle with thoughts like, "God could never love you. Not after you did that!" Sometimes even in church, I feel the sting of accusation, "You don't belong among these good people. You aren't worthy or good enough."

There is a point we all need to understand, which I was poorly trying to say in a box that only carries 420 characters earlier today on a different site, accusation is not the same thing as conviction. When we sin, we feel a sense of conviction. This is good because it should lead us to repent and for most of us it has.

Accusation comes AFTER we repent and are forgiven. Accusation is when a sin is brought to memory that even God has forgotten.

The Bible says that God casts our sin in a "sea of forgetfulness." A God who is omniscient chooses to forget the sins we have committed. So who are we to bring them up? God Himself would be more justified to bring them up then anyone of us. But unfortunately we become a tool for Satan and accuse each other. We bring up old sins and hold them against each other. We bring accusations against those who are no longer accountable for their crimes. We have all done some horrible things, and have paid our debt in many ways and sometimes still live with the repercussions. For some people this is not enough, they want to continue to bring this charge against them. I have done horrible things, and Christ has paid my debt. Yet, there are still forces that want to bring these charges against me.
I think it's important that we try to become more Christ like in learning to forgive and forget. If God forgets our sins, we should forget the sins that others commit. We should not allow ourselves to become "tools of the devil" for those who are covered in Christ's blood.

God, help us not to bring accusations against each other, and help those who feel accused to rest in Your tremendous mercy and grace that is given freely on a daily basis, once we have repented.

Do we have any examples of Satan accusing "our brethren before God" (Rev. 12:10)? Yes, we find in Job 1:6-11; 2:1-6. Job was a good man! God said so Himself to this fact. However, it did not matter to Satan. He accused Job anyway. Here we see a true picture of Satan as "the accuser of our brethren." Satan also tempts mankind. Hence, people can become "accusers of our brethren" and share in the devil's work.
We see people carrying out the work of the devil in both testaments. Job's brethren falsely accused him (4:7-9). The Pharisees falsely accused Jesus (Matt. 12:22-24). Among the sins characteristic of the "last days" is that some will be "false accusers" (2 Tim. 3:3). Now these are accusations of innocent people and If people can become false accusers, then we can become false accusers. The sad thing about this is being a partaker in the devil's work.
But what about those that are not so innocent? Let's look at Paul for an example; Paul's persecution among the churches played havoc on their lives. They hid from fear of having this man find them and persecute them harshly to the point of death. But then Paul was struck down by the voice of God and repented of his horrible sins. The apostles accused him of many ghastly things witch affected his ministry to minister to others. Even to the point of mistrust from those that did not even know the 'new' Paul, effecting the church. 

Anyone Can Accuse Anyone of Anything because everyone has past sin in their lives that can be resurrected.

We are doing the work of the devil! What happens when we do this?

1. Such accusations hurt people, innocent people. Job's friends hurt him with their words (Job 16:1-2). Job felt the inward pain that comes to one who is falsely accused as have many brethren today who have faced such accusations.
2. Such accusations hurt people's reputations (those that are not so innocent). Paul's reputation suffered in the eyes of some of his brethren in the church at Corinth because of false accusations made by his enemies there (2 Cor. 10:2, 10). They apparently even turned Paul's refusal of support from the church there into an accusation (cf. 2 Cor. 11:7-9; 12:13). Yes, Paul had done wrong, but he had repented, which gave the apostles no support in accusing his actions.
3. To me the biggest thing about accusations is that such can poison a church. We need only look at Paul's relationship with the Corinthians to see this. Because of the charges made against Paul by his enemies at Corinth, he was not able to continue with his work of building up the church there. Rather, a large part of his second letter to the Corinthians was taken up with explanations of his conduct and answers to enemies (cf. 1:12-2:4; 4:2; 7:2; 12:19; chs. 10-12). We can come to believe the worst about our brothers and sisters simply by hearing and believing accusations, crimes that are no longer held against them for they are under the blood of Christ. We can be motivated by the desire to accuse others (Mark 3:2; John 8:6). Accusations, false or not, can lead to the severing of relationships among the people within the church. Hurting the ministry in severe ways sometimes splitting a church!

Such results has cause me to think soberly before casting off with some charge against my brother or sister.  Believing an accusation made by an-other. Call your brother in question or write them, seek to build bridges, not to destroy them. Remember, anyone can make false accusations about anyone else. God's people should seek what is true and not be led by idle charges or gossip. Love is the key. We need to treat others as they would like to be treated (Matt. 7:12)

and judge others by their fruits, and not by accusations they have heard

(Matt. 7:20; Gal. 2:14).

The devil is "the accuser of our brethren." It is bad enough that he is involved in such activity. But let us, God's people, not be a  part of the devil's work, don't be his tool.

Day 02: A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest..

30 Day Challenge in Pictures

Sister Gayla Champlain and myself

Day 2 is a picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest..

 

I and Sis Gayla Champlain (Our Pastors wife) met when we were young (I was 14 she may have been 15). We went to the same church in Roseville, CA, as young people. She was raised in the Pentecostal way being 3rd maybe 4th generation in her family. We became very good (best) friends. She invited me to her home many times. As a matter of fact she was a BIG factor in praying me threw to the Holy Ghost for the first time, speaking in other tongues.
When she married, a few years later her and her husband decided to take up their three very young children and attend Bible College to start a work in the ministry... It was a very sad day for my husband and I (we were good buddies as couples, visiting and fellowship-ing with them often), but we said our good-byes :(
Years later, never realizing this would come to pass...  we met up again in the church they began. My family is now under Pastor Champlain's ministry... It wasn't hard to consider him as our pastor because he was already a great friend. Isn't it beautiful how God works...

So she has been with me since I first came to God (church), 29 years... longer than half my life

*SWEEET*

Psalm 103:8-18

The LORD is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

He will not always strive with us,

Nor will He keep His anger forever.

He has not dealt with us according to our sins,

Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

For as the heavens are high above the earth,

So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

As far as the east is from the west,

So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

As a father pities his children,

So the LORD pities those who fear Him.

For He knows our frame;

He remembers that we are dust.

As for man, his days are like grass;

As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

And its place remembers it no more.[a]

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting

On those who fear Him,

And His righteousness to children’s children,

To such as keep His covenant,

And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

What a beautiful set of scriptures. I truly am indebted to our Lord forever,

He has been so gracious to me.
I do not deserve all that He has done for my life...

But He continues to bless us day by day...

*to God be the glory*

We like so many out there have been hit
or have been in very hard times,

But God has been so faithful

*I'm so very thankful*

an overwhelming situation has arose in my employment that I cannot divulge much info. I'm praying for God's leading.

He knows what the future holds and holds it in the palm of His tender,
loving hand. Our God is faithful and I do not know the future as well as HE does ;)

but Ive been thru enough to not underestimate the power of prayer.
We all know who Jesus is and what HE can do in tight circumstances :)
*Praise Be to Jesus*
I want to give HIM all glory and honor for I know he will come thru,
but I have to admit... my stomach is in knots.

*Thank you JESUS for everything*

Let us pray together, for each other... For where two or more agree,
God is in the midst.

Day 01 - Ten facts about myself ;)

30 Day Challenge in Pictures

"This is something I am doing on FB, but Id thought Id do it here as well.

It's a pretty fun game, I think, and very challenging indeed!!

There are some pictures during this challenge I'm not sure where or

how I'm going to get them. But I must try ;) lol...

I'm going to try to take a different twist on my blog spot then what I'm doing on FB.

Just cause here, my passion is of Christ and Him only♥

He is my everything, but of course you all ready know that, for those of you that follow me."

Day 1 is a picture of myself with 10 FACTS

not opinions but FACTS, lol (I said that because my husband and

daughter criticized me about my 10 facts on FB ;)

They are such experts on things like this I guess *hehe*)

 

1. I absolutely LOVE the Lord and His presence, I die every time I have to miss the house of God. I would die without Him in my life. I know this because It happened before :(, me being dead.

2. I am Apostolic to the bone ;)

3. I am an ‘AWESOME’ preschool teacher of 16+ years… lol

4. I love my husband of 23.10 years

5. I love my children; Cynthia; 21.1 yrs, Sean; 19.4yrs and Julian; 8.7 yrs

6. I love to blog about what I love; my life with Christ and my lil Julian, I just don't have enough time to do it  :(

7. I'm addicted to FB; unfortunately... (can be very annoying)

8. I have two favorite vacation spots; South Lake Tahoe at the cabin and Fort Bragg beaches

9. I'm addicted to coffee; as a matter of fact I use it to put me to sleep :) lol

10. I’m very forgiving.