will silver and gold help?

Zep 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the LORD'S wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth. Notice all the silver and gold buying and selling now, prices going up, people stealing? Nothing can save us besides faith in Christ! Take heart he has overcome this world Please lord help me not desire the things of this world! Let me hope in you. Oh Lord I cry out to you, the only one who can help

that word again..

LOVE.

its not just a word
i think ive been desperately seeking it my whole life.
I think everyone has if they are truly honest with themselves.
and i never really knew what it was until i really starting learning about who Christ is.
So thankful that he loves me,
though i often do not love others the way i should.

truth is, I am hurting myself and have many issues with trust.
Though I truly want to love others, often it has to be with certain boundaries and
most of all
I think love is about understanding.
but that's probably because that is how God made me as a woman.

I never want to offend anyone, though i will always stand up for my Lord and HIS way.

I just sincerely hope at the end of this life i get something right.
I know my salvation is secure,
but are my actions?
Are my thoughts pure?
Are my ways right?
Lord help me be loving like you are to me.
Remind me of your love ONCE AGAIN

something to think about

First off, let no one get angry at me for posting this, it is not an attack at anyone, but I do feel led to share.
Just ask your Lord God to guide you and help you understand what he wants for your life. But these are some things I cannot ignore and have found the last few years that really get me thinking.

PHARMAKEIA(sorcery, witchcraft)  "The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft ; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. --Gal 5:19-21 (NIV)
The Greek word here used for "witchcraft" is:
SORCERY:
"Pharmakeia" (Eng., pharmacy etc.) primarily signified the use of medicine, DRUGS, SPELLS; then, POISONING; then, SORCERY, Galatians 5:20, R.V., "sorcery" (A.V., "witchcraft"), mentioned as one of "the works of the flesh." See also Rev. 9:21; 18:23
In the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament ca. 200 B.C.), Ex. 7:11,22; 8:7, 18; Isa. 47:9,12
"In sorcery, the use of Drugs, whether simple or potent, was generally accompanied by Incantations and appeals to occult powers, with the provision of various charms, amulets, etc., professedly designed to keep the applicant or patient from the attention and power of demons, but actually to impress the applicant with the mysterious resources and powers of the sorcerer."



 Strong's # 5331:pharmakeia (far-mak-i'-ah); from 5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively): KJV-- sorcery, witchcraft. (DIC)


true healing will be from god's creation and source, but something to think about is how he will heal:

Rev 22:2

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations

and though this world is yet cursed, even now we can get bodily healing from some trees and leaves of plants! i personally believe that is his design for sicknesses, not chemicals (pharmacy).


In the past many christians may have been part of these things, but that is our old life and we are free from that. Let us not be deceived, LET's STUDY ALL OF GOD's WORD DEEPLY.

blessed beyond measure, and definitely do not deserve it!
busy lately at home.
not much to say but wanted to share how Good the Lord is!!!
He answers our prayers with love and mercy. I know he can be trusted always.
will try to write more another time

toby's pizza squash

One night he just came up with it. Steph had brought over some squash and beans from her garden the day before.
 It's really simple and yummy.
This pic was of the smaller pieces when I made it for lunch but you sort of can get the point.
It's better to use really thin long slices, then put cheese in the middle and sauce on top.
just sautee/pan fry in butter and add some salt and italian seasoning.

until then.

I want with all I have for everyone to know the love of our Lord..
Nothing else matters.

But the daily things in life take up much more time than the depth of my thoughts.

So lately,
I've been catering to our little family,
all in hopes we can be scooped up and taken to our heavenly home.
Maybe I'll get the pleasure of sweeping the floors there, to be a cleaning lady in God's house would be much better than being one here, because then I'd have no fear, and I would be so willing to do anything it takes just to be near him forever, away from the darkness here!

Until that day,
I'm keeping up our house here.
our home of mere dust...
at times very sweet and
also on a good day, fairly clean, lol
teaching our little ones to know him,
hoping the love I have will reach even just one soul.
and not letting my bitterness get the best of it all.

nothing but grace

I may write alot about all the struggles of this life,
I have analyzed and picked apart all the elements of being a Christ follower that I think about,
But I don't want to ever forget to tell others about Grace.

Truly, I am only anything because of my savior.
I was and still am a complete mess (but I'm trying to be like him with all I have).

1 Corinthians 13

New International Version (NIV)

13 If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

And the truth is that I fail in this.

No one can tell me different, because I know my own heart. 

But i'm working on it. I'm working on trying to love when I just would rather not.

I sometimes wish the polishing process we go through could end, but then I look back and remember all those tough times were worth it to bring me to where I am, and that I still even need more to bring me to where I need to be.

We all need the growing up and polishing of the Lord. But are we willing to let him lead us through it?

Or do we cause our own troubles?
For me sometimes I have caused my own.
But we should not run from the things the Lord brings us to that cause us to grow...
when we run we end up falling into traps.
We think we can handle things on our own but we need him.

Hence why there are so many fillers for the space God intended on filling in our life.
We fill our time with lots of things:
you name it- food addiction, shopping, drinking, busyness in general, etc. etc.
I want to say, with grace, that none of this will fill you up.
We will always hunger for something more.
That something more space is easily filled when we get right with God.

And I don't have any easy fix for it.
I don't know how to tell someone what to do to fix their problems.
Sometimes I think I should.
But I do know, I found a best friend in Jesus and I hope everyone else can see how great a friend he is.
He needs to move in different ways for different people I think sometimes, but he's the same Jesus I love.