Louder Than the Voices

I know I have mentioned my Chronological Bible already several times. Last Week I finished Genesis, and this week I started Job. I have probably also mentioned before that Job was used as my discipline when I wanted to have a pity party for myself. I am remembering a lot of things about my teen years lately. If I were complaining about how God had made changes in our lives that I wasn't happy about, I would be sent to the living room with my Bible and told to read Job. Mom also let me have pity parties, but she put about a 10 minute time limit on it, seriously. At the end of the time, she would announce that the pity party was over, and she better not hear another word about it. I still set myself times to get over something and move on. That feels like it is pretty healthy. This has been a crazy week but lots of really good, sweet, things happened. I think reading Job has magnified the good, and even though there has been lots of hectic, I don't think there has been lots ...

It is 5:14 am, Saturday morning. I am sitting at my computer, getting ready to write what I have already had prayer time about, and what I am certain God wants me to say today. Then something happens, and I am reduced to tears in just a few heartbeats, and then something else happens, and the tears continue to fall. And it feels good. A lot of things that have been compounded down in my heart this week has been brought to the surface this morning, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that things that started happening earlier this week was God preparing me for this very moment, when He would talk to me, and put all the puzzle pieces of a week together, or maybe the puzzle pieces of a lifttime just so He can say, "See? This is why everything happens, this is why I am God". And I truly feel His Love wrapped around me, and it is amazing. And I will try to give the story justice, this may be long. Wednesday morning, I got in my van to head to my moms as we had a doctor visit i...

I have had a lot on my mind, and my plate this week and it has led to a rare Saturday morning when I have too many things pulling on me for this blogspace. Earlier in the week, or maybe even the end of last week, I saw a post on facebook regarding a dog that had been found and taken to our local vet's office. The dog was later reunited with his owner, after he had been missing for 2 months. I was very happy for the dog and his family. When the dog post first showed up that the vet was trying to find the owner, I shared and prayed that he would be reunited. As excited as I was when he was reunited with his human, I felt a little sad because what if we got that passionate about lost souls? The Bible talks about the angels rejoicing when one sinner repents. (ever have a visual of an angelic facebook-type site?)  I made a new list of friends who have made it pretty clear they don't want "preached" to, or anything to do with God. I have my own little lost file, and am n...

I have developed a cold, I have had it since Monday and it seems to be either not getting any better, or possibly, getting worse. I kept trudging along until yesterday when I went to the doctor. I had finally decided maybe it was something else, but no, it is a cold. The Rx= rest, fluids, and a humidifier. Not really what I wanted to hear. I wanted her to give me some great meds that would make me feel better so I could get back to work. Here it is, now Saturday morning, and I really have things that need done, both here at home and at my office. I was so disappointed that I didn't wake up feeling better, and that I seriously don't feel like moving, but that urge to get things done is strong. We all know God rested on the 7th day from all of his creations. I received a Chronological Bible for Christmas and am enjoying it, but have revisited all of creation this week and yes, I will agree God rested......but, look at all He got done first!!! If I could list that I created the ...

Here it is, 365 days since my very first post on this blog. So many things have happened and though 2016 has been rough on a lot of people, I feel like it has been pretty decent for our household. I feel like we have accomplished a lot, as a family, as a couple, as a small business, and as workers for the Lord. I am really excited that I managed to get this blog up every Saturday morning but 2, in the last year. Those two were a planned little respite, and I probably should have worked harder to put something out there, but I had some issues to deal with and it was easier to just give me time to adjust. I know God knows we are human, and there are some situations that just take longer for us to have that "It is Well with My Soul" moment. I was looking up verses this morning on looking back and I found a couple that I thought I would share. Isaiah 42:18-19a says, "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing;...

2  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5  To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 6  And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7  And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. 8  And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9  And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of t...

S-L-O-W  D-O-W-N,  it was a message that came across my phone several months ago when I had sent a text to a friend, and had apparently been able to express my feelings of stress through the previous text to her. My thought was that I really wanted to slow down but had no real time to do so. I am venturing a guess that many of us are in that state right now as Christmas is now a week away. We had some ice last night and I always love the phenomena that happens after, the utter sound of peace outside. I live on one of the busiest streets in Newton, but after a snowfall, or even more so, after ice, it is quiet. In the wee hours of the morning, there is what some would consider an almost eerie silence, but I love it. That peace is one of the few things I miss about living in the county, so I treasure it when it happens right here in the middle of town. I have only one verse today, Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust...