Took a trip up to Helen GA. We went during the week and it was the best time for us. Low crowds and I loved that. A nice place to take your family for putt putt and tubing.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Dry Falls
Took a little trip up to North Carolina this weekend. Visited Dry Falls and loved it. Here are a few pictures I took. The pictures are just a taste of the beauty that's there. You can walk behind the falls. Which was awesome.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Love
It’s been almost sixteen years since the day I had been beaten. Everything I had known for many years was suddenly jerked out from under me. Put yourself in my shoes. How would you have felt? I wanted revenge.
As I think back to that day I was sitting on the stand looking my accuser in the face, Hoping and praying the justice system would punish him for what he did to me. I remember the judge reading the charges and in my mind I could just see my accuser behind bars. The judge says, “The verdict is not guilty.”
All I can remember was this big smile coming across my face as I stepped down off the platform. Walking out of the courtroom, and as I sat down in my car, the gravity of the situation finally registered in my mind. How could they say he was not guilty I wondered? What about all the bruising, not to mention the mental anguish I had been through?
I just broke down sobbing uncontrollably. I let it all out, and I believe that day was a turning point in my life. God was working on my love walk even then. Some people have asked me about the smile when everything was done. Of all times to smile! I probably looked crazy to the other people in the courtroom. All I can say is it had to be God because in my own strength I could never have done that. That seemingly insignificant act let me know that God was in control even if I didn’t see how any good could come from that situation.
I was not even filled with Holy Ghost yet, just full of God and starting to let Him rule and reign in my life as much as I knew how. It says in God’s word He will give us what to say, and that day He also gave me the action to go with it. Choosing not to walk in love toward my ex-husband put a ceiling on my life, and I didn’t even know it.
I came to realize love is not based on a feeling. The God kind of love is unconditional. Even though I was still hurting on the inside, one day God let me see my ex-husband how he saw him. God didn’t see him as my abuser. God sees us all broken in need of a savior. As I was able to comprehend what He was showing me, it was easier for me to walk in love towards him because I remember what a mess I was before someone reached out to me. God has healed me emotionally and that has helped my ex-husband to see how much God really loved him, even if he doesn’t understand it. God gives us chances everyday to walk in love. We need to be willing to do the same for others.
Yes, this means we have to be willing to be hurt again. It’s also a chance to grow. The Bible says, “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”
As I think back to that day I was sitting on the stand looking my accuser in the face, Hoping and praying the justice system would punish him for what he did to me. I remember the judge reading the charges and in my mind I could just see my accuser behind bars. The judge says, “The verdict is not guilty.”
All I can remember was this big smile coming across my face as I stepped down off the platform. Walking out of the courtroom, and as I sat down in my car, the gravity of the situation finally registered in my mind. How could they say he was not guilty I wondered? What about all the bruising, not to mention the mental anguish I had been through?
I just broke down sobbing uncontrollably. I let it all out, and I believe that day was a turning point in my life. God was working on my love walk even then. Some people have asked me about the smile when everything was done. Of all times to smile! I probably looked crazy to the other people in the courtroom. All I can say is it had to be God because in my own strength I could never have done that. That seemingly insignificant act let me know that God was in control even if I didn’t see how any good could come from that situation.
I was not even filled with Holy Ghost yet, just full of God and starting to let Him rule and reign in my life as much as I knew how. It says in God’s word He will give us what to say, and that day He also gave me the action to go with it. Choosing not to walk in love toward my ex-husband put a ceiling on my life, and I didn’t even know it.
I came to realize love is not based on a feeling. The God kind of love is unconditional. Even though I was still hurting on the inside, one day God let me see my ex-husband how he saw him. God didn’t see him as my abuser. God sees us all broken in need of a savior. As I was able to comprehend what He was showing me, it was easier for me to walk in love towards him because I remember what a mess I was before someone reached out to me. God has healed me emotionally and that has helped my ex-husband to see how much God really loved him, even if he doesn’t understand it. God gives us chances everyday to walk in love. We need to be willing to do the same for others.
Yes, this means we have to be willing to be hurt again. It’s also a chance to grow. The Bible says, “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Boating
No Matter What
~John 16:12-15 "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you." LASB
Truth is what I cried out for when I came back to the Lord. Truth, do we really want it? I said, "Yes." One thing I've found out since crying out for the truth is: Truth is going to hurt you. It will mark you as never before. Also, it will challenge you and require you to take a long hard look at the truth you believe.The truth we need to hear is about ourselves. What do we need to do in order to go to the next level? Why is it we can't bear to hear what the Father has to say right now? Could it be we haven't prayed ourselves to the place to hear His voice?
~John 15:26 "I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me." In order for this to happen, we must be able to hear.
~Mark 4:24-25 "Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given and you will receive even more. To those who listen to my teaching, more will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken from them.
We all get weary. We all want to stop, but there's something down inside of us that will not let this happen. He keeps nudging us on. There's more, there's more. Just keep pressing for you shall see, http://www.gatewaybelievers.com/blog/no-matter-what
Truth is what I cried out for when I came back to the Lord. Truth, do we really want it? I said, "Yes." One thing I've found out since crying out for the truth is: Truth is going to hurt you. It will mark you as never before. Also, it will challenge you and require you to take a long hard look at the truth you believe.The truth we need to hear is about ourselves. What do we need to do in order to go to the next level? Why is it we can't bear to hear what the Father has to say right now? Could it be we haven't prayed ourselves to the place to hear His voice?
~John 15:26 "I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me." In order for this to happen, we must be able to hear.
~Mark 4:24-25 "Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given and you will receive even more. To those who listen to my teaching, more will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken from them.
We all get weary. We all want to stop, but there's something down inside of us that will not let this happen. He keeps nudging us on. There's more, there's more. Just keep pressing for you shall see, http://www.gatewaybelievers.com/blog/no-matter-what
Friday, May 16, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Follow Me
~Luke 9:23 “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires
to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow
me.” NSFB
In order for us to have the kind of anointing Jesus
walked in, it will require nothing short of laying our lives down. If Jesus had
to lay His life down, so will we.
I wrote this please take time to read. Thanks
Click link for rest of the story: https://www.gatewaybelievers.com/blog/follow-me
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