See Them Thru His Eyes

We just had our Missions Conference at church this past saturday evening. Natalie and I did a dance/drama to the song "Give Me Your Eyes". That song has made me think how invisible hurting and broken people are to us as christians everyday. We get so caught up in what is going on in our lives that we forget to see people thru God's eyes. Its not that they are totally invisble to us its just that we dont see them thru his eyes. In order to see people thru his eyes we have to surrender all of our pre conceived ideas of what we have of people when they are messed up on drugs, prostituting out on the streets, an alcoholic, homeless and eating out of trash cans to survive, or whatever it is these people are going thru. It doesnt matter if its going on here or in another country we need to see people thru God's eyes. Love them with unconditional love and pray for them and help them in whatever way we can. We cant just say oh they will just take the money and buy drugs, alcohol, blow it on something else. That is not for us to judge them on nor should we be concerned with. We are to give to them as unselfishly as the father did to us by giving us his son to die for us. Can we do no less than to help hurting people that seem unloved and abandoned. Missions isnt always helping people in other countries its also about helping people in our communities. I thank god for the missionaries that go into other countries and poor their sweat, blood, and tears into these people that they meet. They give so freely of themselves lovingly and unselfishly. That is how we should be everyday to everyone we meet. We should show them the love of God in all we do. So dont look at them thru your eyes any more see them thru Gods eyes, because someone took the time to see you thru his eyes too.

Limitations...Why Do We Put Them On God?

Why is it that we put limitations on what we think god can do? Someone asked me how you can u be filled up until u cant get anymore of god, but then want him to keep asking him to fill you. That is what i call drenching and soaking in all of god until its oozing out of me. Our human minds cant understand how god can possibly keep pouring himself into us. Dont put limitations on what god can do. He wants to inhabit every part of our lives. I just want god to have every part of me until I cant possibly understand how he can do more, give me more, fill me more and then just soak in his presence, breath him in, feel him right there with me. I want more of god than I have ever wanted and want to be able to tell others what it is he has done for me. I want them to see it in the way I live my life everyday and make them stop and say what is it about her that she has this joy and light about her even when things arent going well in my life. More of god is what we should all want and seek everyday. So dont put a limitation on how he can possibly fill you up more when you cant possibly be filled anymore. Its all in our limited human understanding of what we think god can do.
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I Want The Fire To Consume Every Part of Me

This song has gotten down in my spirit and has never left. God wont relent (give up) until he has every part of you. He wants to take all of the yuck that is inside of you that has been holding you back for so long. We have scars from our past hurts that have built up a wall around our heart. It sounds funny to say, but we are more comfortable with the pain that the scars have left behind than we are to open up our hearts to god so that he can tear down and take out what isn't supposed to be there. We would rather deal with the scars because we can hide behind them and not have to feel anything anymore and we don't have to give all to god. We hold back on purpose because of fear. Fear of serving god and what he will ask of us. Nothing should ever hold you back from god wanting every part of you. We want every part of god but we aren't willing to give him every part of ourselves. He wants to replace all the mess that we have inside us with his heart so that you and he can become one. I want all that god has for me until I possibly cant take it anymore and then I want him to give me more. I don't ever want him to stop pouring himself into me. Its like this song says "...come be the fire inside of me...come be the flame within my heart..." That's exactly how I feel. I want the fire of god to burn in me so bright that you can see nothing but him and not me. I want the fire to consume every part of me. That is my prayer for everyone and myself.

A Mustard Seed Is All We Need

Faith is something that we all say we have in god and what it is he wants for us, but do we really? It is our human nature not to have faith in things that are not tangible. Its easy to say you have faith, but do you really have it when god said all you needed was the faith the size of a mustard seed. Do you know how tiny a mustard seed is and that's all the measure of faith he is saying that we have to have. It seems simple enough to say, but in reality people don't have faith in things that they cannot see for themselves. Seeing isn't faith, faith is seeing. You have to catch hold of it and say god I believe it with everything I have in me and don't let go of it. That little mustard seed of faith seems so unattainable when we are going through some circumstances that we don't how god is going to work it out. God may not work things out the way you think he should, but if you put your trust and faith in him he will do what is best for you. God has a plan for your life and all we have to do is have faith that he will show us what it is and help us to carry out what it is he would have us to do.

Eventful, Amazing, Exhausting Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This has been an eventful, amazing, and exhausting week. I was promoted to Lead Warehouse Supervisor at my work this week. It was quite a surprise to me that they would want me to fill the position and humbled by all of the kind words that have been said about me. I am like my mother I go in and do my job to the best of my ability and try to make things easier for myself as well as the people whom I work with. I believe you have to have a good work ethic to be able to succeed at your job as well as keeping god first in your life. God has done some amazing things by opening doors that I never asked to be open, but because of my faithfulness in doing what he asks of me he has open the door and poured out a blessing that cannot be measured or contained. I will try to do my best with the responsibilities that have been given to me and strive to make things easier for everyone I work with. I am the type of person who usually fades into the background and does whatever needs to be done, but god has not let me fade away he has put me in the forefront and is using me as he sees fit even when I may not feel worthy to do it. I encourage you all to keep god first in all that you do. When you keep him first he will guide you to where you need to be and will provide all that you need to carry it out even when we think we may not have the ability or feel worthy enough to do so. Please keep me in prayer as I step into this new position at work. I enjoy the company I work for and hope that I do not disappoint them.

Why Did God Have Me Revisit My Past?

Have you ever just had god take you back through your past to remember some things. Not to condemn you but to teach you and show you maybe the right way to do something the next time or it maybe that you will have an opportunity to share with someone that is going through what you had already been through. Our past is not something that we want to dwell on, but it is apart of who you are and you have to be able to pull from your past experiences to learn from them and to be able to let god use you. There are many things that alot of us would like to keep buried in the past to never surface again, but I know myself that god has used me many times to minister or share with someone that is going through the very same thing that I went through. Even if I didn't handle it in the best way when I went through it but god gave me the wisdom to know what to do next time. I believe that everything that we go through good and bad is for a reason. It is not always for us, sometimes it for someone else that you may have to minister to later on down the road. Just like I said in my last entry we are called into the ministry by the way we live our lives for god. If people can see what you came out of and where you are now that is such a testimony to how god can change a persons life. It also shows the grace, love, and forgiveness he has given to us. My past is not something I like to revisit very often, but god has healed me of that past hurt that I went through so that I may pull from it when he needs me to. Just remember when god has you revisit the past don't be closed minded about it let god use you and help you to show others what he has done in your life and what he will do for them.

But I Wasnt Called To Be In Ministry....Are You Sure About That?

I have heard many people say that they were not called to be in ministry or to be a preacher. I have to disagree with them. Everyone of us is called into ministry just not in the same way. Did not Jesus tell the disciples to go and preach the gospel to the world. We are disciples of Jesus and each and everyday that god gives us here on this earth is a day that we are called to be in ministry by the way we live our lives. There are people that you can reach that maybe a pastor or minster cannot because you see these people on a daily basis. Those people watch you everyday and how you conduct yourself and listen to the words you speak from your mouth. That is the example of a christian that these people see and if you are not living the way you should then they ask themselves why would I want to be a christian if I see them living like that. Even non-believers know that there are things that Christians should and shouldn't be saying and doing. So you are in ministry each and everyday just as a pastor or minister would be just in a different way. You don't ever want to be a hindrance to someone and cause them to stumble because of the way you live your life or by some of the things that you say. Many times that is the only picture that these people see of what a christian is. We should strive everyday to let people see Jesus in us and how he works through us. If you are not praying and seeking god and keeping yourself grounded in the word then it will show because you will be bearing no fruit and you will be as barren as a desert. Each day that I go into work I have opportunity to minister to my coworkers by the way I conduct myself, the words that are coming from my mouth, and the way I treat them. If I was to go in there and be cursing, gossiping about people, or even having a bad attitude then how are they supposed to see the Jesus in me and how am I supposed to be able to minister to them. I don't mean you have to be a bible beater and hit them over the head I mean you minister to people by example and the way they see you live your life. You never know the impact that you will have on someones life just by showing them the love of god and treating them with kindness, love, and respect. So don't ever think that god didn't call you to minister because we are all called to be ministers just not in the conventional way that you may think. God has us doing things his way not the way we may always think.