When was the last time you looked at your “Followers/Following” Counts?
When you evalutate….
Is is about the Numbers?
Is it about Friends?
Is it about who feeds you Spiritually?
Do you carry more “Friends” On…
Facebook
Twitter
MySpace
LinkedIn
I guess the question is how much do you….
Love, Care, Know your Followers?
How Do You Miss Them?…..
Do you miss them as a number in your stats?
Do you miss what they bring to your life?
Do you notice that they are gone?
I’m Just Asking.
I have been participating in the On-Line Bible Studies at the Bible Cafe since they started. We just started the Beth Moore Study – Breaking Free 10th Anniversary Edition. After our last study…I was concerned about starting a new one. I really struggled with the format of the last one. I spent so much time analyzing if I was filling the blank pages right that I forgot the purpose was to get closer to God, learn more about Jesus.
Imagine my happiness when this morning I realized I HAD A BREAKTHROUGH!!! I was so excited when I realized that God was making sense…that the scales had been removed from my eyes regarding a “Hero” in my life. My Father.
I met my Father when I was 2 months away from my 16th Birthday. My mom and he had been divorced since I was a baby. My mom raised me….He played. When I met him I was instantly enamored. I loved my father. He was fun, He didn’t have rules, and He partied. When I met him it felt as if I had found that missing piece of myself.
I had been raised in the church. I had accepted Jesus as my Savior when I was 7. I loved Jesus. I went to retreats, Christian summer camps and was very active in the youth group…Until High School. I started to stray, started to change my priorities….Boys, Parties, Drugs, Alcohol became my new friends. I literally would go to a party and hear a whisper in my ear…. “Are you sure you want to do that?” I know it was Jesus. I knew he was by my side but I wanted to do what I wanted to do.
My father encouraged this in me. I allowed him to become my hero. I put him first. Before me, before school, before God, I let him become the God in my life. He passed away when I was 25 years old. It was sudden. It was sad. It, even to this day, affects me.
The only thing that could cleanse me from the sin that I participated in is Jesus’ Blood. I realized this today. I realized that I have been holding myself hostage by my sin. That I haven’t let God be God in MY Life to the fullest. I can’t change the past or what I did. I CAN accept the precious gift of Salvation. God has been restoring me. He Loves Me!! Note to self: Not All Heroes Are Positive People in Your Life. I am praying that the revelations keep coming. Not just for me but for you as well.
“Let God See That You Are Willing to Live Up To The Vision.” –Oswald Chambers
I encourage you to join us at the Bible Cafe For Women.
I shut down Wednesday.
I had no energy to deal with Electronics.
No Twitter…
No Facebook…
No Blog Reading…
No Text Messaging…
No…
No…
No…
I felt Blank.
I felt Used Up.
I felt Useless.
I felt Dark.
I felt Unworthy, Tattered, Thrown Away.
I felt Forgotten About, Stepped On, Used.
I felt like I was a Burden, Broken, Dark.
I Sat Back, Started to Pray, Started to Read…
Then I told the Enemy to Bite Me!
I choose to believe what is said in John.
I choose to Believe the WORDS Jesus Spoke!
I choose to Have Peace.
I choose to Take Heart.
“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33, NLT
I was baptised Saturday Night. First person out of 174 that unexpectedly got dunked this weekend.
174 people didn’t know that by the end of the weekend they would be publicly declaring their faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Saturday morning when I woke up, packed up the family and headed to Chico to try on a Bridesmaid Dress I had no clue that I would end my night in a pool of water. I think that it is pretty obvious to most that see me that I am a Christ follower. They may not realize it by my actions ( I am working on that) but I do sport numerous signs of my Faith.
Pastor Bill did an amazing sermon and then a cattle call. They had all of the stuff you needed, a change of clothes, places to leave your stuff and towels. I got changed and came out to go get dunked. I saw my friends Dan, Carita, Jana, Bruce, Jim Botts (the dunker) and Pastor Bill all cheering me on. I was first….I climbed in the tub/pool with another woman. Jon had his worship team singing below. They were signing Casting Crowns LifeSong. When they finished singing Jim asked me my name and then asked me if I excepted Jesus as my savior. Then he DUNKED me!!! Full Body under the water, showing that I have given my life to Jesus. Amazing!!!
Now I have to ask…..Not that I don’t feel different but…..Now What?!?
Thank You Father for Loving Me!! Lead me where you want me!! I don’t want from the world. I want from YOU!!
“You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny.”
Psalm 73:24, NLT
A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, ‘Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.’
Very quietly, the doctor said, ‘I don’t know.’
‘You don’t know? You’re, a Christian man, and don’t know what’s on the other side?’
The doctor was holding the handle of the door;
On the other side came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said,
‘Did you notice my dog?
He’s never been in this room before. He didn’t know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here,
And when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death,
But I do know one thing…
I know my Master is there and that is enough.’
WOW
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