Make a difference

ME...Really? 

Music Video:  "Be One" Natalie Grant 

I love our coffee chats here!  It's been on my heart and mind lately that there is so much to out there.  I love writing down my ideas but I just don't want to be one that writes about doing something. I want to be one that gets out there and does something.  I love the newest song from Natalie Grant, "Be One".  There is a world out there that is hurting and falling apart.  Something has to be done.  It has to start somewhere.  Whether it is something big or even something that may seem small to us. 

Stand up and make a difference in a world that doesn't know, in a world full of people who just need to believe. 

That girl down the street or that guy in the next town over. The neighboring family. You never know who you can inspire or teach. You don't have to be this great theologian to teach someone about Jesus. Your relationship with Jesus can speak more powerful than a loudspeaker just by the way you live your life. 

In the world today, there's so much crime and violence happening it's hard to see the 'good' in things.  Then, there's all the talk from...let's face it...people who speak out of pure ignorance and who just like to hear themselves talk on subjects they have no understanding about.  It can feel that we are just not ever going to be heard.  This is where we need to stand up in the midst of everything going on and stand firm to our faith.   

The Bible says it all! Stating clearly the good and bad, the rights and wrongs. 

Spending time daily in God's Word helps us understand this huge book also. Let's face it, it's not the easiest book to sit and read especially when you get to all that genealogy stuff. Although it's that genealogy stuff that tells us "who" we came from. It's our family tree. 

Reading the Old Testament and seeing how it all came to be and then reading the New Testament and seeing it all play out and how we are saved by grace. 

I started this devotional app called First5.  It's amazing!  You can set an alarm so it goes off first thing in the morning and you can spend those first 5 minutes when you wake up with God.  

Telling the world this is extremely important.  Like the song says, it's time to get our hands dirty because there's a whole lot of hurting going on in this world. You may not fully have your pain taken away, but knowing Christ you can find understanding and joy in your life.  

What are some ways that you can get out and help your community?  

What if we invited a couple friends to help us out?  We just might make this world a little better, one outreach at a time. 

Blessings,

Embracing my Quiet Time...An Invitation...

Embracing my quiet time with God each day

The More I Seek You - Kari Jobe

The more I seek You,The more I find You
The more I find You, the more I love You

I want to sit at Your feet

Drink from the cup in Your hand.

Lay back against You and breathe, feel Your heart beat

This love is so deep, its more than I can stand

I melt in Your peace, its overwhelming

I love when I get to hear amazing music and lyrics. To be able to turn on the radio and be uplifted by positive and encouraging music.  Which is why I love this song from Kari Jobe, The More I Seek You.  What a great way to enter into our quiet time with these lyrics.  I want to sit at Your feet drink from the cup in Your hand.  Lay back against You and breathe...The more I seek You, the more I find You.  

I wanted to start this blogging challenge to keep a daily check on my quiet time with God and to have others be able to join in and embrace their quiet time as well.  I want to be able to post inspirational thought and scriptures for anyone out there. 

Starting at the beginning. I want to start with an invitation.  Inviting God into my quiet time and presence.  

So, here's my invitation I created...

To:         My Father, God

For:        To dedicate time together to reflect and listen. 

When:    Daily

Where:   My Heart

Why:      To enhance our relationship 

What do I need to bring:  my Bible, journal, pen, coffee/tea, 

                                  listening ears, a open heart and mind. 

So, today I was flipping through my Bible and I stumbled once again on reading Psalm 139.  I've read this several times, but it's always inspirational every time I read this.  
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  What if we just paused a minute to really listen and comprehend those words that are told to us.  In just a small sentence there is so much wisdom.  
Psalm 139:14 (KJV) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalm 139:14 (NLT) Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

Reflection time

To know that God created every part of me for a purpose. He knows my name.
Which reminds me of another song from Francessa Battistelli. This is probably my favorite verse. 

I'm not meant to just stay quiet

I'm meant to be a lion

I'll roar beyond a song

With every moment that I've got

True to who You are

You saw my heart

and made

Something out of nothing

I am created for a purpose. The purpose to spread the good news of Christ and to tell the world about the amazing relationship that is out there. I love to be able to share this through Christian skits and music. It's a huge passion of mine. This stretches me beyond my personal comfort zone and challenges me each and every time I can do this. 

So not only are we fearfully and wonderfully made, but He also knows our name. 

What do you enjoy about your quiet time each day?

How can we support each other in having our quiet time each day with our God?

Grace and Peace,

Heart of Christmas

(December's blog post)


Music Video:  The Heart of Christmas. 

It’s that time of year again.  December…and even crazier, it’s almost over.  Most often, that one word can strike you with terror, just because of how busy you can get at this time.  So much on our to-do lists to take care of.  What if we just took a moment to stop, sit still and soak it all in.  I mean really take in the “Reason for the Season”. 
                                Jesus! 

It’s why we all are here in the first place, right?  It’s because of His birth, His death, His resurrection that we are able to have a fresh new beginning with our Father in Heaven.  It’s the reason we believe and want to share with others about this amazing event while we are here on earth, waiting for Christ’s return for His followers. 

We all face good and bad times. Sometimes we feel that sense of why is this happening to me?  Why did I have to go through this?  It’s knowing that in every good and bad situation we are faced with, Our God knows how to use us in each and every situation we have been through.  It’s hard sometimes to wonder what that reason is really for, but knowing that there is a greater plan for our lives even if we don’t know what it may be yet. 


I love the music from Matthew West.  One song, The Heart of Christmas, from the movie The Heart of Christmas, tells the story of a family through their journey with their son at St. Jude Children’s Hospital and the life they had dealing with treatments.  Dealing with so much with their young son and having to get through life in general.  It’s so great how their family, friends, new friends and even strangers pulled together to help this family out.  To be a voice, to lend a hand, to pray for them.

So what's your favorite thing to do during this amazing season?  How do you show the Heart of Christmas to those around you?