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| It's been awhile since I've blogged. Not sure why. Just haven't been "inspired" I guess. We had such a fun and exciting day yesterday. Our grandson Markham's football team won the final state playoff game so the Katy Tigers play next Saturday for the State Championship. Yeah!! They are a great team & I appreciate so much the integrity of the coaching staff. They are building that same integrity & sportsmanship into the team and it is a good thing to see. We took our two grandchildren, Megan & Ryan with us to San Antonio to the game, so all grandchildren were there except Julie. She had a wrestling tournament. Yes, that's right! We have a granddaughter who wrestles and she's really good at it too. Her goal is to to wrestle in the 2012 Olympics and who knows, she might just make it!! Since you are reading my blog you will just have to let me brag a little. It's a grandma's right!! There's always some big event to attend when you have 5 grandchildren. Last weekend it was Megan's cat show, Markham's game & Julies wrestling match. After the first of the year it will be Ryan's ice hockey games & Sam's basketball games, as well. We are just soaking it all up, knowing very well that these times go by so swiftly. I think the most special moment for me yesterday was, after the game, we were all waiting outside to congratulate our grandson when the team came out to get on the buses. Markham held it together pretty well until he saw his dad. Then he just lost it. To see this big football player sobbing on his dad's shoulder is a memory this grandma will hold in her heart for a really long time. Lots of work has gone into that father-son realtionship & it showed yesterday. Relationships are work, but they are worth it. I think the older I get the more I realize how worth it they really are & how very important it is to treasure each moment God gives us. Be blessed today, my friends & treasure the moments God gives you. | | |
| I’ve been thinking a lot this past week about Exodus 14:13-14. Moses had brought the Israelites up to the edge of the Red sea and they were panicking because they thought they were trapped. “Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” We have had somewhat of a “Red Sea Experience” recently. It was a time when we literally stood back and watched the Lord work. I’ve been thinking this week about what it means to stand firm. It is a command that repeats itself throughout scripture. On what or whom do we stand firm? How do we stand? The following, it seems to me, is a least of part what it means: We stand firm on Christ, the ultiate foundation and the rock that makes all others fall. 1 Cor. 10:1-4, Romans 9:33 We stand on His Word Matt: 7:24-27 We stand in our faith 1 Cor. 16:13 We stand with the assurance we are clothed in the full armor of God Eph. 6:13-18 A multi-layered foundation! A firm place to stand! “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Psalms 40:2 However, I think there is at least one more layer to add. We stand on the prayers of our family and friends (or do their prayers help up stand? I’m not sure, but probably both.) Anyway, we knew and still know that multi-layered foundation was and is our strength. It’s not so hard to stand when you have a firm foundation to stand upon. And it’s not so hard to stand when you know others are standing with you on that same sure foundation. | | |
| I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalms 16:8 Some trust in chariots and horses, But I trust in the name of the Lord, my God Psalms 20:7 | | |
| As I was cleaning out a file this afternoon I came upon something I had written last year. I'm so thankful God called this to my mind again. I thought I would share it here. 3/27/06 During my quiet time, as I was praying, the words to “Fill My Cup, Lord” came to mind. I could see myself holding what looked like a coffee mug. I was standing, holding it up to the sky, just waiting for God to send down enough rain to fill it. It began to rain & then to pour down to the degree that the water would just hit the bottom of the cup & bounce out. I was getting soaked, but was still standing there holding my cup up, trying to get it filled. As I began to pray for whomever God called to mind, I could see each of them standing holding their cup up, as I had been. I began to pray that God would pour out His Spirit upon them, literally soak them. I heard God saying, “Don’t you see? You asked for a cupful from Me. I want to give you all of Me. I want to pour out upon you & all mankind. Don’t limit Me in what I can do. I cannot be contained in a cup. Put down your cup. You expect too little. Let go of your cup & allow Me to soak you with My love, My grace, My blessing. Allow My plans and purposes to become yours. I saw myself set down my cup, hold my arms out, palms upward and turn my face up to the rain. I was getting soaked through and through with God’s Spirit and His Presence. I began to see each person I had prayed for do the same. God began to show me that the cup represented my plans and purposes, my desires. I was asking God to bless them. It’s not that there was anything wrong with them, except that they belonged to me and I wasn’t letting them go. By putting down the cup I surrendered all to Him and as His rain poured down upon me I felt my need for control wash away and I was flooded with peace. His plans and purposes became mine. Not only was He fulfilling the desire of my heart, to know Him intimately, to draw closer to Him, but I was fulfilling the desire of His heart, as well – that I be totally surrendered to Him. | | |
| It is a strange place I find myself in. I feel God stirring my Spirit. I know He is. I just don't know what it is He is stirring in me. Ever been there? Feeling the moving of the Spirit and not knowing just why? I feel I'm supposed to write something this morning, but I don't know what. I even looked up the word "stir" in the dictionary, simply because that is the only word I can think of to explain how I am feeling. This is what it said: 1."To move, esp. slightly" 2. "To rouse from sleep, lethargy, etc." (Yikes!!) 3. To make active or be active. 4. To mix (a liquid, etc.) by moving a spoon, etc. around 5. To excite the feeling (of) 6. To incite Okay, so I still "feel" the same. I just read back over this and noticed how many times I mentioned the words "feel or feelings".Okay, Lord, I know I can't depend on my feelings. But I know You are stirring something within me and in Your good and perfect time I will know what it is. Give me ears to hear, eyes to see. I want to know you more. I want to walk in the way you have laid out for me.
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