Thinking Out Loud!

So today has been a whirlwind of stuff going on~ however I have had a chance to think about stuff in my life and happening around me.

So first I had an epiphany this morning while I was in the shower~

I have been having some difficulty with a situation~ struggling with what appeared to be preferential treatment being bestowed upon some folks who are... well lack of a better word~ out there. These are people who have burned bridges with almost every support system that they have ever had. Yet there is this one lady~ a lady who I just could NOT understand.

Then in the shower, it came to me....

What a true and real blessing this woman is in these peoples lives! I was experiencing jealousy and realized that I had nothing in the world to be jealous over.

I have an amazing support system that includes family, friends, my church family, my husbands family, I could list 20 people I could call on if I needed help. I could name 5 people who would literally drop everything to be there for me if I called on them. I also have my faith to lean on...

These people that I was jealous over~ my goodness... they have no one left in their lives to be there for them. When they call needing help they get a lecture and a door closed on them. This amazing woman is one of the very few who still thinks that they are worth being there for. She is an awesome lady who is not only there for these people, she also reaches out to them before they reach to her. How awesome is that?

The LORD is truly awesome in providing for all who believe in HIM, even the ones who are really screwed up...

Just some thoughts

Luke 6:38 (New King James Version)
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Philippians 4:19 (Amplified Bible)
And my God will liberally supply ([a]fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:12 (New Living Translation)
always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.


Proverbs 3:9-11 (New International Version)

9 Honor the LORD with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;

10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.

11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
and do not resent his rebuke,


John 16:21-24 (New King James Version)
21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
23 “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Galatians 3:22 (Amplified Bible)
But the Scriptures [picture all mankind as sinners] shut up and imprisoned by sin, so that [the inheritance, blessing] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ (the Messiah) might be given (released, delivered, and committed) to [all] those who believe [who adhere to and trust in and rely on Him].

A Prattle About....

My amazing husband~

OK so I know that I go on and on about him~ however aside from my children, David has been one of the most amazing blessings God ever gave me. He is so patient, so loving, just an awesome and wonderful man.

I spent my entire life looking, searching, trying to find a love like this...

I sit sometimes and I wonder... what did I ever do to deserve this amazing man?

This thought got me to thinking about God a little more. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that God has a plan for us~ in Genesis 50 we read how Joseph tells his brothers that their evil plans were used by God for good~ Romans 8 tells us how all things work together for good.

One nigh, not long ago, my husband was telling me he wondered how our lives would have been if we had met years before...

I know that it would have been a disaster. David and I both went through life events that brought us to this place today where we could be together, happy, in love, and working on making a family together. It took life experiences to get us to this place of devotion to each other.

I know how blessed I am and just how God did bring all the bad of the past together to bless me with my husband.

What did I do to deserve this blessing?
Absolutely NOTHING!

Romans 5:8 comes to mind... God is so amazing and so wonderful that while I was still a sinner, still caught up in all the evils of the world~ HE gave HIS son as the sacrafice for my sin. GOD loved me so much even when I was at my worst that HE made provisions for me to be able to come back to HIM. John 3:16 tells me this.

So as I give thanks to my GOD today for my husband and children, I also give thanks for the even more AMAZING blessing of having given me a way to be right with HIM and to come before HIM to recieve these blessings!

My God is an AWESOME GOD!