Broken

It is common sense that when you break a bone, it grows back stronger. Also, if the bone is shattered, it is often replaced with something much stronger, and unbreakable. The Lord does the same thing with us... we must first become spiritually broken before we can be healed. Then, when we are healed we are stronger.

Fishers of Men

Today I went fishing and the Lord brought this to my attention, so I thought I'd share: In calling His disciples to follow Him, Jesus said, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." I've always understood that the disciples were initially fishermen, but today I see it a little more clearly. When you fish, you must have patience and faith that you will catch something. You must be still and cautious as to not "scare the fish away". And some days you may catch some, some days you don't. But that doesn't make you a failure. As followers of Christ, we become fishers of men; we cast our lives for others to see, and faithfully await for someone to be drawn to the Holy Spirit that lives within us. We must proceed with care and faith to 'bring one in' for Jesus and to not scare people away. It is then, when the conditions are just right, that someone will surrender to the Lord. It is nothing we did, because all we did was say "look what I have, don't you want some???"

Matt 4:19, Mark 1:17, Psalm 46:10

Following the Leader

Everybody remembers playing follow the leader, you just follow the person chosen as 'the leader' and do what they do. But what happened when you had a bigger kid in front of you and you couldn't see the leader? Easy, you just followed the bigger kid, right? Unless of course the other kid went his own way and decided to make himself the leader. Then, you weren't following the leader anymore, you were just following. Jesus said, "Follow me." It's our job to keep our eyes on the leader and follow Him. If we lose sight of Jesus and follow the others, there is a chance you could both fall into a ditch. I'm not saying that following someone else's leadership is bad, just be sure you don't make them the leader.

Just Because

I can grasp the love of the Father because of my daddy,
I can feel the arms of the Comforter because of my mom,
I can understand the brotherly love of Jesus because of my sister and brothers,
I know God's love for His Bride because of my husband.
I am learning about God's patience and discipline because of my children,
I have come to understand sin because of my own actions and choices.
To everyone listed (and those that aren't) thank you for helping me grow; whether it was a light watering or a hurricane. I am grateful for all of you who have impacted my life and because of the different relationships we have. I am able to learn a little more about our God (and myself) every day. Thank you.

spontaneous combustion

So pardon me while I burst into flames.I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games.So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame.Pardon me, pardon me...I'll never be the same! - Incubus



I've heard the voice of the HEAVENLY FATHER, been comforted by the HOLY SPIRIT, and have felt the love of JESUS CHRIST! I want my faith to spontaneously combust! Something to make others say "wow, what is that?" I don't want to be lukewarm. I don't want to exist, I want to LIVE!! I want to get the church out of the walls and into society, I want to see my kids' school impacted, my community changed!!!



If you've truly felt the heat from JESUS, you know that you'll never be the same. HE is the spontaneous combustion of our souls!!!!

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