What are you resolving to experience in 2010?

 

Celebrate Increase

After much consideration, I am resolving in 2010 to…

1. Say yes to love and accept the changes love always brings.

2. Use my creativity to enhance the life of another.

3. Allow romance to invigorate my senses and the senses of the one I love.

4. No longer look at yesterday’s pain when entertaining tomorrow’s pleasures.

5. Simplify my daily activities while seeking ways to increase my passion.

6. Acknowledge and appreciate the “firsts” in my life.

7. Celebrate the presence of God more in my world.

  Wisdom gives: a long, good life, riches, honor, pleasure, peace.  For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom (Proverbs 3:16, 2 Corinthians 3:17 TLB)

What is my purpose in this relationship? 

What can I do to help this new person I am developing a relationship with?

What am I to learn in this relationship?

 

     Often times when I find myself entering into a new relationship, I look for the ways I can make a difference.  I would like to think that I have something unique to offer another person when I enter into any new relationship.  I truly believe God has a purpose and a plan for me in any of my encounters so I ask God “What is my purpose?” Sometimes I discover my purpose quickly, other times I just have to trust that the reason will be fulfilled.

 

     Growing up in the military, I learned at a young age that most people come into one’s life for only a season.  When I became a committed Christian, I discovered there is reason for the season and only death can determine who qualified for the lifetime relationships. 

 

     Life is too precious for me to decide who belongs in or out of my life.  I want to take each day with a smile on my heart knowing how awesome my God is.  Every person I meet will represent just how special all of God’s creations are.  I may not be received by everyone I meet or understood by those closest to me, but I will strive to give my best to the moments I am with them… and trust God will bless us!

 

If I keep my ears listening and heart open, each year will contain the treasure I need for me to walk in the grace and knowledge of my Lord for the coming year. During the last decade, I plowed, planted and reaped many harvests. In 2010, I believe I will be able to rest and enjoy the fruits of my labor. My top eight discoveries for 2009…

 

Treasures at hand...

1. Friendships should begin with caring.

2. Dreaming, believing, and planning will accelerate your destiny.

3. Productivity does not always determine the results I desire.

4. Organization begins with knowing what to do and when to do it.

5. Time reveals the hidden secrets of the heart.

6. Living in the Now empowers my today, lets go of my yesterday, and restores my perspective for tomorrow.

7. The power of One increases when the agreement of two begins.

8. True happiness is to love and be loved.

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand…Deuteronomy 28:12

Christmas is celebrated because it is Jesus’ birthday. Jesus is the reason for this season and is the best gift anyone can receive during this holiday or any other time. This website was created because I wanted to share with the world just how real God is in my life and how much He wants to be in your life too. I love the Word of God which is His Holy Bible. The Scriptures I use throughout my site are used to illustrate how the Bible communicates to me and how it is the voice of the living God in my life. I believe in His Word and so I have chosen to make the Bible the standard that I measure my life with.

 

 

     My relationship began with God at a time in my life when I believed that all my dreams had ended or died.   I discovered that when you are introduced to the God of the Bible and you believe He is who He says He is, your life as you know it, may be over; but instead, you have been given a new beginning in life. People often refer to this new life as being “born again” or a second chance.

 

     The life God has planned for you is full of inner peace and joy.  Even during your most turbulent times, God will bring you to a place of peaceful rest despite what you may be facing or feeling. God’s only requirement is that you submit to His plan of salvation.

 

     I could not go through this holiday season without praying with you about experiencing this incredible relationship with God.  This Christmas Season is just a new beginning for you.  If you dare to believe with me, please speak this prayer out loud…

Our Father in Heaven,

     Help us to honor Your name. Come and set up Your Kingdom, so that everyone on earth will obey You, as You are obeyed in Heaven. Give us our food for today. Forgive us for doing wrong, as we forgive others. Keep us from being tempted and protect us from evil.  We choose today to confess Jesus Christ of Nazareth as our Lord and King!  Please fill us with your precious Holy Spirit and take away our stubborn heart and give us a new heart and a new desire to be faithful and true to You. We want to have only pure thoughts, and we will be eager to obey your laws and teachings.  Now, that we belong to Christ, we are a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new! We thank You for allowing us to enter into this season of rest with You and for giving us the desires of our heart.  You are a great and mighty God, full of grace and mercy, and we choose to love You.  In Jesus Name we pray, AMEN!

 

Where would you look for love? 

 

My friends sure ask me some of the most interesting questions.  I have been single for a long time and mostly by choice.  I lost the love of my life to a tragic accident and I did not think I could ever love again, so why would I search for love.

 

I am sure every woman has compiled a list of what she expects her mate to look like or be like.  I know I had made such a list as a young woman. However, the man I married actually did not fit the list I had created but I found myself loving him anyway.

 

I actually had forgotten about the list until a conversation I had with God after my husband’s death.  I told God I wanted to be able to love Him the way He wanted and needed. Suddenly the thought came or some may call it a word from the precious Holy Spirit, “What if I want to use a man to love you with?”  I pondered on that concept for a long time until I remembered my unfulfilled dream man list.

 

Although I did not go searching for this dream man, I met a man at a business conference that I thought had just walked out of my dreams and into my life.  He scored 100% on my list. However, when the relationship did not develop beyond a profitable working relationship, I realized maybe I wasn’t his dream woman or mate.  I believe there is a reason and purpose for everything and although I may not have been what this man wanted as a mate, he did for me what no man has done for me before.  He was able to ignite in me a hope and belief that God could and would do anything for me.  He was able to put God’s divine love back into my heart.  

 

As I shared this experience with my friend, I wanted her to see that she did not have to go looking for love, love would find her when she was ready to receive it the way it comes.  She probably did not even need a list because God would give her exactly what she needed.  I think the purpose of my list was to show me God would give me what I wanted since He delights in giving us the desires of our heart. However, the experience with my dream list caused me to give my list over to God.  Instead, I asked God to fulfill His dream for me since my dreams had been fulfilled.

 

I reminded my friend that if you are not with the love of your life right now, God is probably preparing each of you for each other. 

 

I also reminded my friend that “Love never fails…”  True love will find you and it will be great because God delights in giving good gifts.