Over halfway there!!!

Halfway there!  I couldn't do this without you guys.  Thank you so much!  Please continue to keep me, the group I'm traveling with, and the people of Segera in your prayers. 

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:19

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.- Philippians 1:6

Jesus Knows How You Feel

I came across this in my Bible Study this morning. I hope it encourages you.

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. ~ Hebrews 4:14-16

Jesus Knows How You Feel

Remember when you were so tired that all you wanted to do was sleep, and instead your baby with an ear infection woke up every time you tried to lay her down?  When you wanted to get some extra tasks done at the office, and fell farther behind?  When you looked forward to the leisurely Saturday filled with college football, and ended up fixing the garage door? 

Know this about God whom you worship: Jesus came down to our world, and he knows how you feel. “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses.”  Jesus was willing to deal with the poison, the sin of this world, so that he could win you for an eternity of heaven.  He willingly lifted up and carried your sins to the cross.  Suspended between heaven and earth he felt the white-hot anger of his Father for your sins.  Filled with life—because he had no sin and paid for yours—he rose from the dead bringing with him your unconditional forgiveness.

Rejection?  He knew it.  Temptation?  He felt it.  Loneliness?  He experienced it.  Death?  He tasted it.  Stress?  He could write the book on it.  When you tell God you’ve reached your limit, he knows what you mean.  When your palms sweat at the impossible deadline, when your plans are interrupted by people who have other plans, he nods in sympathy.  There is something extraordinarily comforting in knowing that Jesus is like you in every way, just that he had no sin.  It brings calm to the most frayed nerves, the most frenzied and frazzled days. 

So use this Bible truth!  When you hurt, go to Jesus with confidence.  He will help you in your time of need.  Jesus knows how you feel.

Thankful for Love

I can already tell I'm not going to do to do so great at blogging everyday.  There are more important things... like living life.  I'm going to do the best I can though.

Day 2:  I'm thankful for my wonderful husband. I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but he loves me anyway. We've spent a decade together and hope we have at least a century more. I love you, Ben!

Day 3: Today I am thankful for my parents. I am blessed to have parents who love me so much they CHOSE me. :) I am also thankful for my foster mom, Janelle. Without her, I never would have met my parents. I love all 3 of you!

We are all blessed so much more than we deserve.  Take some time today to think about all the wonderful people in your life.  Make time to call them and tell them you love them.  So often I forget that I'm not promised tomorrow.  A new challenge to myself is to live everyday as if it is my last. 

I'm thankful for you.

Each day in November I am going to try to blog SOMETHING.  If nothing else, I plan on listing one thing I am thankful for. 

Day 1: 
     I am thankful for YOU, the person reading this right now.  You were designed by God on purpose and  with a purpose. 

¹³ You (God) made all the delicate, inner parts of my body

    and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
¹⁵ You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
    as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
¹⁶ You saw me before I was born.
    Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
    before a single day had passed.

                             Psalm 139:13-16

Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. ~ Phillipians 1:3