... shortsighted and blind????? :O

 A new morning... and His mercies are new... His promises still are just that, promises giving by the Divine Promise Keeper... no need to struggle in our faith but reason enough to hold on and stand on  them... the promises... fix our eyes on the One who so willingly gave His life, who suffered greatly and loved even more...

Rely on Him and what He has done and get up and follow in His footsteps... because .. if His love does not propel you forward, His Word also contains some dire warnings...

But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.

 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.  Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

( 2 Peter 1:9-11)

When reading scriptures like this I know that His grace is still that... grace, that catches us when we fail to work hard on this for a while... understanding and mercy and compassion... but we NEED to accept the forgiveness and grace ... and then get up again, in His strength and move forward... so whatever keeps you stuck this morning... let Him lift you up, allow His love and grace to permeate you, fill you and give you the courage to make the first step towards knowing Him more... and the "proving" is taken care of... 

I am imagining the "Grand Entrance into the Eternal Kingdom"..... He blows me away... there will be a party... cookies and cream cupcake towers... beautiful music and LOVE so tangible, if there were tears in heaven there would be that never ending stream of them flowing down my face... as my soul for the first time will fully comprehend His divine LOVE for me.... Joy that will never end... bliss for eternity.... so today, as I am again filled by Him.. His Word, His power and love... I am asking Him to allow me to be useful for Him...LOVE Him like crazy....

... divine employment.....

.... dizziness .... perhaps left over from the head cold... or maybe a permanent state of mind because of all that's going on in my life... CRAZY... closing in a week, moving in 9 days....Poland in 3 and a half weeks... Birthdays throughout and then CHRISTMAS!!!! somewhere in between there I am going to get a new car too... wild and crazy...

Drove through town, the other night, and someone had their Christmas lights lit already... they were beautifully colorful... and there it dawned on me... I can now pick exactly the lights I like.... I also ordered Scripture Stencil Stickers for the walls.... bought an electric fireplace and arranged for new flooring to be put down in two bedrooms before we move in...

Work in Cambridge is still the Highlight of my weekly schedule... did my first pregnancy test today...I am so blessed to have the opportunity to get so well prepared for the Center we will be opening here, God willing...

Very blessed by the passage in JOG this week... 2 Peter chapter 1.....so much in there... never a dull moment  in His Word...


By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.
  In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,  and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,  and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Meditating on this and all that has been going on in the last year and half I do rejoice that all I need for godliness was given to me when Jesus claimed me as His own, and as He is refining me through all kinds of trials I am able to love better, have more patience, have more self control, know Him more and ultimately can be more productive and useful for Him....

The Pregnancy Center  comes to mind, and all the ministries I have been allowed to serve in over the years... and I am once again assured... this is what it is all about... We are saved for our own benefit, to start our eternal life in fellowship with the Father... but this is not the only reason... we are to be representatives that are productive and useful for furthering His Kingdom... He gives us all we need and as we draw nearer and nearer to Him through His word we are becoming more and more the willing vessel for His Goodness, Love and Grace to flow through to others..... no longer hindered by our own impurities and selfish hang ups, all burned away by the fiery trials He allowed...
So I thank Him today, I thank Him for leading me through the valleys... for faithfully refining me... for allowing me to be stripped of all that was not from Him, all that has been standing in the way.... I thank Him for giving me a passion to serve Him and the many opportunities He puts into my path... truth is, He is the best "employer " one could ever wish for.... I am so glad He " hired" me, considering my credentials were  total depravity and a wicked and deceitful heart.....