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Name: Denise
Gender: Female
Interests: seeking God as I lose myself, photography, spending time talking with people, learning from people with different backgrounds, investing in eternitiy, roller coasters, writing, creativity, cooking & baking,....
Expertise: Realizing the longer I live the less I know or otherwise matters other than my relationship to Jesus which will affect all eternity....
Occupation: Medical
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AIM:  whatisfaith2u
Member Since:
8/18/2005
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| I love clouds and enjoy looking up to watch them. Seeing the Passion Play in Arkansas when I was young started it as Jesus ascended up to heaven as his followers watched and where told to look for his return to earth one day. There are days with some amazing clouds and I have wonder growing up if those are the clouds. Yet, we are still here.
As I watch the news hearing about sickness, droughts, natural disasters around the world, and war it makes me wonder. As I look at today's youth there is a coldness in some of them and in some a lack of belonging to anything as they destroy thier families and themselves by choices. The concept of life is not even valued as it is abused in so many ways. The Holy Bible also talks about family relationships. When I was young I couldn't see that happen yet my mind is changing. In America and even in some other places in the world, we murder our unborn childern as it is considered legal. Prophecy is being fulfilled in so many ways as the concept of "Christian" or even a church is being so watered down merging almost into what ever pleasure/sin/goal/focus one is into as it encompasses everything to stand for nothing.
Yet, there are still sincere people who follow Jesus out there scattered in many different churches praying in so many ways as they step in the gap like generations of the same has been since Jesus has walked on this earth. There are some that share the gospel for God's glory and not thier own as they spend time discipling ones to grow strong in the Lord instead of abandoning them after they say the "prayer". There are others out there encouraging those not to give up on God despite what they see around them practiced.
As I look up to the clouds, I wonder what Jesus sees in my own heart due to it will be revealed on Judgement Day. |
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| Each day to be alive is a day to thank our gracious, loving Lord Jesus. There are days we struggle with being thankful with what could be going on. Yet, it is those interesting days that allow us to value what we do have and going on with other days. Also, those interesting days gives up ample opportunities to stand in faith and hope in God that He is working through things in our lives.
No, we are not to set back and do nothing. It is choices we make. Sometimes those unconscious little ones that are learned through past events that help us today. That can include the attitude we have about things, actions, and aspects of life in general.
Faith and growing in faith is one of many I'm thankful for this year. Yes, events and people can be interesting but God is in control. It is choices that faith in Jesus affects in how we deal with those issues. Faith being put to the test allows it to grow stronger.
I had the follow up surg. after the accident which has removed some hardware and clean out broken cartilage that impeded smooth movement which was getting in the way to really gain the strength back in a good way to get back to normal. It took twice as long as the surgeon expected due to the damage that was still there. Praise the Lord it was smoothed out better! Yes, I'm in on light duty longer in the office but it is giving me the chance to build back the strength to be back on the street to help people.
With the weakness in situation at work, it allowed my faith to grow as the Lord Jesus helped me do things. It helped me realize how much He is truly there to help us when we desperately call out to Him to help us. At times, at work I fought back tears of praise and rejoicing to have prayers answered. Plus, when I was able to have opportunity to encourage others, I know there had to be such more conviction in my voice and expressions as I shared to give them hope when God opened the door for them to ask. My prayer life became on of more faith in action of what God can do in HIS TIMING, not mine. Sometimes, we humans give up on God due to our thought of time table we think God should work in.
Thankfulness to God in the Unknowns in my life that allows me to grow in patience and faith as I wait for God to work in those areas. We can look at them as opportunities verses other ways we humans can look at them.
The list of things to be thankful for is long and full of praise in how God is working things out despite me not understanding it all. Yet, if you or I knew everything, there would be no room for faith in Jesus Christ. Yet, we can know our Faith in Jesus Christ can get us through were He leads and out of the trouble we can lead our own selves out of as we repent to Jesus who is willing to forgive us. PRAISE THE LORD FOR ALL HE HAS DONE!!!!
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| Interesting times in life allow God to work in our lives to help us through them. It allows us to see in another way how me He loves us despite how we can take it so much forgranted. As life keeps getting more interesting, we have a choice to complain to increase in bitterness in time even though we may be blind to it. Or, we can pray and apply faith in God will take us through it. Yes, we will still have those days and such that we doubt. We wonder why? Yet, it allows us time to learn. It allows us a choice to Praise the Lord in all times to watch His blessings flow in times that are interesting. The words I chose to speak can encourage the situations either way. Within the last few years, I have learned more about people. When times are good you think you can trust some people to be there and don't expect others. Yet, when things do get interesting, it may amaze you who is there sincerely for you. So many empty words verses actual actions. It allows you to see people in another way. Sadder yet, when you start getting better, it is amazing who can try to destroy you again by twisting things. Purpose? Attention for themselves can be a reason for some. Those who can hurt you can help you in ways. New hurts can seem pale compared to those of old ones due to the old ones taught you things to help you deal with new ones knowing God is in control. Yet, even with people, God sees. We can't fool God. Interesting things happen in life. We can chose to do good things and bad things can still happen as the enemy attacks including using people claiming whatever. Yet, when the bad things happen we can start to doubt ourselves like we mess up and cause ourselves to withdraw instead of fight. Is turning the cheek the same thing in letting the enemy win when he attacks? It is not a blanket statment. Our doubt can cause distance in our relationship with God. Unfortunately when attacks come we need that relationship with God so much tighter than allowing doubts to come and create distance. Yes, you can say I'm writing vaguely but God knows the details to what I'm writing as He is in charge and my avenger (Romans 12) in His judgment and patience for people to come to Him. The same patience He has with me, He has with others to come to Him in repentance before their death. My direction He gives us is to love others and forgive others as He does us. That is challenging and only acheived with God's help. We can't do it by ourselves. One can assume they do it but yet don't realize the extent of what it is. I'm suppose to be faithful to work in the gifts He has given me to work with. It amazes me how He can open doors for them to be used wherever we are at as we are seeking Him. The older I get, the more I learn what serving Him means. We can use words and not understand what it takes to live them. Brokeness is what God can use more than how strong we think we are. No matter how good we think we are trying to be we can still mess up. Yet, sometimes, we blame ourselves when there is a bigger picture we can't see in things. Humbleness is key. Jealousy with others is real which can reak havoc in lives. People who attend church or stand up there stand up there to lead things can reek so much spiritual destruction in people's lives. Are they examples for God or examples for.....? Pride can destroy so much. | | |
| Busy last few days at work as they change some things to help make us more proficient. I want to do the same at home in my life, also. When I cook, I cook for several days now so I can take less time each day to do cook due to preparing several at on time to eat later. Yet, if I rush, I find I miss things and make mistakes. I would rather not admit to some cooking mistakes I have done in trying to rush.  Yet, I find that I can't rush some other things either. XangPastor suggested a group with a wonderful idea to read the Holy Bible in 99 days starting on 09/09/09. I started on 09/11/09 for several reasons. I am falling behind on the reading schedule due to I just can't read the Holy Bible as a novel. Yet, the challenge is still wonderful even if it will take me a few weeks/months longer. It has been awhile since I have read it from Genesis to Revelations. Years have passed so that I can relate to these examples of faith people lived or didn't live out in different ways. I understand more in ways, yet realize how the world can view it more interesting also. Yet, my past study over my life just adds to it more as I will go back to reread passages. I'm thankful to this challenge! Friday I took my cat to the Vet for his yearly shots. Each visit he has become more interesting to the point they treated him as a wild kitty for their own protection. Today, they gas him for the first time before they would touch him as he is 12.5 lbs of strength and stature. He is not a fat appearing cat but has strength and determination in what he does. He sounds like a wild beast at times! Yet, this visit is for his own good to keep him safe from what is out there in this world. Yet, he does his best to fight it all. I realized myself how I also will fight what is going on in my life not realizing God also has His best in mind for me also. Things that can seem bad to me at the time, I find later has helped me help other that I meet later. This challenge is changing some of the study I have been doing and allowing me to read the Bible at a quicker pace as a whole which has been very beneficial to me at this time. Praise the Lord for God's plans for our lives even though we don't understand it all at the time we are living it. | | |
| It is nearing the time of the year when chili is going to sound so good! Yet, I picked up a bag of apples and could not resist turning them into something less healthy than eating them alone. I could not make up my mind so I made a combination of both. I wanted an apple pie but not the flour mess to clean up. Yet, an apple crisp sounded good too. So, I pressed the pie crust into the bottom and sides. For the top, I did the crisp cover. Oh, it smelled wonderful baking!!!! Plus, to make it less damaging, I divided the pie up into making it in four smaller Corningware dishes so some of it could be frozen to eat at a later date. Okay, it was possible to freeze for later if it is possible to be left alone long enough. Yet, freezing it for a later date is better than it going bad on me or in the fridge! | | |
| This last weekend was busy! Yet, if one is around people, there are ways to learn. Last week, through a Xanga blog, I learned about a website encouraging people to read the Holy Bible in 99 days. The blog who mentioned it has been one of many that encourages me in sincere ways. There is much going around in our lives but making time for the Word of God is crucial for strength in living strong for eternity with our Lord Jesus. Yes, if spend time reading through the Holy Bible, it will take time from other things I may be doing but believed it is going to be worth it. Besides, I have a new Bible I'm using for over a year and it is time to read it from cover to cover. If I do it to other books, why not the Word of God? So far, it has been great some days where I do extra which helps for days that are more interesting. Yet, I can reread a passage I have read for years and still get more out of it. Genesis was fascinating to me again. The older I get the more the Bible can be an example to me in different ways. As a youth you view the world one way compared to a mid aged adult. I pray in 10-20 years, my faith is even stronger as I live for the Lord and able to encourage others more toward living with Jesus for eternity. There is one lesson I learn that is sticking with me for days later. Nutshell of a few lessons, God uses people in different ways to encourage others as He is not into cookie cutter ministry to people. Yet, how many other people thought they worshiped God when Noah was shut up in the ark with his family? How many others go their own way to God like Cain? How many of a generation wiped out before, the next generation entered the promise land? | | |
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