I Love my church and the fact that they are willing to cover taboo topics that are biblicaly wrong but culture tells us to just do it because it "feels right."
Today's topic: Divorce. Obviously a hard topic to listen to but so good.
ONLY reasons for divorce/end of marital commitment:
1. Death of a spouse
2. Divorce because of marital infidelity
3. Divorce because by an unbelieving spouse
Listen to it...this is good
http://www.villagebible.com/?page_id=426&sermon_id=48
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
if only it was as easy as it is to say....
Forgiveness...this word has been haunting me lately! Tonight I realized that as much distance as there is between us and as much pain and anger we have in our history of siblinghood....I love my brother. I hate the life he has chosen for himself but that is not my problem...it's for God to deal with. All I know is that he is a hero. He did what most of us couldn't and fought for our freedom. He took a grenade to the leg fighting for me...for us...for our country and I should respect him for that. I wish he would run back to Jesus with open arms and I pray that one day this child he is bringing into the world will learn to love Jesus too. So I pray...for him....for the child and for my wicked heart.
1 John 4:7-21
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot [a] love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Pray for my heart. I need this raw truth!
1 John 4:7-21
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot [a] love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Pray for my heart. I need this raw truth!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
blogging and I don't seem to be friends...
Funny story: I was telling you all in my last post that my computer finally had internet so now I can blog! Well, my dog chewed through the power cord so since then we have been back to square one..lame! I can write on my phone but it is extremely annoying so most often I choose not to. Someday I will be able to blog again but until then friends...ciao!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
internet is a good thing to have when you want to blog
My friend helped me set up the internet on my phone to my computer today and I am SOOOO thankful! It has been too long and now hopefully I can blog!
As I was driving and thinking today a thought came to my mind. I am not sure I have had this one yet. I was praying for Jeremiah and I thanked God for everything He used to teach me and Jeremiah in the horrible circumstances. After I said it I thought to myself "Thank you?! Am I really thankful for going through something so horrible?!" The answer: Yes I am. Would I change what happened if I had a chance? I'm not sure I would. I can't believe that at the age of 24 I have learned so much and come so far.
I have gone through emotions, pain and growth that I never knew was possible.
I have learned to be ok with the situation no matter what it is.
And all because of the places God chose to take me and break me until I followed HIS plan. I am blessed!! I AM THANKFUL!! I would like to feel whole again of course but i don't think i would change the brokenness for a "normal" life. I am finally O-K-A-Y with being alone....PRAISE GOD!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
What if His blessings come through rain drops?
I love Laura Story's newest song called "Blessings." She went through a very heart breaking experience with her husband's health and this song came out of that. It basically is as if she wrote it for me. The lyrics go like this:
We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise
This is right where my heart is at right now. I love meditating on the words. Yesterday I was asked by someone if I ever felt hopeless, or a lack of passion. One time I do remember wanting to give up on life in general but other then that the answer has been no. I told her that maybe in the situations that I have been dealing with I have felt that each circumstance might be hopeless. but LIFE has not been hopeless or passionless because my hope is in the Lord. She was surprised by that answer. I mean obviously I have had my days where I probably have said life is pointless but all in all I have always known where to keep my hope. Why would I give up on the one thing that gives me a reason to live?! That would be such a waste! I am excited to see where the summer leads me. Healing is coming to a close. I am being given tools to close this chapter of pain, anguish and suffering and it is sooooo freeing and rejuvenating! I know this is not the last trial I will go through but it's ok because "what if His blessings come through rain drops? What if His healing comes through tears?" It makes it worth that pain.
Father's day was a special day where not only was I able to celebrate with my dad and another "dad" of mine but also because it is a day when we get to celebrate our ABBA. I always love going to church on Father's day. What an appropriate place where we can show our love for our abba Father and remember and appreciate Him!
signed,
me
Ps...Sissssssster..I miss you but I love reading your blog and seeing how much you are learning and discovering!
We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise
This is right where my heart is at right now. I love meditating on the words. Yesterday I was asked by someone if I ever felt hopeless, or a lack of passion. One time I do remember wanting to give up on life in general but other then that the answer has been no. I told her that maybe in the situations that I have been dealing with I have felt that each circumstance might be hopeless. but LIFE has not been hopeless or passionless because my hope is in the Lord. She was surprised by that answer. I mean obviously I have had my days where I probably have said life is pointless but all in all I have always known where to keep my hope. Why would I give up on the one thing that gives me a reason to live?! That would be such a waste! I am excited to see where the summer leads me. Healing is coming to a close. I am being given tools to close this chapter of pain, anguish and suffering and it is sooooo freeing and rejuvenating! I know this is not the last trial I will go through but it's ok because "what if His blessings come through rain drops? What if His healing comes through tears?" It makes it worth that pain.
Father's day was a special day where not only was I able to celebrate with my dad and another "dad" of mine but also because it is a day when we get to celebrate our ABBA. I always love going to church on Father's day. What an appropriate place where we can show our love for our abba Father and remember and appreciate Him!
signed,
me
Ps...Sissssssster..I miss you but I love reading your blog and seeing how much you are learning and discovering!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
silence
Well friends, With no internet comes no blogs. I have had a lot going on in my head lately and frankly probably would not have been able to put it into words. That will change soon enough hopefully. It seems as if i don't even know what I am thinking as of late. The one thing that never changes is the Word of God is powerful and comforting. I have been trying to be better about reading it lately and failing miserably. BUT when i do sit down and read i am truly blessed. tears have been my friend and satan has been my enemy but all in all life keeps trudging along and my feet keep dragging behind me. I have an interesting encounter on monday which could be life altering. we shall see. As a line from a good song goes "God is great, beer is good and people are crazy." sums it up right there.
signed,
me
signed,
me
Sunday, April 10, 2011
BLESSED!!!!
Today, when I got to church, I went to sit in the row of seats my family always sits. Someone was sitting there talking to my grandma who always sits in front of us, so I moved over a few seats. When she got up my mom noticed there was a card sitting on the seat with my first and last name written on it (there are maaany Sarah's at church but this was clearly for me). As worship was starting I opened the card to see that it was one of our church's encouragement cards that you can get from the office to fill out for anyone and give it to them. The only thing it said on the inside was "GOD BLESS" with a very generous gift inside!!! GOD IS SOOOOOOO AMAZING in the way HE provides!!! I am in aw! Thank you Lord!
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