Deception Scandal.. Jesus can’t save you???

So I’ve been thinking about this for a few weeks now… N finally I am going to write something about it. With the premiers of scandal.. Shows like deception and songs that say Jesus can’t save you… I’ve grown more concerned…

Why do we love stuff like this??? We sing along to songs that deny God… “Jesus can’t save you” yet Sunday were on our face crying Jesus save me… Why do we do this? Aren’t we denying the very essence of our savior listening to people who openly mock him??

Would we invite Jesus over to catch the new episode of scandal?? Yet we encourage all of our followers n friends to watch it. We rave over shows that have nothing to do with God.. They are the exact opposite of him.. Why are we so fascinated with these things that Jesus cries over…

Girls are wearing less and less clothes and are being bold enough to walk into church like that.. But us Christians aren’t bold enough to go up to her and lovingly tell her STOP.. The world is bold yet we are timid. Hiding in a corner hoping no one asks us to be bold or stand up for something no one else will. We don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings… We don’t want to step on toes… We would rather our friends.. Family.. Strangers…go to hell without making them feel “bad”… When do we stand up and say.. Enough is enough??? Its time …. Its time to start being better and bolder.. For our savior.. And for his children.. He’s calling us.. What will we do?!?!?!

His Peace

John 14:27 KJV

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Some of you are going to find this entry really odd… but its on my heart… with the recent events in Connecticut and china and so many people losing their children .. and so many people asking why.. peace was once again put on my heart.. all I can do is pray for peace for the families that have lost their children.. it takes me back to a moment a few years ago… my youngest daughter had her first seizure.. I honestly thought I was going to lose her… as someone started CPR on her and loading her in the ambulance I didn’t know what to expect.. all I could say was God please don’t take her…. but as the ambulance sped down the highway I remember having this overwhelming sense of peace….. now this wasnt a oh she’s going to be OK kinda peace.. this was a God whispering to my heart… if you lose her you will be OK… I know who admits that?? Who admits that if they lose their child they will be ok.. well I just did… I’ve never ever felt so at peace with something I couldn’t control.. NEVER… and it was a crazy feeling… so as the days go on… I won’t ask God why did this have to happen… no instead.. I will be praying for the families.. I will be praying peace… that surpasses all understanding…. peace that says… everything will be OK…maybe not right away… but know… HE is in control…

Father as many families prepare to bury their loved ones… I pray Lord that you will bring YOUR peace to their lives… that when people look at them they will want the same thing.. PEACE I know that when we give you control of our lives… we can be in a place of peace.. the waters may be rough…. but in the midst of the storms you are our refuge… we may not be able to change what happened Lord but we can change how we deal with it… Lord I pray for dads that may be angry and moms who have lost their will… Lord the high percentage of divorce between marriages that lose a child is so high.. and God I pray for those marriages to be strengthened not weakened amidst this tragedy… God we know your in control… we know you have a plan… your peace is what I pray for over all these grieving families tonight
Amen

It is said a silversmith pounds and polishes his silver until he can see his reflection…. As God pounds n polishes.. until his reflection is us .. is what he sees…..

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God sized goals and pursue God sized passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Stop pointing out problems and start speaking solutions.

THE CHOICE

Bitter or Better

Recently I have witnessed a lot of bitterness from women. I have to say it’s sad.. BUT it’s a choice.. being bitter is a choice… things happen to us in life.. and how we choose to deal with it is up to us….

Ladies.. lets first say this… marrying a pro athlete.. rapper or any other celebrity or high profile person comes with some fine print so to say…

If you sought that guy out… got pregnant.. and married that man.. you are still marrying that man for rich or POOR… soemtimes.. well in a lot of cases.. the money runs out… and in a lot of those cases.. so does the woman.. ladies.. you cant be mad when you took all his money and he has nothing left to give you COME ON you helped spend it all… now help deal with the aftermath… smh…

bitterness isn’t cute.. it’s not sexy.. and sooner or later.. u will ruin ur life with it..

Just my 2 cents..

this coming from a pro athletes ex wife.. that is all

Why I Don’t Believe In Birth Control

Now before I proceed with this blog I need you to first open your heart to the idea that birth control could be wrong.

A few years ago I did a bible study and it was brought up that birth control could possibly be a sin. It convicted me at that time I had an IUD and before that had been on every other birth control I could be. So I spoke to God about it and he began to show me things that made me realize that Birth Control was against His will.

The world says children are a burden, I will have them on my time. I get to choose how many kids I have. Until I’m ready I will have protected sex and stay on birth control. The Bible says Psalm 127:5 MSG
Don’t you see that children are God ‘s best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior’s fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Your enemies don’t stand a chance against you; you’ll sweep them right off your doorstep. Children are blessings from God yet we stand looking at heaven saying God I dont want THAT blessing.

As women it is our God given duty to bear children. Now that’s not saying all women are called to give birth. Some women aren’t and that’s between her and God. Subtle lies in the world are blinding so many women to the truth that birth control is OK. But of course the father of lies is behind these subtle lies. Satan comes to kill, steal, and destroy. As the destroyer of life anything that hinders his work he does not encourage. Every child brought into this world has the potential to be bearers of light and threaten his kingdom. Anything that hinders that he encourages.

Many Christians say oh abortions are wrong I would never do that.. yet we go on birth control to help prevent life from happening… in a marriage if we truly trust God that he’s not going to give us more then we can handle trusting him means no birth control. You can’t say hey God I trust you.. but let me go on birth control just in case. People often say God gave man wisdom to make birth control I don’t believe that.. God is the creator of life.. he opens and closes our wombs… he didn’t need to give the wisdom to a man to create birth control. Sorry I can’t believe that.. its actually absurd to me. Why would the creator of life do that. He wouldn’t. If we trust God the way we say we do… we won’t use birth control.

I thank God for giving me the truth.. there’s a reason you see a million commercials saying if you took so and so birth control and experienced a list of problems or even death you are entitled to whatever the price they put on it. Its not God given… birth control is a me thing… it stems from fear.. selfishness.. convenience…

I want to encourage you to seek God on this subject..God wants us to trust him in all areas of our lives.. I pray you surrender this area to him as well!!!

Thank you for your time and reading my blog :)

My Baptism

So this past weekend I was finally baptized and what’s even cooler is the love of my life and our oldest daughter were too!!!! I remember as he went first the years started to well up and then our daughter the tears came…. So excited to see my first born daughter take her step of obedience and understand it too!!! Then it came my turn… My turn to walk in obedience… But why had it taken so long….????

Growing up in the church I was never really taught the importance of baptism.. No its not a guarantee into heaven and no it’s not the only thing as a Christian I need to do… But it’s a statement.. It’s about following Christ… When I finally learned the importance of baptism I was worried that people would wonder why I hadn’t been yet… The innerme will get u every time making u feel ashamed or whatever else…
Long story short I wasn’t the only one who felt that way my pastors wife actually had felt that same way….. I’m excited to say I have been baptized and I’m super excited about it

Purity Day 23

A Pure Woman Offers God Her Body

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, wh ich is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2

God wants all of us.. every last bit. This includes our heart, will, emotion, desires, plans, hopes, dreams, and goals. We are called to offer our body as a living sacrifice for God’s use, an act that Paul calls “spiritual worship.” Apart from the mouths with which we sing, we dont tend to think of our bodies as means of worship.

How can our body be offered to God in this way? It cant, if we choose to use it to glorify ourselves. But the temptation to do just that is very powerful… everday. That’s why offering our bodies to God is not a one time decision. It is that, but there is also a daily battle we must wage to keep out bodies sacrificed. Because our bodies are part of this world, we are always in tune with earthly pleasure and have within us a hunger for the things of this life. That’s why we find ourselves crying out with Paul, “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate” Romans 7:15. But the more of us god has, the purer we will become because it si through offering ourselves to God that we are remade in order to resemble our Savior more and more. Jesus was sinless, pure in every way, and when we place ourselves in his hands, he is going to make us pure too.

Although it is the Holy Spirit who performs this makeover, we aren’t passive in the process. Paul gives us two action steps: we are to avoid being conformed to the world around us and we are to be transformed through the renewing of our minds. Our mind is not separate from our body; it is an organic part of it. Paul understood that, which is why he includes these two directives in this passage about offering our bodies to God.

We see again and again in Scripture that our thoughts are crucial in determining our purity. We aer shaped by the things we think about. Guarding what we watch, read, and hear isn’t legalism. It’s just sanctified common sense. It’s also obedience, as Paul makes clear. When it comes to purity, your mind matters

My little Kenzie… wow how you have grown… 8 years ago I remember looking into those big blue eyes falling in love… You make me so proud.. you are a great big sister and role model to your brother and sister… Your personality is one of a kind.. you have the silliest moments that keep me laughing and smiling.. you are growing up to be such a beautiful young woman.. I love you and cherish you so much.. I’m so proud of your willingness to love people … your heart is pure.. you truly just want people to be happy and that is such an amazing quality.. your so unique and so gifted baby girl.. I’m proud to be your mommy and your friend…

We love you so much kenzie… love your mommy and daddy