Sit Still Long Enough

Sit still long enough for it to penetrate.  What is IT?  It is whatever God is doing in me at any given moment, God's Word.  It needs to penetrate deep in me so that His work can be accomplished in me and He can change me from the inside out.  If I don't sit still long enough and keep moving before I have grasped something He is teaching me, then I am setting myself up once again to miss what He has.  No more!

It's time once again to remember, complete dependence on Jesus and to be still.  Bloom where I am planted.  It really is the best thing in the world, for me, and for each person God is working in.  To be still and let Him work.

Take some time today to be still and listen to His still small voice.......

More later...Love to you!
Kim :)

10 Million Things

There are 10 million things I could write about right now it seems.  This morning the battle in my mind I cannot being to explain.  It is amazing how crazy it can be on the inside when on the outside we can appear just fine.  Crazy I say!

So today there are a few things I want to chat about.  One is that Monday is for the kitchen!  So today I plan to set my timer and I will move all things off floor and sweep and mop.  Then I will wipe cabinets with soapy cloth and feel so refreshed because I love a good clean kitchen floor!  You know there are those things in your house, where for you, when it is done it is all good.  It feels like your house is clean.  But if "it" is not done, then it seems so dirty and chaotic.  Well that is my "it"...the kitchen floor.

So if you ever feel overwhelmed about your house and you don't know where to start...search your heart a minute, take a mental walk around your house and find that one thing.  What is it for you that when it is done/clean/organized you feel better and at ease?  Is it your kitchen sink, kitchen floor, ring around that toilet, bathroom counters wiped off, clutter picked off the floors in the house...?

The next thing is this.  When my mind is frazzled and 10 million things are running around...God reminded me this morning to stop, take my focus off of myself and towards Him, and praise Him.  Ask Him for His plans for me in my mind and in my day.  Keeping myself focused on myself is not going to help me at all.  

I made a short list that can be so super infinity long about God and all He is to me and all He is period.  Those things included:  Lover of my soul, my perfect provision, Creator of all things, I'm the apple of His eye, the most awesome sky I saw when I walked out my front door this morning, He made that!  Then I went on and made a list of who I am in Him.  If I get all mixed up in my head and forget who I am in Him, that is wasting time, ack!!!  Remind me so many times that again and again, and I will continue to need reminding.  I am MORE than a conqueror through Him, I am the apple of His eye, I am dead to sin and alive in Christ!!  I am a child of the living God!!  He lives in me!  I am a new creation!  AMAZING.

So now to restart my day and freshen up.  Reminders to myself, I do NOT have to have a perfect day.  This day will not be perfect.  If I try and go by my plans especially, it will not be perfect.  I will always be in His sight and in His hand.

Psalm 139:10 ..."even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me."

Can I pray for you today?  

More later...Love to you!

Kim :)

Slow Down.

Slowwwwwwwwwwwwww dowwwwwwwwwwwwwn me.

He is here.

I am completely dependent on Him.

I am not in control.  I am not God.  I am not my own.  I do NOT know it all.

Slow down and listen.

If I rush ahead of the Lord of my life, I am only making a decision that will make me miserable and make me question what is going on...when in reality I just need to:

Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God!
I will be honored by every nation.
I will be honored throughout the world.

Slow down because you are missing SO much when you speed by Him.  You are missing God's best for you.  Let Him lead.

This is a reminder for me I am sharing, but maybe you feel the same way sometimes?  Cry out to Him to help you today to be still and know that He is God.

Hear this...

More later...Love to you!
Kim :)

Live

My one word for 2012 is Live.  I keep hearing this song and today I said ok what do I need to hear from this song because I hear it...a LOT.  So I listened.  I got keyed into the word "live."  Take a listen to this song:

  

Weak and wounded sinner 
Lost and left to die 
O, raise your head, for love is passing by 
Come to Jesus 
Come to Jesus 
Come to Jesus and live! 

Now your burden's lifted 
And carried far away 
And precious blood has washed away the stain, so 
Sing to Jesus 
Sing to Jesus 
Sing to Jesus and live! 

And like a newborn baby 
Don't be afraid to crawl 
And remember when you walk 
Sometimes we fall...so 
Fall on Jesus 
Fall on Jesus 
Fall on Jesus and live! 

Sometimes the way is lonely 
And steep and filled with pain 
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then 
Cry to Jesus 
Cry to Jesus 
Cry to Jesus and live! 

O, and when the love spills over 
And music fills the night 
And when you can't contain your joy inside, then 
Dance for Jesus 
Dance for Jesus 
Dance for Jesus and live! 

And with your final heartbeat 
Kiss the world goodbye 
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and 
Fly to Jesus 
Fly to Jesus 
Fly to Jesus and live! 

This song says this about living:

• Come to Jesus and live
• Sing to Jesus and live
• Fall on Jesus and live
• Cry to Jesus and live
• Dance for Jesus
• Fly to Jesus

Going to let that soak in for a while...

More later...Love to you!

Kim

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Returning To My First Love

After realizing how far in 2010 I did stray from the Lord, my first love, and did not even realize it, I am on a journey now to return to my first love and put Him back in first place in every area of my life.  I am soon to be starting a new study through the first workbook of Thin Within by Judy Halliday, and I am very excited in what God will do in this time :)

I've been sick the past week and a half after my children were sick and one still recovering so we have been just doing a lot of recovering and relaxation.

If God leads I will be posting my journey through the next Bible study I do in Thin Within.  I want to really live it, to not just treat it like a book, but keep my eyes on the Lord and not the book and see how He works in me.  The song that comes to mind is that one that talks about I don't wanna go through the motions, I don't wanna go one more day without your all consuming, passion inside of me...

Thats the thought I am looking at today and seeking that passion...more later!