I. Matter.

The little voice in my head...........for as long as I can remember.............the lies of the enemy...........says.......

You don't matter.

Well guess what.  I matter.  And.  You matter too.  Completely.  Listen to these words to you today.  Then look up to Him and allow Him to speak to your heart.



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 :)

I Can't Go Far on My Own

I can't go far without Jesus.  Now that my life is His, I need to learn to let go of control and let Him lead.  I have a mind that goes 90 to nothing throughout the day.  Learning to tune in to His voice and not my own is a challenge indeed and an area I am weak in.  I will boast in that weakness though.  I can't go far on my own.

Isaiah 30:21 says:
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."

Daily surrender.  Daily choose.  Who am I living for today?  If I try and pick up the reigns in the beginning of a day and set out to do "my" plan, I am going to be a bit confused and not have peace.  If I start my day saying good morning Jesus today is yours and I choose You today, to die to self, and carry my cross and follow "Your" plan, things will go great!

I can run myself in circles all the day long and longer, just like the Israelite's did going an 11 day journey and taking 40 years.  I sure hope, Lord, that I can make my trip MUCH shorter than that and pick up on things much quicker, more of You and less of me.

John 3:30
He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

More later...Love to you!
Kim

Live to Thrive, Not Just to Survive!

I had this thought yesterday about life and living.  I recalled the scripture...

John 10:10
The thief's purpose is to steal, kill and destroy.  My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

In my journey to really live this year, each day, work on living...I realize old habits that I have lived by and want to change...I do not want to just live to get by or get through or survive...

I want to live to THRIVE!  I want to live as Jesus wants me to live and not miss anything He has for me.

I learned yesterday through a Bible study at church and again several times hearing it through the day, something I needed to be reminded of.  If I want to live as Jesus wants, then I need to believe all the things His Word says about me and my life.  I am a child of God, the living God, and I need to continue diving into His Word so that I can learn who I am in Him and how to believe it.

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

(forgoing topic schedule for now)

Bible in 90 Days-Day 15

This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.  I will never give up reading through the Bible in 90 days, the Lord will guide me and help me do this.  Things seem to come up and circumstances are happening that are temptations to be discouraged, but the Lord will win, He gets the victory, thank you Lord!!  So thankful that You are all I need, my perfect provision.

I have a lot of notes to write down on here from the last few busy days that I have not gotten to post.  I think tonight or soon I am going to have a post of the scriptures that have just spoke to my heart so much while reading.  I am growing closer to the Lord through this and I have read a LOT of the Bible, but reading it through in 90 days is like combing through it and making everything fall into place, giving me clearer understanding as the Holy Spirit leads me and teaches me.  I also thought about the scripture this morning about I hide Your Word in my heart so I might not sin against you.  

Psalm 119: 11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

That is what I am doing.  I am hiding, as I read through this, His entire Word in my heart so I might not sin against Him.  I can't do it myself, He has to do it and I am resting in Him.

Praying everyone has a fabulous day in the Lord and just relying on Him all day long, allowing Him to fill them up and guide them.  He is amazing.  More later...Love to you!