9.2.14

Genesis 2:18-22 Genesis 2:18-22 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” 19 So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man[a] to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. 20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.

21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.

My Thoughts

These verses have been on my heart a lot the past few weeks. We as as wives were created to be a helper to our husbands. That is our first and most important job as women. When I asked myself how to accomplish this I decided to go about thinking of all I do for  my sweet Robby as a gift to him from me.  It has completely changed how I go about my day. It has humbled me in our relationship. I have been very surprised at how calming it is to my soul. I should not be surprised doing what .god ask of us always makes life run more smoothly. I so wish I had understood this sooner, but so happy that I know it now. 

6.23,13

Genesis 1: 3-5 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.⁴ And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.”

My Thoughts

I heard this this morning just as I woke up..I turned in the TV which I don't do often.....this was not my thought at all.... but i loved hearing it and wanted to share.....it wasn't until the third day, in verse 14 that God created the sun and the moon. The light created on the first day was Jesus this man said. I never noticed that! I knew Jesus was there from the beginning....but here it was in words that I had overlooked.  God making a way for us before he even created us! 

I need to set my mind to learning more...to paying closer attention. I don't want to miss a thing!

1.11.13

Genesis 26:12 when Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him. 

My Thoughts

God had told Isaac that if he went to this certain city that God would bless him there.  Isaac went and looked what God did!!  He gave Isaac 100 times more grain that he planted.  A hundred times more!!!!  Do you know why?   Because Isaac trusted God and did what God ask him to do. 

 

There are so many promises in God's word about how He will provide for us if we just do what He ask!!  To be blessed we have to do what Isaac did, trust God and do what He ask of us. 

 

What I am learning is this...when I feel God missing from what I do it is not because God has abandoned me... it is because I forgot to include God in my decision. Every time I make choices based on God those choices are blessed by God!! 

 

Receiving blessing from our wonderful God requires faith that He will do what He says... and our obedience in what God ask us to do.  If we do these things God will take care of us in amazing ways!!  Don't you know that Isaac was amazed, utterly amazed when his seeds produced 100 times what he planted!!  I want to live my life in amazement!!!

8.17.12

1 Peter 5:8 "Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil.  He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

My Thoughts

Do you ever feel out of control of your thoughts?? Has anybody ever told you what a good person you were and it made you feel guilty as you thought "If the only knew the thoughts in my head?" The place the devil likes to get us is in our head.  I loved learning that the devil was always putting thoughts in our head!! For the longest time I felt like I was fooling people with my sweetness, I would think "If they only knew what goes on in my head!"  But Proverbs 4:23 tells us to guard our hearts above all else because our hearts determine our actions. So if my actions were sweet, I was a good person. Whew!!  What a relief!!  When we are alert, on lookout for the devil we are able to do what it tells us to do in 2 Corinthians 10:5, take our thoughts captive.  Now  I am aware that those bad thoughts about myself and about others, come straight for the devil himself. Now I can take those thoughts captive and tell the devil just what God says!!  For instance when the devil makes me think, "You are just stupid and useless." I can tell the devil, "No, I have a purpose. God made me for a purpose and He tells me I am fearfully and wonderfully made." If the devil tells me "You can't!" I can tell him, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!"  I can take my thoughts captive so that what the devil tells me won't drop down into my heart and make my actions bad.  I can check  my actions against my thoughts and see if I am acting and reacting like God would have me act.  I can stay alert guarding my thoughts so they don't become my actions. I can remember that God word is so powerful that He spoke all things into existence... God simply said "Let there be light." and it happened. Just because He spoke it, it happened! God's word is powerful and I can use it to fight my enemy if I stay alert!  The devil likes to camouflage himself, like the animals in the jungle, but when we stay alert we can recognize him,  even in his camouflaged state.  And we can win the battle aginst him because we can do ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens us!! 

6.2.12

Genesis 12:2 I am blessed and I am a blessing to people. I dispense good to others.

My Thoughts

Luke 12:48 says "To whom much is given, much is required."  God expects us to help others.  To do for others. To make others feel loved. We are to go about dispensing hope. We often wonder how to witness to others.  Doing for them out of love, pure love given to someone you don't even know. That is how we are the best witness for God... for God's amazing love. When they ask."Why would you do this for me?"...we can say "God told me to because he loves you so much!" When God blesses our lives He expects us to pay those blessing forward to others.  When we do for others, God does for us. We can not out give God!

I wonder all the time how God wants me to help others.  I want to be a blessing. I want to do what God would have me do.  I love, loving other people. But I am often at a loss at how to go about helping others. Are you?

I believe that maybe I should always, always keep a Wal-Mart gift card in my purse...just for that purpose....an opportunity when I see someone in need to always have something on hand earmarked just for the purpose of being a blessing.

What are you are ideas of being prepared to bless others?  I would love to hear them!!

1.16.12

Genesis 33:10 But Jacob insisted, "No, I have found favor with you (Esau), please accept this gift from me. And what a relief to see your friendly smile. It is like seeing the face of God."

My Thoughts

In Chapter 32 Jacob has wrestled with God... Jacob had won...and God had given him the name Israel.  I think when God gave Jacob his new name God must have smiled.  That smile was on Jacob's mind the next day when Jacob met up with Esau.  Jacob had seen the face of God... and that warm, welcoming smile...that friendly smile reminded Jacob of God's face.

I don't think I will ever again see a friendly smile the same.  From this verse I will know that a friendly smile has a hint of God's face in it! I have finally internalized that all that we have is from God.. even a smile across a crowded room is from God.... now when I see a friendly smile I will know that not only is if from God, it looks like the face of God. Now I know that every friendly smile is so totally of God. How special is that. With this knowledge how can we not feel special each time someone smiles at us! Because every time someone smiles at is we are being loved by God himself... we are getting a fleeting glimpse of God and all the love He has in His heart for us at that very moment!

With this knowledge in our hearts we should never deny anybody that same moment! When we think to smile at someone we should always act on that urge to smile! So that they too can feel God's love...even if they don't know that is what they are feeling!

Today this made me feel so totally warm and happy inside... how does it make you feel?

1.6.11

Genesis 15:6 And Abram believed the Lord and the Lord counted him righteous because of his faith.

My Thoughts

God counted Abram righteous because of his faith... not because of his good works, not because he was sin free... but because Abram believed God... Abram had faith in God... Abram believe all that God said.  This verse is so important... it tells us that it is important to believe in all that God says... not parts of it... we don't get to choose what parts of the Bible are true... it is important to believe all that God tells us... we can do our very best to not sin... we can go about doing good all the time... but to be counted righteous we must believe all that God tells us.... we must have faith that God will do what God says he will do... we might like some parts more than others.... but we must believe all the parts of God's promises to us.... and they are wonderful, exciting promises! 

1.2.11

Genesis 3:6-7 The woman (Eve) was convinced.  She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it.  Then she gave some to her husband who was with her.

My Thoughts

I have heard people say "If only Eve hadn't eaten that fruit!"... yet we do it all the time.  How many times do we gossip because we want to look like the person that knows... how many times do we spend money we don't have because something looks so delicious... how many times do we do something that we know is wrong, thinking it will make us look better, feel better, be better only to discover what we already knew, that we felt guilt after doing it.  It wasn't worth it at all.  We need to keep Eve in our mind... she knew better, God had told her better... but she didn't listen and suffered the consequences for her actions. When we have that moment of pause... when we hear that voice in our head justifying what we know we shouldn't do then we need to think of Eve.... and learn from her mistakes.  My mom read once and tells me a dumb person doesn't learn from their mistakes, a smart person does... but a really, really smart person learns from other peoples mistakes. God gives us these stories, God made sure that these stories withstood the test of time so that we could be the really smart people and learn from other people's mistakes... we have a choice we don't have to be like Eve.

1.1.11

Genesis 1:3 Then God said "Let there be light," and there was light.

My Thoughts

Today I start my second year through the Bible... I thank everybody that took this journey with me in any way last year, you have blessed my life and encouraged me to keep going...thank you so much. It is already interesting to see how what I read feels different the second time around... last year I read this verse and knew what it said, buy its power was lost on me... last year the first day I read my Bible I just read the words.... the power of the words of God were lost one me..they had not registered in my heart and mind, that took a few months ... now I read these words and see so much more... God said "Let there be light,"... all God had to do is "say,"  to speak the words and light happened... I don't know about you but me, I want somebody with that kind of power on my side.... I want to know God so closely that when I ask for something he will speak words of power over my life and that those words will transform my steps... with God's power and love I can say "God I really want to have a good day today." and all God has to do is say "Jeannie's day will be good," and it will happen... but first I need to have a relationship with God that makes God hear what I say... I need to know God so well that God knows my voice... that when I speak to God he doesn't say "Who are you? I never knew you.".... I have to do my part in my relationship with God...then I can say "God, I want to have a good day" and God can speak those words over my life and my good day will happen, because all God has to do is speak and the universe responds.... now that is amazing!