Rebuilding the WALL - Chicago

Chicago in February was sooooooo fun! COLD but fun! I got to meet people I had been in weighdown online classes with for the first time! I met Karen ... my dear friend from class who came in for the event from North Carolina!! We had such a wonderful weekend and she got to meet everyone from all over and tell her story about her journey of weightloss and a new relationship with our heavenly father! Much love to you Karen. Having dinner just the two of us and getting to know you better was such sweet fellowship !!!

Of course, the powerful message from Gwen Shamblin and the truth told was as always convicting!!! The music was so wonderful... we are so blessed to hear it all 2x a week during the worship services of Remnant Fellowship church! So blessed indeed to be able to hang out with such pure hearted people! No excuses or kidding yourself into believing you are SAFE here. Just truth that refines you! Praise God for revealing and humble truth!!!! AMEN

Following God's LEAD

Life sure is unpredictable! God made it all that way. Isn't that the coolest thing! We have been praying for God's lead in our life and all our decisions. We have had things pop up on our radar of life that we really never expected. Some have been joyful and overwhelming and some have really humbled us to review our actions and rethink our day and how we are living it. In both, God is the genious and we give Him all the PRAISE and glory for everything!

We have been considering job options that have been coming in. Again, many have been unexpected and some that have not gone through have down right confused and surprised me. That said, we are praying for God's lead and just want to make Him happy - to Please our God of the universe... now there is what brings real joy!! :) To know we are in good with God ... that is what really matters. So many people are hurting right now! They are losing jobs and savings and their financial futures. They are losing homes and cars and some are down to nothing.... We pray for God's hand in their lives and for His mercy! We are so grateful to have a job and home and anything that God provides.

We pray that all of you are following God daily... looking for His lead in everything - giving GOD your TIME and energy and mind, and not spending it on things or concerns that just don't matter. We are praying for all of you... please pray for us too!!! :)

Just DO it

So many times I get bogged down in analyzing every angle about something to the point where I lose my original perspective and don't even remember what I started out looking for or what I was trying to understand in the first place! I know the human mind is a complicated thing, but it is sometimes amazing to me how easy some things are that we make oh so difficult.

Obeying God is the greatest example of this. I spent most of my life not even trying to understand the bible/God's word, and on those rare occasions when I did open it up and peek inside I was often led to believe I really need not try because the bible was really a mystery. I was not meant to understand it.... I was after all only human and God did not expect me to be ... righteous, holy or obedient. He knew we were not capable of it. He sent his son Jesus and that if I believed in Jesus that was all I had to do... nothing more is expected of me. BUNK... read the bible from cover to cover my friends... from Genesis to Revelation and IF you do without excuse (looking for the way you can get out of obeying God) you will see as clearly as so many do that obedience to God is the beginning of real understanding. It leads to the fear of God and FEARING God is the beginning of wisdom!

I praise God for leading me to the Remnant Fellowship Church and the Weigh-Down Workshop that helped me see the greed, pride and self focus in my heart.... and showed me HOW to lay it down and love God wholeheartedly!!!

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