Fri, Jun 19th - 10:37AM

Strange, I thought I had posted yesterday. I guess I was wrong. I can not seem to get this blog set in my mind to do daily. I am keeping up with my bible study, but I can not seem to remember to do this part.

Well, next on my bible studyis Matthew 3:1-12 where John goes to prepare the way. It took me awhile to get through that bible study, and truth be told I am still not quite done with it. At the moment I am waiting for Mike's grandma to call with some scripture that will explain the end of the studt. I understand what it means to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, but I don't know what it means to be baptized by fire. So until I can get the asnder to that the rest of my study is put on hold.

Other then that, we are just kinda running around here today trying to get ready for the kid's vation. they are leaving tomorrow to go visit family for most of the summer. They will be spending 2 weeks with my mom and dad and then going on to my sister's house. from there they may go to my in-law's or they may just spend a few days with them. But then I think the end of July they will go back to my mom and dad's and then back home in the begining of August.

Time to go get them all ready to go.

Wed, Jun 17th - 7:46AM

I have not posted for a few days because I seem to have forgotten to put it into my new routine. I finished the first bible study that I started in Mark, but now I have started my own with Matthew. So far it is coming along. I have copied the passages into a word program, and then I am taking my study one section at a time. After each story/section I am writting a short devotional and a few questions to try to help cement parts of the story in my mind. This is going to take me a long time to just get through the book of Matthew. I want  to go faster and get more done so that I can possably share it with others, but I don't want to rush it either. I don't want to get burned out like I seem to do on everything that I start. So I am going to take it steady and pray every day that God keeps giving me the hunger for him and his word.

Sun, Jun 14th - 10:05AM

Well...I am tired of searching the web for a site that will give me a bible study, devotional and Juornal/Blog all in one. So I am going to work on starting my own. I am starting with the Book of Matthew. I have Copied the whole book of Matthew into a word program on my computer and I am breaking it up into daily studies. Each day will be a different story, i.e Day 1 Geneaology of Jesus, Day 2 The Birth of Jesus the messiah, etc. My study will have the Bible in the NIV already there, questions to help make me and others think and remeber what the reading was about, then a short devotional to maybe help people understand a message that is there in the scriptures..and to make people think about what is going on in the reading. It looks like this is going to take me a long long time even just to work my way through Matthew. Once I have a decent amount of studies done, I will see if I can find someone to colaborate with and then see about starting a web site. I know absolutly nothing about setting up a website, so I am going to have to get help with that also.

Well time to get everyone rounded up and off to church. Looks like my husband is going with us again this morning without even being asked. God does answer prayers!

Sat, Jun 13th - 7:51AM

Well this morning was the end of Mark Chapter 1. Jesus healed a leper. This stidy and devotional has pointed out that in not doing as instructed by God can hinder his work. When Jesus healed the leper he was told to tell ONLY the priest of the healing, but the leper told everyone and Jesus was mobbed by people and could no longer enter cities to preach. No matter how hard things might seem..we need to trust that the Lord knows best and do as He says. We can not possably know His reasons for what he tells us to do, but we need to trust that His plans are more important then our own thoughts and desires.

I am so proud that I finished this bible lesson. I have never been able to stick with something like this. I guess this is the right time and way for me. Now I have to see where the next bible study is going to take me.

Fri, Jun 12th - 7:57AM

Good morning!

Today's lesson is March 1:35-39

I am truly glad that I am not only doing this bible study, but that I am reading the devotionals that are going with the verses that I am studying. While the study is teaching me about what is happening in the scriptures, the devotional is explaining and giving me things to think about. Mark 1:35 Jesus gets up early and goes out to pray and spend time alone with God. this is what I have been trying to accomplish daily with my bible study and devotional time. Sometimes it does not quiet work out that way since my computer is in the living room and the family is starting to move at the same time that I get up. Maybe I just need to start getting up an hour earlier. I had been considering this, but I was feeling like getting up early before anyone else did to do my devotional and study was like I was trying to hide what I was doing. But now I realize that it is not that I want to HIDe..it is that I want to be alone with God. I want to listen to my music, read my bible, read my devotional, and write my blog without being interupted with the never ending questions and needs of my family. I think tomorrow I will start getting up an hour earlier.

The next part of my study that made me think was from Mark 1:37-38. The versus didn't make me think They found Jesus and said, "All the people are looking for you!" Jesus answered, "We should go to another place. We can go to other towns around here. Then I can tell people {God's message} in those places also. That is why I came." I was the devotional yet again..."Knowing our mission in life helps us clarify our daily commitments and center our efforts on the things God has called us to do." I have not found my exact mission in life yet...and I am praying that God will open my heart and mind and show me what he wants for my life. What I fear however, is that he will do this before I am ready. I would feel really akward being called to do something that I don't have the knowledge to even DO! Is He going to call me to preach and reach out to others when I have no clue what I am talking about? Well...above all else..His will be done in my life..that is all I ask..is that the Lord gives me the wisdom and strength to let go of my life and let Him take control. God knows better then I do..even if something seems so very hard and painful..He knows what is best.