Tag: life

DO you really….

August 8th, 2024

Read your Bible every morning? That is what the teller at the bank asked me as I quoted something I had read that morning to encourage her. “I really need to start doing that… I am learning from you”. My reply, “I learned it from Jesus… He is the example, He woke up early before any of his disciples were awake to be with God. ” We talked a little more, said see you soon and I went to my van and my eyes welled up with tears as I thought about Jesus example…

Friends, Jesus woke up early to be alone with God… I believe Jesus did this because he knew he was going to be in the world (like we are every day) and He had to be ready for the battle… We live in the world… We can not live of it fellow Christians… Jesus walked this earth like we do… Jesus knew God’s Word… When Satan tempted Him in the desert Jesus quoted God’s truth back to defeat Satan’s lies…

Fellow Christian, how you can you live in this world and not of it if you are going into the world Spiritually hungry? God’s Word is food for our Soul… We consume the Word before the world because we can not go into battle hungry (kind of like when you walk into the grocery store hungry and end up filling your cart with everything that sounds good but you do not need.) How can we fight the lies of this world if we do not know the truth of God’s word? The world NEEDS God’s truth. We need God’s truth.God’s word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.

It is hard to wake up early. I get that 100%. It is a sacrifice of extra sleep or not getting as long of a workout in… I know and so does our Creator. Jesus is not asking us to do something he did not do.. He was the example of sacrifice. I know it will be hard at first however as you begin to feast on God’s word every day before the world, you will not feel defeated… You will begin to feel hope realizing earth is only a layover while we wait on the Lord. Your strength will be renewed. God’s word promises it…
Seasons…

February 4th, 2024

That is the word that comes to mind when I think of this military life… There are seasons of deployments… Seasons of moving… Seasons of new… Seasons of old.. Seasons of lonely… Seasons of promotions… Seasons of I do not want to do another move….(I know life is seasons, for non military families too).

I have been doing this military spouse thing for 15 years… Most days I love this life other times I hate it because sometimes certain seasons can come with 10 minutes notice (If you are a military spouse I think I heard an amen). I have sat with other military wives as we are sitting in the season of being a “single parent” while our husbands are in their season of deployment, talking about the season of when they are home…

I am in the season of 7 months here and just kind of getting a groove. This season of being in a new place is always a lot of emotions right? Like ok Lord you called us here, why? Sometimes I peak into the last season of where we lived and think to myself that was the best season… My husband says to me you always say that… There are seasons when you realize God put people in your life there to help you… It is ok if that season has changed and it looks different…Like winter in Florida verse winter in Kansas… Same season different views on it…. Are you in a season right now? Maybe a hard season.. a happy season.. an unknown season..

King Solomon talks about there being a time for everything in Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8…”a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted….a time to mourn a time to dance…a time to speak..” (go read it all. I just chose a few lines) A lot of times we focus on the season and forget that it all comes in waves… God wants you to focus on him and not on the season and to understand HE is there through it all….

Seasons… They are the best and the worst for us mere humans… But God uses it all for growth…. Use this season you are in right now to focus on God and what he has for you in this moment.

Tag: life

DO you really….

Seasons…