Today, my heart is aching over the lost... Those who have never heard, refuse to hear, let shame get in the way of accepting the only One who can give them life...Today, my heart is in shambles. I want those around me and those that read this to see my life and say, "She is shouting His name... Until the whole world hears..." I want that to be my life... What will my career be? Shouting until the whole world hears. What will each day look like? I'll be shouting until the whole world hears... What will it take? The cost is high, yet I don't care... I will give my everything to shout of His love. Where will I go? Wherever He sends me...Who will I go with? HIM. How will I make it? His Grace and provision.
Today, my heart realizes how soon He is coming to take His bride... Today, I saw the news that another earthquake has hit, in Chile this time. Today, I see the urgency of sharing the Gospel.
When He comes, I want to be ready. I want to be able to look back, and say, "I gave Him everything... I told of His love every chance I had." I want to over come the lukewarm life...
He who promises is FAITHFUL.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
40 Days.
DO THIS. yesssss. Nothing but wata' for 40 days. . . Why? Raise awareness. 320 million Africans have no access to clean water. That is more than the population of America. SHOCK. I know. These are our brothers and sisters. Give to them... b/c they give to us. They give to us the gift of seeing hope in the midst of pain and suffering. They show us how to smile in the midst of genocide. They show strength in the midst of poverty. What will we give in return?
This is a challenge.
40 days. No drink but water. The money you save... give to the bloodwatermission.
What makes Jesus angry. (a righteous anger of course!)
Matthew 23
Seven Woes
1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to His disciples: 2"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5"Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'
8"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
15"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16"Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.' 19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
23"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
33"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
37"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
Seven Woes
1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to His disciples: 2"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5"Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'
8"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
15"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16"Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.' 19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
23"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
33"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
37"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Here I am...in Knoxville.
“And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”-Jeremiah 29:7…
Not that Knoxville is like exile, but like the Israelites, I get so focused on the future that I forget where ABBA has set me to shine in the present. I find this to be Suchhhh a hard thing to grasp. ssooo hard. For my whole life, I've dreamed of traveling the world... changing it, one life at a time. I've dreamed of getting off a plane and stepping into a whole new world... I dream of putting my feet down on the part of the earth called Africa. I've dreamed of holding little babies and praying that ABBA would rise these children up to be people after HIS heart. I dream of going to India... I've dreamed of being a Mother Teresa of some sort. I want to hold the untouchables and show them that I believe that they are beautiful and that they are treasures in the eyes of their Creator. I desire to work in orphanages... to laugh, to cry, to love...to be the hands of my precious Jesus to this world. I want so badly to not leave this world without making an impact. I want to always be someone that Jesus uses to change the world. I want to love as radically as He loves.
But the Holy Spirit reminds my heart that I am in the place that I am supposed to be...I am in this place that I feel like is my "exile" and sometimes, honestly, I just hate it. I just beg ABBA to send me somewhere, to let something finally work out... and HE keeps saying, "Daughter, I have already sent you...I've sent you to Knoxville....for such a time as this...Pray for it...Work for peace in this city I have put you in..."
Yes, ABBA. Here I stand... in Knoxville... with a mind longing to be in Africa...but with a heart longing to do Your will, wherever You put me.
Not that Knoxville is like exile, but like the Israelites, I get so focused on the future that I forget where ABBA has set me to shine in the present. I find this to be Suchhhh a hard thing to grasp. ssooo hard. For my whole life, I've dreamed of traveling the world... changing it, one life at a time. I've dreamed of getting off a plane and stepping into a whole new world... I dream of putting my feet down on the part of the earth called Africa. I've dreamed of holding little babies and praying that ABBA would rise these children up to be people after HIS heart. I dream of going to India... I've dreamed of being a Mother Teresa of some sort. I want to hold the untouchables and show them that I believe that they are beautiful and that they are treasures in the eyes of their Creator. I desire to work in orphanages... to laugh, to cry, to love...to be the hands of my precious Jesus to this world. I want so badly to not leave this world without making an impact. I want to always be someone that Jesus uses to change the world. I want to love as radically as He loves.
But the Holy Spirit reminds my heart that I am in the place that I am supposed to be...I am in this place that I feel like is my "exile" and sometimes, honestly, I just hate it. I just beg ABBA to send me somewhere, to let something finally work out... and HE keeps saying, "Daughter, I have already sent you...I've sent you to Knoxville....for such a time as this...Pray for it...Work for peace in this city I have put you in..."
Yes, ABBA. Here I stand... in Knoxville... with a mind longing to be in Africa...but with a heart longing to do Your will, wherever You put me.
Monday, February 15, 2010
My prayer.
I've counted the cost like You remind us to... &You are so much bigger and better than the earthly cost, my Jesus, my Prize, my All... Here I am... Send me. I'll follow you into the ends of the earth...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
"Follow Me."
"Put your hand in Jesus' hand, and walk with Him...Walk ahead, because if you look back, you will go back..."--Momma of Momma T.
Such truth, right? How often are we like Lot's wife and look back at everything we have left behind? I know that I do it so often. Oswald Chambers says, "Beware of looking back what you once were, because you will miss out on what God wants you to be today." (I might have butchered that quote, but you get the point) I was reading in Matthew last night, and I couldn't help but notice one thing. Every time Jesus calls one of His 12 disciples, he drops everything and doesn't look back... He drops everything he once was, is, and hoped to be to follow his Savior. And when Jesus calls them to Himself, He does NOT say, "Hey, come follow me... you can still have everything in this world...Just casually follow me..." He says to count the cost of being His follower before you decide to follow Him...He says that you might have to leave your parents... He says that our ways are COMPLETELY different that His ways....Then, He says, "Follow Me." aka "No looking back...Just follow me...It's going to hurt... you might lose everything, but in return, I will give you life...to the fullest..."... End of story. What a crazy thought...What a challenge.
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Such truth, right? How often are we like Lot's wife and look back at everything we have left behind? I know that I do it so often. Oswald Chambers says, "Beware of looking back what you once were, because you will miss out on what God wants you to be today." (I might have butchered that quote, but you get the point) I was reading in Matthew last night, and I couldn't help but notice one thing. Every time Jesus calls one of His 12 disciples, he drops everything and doesn't look back... He drops everything he once was, is, and hoped to be to follow his Savior. And when Jesus calls them to Himself, He does NOT say, "Hey, come follow me... you can still have everything in this world...Just casually follow me..." He says to count the cost of being His follower before you decide to follow Him...He says that you might have to leave your parents... He says that our ways are COMPLETELY different that His ways....Then, He says, "Follow Me." aka "No looking back...Just follow me...It's going to hurt... you might lose everything, but in return, I will give you life...to the fullest..."... End of story. What a crazy thought...What a challenge.
♥♥♥
Thursday, February 4, 2010
"I hope you dance...."
"I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance..."
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance..."
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