Passion

"Nail pierced hands they run with blood

A splitting brow forced by the thorns

His face is writhing with the pain yet it's comforting to me"

Kutless



Paradox

Experiencing God

Northbrook U will be offering Experiencing God, the study by Henry Blackaby, this summer. This is exciting to me!



This will be the third time I start this study. The first time I completed it all the way through and it was so great! I loved each minute of the study. It was fundamental in my early Christian walk because it really helped me understand what it means to build a relationship with Jesus Christ. It taught me how to know God's will, and do God's will, by understanding what a relationship with God is. I learned that if I work on a relationship with Jesus, and keep focusing on that, I can't help but be in God's will. It is not that I totally understand everything there is to know about a relationship with God, or the Person of Jesus Christ, but I did learn some helpful things about growing in that relationship.



A few months after completing the study the first time, I was in a singles group that began the same study. I got through the first hundred or so pages and then moved to TN, so the study ceased and I moved onto to different studies. Experiencing God is so much more interesting and enjoyable to share with a group because you get to share your God experiences as well as listen to others' share theirs.



Now, after five years, I'm beginning the study again. Already I was reminded that Jesus Christ is a person and it is the relationship that I have with the Person of Jesus Christ that is of utmost importance.



My first memory verse: John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."



Nothing. "Apart from me you can do nothing."



Oh, this is going to be great as I rediscover my First Love!

Crisis!

Don't you hate when a friend calls with a crisis situation and asks for some help. You say, I will check on some things and call you back in a few...and when you call back, that friend doesn't answer!!!!!!!!!!!



Now I want to know what's going on! Are things under control???



I guess I will just pray right now!

More Bad News out of Memphis

commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN: Local shares in an article that more than 80% of the schools fail to meet federal and state standards in reading and math.



The youth are the future.



What kind of future will it be? It's not looking good for TN.



So when I rant about the ignorance in the south, the numbers appear to support it.

The South

Why does the South have such a problem? In the Memphis Commercial Appeal there is an article explaining the latest statistics from Kids Count, in which TN is ranked 43 in measures of the overall well-being of its children. Arkansas is 44th and Mississippi 50th.

Wasted Day

I totally wasted this day.



A day off, and it was supposed to be a God day.



hmpf



I awakened with a bad attitude, and it stayed with me all day. Rain didn't help.



What is wrong with me? I'm so confused.

Something Wonderful

I don't understand how I can be so happy like I was on Sunday. So close to God...flying! Not a care in the world all day. Then yesterday and today I am slumping again. I prayed that God would blow my mind today. I prayed that He would do something WONDERFUL! Now I wait in anticipation. I haven't had much to look forward to these days so maybe now I do. I think I'll go out and talk to some university people about furthering my education. I REALLY want to do this! Can a person go to school full time, work part time, and still be a good mom? I am the only parent my kids have and I have no relatives around to help me with them. Maybe I need to start some type of support group that will help single parents with their kids so they can work without having to hand over a paycheck to a sitter. I bet I'll get a thousand suggestions on this one!!!!