Can You Do More For God?

When was the last time you were zealous for God?
Have you ever been zealous for God?
Its like when you first get a new job......I was a Sonic car-hop.....boy did I want to be the friendliest, fastest, and most efficient car hop Sonic Drive-In had ever had....I went out of my way to do my best!....I was zealous for my job!
I wish we had an adult church camp. I really think that is what most Christians need...to be surrounded by nothing but other Christians and preachers for an entire week....talk about setting the world on fire I remember when I was sixteen I went to my first teen church camp. Wow! Everyday I would sit under at least three awesome sermons from a man of God. Powerful God inspired preaching....preaching about modesty, music, television, friends, God's will for my life, and just about every aspect of life I could possibly have a decision about. Those preachers told us that we could live for God but we would have to decide to do so. .....no cell phones, computers, unbelievers, etc.....to tell me otherwise. Wow!
Wow! I still feel the fire inside when I think about it.
I remember coming back home after that week. I decided I would live for God no matter what Satan may put against me. I will never forget. My dad was burning brush in the backyard. I took all my music cd's....I would say $500 worth, put them in a paper bag, and threw them in the fire......Woo Hoo....talk about a victory in my heart!
This was a beginnings, but it was definitely a defining point in my life.
We need this fire in our life. I think we get so preoccupied with changing diapers, cooking dinner, keeping up with all the events on the calendar that we forget our self. You, the person, gets lost in the shuffle. What are you living for? Just your children, or God? Where did your zeal go?
It is there. You have to find it! Pray for it! If we could get that "church camp zeal", is there anything that we cannot do? No, just because we have small children or children with activities doesn't mean we are slave to only those duties. We can do so much more. We just have to decide in our heart that we are going to....and God will find a way!

Mentor each other!

"For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: that there should be no schism in the body; that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it"
1st Corinthians 12:24
God has recently put a burden on my heart for this piece of scripture...How well do we really know our christian family? It is a common thing to say in the hallway..."Hi, how are you?"....without pausing to hear the answer. Why did we ask? Do we really want or have time for the answer?
We brush by each other in the copy room or in the nursery....we talk about the weather ....we talk about how rowdy or packed our class is that day....but do we really know each other?
Do you know you sister in Christ well enough to see if they are suffering?
Just as we notice a hurt or ache in our body....so should we notice a hurt or ache in our friends.... then the bible says "that the members should have the same care one for another".
We must break down that facade that we have to act like everything is always peachy. In reality we all have struggles like backsliden loved ones, trouble at work, financial difficulties, depression, anxiety, and etc. We have to ban together....Mentor each other.....Acknowledge that it is hard to be a faithful christian woman.....Talk about our problems and up lift each other. God gave us our christian family for these purposes. We are not alone and we must not have too much pride to discuss our difficulties in order to help out our fellow christian sisters.
So....PAY ATTENTION!....LET DOWN YOUR GUARD!....you can't help someone if you aren't honest......take someone under your wing...let them know they are not alone.....encourage and uplift them....point them to CHRIST....PRAYER... SCRIPTURE.....and show them how Christ helped you.
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Memories..

We all strive to give our children a better life than what we had. I think where we go wrong is trying to give them a better materialistic lifestyle.
Looking back, I remember what my parents did with me: my dad sitting in the crowd cheering me on, my mom painting my toe nails, my dad showing me how to bait a hook and how to be patient, my mom showing me how to balance a check book.
I can remember very few things they bought me.
I think we should put a conscience effort everyday into doing things with our children. I know I for one have a bad habit about worrying that the house work is done. No one will remember ten years from now if I let my house go so I can spend time with my children EXCEPT my children.
So read your children books, snuggle next to them during a good movie, paint their toe nails, build a sand castle with them, pray with them, and sing to them.
They will remember...that is one thing $$ or time has no effect on...memories!!!!!!!!!!!!

People Need The Lord!

I remember back to a time when I was a child. I had no worries, no prejudices, and no fears. Life was wonderfully clear.
I was a fifth grader at a local elementary school. Our fifth grade Christmas program would be "Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer". Our class would sing the song as I came hobbling out in my granny attire then I would get knocked down by a drive by reindeer. Finally, a fellow classmate, dressed as grandpa, would drag me off stage. The crowd laughed and cheered.
Sadly I found out recently that, that dear friend dressed as grandpa, passed away.
Today as I pondered about how quickly his life was taken, I can't help but wonder what kind of example I was to him and his family.
"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
James 4:14
Sure I was just a fifth grader. But I was a christian at that time....was I living and speaking as a christian. I know many children that have led others to the Lord. Also, I think about my children's church class. I know for several of those children, we are the only christian influence they have.
I know I for one, am not a people person by nature. I would rather go, listen to the sermon, teach, and leave. I realize that we all should take that extra time to talk to others. No matter what you may have waiting on your "to do list" or how hungry you may be, talk to people. Tell the your dry cleaner, your beautician, the guy that waved at the car wash, and even that child that comes to your door with a school fundraiser. You never know what could happen to either of you tomorrow, next month, or even ten years from now. As one of my close friends sings "people need the Lord", so tell them how great he is and what he has done for your life. I know I sure want to try harder!