My List Is E X P A N D I N G!

I've started studying Psalms every morning.  While studying inductively, I've been marking every word pertaining to GOD.  By doing this, I'm learning so much and have updated my list for you here--under the GOD'S CHARACTER page tab.  To learn more about inductive bible study, go to this page--Precept Ministries.  I'm completely hooked on this method of bible study!  Another book I plan on studying this way is Proverbs.  You can learn much about love vs. lust, wickedness vs. righteousness, wisdom, etc. etc.  I will keep this blog updated on lists I make from Proverbs when I begin.

A Lesson In Faith

Ten years ago my husband and I got married.  Prior to that I was married and had two children in that marriage.  It was an abusive and unfaithful marriage.  During the process of my divorce 12 years ago, this man you see pictured introduced me to Jesus.  We married two years later.  Finally this week he was able to adopt my two children.  There is a verse of scripture that reminds me of what God has done for us: "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15).  The last 10 years have been a roller coaster and a true test of faith where the adoption of my children by my husband is concerned--we went through long bouts of doubt, quietness from the Lord and also periods of peace and stillness knowing He is God and will "....work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28).  To make a long story (a 12-year long story) short, the Lord has grown my faith so much over that last 12 years!  It took 12 years for me to see the "light at the end of the tunnel" but God is not through with me yet--this I know!  God won't stop growing me until I am made more like His Son, Jesus Christ.  Click here to read two scriptures about faith that I have held on to over the last year in particular.  It's when I'm quiet, not disctracted by things of this world, and when I am Sitting at His Feet that I can best hear His voice an not harden my heart (Hebrews 3:7-8).

God's Character---A Running List....

I have created a new page on my blog titled "God's Character".  I've recently begun making a list about God inside my bible and decided to share it on my blog.  From time to time, I will update my list on this page.  It's a humbling thing to know God and His ways.  I invite you to click here and join me on this journey.

Balancing Busyness

"BALANCING BUSYNESS"??? Sounds like an oxymoron to me :) The first thing I do every morning is grab my coffee, check my bank statement, and do a 20-minute bible study (in that order---but I know it should be bible study first).  I just can't sit still and concentrate until I know what I've got to do is done.  May has shown itself to be SO BUSY already!  And it will just get busier as the weeks move on this month.  So, my desire to stay in God's Word is very persuing.  The problem is, there is so much to do FIRST (or so I struggle with priorities).  Satan likes to distract me from sitting down and reading/meditating on God's Word--the lies and deception start creeping in "The Lord knows you're busy...it's OK to slack off on reading just a bit" and so on.  I know the truth and I'm learning, through God's wisdom, to discern His voice.  Click here to see some verses the Lord has shown me about the "business of busyness" and balancing life as a wife and mother and the importance of Sitting at His Feet.