Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks?

The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.

When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them.

God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.

It is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.

He Doesn't Call the Qualified...

The bible says, "The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few...".

It is time to rise up new leaders in the church. I'm tired of sitting in a chair and being ministered to every Wednesday and every Sunday... it's killing me. It's time for an overflow of God's mercy and grace. I am not anywhere near perfect... so for the longest time I have had the hardest time understanding the idea that I was capable of leading someone to Jesus. But God doesn't call the qualified to do His work... He QUALIFIES the CALLED! :) I am a child of God, with a great mission ahead of me. I know I am called to the mission field.... but I have never been sure where. Africa? Iran? America? Pensacola? Le'San? Northridge...?

I have trusted God in every aspect of my life... why am I just now coming to the realization that my battlefield has been set RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. It is my everyday life... there are so many people that I see every single day that are so hungry for something. So hungry for something REAL. So hungry for something valid and TRUE. They just don't know where to find it. I am that light. God is going to use me to reach people that I never thought could be reached. I am speaking that truth over my life. I will start to allow God to take TOTAL control over my life... over my body and my mind. I give Him full authority over me.. and my family.

God, USE ME. I'm SO ready. I'm tired of being poured into. Help me pour out!! I want so much of you, Jesus, that I can't hold in ANYMORE... you HAVE to overflow into my workplace... you HAVE to overflow into my marraige... you HAVE to overflow into my family and my friendships... and to the person that skipped me in the Walmart '10 Item's or Less' checkout line with 30 things in her cart. :) lol.

I thank GOD for what He is doing with our Young Married Couple's Group.... He has HUGE plans. :) It's gonna be AWESOME!!!!

He is the potter.

You may think that I'm just fine. You may think, "How could anything even be out of line?". Well, even though I've got the lines rehearsed....a picture only paints a thousand words.

Things aren't always what they seem. Don't you realize you're only seeing part of me? There's more to me than you could ever know. I'm incomplete... and I'm undone. But I suppose, like everyone, there is so much more that's going on behind the scenes.

God, THANK YOU for making my life so beautiful. Mercy reached in and saved me. You took a woman so repulsing and turned me into something... breath-taking. I am so unworthy... and OH-SO GREATFUL.

You are all I need, Jesus.

Something Stinks?

Oh my.. I've been SO busy lately. Tonight was the first night in probably 2 weeks that I actually turned on the TV and watched it... for an hour! I know that sounds... well.... lame. But seriously, I feel like I haven't even been home long enough to turn on the TV, much less watch an entire show... Or write a blog... or Shower!? Seriously, it's been 6 days.



My laundry has managed to pile itself up (I hate when it does that.. rude.). Everything has Baxter hair on it. Speaking of HAIR, my hair is SO dry... I'm seriously gonna have to SLEEP with conditioner on it or something (don't know if that will help or hurt? But I do know I will wake up one hott, crispy mess.). OH.. and my car, considering the fact that I've practically LIVED in it for a week, is TOE UP! I'm TOTALLY getting up BRIGHT and EARLY (like noon..) and washing my car. That will make me feel a little better.



OH! On a good note (finally) I'm TOTALLY getting my hair done tomorrow! I'm gonna have to cut like, an inch or so off... but I'm staying blonde-...ish. AND Matt comes home tomorrow.. He's been at work for 2 shifts in a row.. and I'm cranky tonight because I miss him. Tomorrow (after my hair appointment, ofcourse) we are going to Orange Beach to meet up with lots of Matt's FAMILY... and FRIENDS... for FOOD... and FELLOWSHIP... and F...-ARTS? It should be a ... FUN FAMILY FUNCTION. On FRIDAY.



OH.. I gave blood on Tuesday... and something went wrong?... check it out...:.

Stupid Girl Scouts....

So... today... was... a day...?

I slept until 10:00am..... then I got up and ate cereal... then an hour later... ate lunch... then an hour later, I ate an entire roll of THIN MINTS (all the while... I'm watching these stupid soap operas cause that's all that's on with our stupid digital converter box...). Then, at 2:00pm, I got out of my PJ's and into the shower... where I brushed my teeth for the first time of the day.

I drove to work for one client (who, Praise God, put BIG smiles on my face)... then drove home while talking to Nikki (one of my FAVORITE people in the whole wide world... who ALSO put a BIG smile on my face...!).

Feeling guilty for wasting 93% of my day... I ate grapes for dinner, and now I'm going to bed.

Goodnight. :)

I've always believed that God can do anything. But yesterday, my faith in God was completely revolutionized.

My friend Emily is 15 years old. A few weeks ago she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease — also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma. It's a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of your immune system. Three Sundays ago, we prayed for her as a church - believing that God could heal her. I prayed for her these last few weeks... truely believing that He could follow through with what His word says.

Yesterday, around lunch, Emily went in for a routine CT... just to see if the cancer had spread more, or if it maybe shrunk a little. The cancer is gone... COMPLETELY... GONE. Praise you, Jesus.

You would think my imediate reaction would be pure excitement (I thought it would be too.). But... athough I was truely thrilled for Emily... my initial reflection of that moment was, "Why am I so amazed? I knew God could do this... I knew it." And now He did what I knew He could do, and I'm standing in disbelief.

I do understand that the Christian walk is a walk of continuous growth. We all fall short of His glory, and yesterday was one of those many days for me. God showed me that believing that He can do something is great... but believing that He will do what you know He can do is what we're called to do.

James 5:15 says, "And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up...". I choose to believe the Bible, and when the Bible says it will... I believe it will. Here, it says He WILL make the sick person well.. He WILL raise him up... and I choose to believe that.

"God, Thank you so much for healing Emily. She is a precious girl that is going to do great things for you kingdom... I just know it! Thank you for teaching me some things about myself though the life experiences of others. I love you.. and believe that you will do what your word says you will do... today, tomorrow, and forever."

Yesterday, we had this FABULOUS surprise birthday party for my friend, Lindsay! Her 23rd birthday is this Saturday, but her and Jon were heading out of town and won't be back till next week.

During all of the hustle and bustle, I took a sec to look around... soaking up everything about the night. It blessed me so much to see such a fantastic group of people there to do nothing more than love on Lindsay. Her smile made the last 12 years of our friendship so rewarding!

I can see her passion for God growing every single day! She is becomming more and more aware of how real God is and just how much He is crazy about her. :) How could He not be? He made her to be absolutely fascinating! Before she started wholeheartedly running after God, she was sweet, gorgeous, and just flat out hilarious! But with Him... ohh... with Him she's all that and more! She's compassionate, loving, forgiving... and even more beautiful than she was before!

Lindsay - She is my best friend. I thank God every single day for what He is doing and what He is going to do in her. It's Great!!!