Thursday, August 30, 2007

Praying for Fire before you pray for Rain.

I've always loved the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. Maybe it's just me.... I find it very funny when he sits there and makes fun of their god. Can't you see him saying" Well? Where is he?" Take a look at 1Kings Ch 18
18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened
I went to visit a friend's church a few weeks ago and this has been on my mind ever since. Her pastor preached this message and it has really haunted me.

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 51 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 52 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 53 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God 54 and that you are winning back their allegiance.” 55 18:38 Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. 56 It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench. 18:39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! 57 The Lord is the true God!”


18:45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm.

Think about this, the land was suffering from a drought. The last thing anyone wanted was FIRE. The people wanted RAIN. How many times have I prayed for rain in my life? Please help me with this or protect that and so on.... Too many times to count! How many times have I said " Lord, please test me and strengthen me! Send the fire in my life first because I know you will send the rain afterwards. " The next time you go through a tough time and struggle with something, just think... Is this the Lord sending me Fire before the Rain? I know I will!


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Monday, August 13, 2007

Happy Birthday to me!

Saturday was my Birthday and we had a great time. Normally something goes wrong on my B-day but not this year. ( Other than I had to wash the dishes... LOL)
Friday night we went out to a Japanese restaurant for dinner and had a funtime. My Dad and Barbara gave me a giftcard to do some shopping. Saturday Clif volunteered to take all 3 kids to the creek while I went shopping by myself. Brilliant! Afterwards we had dinner with some "church people" ROTFL.. sorry Alicia, I had to say it. We played Monopoly and let the kids run around like little madmen. It was a great evening... so thank you to the Ramsey's for letting us invade their house!
Sunday I drove up to Statenville Ga to see my friend Harley get baptized. WooHoo! Her pastor ( is that what I should call him Harley?) preached out of 1kings. I love the story of Elijah and the Baal prophets. Really, it's one of my favorite stories but then I'm a little sarcastic at times so it fits me.... Hee Hee He really hit a chord with me talking about how we pray for rain but never fire. I need to chew on it for awhile but I really understand what he's saying. You can't get the Rain( blessings) until you get the Fire ( hard times)

Anyway, Thank you to everyone for the Warm Birthday wishes.....

Friday, August 10, 2007

Yeah.. I'm a bad blogger

So it's been over a year since I've posted anything.... What can I say, I would be the worst person in the world to have a pen pal.... LOL

Tomorrow's my birthday so I thought I would start with a few "new year" resolutions.

My first is to keep this a little more updated.. Ha Ha Ha Ha


Here are some recent pictures....