On the road again...

I'm glad ole Willie Nelson can't wait to get on the road again, cause I get where I don't like it at all....

Man that is born of woman is of a few days and full of trouble...Man how life can be so carefree when you are young, healthy, and your whole life is ahead of you...Then one day you wake up very quickly and life has changed in an instant...We call those moments, reality checks...I have had my fair share of reality checks in this life, but I long for the day when trouble is only a distant faint reminder of sorrows past and victories won...Recently Bro Dupre preached allot about a life full of reality checks...He said he prided himself on being a positive person, but realized it takes positive and negative to have power...Not being able to deal with reality sends allot of people in a downward spiral, some have never recovered from that reality...I don't enjoy the hard facts myself, but facts they are and the way I deal with those hard facts will affect my life and my children's life and those I am trying to witness to...My Nanny, God rest her soul, was a prime example of dealing with her fair share of reality and having a kind, sweet, selfless spirit too...She was devastated by tragedy, loss and circumstances beyond her control...She stayed faithful to God, to her family, she never became bitter or felt entitled to anything other than what God had chosen for her...She buried her husband, had to continue to work, retired only because her ride retired...She lost 2 children to sudden tragic unexpected deaths and she grieved and moved forward...I never saw any self pity or hand wringing or charging God foolishly...She stayed humble, gracious and still able to give, give, and give with no selfish, self promoting motives in anything she did...She gave for the sheer joy of giving..,Oh how I aspire to be that lady...I want to please the Lord with or without the things I long for...I want to serve like Jesus, who pleased his father in all things...I want to be humble and give my best for God, not so others will think I can do great things, but so God can be glorified in my life...
I want my heart to please God, pure, holy, righteous before him...My Nanny was a lady of few words but those words were profound...She didn't say much, but her life spoke and speaks volumes to me today...Words are so cheap, the older I get the more I long for actions, not cheap shallow words...Charlie said he would never leave and leave he did...He said he would love me for a lifetime and he lied...Others have made shallow promises, commitments and so on through out my life, but those that say so little and do so much, are the ones that have impacted my life...I want to be an action lover, not a full of bull giver...LOL...Now that was deep...lol...You see when it's real, very little people will know about it, but the one whose life you have changed...It won't be promoted by what will make you look good to others, but what will make you acceptable to God and help another...I know this, that what is real is real all the time...I can accept failure in anyone who is striving to do right to the best of their knowledge and ability...Confession of frailty is a sign of strength not weakness to me...It's those that think they have arrived and do no wrong in their own eyes that upset me...Without God and his grace and mercy we would all miserably fail, no matter who we think we are...I am thankful for God allowing to come to place in my life that I can see and deal with the reality that life doesn't always turn out right here, but with God you have hope and heaven too...Who could ask for anything more than that??? What a serious time we find ourselves in today, time is short and what are we doing for God and souls...That is why he sent Jesus and Jesus sent us...Go ye therefore is for all Christians...not just licensed ministry...The New Testament Church was out in the world without all the modern technological conveniences, without limit paying churches, without a Public Relations team, and yet they turned the world upside down without finances either....They possessed something that I long for in these last days...Something powerful, something real, something life changing, and it came with a price...A price to pay (prayer and fasting) simple yet so many are lacking in this...And they paid a price for their stand...So many want comfort in life, plenty of money, plenty of me time, plenty of recreation and yet there is nothing wrong with these things, if the spiritual matters are the main priority...The old timers as we call them, didn't allow for lukewarmness, they watched for your spiritual welfare more than anything else in your life, cause they knew if you got everything right with God, all the other areas would find their rightful place...Saved, Sanctified, Baptized with the Holy Ghost and a revelation of the Church was progress in your life...Learning the doctrines and precepts of the Word of God will keep you from all the traps of this world...We can't always preach words of comfort...Hell is real, sin is the cause and Jesus is the answer...The word in the depths of your heart and mind will keep you all the days of your life...The Word is powerful, quicker than any two edged sword, dividing asunder of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart...Wow what a powerful verse, it can cut to the chase, it can reveal all with one verse...Oh God please don't ever let me get away from your Word, your inspiration, your truth, your ways, your thoughts...I don't want to be self deceived, spirit deceived or people deceived...I would rather have a hard reality than a fantasy lie any day of the year.. No sin is going to enter in that isn't under the blood of Jesus...And oh how I want to make it...Oh God please cleanse my heart, soul and spirit in your precious holy blood...Please God, I want to be real...That is so important to me...As I have said before when your not, your only deceiving yourself, cause even the world knows a fake...

1. Grateful for my desire to serve him in the midst of sorrow.
2. Grateful for my willingness to stand for truth, no matter who isn't.
3. Thankful for God revealing his word to me.
4. Thankful for peace in the storms of life.
5. Thankful for the joy of laughter, real heartfelt, belly laughter that causes you to hyperventilate...