Tonight at 5pm Brian and I are not consuming food in order to raise awareness and money for WORLD HUNGER.
Did you know that there are 2.2 Billion children on our planet Earth and 1 Billion of them live in poverty.
Every day 22,000 children die from poverty, famine and water borne diseases.
My plan to take action is this: I will calculate the cost of each meal that I will miss over the next 30 hours an donate that specific amount to WORLD VISION.
Tonight, I donated 25 dollars because I calculated that it cost my family 24.81 dollars to eat a spaghetti dinner including bread, salad, drinks, and a fruit salad.
On the gift catalog I was able to purchase a Garden Kit for orphans including seeds, tools, and training for them to utilize.
We are in the process of packing up our house and moving to Tucson Arizona. Brian and I are going to complete the remainder of the quest once we have established our new residence and job there.
Prayers:
Pray for Sunny Glen Children's home- as they are in turbulent state- protect the children. purify this place. bring the specific people into this ministry that you know will be able to honor you and bring you glory through the work ther do.
Pray for a safe move to Tucson
Pray for a new home...that we will quickly find housing.
Pray for Christopher- that we will find him a great school to attend in Tucson. Protect his beautiful heart.
Praise:
Thank you for wonderful friends that we have found in Brian and Iesha Latham. We are so excited to be joining such a great ministry with them. As we live and serve alongside one another, may we continue to grow in our faith.
Use us to minister to others and encourage one another. Protect Micah and their unborn child. Bless them mightily and thank you for their faith and friendship..such a blessing!
Thank you for our new job at Gap ministries. Thank you for your provisions.
Thank you for the great weather these past few days.
Thank you for my wonderful son and superb husband.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
There was a nice cold front that went through South Texas and the last three nights have been amazing. I have been trying to run more. I figured out that running the perimeter of Sunny Glen is exactly one mile long. I take my IPOD with me and crank up the HillSong music. Tonight I was running in the dark and I just had to raise my hand and praise the LORD while still running. I felt like I could run forever.
It was really nice just to have a moment alone with God. Thank you God for spending those moments with me and helping me along. I long to be in your arms and in your presence.
It was really nice just to have a moment alone with God. Thank you God for spending those moments with me and helping me along. I long to be in your arms and in your presence.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Genocide and chocolate cake!
I just finished watching Hotel Rwanda with my good friend Brian and my husband Jason. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKXHK74qLdg&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un0fx6LHA2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYwuXvA589A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGx-xU6TnU8&NR=1
Afterwards, Brian and I were discussing how we are responsible to act after being brought to light on how people all over the world are suffering.................
Are you familiar with words like ETHNIC CLEANSING and GENOCIDE?
In the movie a reporter tells Paul, the hotel manager, after sending a video clip of genocide happening before his very eyes: They(the rest of the world) will turn on their TVs and see this video....they will pause and make a comment like oh,aw,wow....and then return to their evening meal.
I just finished watching this movie and now I am sitting here on my computer while eating mouthwatering chocolate cake that jason bought me.....WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME?
Sometimes I wonder how we can all exist in a world where on one side of the world is dying from starvation and experiencing genocide while on the other side of the world people are eating chocolate cake!
Lord God may your kingdom come! I don't want to live in a world were CHOCOLATE CAKE AND GENOCIDE exists together.
Lord help me to grow in my faith, so that I may share the good news with all that will hear. Lord give me eyes to see the needs of those around me everyday and also those on the other side of the world.....LORD give me courage and bravery to stand up for injustice and give me ways to help end poverty....in small and LARGE ways.
I am very much enjoying this 6weeks quest with BRIAN. I love drawing attention to some really hard material......but I want to take more action.
Sometime this week Brian and I are going to walk a mile with an empty bucket, fill up that bucket and walk a mile back......because did you know that contaminated water kills a child every 15 seconds......many people are over a mile from any source of water and even that water is ridden with parasites and used as a toilet, washing machine, and bathing pool.
I NEED TO WAKE UP to the needs of those around me. HELP me Lord. BREAK MY HEART FOR WHAT BREAKS YOURS.
"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no results."
Gandhi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un0fx6LHA2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYwuXvA589A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGx-xU6TnU8&NR=1
Afterwards, Brian and I were discussing how we are responsible to act after being brought to light on how people all over the world are suffering.................
Are you familiar with words like ETHNIC CLEANSING and GENOCIDE?
In the movie a reporter tells Paul, the hotel manager, after sending a video clip of genocide happening before his very eyes: They(the rest of the world) will turn on their TVs and see this video....they will pause and make a comment like oh,aw,wow....and then return to their evening meal.
I just finished watching this movie and now I am sitting here on my computer while eating mouthwatering chocolate cake that jason bought me.....WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME?
Sometimes I wonder how we can all exist in a world where on one side of the world is dying from starvation and experiencing genocide while on the other side of the world people are eating chocolate cake!
Lord God may your kingdom come! I don't want to live in a world were CHOCOLATE CAKE AND GENOCIDE exists together.
Lord help me to grow in my faith, so that I may share the good news with all that will hear. Lord give me eyes to see the needs of those around me everyday and also those on the other side of the world.....LORD give me courage and bravery to stand up for injustice and give me ways to help end poverty....in small and LARGE ways.
I am very much enjoying this 6weeks quest with BRIAN. I love drawing attention to some really hard material......but I want to take more action.
Sometime this week Brian and I are going to walk a mile with an empty bucket, fill up that bucket and walk a mile back......because did you know that contaminated water kills a child every 15 seconds......many people are over a mile from any source of water and even that water is ridden with parasites and used as a toilet, washing machine, and bathing pool.
I NEED TO WAKE UP to the needs of those around me. HELP me Lord. BREAK MY HEART FOR WHAT BREAKS YOURS.
"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no results."
Gandhi
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
This six week quest we are doing is so great for me. To take my attention off of my own life and focus on the world.
30,000 children die every day from hunger. It is a big number. And it is hard to wrap my head around the fact that that number ACTUALLY represent such a devastating fact
Here’s how I have ministered to the poor with my:
Head: Reading books like HOLE IN THE GOSPEL to really understand the facts of POVERTY
Heart: Praying!
Hands: I was a midwife if the Philippines helping bring babies into the world at a charity birthing center. I was a pre-med student who went to Africa and fell in love with children, holding them one by one in the orphanages.
Feet: Going to places of need: I distinctly remember walking through the slums of Nairobi with a new African friend, seeing the sewage overflowing in the streets and children playing soccer with rolled up plastic bags tied with string. My feet have taken me to Mexico, Philippines, Uganda, Rwanda,Burundi, Tanzania, Border of Texas.......to experience something my heart never lets me forget....
Here’s how I could minister to the poor in the FUTURE with my:
Head: Do more research to find out more about AIDS, POVERTY,FAMINE, learn more about each country and the people and cultures that are in each one.
Heart: Spend more earnest time in prayer. Be passionate and intentional about doing something to make a difference for all these little children. TAKE ACTION...use all that is in my heart and out it into tangible acts of love.
Hands: Give more of my money to these organizations. Find creative ways to raise money and awareness like running a marathon
Feet: Go! I want to go to MEXICO more. I want to take my family to Africa. I want to go to SOUTHEAST ASIA. I want to go to the APPALACHIAN mountians. I want my feet to find themselves in places of significance. I want to be unsettled in my thinking. I want to be uneasy to the point of having to take action. I want to expose my heart, my feet, my body, my family to the reality of this world's situation....the devastation of famine and poverty...but also be a LIGHT....
LORD GOD I am only here for a time...please help me to do work of significance.
I love this challenge.....I want to be saturated with this type of information and reality so that I cannot be complacent.
One of my favorite songs is ALBERTINE and she talks about this moment in life where her world changed...and she knew that she would never be the same...she couldnt forget.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGx-xU6TnU8
OKAY now for confession time:
On Sunday, our intern came and did an inspection of our house. She immediately went to the refrigerator. For CPS regulations, we have to label all food with date and time opened and expiration dates. Some of the items that was open from the morning, such as a package of sausage and cheese were unlabeled, so she made me throw them away. Then therafter I went through the other refridgerator, and threw away left overs that I know my girls will not eat.....EVERYTIME I threw another piece of food in the trash I felt awful, uneasy, disgusted with myself.....tonight my husband made me macaroni and cheese and he didnt finish his...i couldnt let it sit there...because I couldnt come to terms with having to throw it out. I saw a picture in my head of a little boy with a swollen belly just looking at me......asking the question: how come you have so much leftover, and I have not had a meal in 2 weeks? I am struggling with these questions and issues. LORD I need to be a better steward of my money. I need to be more mindful of what is need and what is want. I need to THANK GOD everytime a piece of food touches my mouth or everytime I get the chance to drink a cold glass of NONPARASITIC water.
So in this challenge, I want to be changed. I want to change the way I do things. I want to change the way I see things. I want to INTENTIONAL and MINDFUL that they things I do here in NORTH AMERICA can impact people in AFRICA. I want to remind myself that the experiences I have, all the priveleges I get are not, what the rest of the world experiences. I am blessed.
GOD why did you take me from being the 8th child of a Mexican woman who could not buy her youngest milk(me) to being an American citizen with a great family, a job, and a roof over my head. I know it is not something that happened by accident.
Humble me more Lord and teach me how to love and give to your children more.
30,000 children die every day from hunger. It is a big number. And it is hard to wrap my head around the fact that that number ACTUALLY represent such a devastating fact
Here’s how I have ministered to the poor with my:
Head: Reading books like HOLE IN THE GOSPEL to really understand the facts of POVERTY
Heart: Praying!
Hands: I was a midwife if the Philippines helping bring babies into the world at a charity birthing center. I was a pre-med student who went to Africa and fell in love with children, holding them one by one in the orphanages.
Feet: Going to places of need: I distinctly remember walking through the slums of Nairobi with a new African friend, seeing the sewage overflowing in the streets and children playing soccer with rolled up plastic bags tied with string. My feet have taken me to Mexico, Philippines, Uganda, Rwanda,Burundi, Tanzania, Border of Texas.......to experience something my heart never lets me forget....
Here’s how I could minister to the poor in the FUTURE with my:
Head: Do more research to find out more about AIDS, POVERTY,FAMINE, learn more about each country and the people and cultures that are in each one.
Heart: Spend more earnest time in prayer. Be passionate and intentional about doing something to make a difference for all these little children. TAKE ACTION...use all that is in my heart and out it into tangible acts of love.
Hands: Give more of my money to these organizations. Find creative ways to raise money and awareness like running a marathon
Feet: Go! I want to go to MEXICO more. I want to take my family to Africa. I want to go to SOUTHEAST ASIA. I want to go to the APPALACHIAN mountians. I want my feet to find themselves in places of significance. I want to be unsettled in my thinking. I want to be uneasy to the point of having to take action. I want to expose my heart, my feet, my body, my family to the reality of this world's situation....the devastation of famine and poverty...but also be a LIGHT....
LORD GOD I am only here for a time...please help me to do work of significance.
I love this challenge.....I want to be saturated with this type of information and reality so that I cannot be complacent.
One of my favorite songs is ALBERTINE and she talks about this moment in life where her world changed...and she knew that she would never be the same...she couldnt forget.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGx-xU6TnU8
OKAY now for confession time:
On Sunday, our intern came and did an inspection of our house. She immediately went to the refrigerator. For CPS regulations, we have to label all food with date and time opened and expiration dates. Some of the items that was open from the morning, such as a package of sausage and cheese were unlabeled, so she made me throw them away. Then therafter I went through the other refridgerator, and threw away left overs that I know my girls will not eat.....EVERYTIME I threw another piece of food in the trash I felt awful, uneasy, disgusted with myself.....tonight my husband made me macaroni and cheese and he didnt finish his...i couldnt let it sit there...because I couldnt come to terms with having to throw it out. I saw a picture in my head of a little boy with a swollen belly just looking at me......asking the question: how come you have so much leftover, and I have not had a meal in 2 weeks? I am struggling with these questions and issues. LORD I need to be a better steward of my money. I need to be more mindful of what is need and what is want. I need to THANK GOD everytime a piece of food touches my mouth or everytime I get the chance to drink a cold glass of NONPARASITIC water.
So in this challenge, I want to be changed. I want to change the way I do things. I want to change the way I see things. I want to INTENTIONAL and MINDFUL that they things I do here in NORTH AMERICA can impact people in AFRICA. I want to remind myself that the experiences I have, all the priveleges I get are not, what the rest of the world experiences. I am blessed.
GOD why did you take me from being the 8th child of a Mexican woman who could not buy her youngest milk(me) to being an American citizen with a great family, a job, and a roof over my head. I know it is not something that happened by accident.
Humble me more Lord and teach me how to love and give to your children more.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Lonestar - amazed
Babe, remember dancing to this song at prom my junior year. In that single moment, I knew no matter what happened in life, I was going to spend the rest of it with you.
What is a FOREVER ROAD?
The forever road is the road you travel on with that one person in this universe God created you to share life with. The forever road is that road you travel on that takes you down though valleys and up to glorious mountain views. The forever road is a road that is filled with pot holes and romantic scenic winding roads. The forever road is that road that keeps going and never ends. The forever road is the road that sometime takes you through detours and passes you through quaint little towns with stop lights at every corner. The forever road is the road that take you through gleamering skyscrapers and over spaghetti bowl bridged highways.
The forever road is a journey that you take with the one person you love more than yourself. The forever road is a road that winds and weaves and leads to many adventures. The forever road is a road that takes you to new places and returns you home to those places where your heart becomes alive. The forever road is an amazing path that you take with the one that keeps you going, holds your hand, and sometimes even carries you because the hike is a little too arduous.
The forever road a beautiful journey that God has blessed me to walk, run, and skip with my beloved Jason Michael Alan Molander.
Many things change in life: where you live, where you work, where you play, where you worship........but I am grateful that I get to walk through life with someone.
Sometimes I am having an absolutely AWFUL, STRESSFUL day but I see him out of the corner of my eye, and I find peace because I know it will be alright...because I am not alone and I am sharing this moment with him.
Sometimes I am having the most glorious day and I feel like I am just going to burst with love and joy....I think that no one can ever grasp what I am feeling and thinking...because it is so sacred, so holy, so beautiful, so amazing, and then again I see him out of the corner of my eye, and I get that look from him....saying" I know honey, it is wonderful. "
Then I get those intimate moments with him, those moments when we are the only two people in the world.............and we are lost in each others glance, or in each others touch or embrace.
God that is a glorious feeling.
Thank you Jesus for 12 years of walking this forever road with my best friend. Thank you for 7 years of marriage. Thank you for 6 years being parents to our beautiful son. Thank you for every journey you take me on.......not because of the journey but becuase of the companion you have blessed me with to walk with and share these moments with.
As we continue on the next journey, maybe a new city and new ministry, Lord God I trust in you because I know that as long as I have Jason by my side I have nothing to fear, regret, or wonder.
Lord God, I have experienced your unconditional love through this man, Jason, this beautiful man, and I am in awe.
Help me to honor him. Thank you for all his love. Thank you for all that he does for me. That you for his selflessness. Thank you for how great a father he is. Thank you that he truly loves me and treasures my heart. Thank you for his constant protection. Thank you for showing me grace, by giving me such an amazing husband.
Here's to us babe...all the adventures, places, ministries, people that we will meet and experience together....I love this forever road we are on...............................thank you for holding me hand and walking with me so patiently and so lovingly.
Always and Forever yours, Krissy
Listen to the video I posted for you, love.
The forever road is a journey that you take with the one person you love more than yourself. The forever road is a road that winds and weaves and leads to many adventures. The forever road is a road that takes you to new places and returns you home to those places where your heart becomes alive. The forever road is an amazing path that you take with the one that keeps you going, holds your hand, and sometimes even carries you because the hike is a little too arduous.
The forever road a beautiful journey that God has blessed me to walk, run, and skip with my beloved Jason Michael Alan Molander.
Many things change in life: where you live, where you work, where you play, where you worship........but I am grateful that I get to walk through life with someone.
Sometimes I am having an absolutely AWFUL, STRESSFUL day but I see him out of the corner of my eye, and I find peace because I know it will be alright...because I am not alone and I am sharing this moment with him.
Sometimes I am having the most glorious day and I feel like I am just going to burst with love and joy....I think that no one can ever grasp what I am feeling and thinking...because it is so sacred, so holy, so beautiful, so amazing, and then again I see him out of the corner of my eye, and I get that look from him....saying" I know honey, it is wonderful. "
Then I get those intimate moments with him, those moments when we are the only two people in the world.............and we are lost in each others glance, or in each others touch or embrace.
God that is a glorious feeling.
Thank you Jesus for 12 years of walking this forever road with my best friend. Thank you for 7 years of marriage. Thank you for 6 years being parents to our beautiful son. Thank you for every journey you take me on.......not because of the journey but becuase of the companion you have blessed me with to walk with and share these moments with.
As we continue on the next journey, maybe a new city and new ministry, Lord God I trust in you because I know that as long as I have Jason by my side I have nothing to fear, regret, or wonder.
Lord God, I have experienced your unconditional love through this man, Jason, this beautiful man, and I am in awe.
Help me to honor him. Thank you for all his love. Thank you for all that he does for me. That you for his selflessness. Thank you for how great a father he is. Thank you that he truly loves me and treasures my heart. Thank you for his constant protection. Thank you for showing me grace, by giving me such an amazing husband.
Here's to us babe...all the adventures, places, ministries, people that we will meet and experience together....I love this forever road we are on...............................thank you for holding me hand and walking with me so patiently and so lovingly.
Always and Forever yours, Krissy
Listen to the video I posted for you, love.
Friday, September 17, 2010
The challenge continues....
And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58:10
The dictionary defines "to spend" which is a verb, which requires action: is
1. To use up or put out; expend:
2. To pay out (money).
3. To wear out; exhaust:
4. To pass (time) in a specified manner or place:
I want to be known at the end of my life as having spent, used up,paid out, wore out, exhausted all of myself for the sake of others, especially those who need to be shown in a REAL TANGIBLE WAY the love of our FATHER.
I am very much enjoying and being inspired by this 42 day quest. I want to be intentional about reaching out and helping. My friend Brian and I are PASSIONATELY PURSUING this challenge.....please read his blog as well http://firefighter762.wordpress.com/. It is amazing to see his heart, how already he is being refined and molded, so that he can better serve His GOD and love HIS children. Thank you for showing your heart Brian and having GOD'S eyes.
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Day 5 and 6 really challenges those types of motives and intentions. Yesterday, Brian and I read about the HUNGER. Every three seconds a child dies because he or she is hungry.
We were asked if there was time we remember being hungry. I have had that rumbling feeling in my stomach but never to such a degree as many in the world experience. So how do I contemplate something I have no real reference to. Brian and I decided that we are going to do WORLD VISIONS 30 HOUR FAMINE. We are going to do them in a few short weeks. We wanted to make the biggest impact possiblt so we will be trying to recruit supporters to donate to WORLD VISION or another honorable organization like Samaritan's purse, Compassion, your local church, a church plant or anywhere that is mindful of the immediate and REAL needs of people.
We will be updating our blog and posting on facebook when we are going to actually do this day of famine. Our goal date is September 30th.
We hope to encourage people to donate and also participate with us in this task.
Day 6, which is today, challenges us to donate money to buy a chicken.
http://www.donate.worldvision.org/ You donate enought money for a whole farm if you would like or are able.
There is a great catalog of things that you can buy. Please take time to look through and donate if you are able.
Today was an amazing day. I cannot be too specific because of the particular subject manner, but I am so thankful to God for His great provisions. I feel that He is SPOILING me..but for a specific reason to carry me through to the next task. I CAN SEE YOUR JESUS and you are BEAUTIFUL...I am in awe.
Praise: I am thankful for three wonderful foster daughters and 4 foster grandkids. I am thankful for wonderful friends. I am thankful for great talks with dear friends. I m thankful for such an amazing son and husband. I am so BLESSED. I am thankful that He is walking and leading me. I am so excited and grateful for what is next to come. I pray that I will touch their lives and grow evermore in my faith.
I promise there is much more blogging to come...because there is so much more life to enjoy...there is so much more faith to live out....there is so much more joy to experience...there is so much more love to give...there is so much more adventure to have....there is so much more EVERYTHING...and I am so excited to see what MORE THERE is......
Let me live a life of abundant love so that I can give to others a similar love that flows from a fathers sincere heart!
Your daughter, Krissy
Stay tuned ....because some amazing things are about to happen................I will share as things are more revealed...................
The dictionary defines "to spend" which is a verb, which requires action: is
1. To use up or put out; expend:
2. To pay out (money).
3. To wear out; exhaust:
4. To pass (time) in a specified manner or place:
I want to be known at the end of my life as having spent, used up,paid out, wore out, exhausted all of myself for the sake of others, especially those who need to be shown in a REAL TANGIBLE WAY the love of our FATHER.
I am very much enjoying and being inspired by this 42 day quest. I want to be intentional about reaching out and helping. My friend Brian and I are PASSIONATELY PURSUING this challenge.....please read his blog as well http://firefighter762.wordpress.com/. It is amazing to see his heart, how already he is being refined and molded, so that he can better serve His GOD and love HIS children. Thank you for showing your heart Brian and having GOD'S eyes.
.
Day 5 and 6 really challenges those types of motives and intentions. Yesterday, Brian and I read about the HUNGER. Every three seconds a child dies because he or she is hungry.
We were asked if there was time we remember being hungry. I have had that rumbling feeling in my stomach but never to such a degree as many in the world experience. So how do I contemplate something I have no real reference to. Brian and I decided that we are going to do WORLD VISIONS 30 HOUR FAMINE. We are going to do them in a few short weeks. We wanted to make the biggest impact possiblt so we will be trying to recruit supporters to donate to WORLD VISION or another honorable organization like Samaritan's purse, Compassion, your local church, a church plant or anywhere that is mindful of the immediate and REAL needs of people.
We will be updating our blog and posting on facebook when we are going to actually do this day of famine. Our goal date is September 30th.
We hope to encourage people to donate and also participate with us in this task.
Day 6, which is today, challenges us to donate money to buy a chicken.
http://www.donate.worldvision.org/ You donate enought money for a whole farm if you would like or are able.
There is a great catalog of things that you can buy. Please take time to look through and donate if you are able.
Today was an amazing day. I cannot be too specific because of the particular subject manner, but I am so thankful to God for His great provisions. I feel that He is SPOILING me..but for a specific reason to carry me through to the next task. I CAN SEE YOUR JESUS and you are BEAUTIFUL...I am in awe.
Praise: I am thankful for three wonderful foster daughters and 4 foster grandkids. I am thankful for wonderful friends. I am thankful for great talks with dear friends. I m thankful for such an amazing son and husband. I am so BLESSED. I am thankful that He is walking and leading me. I am so excited and grateful for what is next to come. I pray that I will touch their lives and grow evermore in my faith.
I promise there is much more blogging to come...because there is so much more life to enjoy...there is so much more faith to live out....there is so much more joy to experience...there is so much more love to give...there is so much more adventure to have....there is so much more EVERYTHING...and I am so excited to see what MORE THERE is......
Let me live a life of abundant love so that I can give to others a similar love that flows from a fathers sincere heart!
Your daughter, Krissy
Stay tuned ....because some amazing things are about to happen................I will share as things are more revealed...................
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Day Three and Day Four: THE QUEST....
Our foster daughter had her baby at 9:34pm by C-section on Monday night. I was able to be with her. The second we heard baby Z we both started crying. She is now home with us. As I write this he is sitting in my lap snoozing. He is so precious.
Day Three: If you could only pack five items to live off of, what would you pack. Would you carry with you something sentimental or practical?
My five items:
1. a sweater or blanket
2. My bible
3. a knife or something to protect me
4. water (something to hold my water)
5. a snack (something to hold food in)
Day Four: How rich am I?
Last year I made 22 dollars an hour as a practical nurse. Full time I was making more than Jason and I make currently in this ministry. But even when I calculate my salary I am in the top 11 percent of richest people in the world. My husband and I's salary together and we are in the top 3.75 percent.
In my previous job, my salary alone would put me in the top 1.72 percent and with Jason's salary added to it we would be in the top 0.91 percent.
This is very humbling
If you would like to figure out your own status go to this link http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Well as I continue in this quest I ask you Lord to challenge me and help me to grow as you desire. I pray that you will shift the focus off of things that I do not need to worry about and focus on the eternally significant. Also I pray that you will help me to be more mindful of others needs around me.
Thank you Lord for this study and this adventure.
Your daughter, Krissy
Day Three: If you could only pack five items to live off of, what would you pack. Would you carry with you something sentimental or practical?
My five items:
1. a sweater or blanket
2. My bible
3. a knife or something to protect me
4. water (something to hold my water)
5. a snack (something to hold food in)
Day Four: How rich am I?
Last year I made 22 dollars an hour as a practical nurse. Full time I was making more than Jason and I make currently in this ministry. But even when I calculate my salary I am in the top 11 percent of richest people in the world. My husband and I's salary together and we are in the top 3.75 percent.
In my previous job, my salary alone would put me in the top 1.72 percent and with Jason's salary added to it we would be in the top 0.91 percent.
This is very humbling
If you would like to figure out your own status go to this link http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Well as I continue in this quest I ask you Lord to challenge me and help me to grow as you desire. I pray that you will shift the focus off of things that I do not need to worry about and focus on the eternally significant. Also I pray that you will help me to be more mindful of others needs around me.
Thank you Lord for this study and this adventure.
Your daughter, Krissy
Monday, September 13, 2010
Day two: Without Water....but not hope!
I was so encouraged today because I had the opportunity to go to a very faith filled church service today!
The question that the pastor proposed today was this: Will you position yourself in the world in such a way that you are effecting the eternal destination of specific people's lives???
He made the stark illustration that when a person becomes a Christian, they are super zealous. But as they grow in their FAITH they start to insulate themself into a sort of HOLY HUDDLE. They wake up to the latest casting crowns song, followed by meeting their Christian friends at the local coffee shop, followed by going to church 5 nights a week for some sort of service......
It is so important for Christians do not do this....We are to shine the LIGHT OF JESUS to the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDYMc76AYs Please watch this video!
God I ask that you challlenge me to be more intentional about reaching out to people in my life that may not know the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
SO today Brian and I completed the day two challenge of the six week quest.
We both took our last sip of water at 4am and fasted from water until 7om this evening. I was very parched. It was 95 degrees with 100 percent humidity today. But overall, it was quite easy to complete the task. I think the main reason was because it was easy to abstain from something for a short amount of time knowing that after that set time...I again to INDULGE myself in that.
Brian and I debriefed tonight over our expereince and something kept coming back to me.
It wasnt that much of a sacrifice. I brushed my teeth with water. I didnt swallow the water but I still the amazing privileged to brush my teeth with non parasitic water. I took a shower...a regular hot shower. It was not a bucket shower. Jason did a load of my laundry today as well. WOW...I am just cheating...I didnt really even make the sacrifice. I wasnt suffering.
Here are some devastating facts. Every 21 seconds a precious child dies from a water related disease. That is most often times DIARRHEA. My friend's son has diarrhea right now...maybe just a little bug....but we would never imagine or expect him to die from it. This is the case to millions of people around the world.
1.1 billion people in our world do not have access to clean water.....how devastating. One thing this does for me.....makes me hit myself for making my stupid little problems take up my thought life....I should be spending my time figuring out solutions on how to save some lives.
So now as I sit here LORD contemplating the RIGHT things LORD...my eyes fixed heavenward....by the way thank you for acknowledging such a strange creature.....I want to really come up with some things of ACTION.
I pray that doing this six week quest with Brian that I will strengthen my faith, I will encourage others to make a difference, and I will strive to bring as many people as I can into the loving knowledge of JESUS!
PRAISE: My daughters were really excited to hear about the challenge I was doing and wanted me to tell them more. The relief housedad takled with me quite a while about God and life. My home is thriving..I am in love with each child in my home. I have a great friend in Brian. Jason and I are blessed by our friendship with the Lathams. We are being taken care of job wise. God is providing for us during uncertain times.
PRAYER: In the next few days, I am going to be making some drastic decisions about our lives. Lord please help us make the right decisions for the right reasons. I want to be in Your Will. Nothing else!
The question that the pastor proposed today was this: Will you position yourself in the world in such a way that you are effecting the eternal destination of specific people's lives???
He made the stark illustration that when a person becomes a Christian, they are super zealous. But as they grow in their FAITH they start to insulate themself into a sort of HOLY HUDDLE. They wake up to the latest casting crowns song, followed by meeting their Christian friends at the local coffee shop, followed by going to church 5 nights a week for some sort of service......
It is so important for Christians do not do this....We are to shine the LIGHT OF JESUS to the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDYMc76AYs Please watch this video!
God I ask that you challlenge me to be more intentional about reaching out to people in my life that may not know the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
SO today Brian and I completed the day two challenge of the six week quest.
We both took our last sip of water at 4am and fasted from water until 7om this evening. I was very parched. It was 95 degrees with 100 percent humidity today. But overall, it was quite easy to complete the task. I think the main reason was because it was easy to abstain from something for a short amount of time knowing that after that set time...I again to INDULGE myself in that.
Brian and I debriefed tonight over our expereince and something kept coming back to me.
It wasnt that much of a sacrifice. I brushed my teeth with water. I didnt swallow the water but I still the amazing privileged to brush my teeth with non parasitic water. I took a shower...a regular hot shower. It was not a bucket shower. Jason did a load of my laundry today as well. WOW...I am just cheating...I didnt really even make the sacrifice. I wasnt suffering.
Here are some devastating facts. Every 21 seconds a precious child dies from a water related disease. That is most often times DIARRHEA. My friend's son has diarrhea right now...maybe just a little bug....but we would never imagine or expect him to die from it. This is the case to millions of people around the world.
1.1 billion people in our world do not have access to clean water.....how devastating. One thing this does for me.....makes me hit myself for making my stupid little problems take up my thought life....I should be spending my time figuring out solutions on how to save some lives.
So now as I sit here LORD contemplating the RIGHT things LORD...my eyes fixed heavenward....by the way thank you for acknowledging such a strange creature.....I want to really come up with some things of ACTION.
I pray that doing this six week quest with Brian that I will strengthen my faith, I will encourage others to make a difference, and I will strive to bring as many people as I can into the loving knowledge of JESUS!
PRAISE: My daughters were really excited to hear about the challenge I was doing and wanted me to tell them more. The relief housedad takled with me quite a while about God and life. My home is thriving..I am in love with each child in my home. I have a great friend in Brian. Jason and I are blessed by our friendship with the Lathams. We are being taken care of job wise. God is providing for us during uncertain times.
PRAYER: In the next few days, I am going to be making some drastic decisions about our lives. Lord please help us make the right decisions for the right reasons. I want to be in Your Will. Nothing else!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Tonight Brian and I started the first day of 42 days of the HOLE IN THE GOSPEL Quest!
Question: IS your Jesus God-size or travel-size??
My answer to this question was two fold. I feel God in my life. I feel that He like my best friend..we have conversations and fellowship together.
But also when I am out in nature, I am in awe. I am amazed. Christopher and I went to an aquarium last month and I was astounded by all the diversity.
Tomorrow we will accept the challenge of going 12 hours with no water.
http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/learn/ways-we-help-water
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=GJubQzKYMGg
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLuQUtiaoQ
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=77Mv8pauMKc
Question: IS your Jesus God-size or travel-size??
My answer to this question was two fold. I feel God in my life. I feel that He like my best friend..we have conversations and fellowship together.
But also when I am out in nature, I am in awe. I am amazed. Christopher and I went to an aquarium last month and I was astounded by all the diversity.
Tomorrow we will accept the challenge of going 12 hours with no water.
http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/learn/ways-we-help-water
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=GJubQzKYMGg
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLuQUtiaoQ
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=77Mv8pauMKc
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Walking in faith: THE CHALLENGE!!!!!!!!!!!
The first few words of the back cover instantly captivated me.
What does God expect of ys? Is our faith just about going to church, studying the Bible and avoiding the most serious sins- or does God expect more? Have we embraced the whole gospel or a gospel with a hole in it?
The book is The HOLE IS OUR GOSPEL...written by CEO of World Vision Richard Stearn.
My friend Derik bought this book and bible study for me while at the Leadership Summit at Willow Creek Church in Chicago IL.
This study is not just an intraspective look at faith. It is a CHALLENGE to expand personal faith and translate that into how we relate to the poor.
For the next 42 days or so, I will be walking through this study with a dear friend of mine Brian. For the past month and a half, we have been working out and walking and talking. It has been very great to be encouraged by his faith and be challenge by his physical abilities. But we were talking about how we wanted to take the opportunity to use that time to HONOR God even more.
Our job requires a lot of us and sometimes it creates a sense of self-consumption. Jason and I have been enjoying our time at Sunny Glen, but also these are tumultuous, refining times for this place. We are suffering sometimes. I started to get consumed with the daily tasks of working in a children's home. My focus was started to shift in wrong directions, I was feeling fatigued and discouraged. It really bothered me because I knew that my little trial was so small compared to the real sufferings and challenges of those that live in physical and SPIRITUAL poverty everyday all over the world. I was really convicted and needed to wake myself up....and get my eyes checked!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I decided that the only way to see change was to change my attitude. In order to change my attitude I need to shift focus onto something greater and more important than myself.
I have always been very interested in POVERTY AND JUSTICE issues. I have seen a lot of suffering in the world like heartbreaking disease and famine.........
SO I will be writing and reflecting on this blog for the next 42 so days....as I walk through this journey with my friend. We really hope to grow in our faith...and we really hope that we might understand more and become even more compassionate to the needs of others.
We pray that God would INTERUPT our lives and INVADE our heart.
I am very excited for this opportunity and would encourage anyone who has a great Christian friend to join with them and proceed to complete this STUDY. It will be a great experience to share with someone else. I am fortunate to have a friend whom I share life with to walk through this journey with me. God please open our hearts and minds to the specific things you want to teach us. May this be more than just a Bible study....but a life changing experience.
Here is an excerpt from the introduction of the HOLE IN THE GOSPEL:
" We are carriers of the gospel- the good news that was meant to change the world. Belief is not enough. Worship is not enough. Personal moralities is not enough. ...God has always demanded more. ...When we commited ourselves to following Christ, we also committed to living lives in such a way that a watching world would catch a glimpse of God character- his mercy, his love, his justice."
LIVING OUT OUR FAITH PRIVATELY WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE AN OPTION!!!!
CHRIST HAS NO BODY ON EARTH BUT YOUR, No hands but yours, no feet but yours, yours are the eyes which CHRIST's compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with whish He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.
Saint Teresa of Avila
HERE's to the journey...................................................................................Thank you Brian for agreeing to walk through this with me. I know that it will be encouraging to us...and it will strengthen our faith and God will greatly bless our individual families if we are obedient to this challenge......Jason Christopher and I thank God for you, Iesha, and Micah DAILY...We thank God that we are at SUNNYGLEN with YALL and know that God has great plans for each of our families!!!!!!!!You are great friends to us! Thank you for the work you and your family are doing IN CHRIST! Be Blessed.
What does God expect of ys? Is our faith just about going to church, studying the Bible and avoiding the most serious sins- or does God expect more? Have we embraced the whole gospel or a gospel with a hole in it?
The book is The HOLE IS OUR GOSPEL...written by CEO of World Vision Richard Stearn.
My friend Derik bought this book and bible study for me while at the Leadership Summit at Willow Creek Church in Chicago IL.
This study is not just an intraspective look at faith. It is a CHALLENGE to expand personal faith and translate that into how we relate to the poor.
For the next 42 days or so, I will be walking through this study with a dear friend of mine Brian. For the past month and a half, we have been working out and walking and talking. It has been very great to be encouraged by his faith and be challenge by his physical abilities. But we were talking about how we wanted to take the opportunity to use that time to HONOR God even more.
Our job requires a lot of us and sometimes it creates a sense of self-consumption. Jason and I have been enjoying our time at Sunny Glen, but also these are tumultuous, refining times for this place. We are suffering sometimes. I started to get consumed with the daily tasks of working in a children's home. My focus was started to shift in wrong directions, I was feeling fatigued and discouraged. It really bothered me because I knew that my little trial was so small compared to the real sufferings and challenges of those that live in physical and SPIRITUAL poverty everyday all over the world. I was really convicted and needed to wake myself up....and get my eyes checked!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I decided that the only way to see change was to change my attitude. In order to change my attitude I need to shift focus onto something greater and more important than myself.
I have always been very interested in POVERTY AND JUSTICE issues. I have seen a lot of suffering in the world like heartbreaking disease and famine.........
SO I will be writing and reflecting on this blog for the next 42 so days....as I walk through this journey with my friend. We really hope to grow in our faith...and we really hope that we might understand more and become even more compassionate to the needs of others.
We pray that God would INTERUPT our lives and INVADE our heart.
I am very excited for this opportunity and would encourage anyone who has a great Christian friend to join with them and proceed to complete this STUDY. It will be a great experience to share with someone else. I am fortunate to have a friend whom I share life with to walk through this journey with me. God please open our hearts and minds to the specific things you want to teach us. May this be more than just a Bible study....but a life changing experience.
Here is an excerpt from the introduction of the HOLE IN THE GOSPEL:
" We are carriers of the gospel- the good news that was meant to change the world. Belief is not enough. Worship is not enough. Personal moralities is not enough. ...God has always demanded more. ...When we commited ourselves to following Christ, we also committed to living lives in such a way that a watching world would catch a glimpse of God character- his mercy, his love, his justice."
LIVING OUT OUR FAITH PRIVATELY WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE AN OPTION!!!!
CHRIST HAS NO BODY ON EARTH BUT YOUR, No hands but yours, no feet but yours, yours are the eyes which CHRIST's compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with whish He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.
Saint Teresa of Avila
HERE's to the journey...................................................................................Thank you Brian for agreeing to walk through this with me. I know that it will be encouraging to us...and it will strengthen our faith and God will greatly bless our individual families if we are obedient to this challenge......Jason Christopher and I thank God for you, Iesha, and Micah DAILY...We thank God that we are at SUNNYGLEN with YALL and know that God has great plans for each of our families!!!!!!!!You are great friends to us! Thank you for the work you and your family are doing IN CHRIST! Be Blessed.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Learning to Praise God even when you are hemmed in with troubles!!!!!!
By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that's not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.
3-5There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!
I thank you God that I opened my Bible today and found these verses. God I believe that you have already marked out a path for me. You are daily walking me into eternity.
I praise you Lord that you are with me...even when the path is unsteady.
Lord I am going to WAIT for you in alert expectancy. I know something is happening in my life. It is very powerful. You are require much faith from me. Lord am I able to stand strong. Job went through much pain and suffering and God was near him...even when his mind was searching for answers and he was going to his friends to be counseled and find wisdom...all those things failed him until he was really ready to RECIEVE the word from God that God had in his life in his hand. Can I have that faith? Can I pass the test? I pray that I will be faithful to you. I pray that I will let your WORD, your VOICE be like a loud thunderstorm, making all other noise fade away.
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. (Romans 12:1-2 Message)
Remind me Lord that you have given me this day to live it out for you. I might just be doing laundry...but let me do it for you. Because if I do that in the simple tasks of life, I do believe that you will reward me by giving me greater tasks, kingdom tasks.....like telling children about the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ!!!Amen!
Love from the center of who you are; don't fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.
11-13Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.
14-16Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they're happy; share tears when they're down. Get along with each other; don't be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don't be the great somebody.
17-19Don't hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you've got it in you, get along with everybody. Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. "I'll do the judging," says God. "I'll take care of it."
20-21Our Scriptures tell us that if you see your enemy hungry, go buy that person lunch, or if he's thirsty, get him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness. Don't let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good. (Romans 12:9-21)
These passages are great personal challenges.
In regards to love. Many new people have come into my life in the past few months, friends and children. In these verses, it says to LOVE COMPLETELY....I was talking with one of my daughters today about loving others....a quote that I always remember is this: You NEVER lose by LOVING you always lose by HOLDING back. When you open your heart to someone there is such great potential to experience so many AMAZING blessings. To be connected to someone else is such an intense and emotional and raw way....it really wonderful. I have opened my heart to many people in the past few months. But because I loved so vulnerably.....it hurt when they left my life. For instance, one of my little foster daughters was taken away from me, from our home, the other day. It was so sudden.....and it hurt so much......But then I thought to myself.....is the pain not worth it.....should I have loved her and cared for her less....ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!She lit up my life for even that short amount of time. I will never forget her and I adored her so much. I was able to give her TRUE love. I was able to give of myself selflessly. Thank you Jesus for all those people you are bringing into my life and helping to teach me that it is okay to LOVE THEM COMPLETELY......that the pain will subside....and it is worth being vulnerable to experience such deep love.....I love all my friends and all my children. Thank you Jesus!
Now let's talk about the ENEMY thing:
I've never thought I had an enemy per say in my life.....well I do acknowledge that there is a small little devilish being on earth that wants to destroy us and keep us from knowing God's love for us......but recently I have felt attacked by people and external circumstances.
So I want to take the advise of these verses.....it is not worth my thoughts. It is not worth my mental health. It is not worth my physical well being. I refuse to let anyone drag me down. I proclaim that God has a great plan for my life, for my family and I will not let anythings distract me from PASSIONATELY PURSUING HIS WILL FOR MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3-5There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!
I thank you God that I opened my Bible today and found these verses. God I believe that you have already marked out a path for me. You are daily walking me into eternity.
I praise you Lord that you are with me...even when the path is unsteady.
Lord I am going to WAIT for you in alert expectancy. I know something is happening in my life. It is very powerful. You are require much faith from me. Lord am I able to stand strong. Job went through much pain and suffering and God was near him...even when his mind was searching for answers and he was going to his friends to be counseled and find wisdom...all those things failed him until he was really ready to RECIEVE the word from God that God had in his life in his hand. Can I have that faith? Can I pass the test? I pray that I will be faithful to you. I pray that I will let your WORD, your VOICE be like a loud thunderstorm, making all other noise fade away.
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. (Romans 12:1-2 Message)
Remind me Lord that you have given me this day to live it out for you. I might just be doing laundry...but let me do it for you. Because if I do that in the simple tasks of life, I do believe that you will reward me by giving me greater tasks, kingdom tasks.....like telling children about the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ!!!Amen!
Love from the center of who you are; don't fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.
11-13Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.
14-16Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they're happy; share tears when they're down. Get along with each other; don't be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don't be the great somebody.
17-19Don't hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you've got it in you, get along with everybody. Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. "I'll do the judging," says God. "I'll take care of it."
20-21Our Scriptures tell us that if you see your enemy hungry, go buy that person lunch, or if he's thirsty, get him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness. Don't let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good. (Romans 12:9-21)
These passages are great personal challenges.
In regards to love. Many new people have come into my life in the past few months, friends and children. In these verses, it says to LOVE COMPLETELY....I was talking with one of my daughters today about loving others....a quote that I always remember is this: You NEVER lose by LOVING you always lose by HOLDING back. When you open your heart to someone there is such great potential to experience so many AMAZING blessings. To be connected to someone else is such an intense and emotional and raw way....it really wonderful. I have opened my heart to many people in the past few months. But because I loved so vulnerably.....it hurt when they left my life. For instance, one of my little foster daughters was taken away from me, from our home, the other day. It was so sudden.....and it hurt so much......But then I thought to myself.....is the pain not worth it.....should I have loved her and cared for her less....ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!She lit up my life for even that short amount of time. I will never forget her and I adored her so much. I was able to give her TRUE love. I was able to give of myself selflessly. Thank you Jesus for all those people you are bringing into my life and helping to teach me that it is okay to LOVE THEM COMPLETELY......that the pain will subside....and it is worth being vulnerable to experience such deep love.....I love all my friends and all my children. Thank you Jesus!
Now let's talk about the ENEMY thing:
I've never thought I had an enemy per say in my life.....well I do acknowledge that there is a small little devilish being on earth that wants to destroy us and keep us from knowing God's love for us......but recently I have felt attacked by people and external circumstances.
So I want to take the advise of these verses.....it is not worth my thoughts. It is not worth my mental health. It is not worth my physical well being. I refuse to let anyone drag me down. I proclaim that God has a great plan for my life, for my family and I will not let anythings distract me from PASSIONATELY PURSUING HIS WILL FOR MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7TSGptd3Y
Well, I wish I had profound words to say about the last few days and its unravelings.......but unfortunately I do not.
My heart is heavy. My eyes are a little red still. And my emotions are everywhere.
I am thankful for those wonderful people in my life that God has placed in my life during this season.
I love all the houseparents at our job. We make this place a family.
I am thankful for a new very dear friend that has come into my life. He is like a refreshing breeze on a saultry day! I could say more but I won't. I am just thankful for him and our time together. It is good to have a friend who helps keep your eyes focused on the LORD!
My grandfather died last week. I am in Iowa celebrating his life and legacy while also grieving his loss.....his absence. He always made me laugh and was the first man to ever love me unconditionally.( my husband being the second)
I am thankful for my children. I am so proud of Christopher and the little being he is becoming. I love my kiddos at SGCH. WE are becoming a family more and more everyday. I think of them all the time....being away from them seems unnatural.
My dear friends are going through a horrible experience. I am praying for them that they will not take their eyes off the LORD for a second. Life is being really awful to them.
God is teaching me a lot. He is stretching my heart and teaching me how to tolerate pain, loss, and let down....while also blessing me with new and wonderful expereinces.
I really feel that I am in God's will. I am thankful that I am able to walk with Him. I feel His presence in my life. I hear His whisper in my ear. I can look into His eyes and feel at peace even when there is chaos around me.
Lord, answer your servant......what do you desire me to do in my next breath, tomorrow, next week......
I honestly do not have any fears about my life...the only fear I would hold is to not be in your will.
I desire you to look at me Jesus and say:
"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
I love you Lord....help me Lord....help me to speak words of encouragement....help me to be transparent...
Lord God, can you heal that part of my heart that is currently a little broken and bleeding.....I know my mistakes Lord.....but help me to grow from these situations. Someone hurt me deeply whom I never thought could or had the capacity to do. But I lean on you more because of this.
Lord forgive me of my sins. Help me to become more righteous and faithful to you.
Here s to whatever you have next for me. I love you I love you I love you.
Your daughter, Krissy
Well, I wish I had profound words to say about the last few days and its unravelings.......but unfortunately I do not.
My heart is heavy. My eyes are a little red still. And my emotions are everywhere.
I am thankful for those wonderful people in my life that God has placed in my life during this season.
I love all the houseparents at our job. We make this place a family.
I am thankful for a new very dear friend that has come into my life. He is like a refreshing breeze on a saultry day! I could say more but I won't. I am just thankful for him and our time together. It is good to have a friend who helps keep your eyes focused on the LORD!
My grandfather died last week. I am in Iowa celebrating his life and legacy while also grieving his loss.....his absence. He always made me laugh and was the first man to ever love me unconditionally.( my husband being the second)
I am thankful for my children. I am so proud of Christopher and the little being he is becoming. I love my kiddos at SGCH. WE are becoming a family more and more everyday. I think of them all the time....being away from them seems unnatural.
My dear friends are going through a horrible experience. I am praying for them that they will not take their eyes off the LORD for a second. Life is being really awful to them.
God is teaching me a lot. He is stretching my heart and teaching me how to tolerate pain, loss, and let down....while also blessing me with new and wonderful expereinces.
I really feel that I am in God's will. I am thankful that I am able to walk with Him. I feel His presence in my life. I hear His whisper in my ear. I can look into His eyes and feel at peace even when there is chaos around me.
Lord, answer your servant......what do you desire me to do in my next breath, tomorrow, next week......
I honestly do not have any fears about my life...the only fear I would hold is to not be in your will.
I desire you to look at me Jesus and say:
"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
I love you Lord....help me Lord....help me to speak words of encouragement....help me to be transparent...
Lord God, can you heal that part of my heart that is currently a little broken and bleeding.....I know my mistakes Lord.....but help me to grow from these situations. Someone hurt me deeply whom I never thought could or had the capacity to do. But I lean on you more because of this.
Lord forgive me of my sins. Help me to become more righteous and faithful to you.
Here s to whatever you have next for me. I love you I love you I love you.
Your daughter, Krissy
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