Regrets...

Hey all you fellow bloggers!
Wow... regrets... I think that (unfortunently) that is something that every single person on the earth has to deal with. Regrets about things that we've done that we shouldn't have, things that we didn't do that we should have...it's tough having to deal with the hurt that sometimes surfaces.
That is what I was dealing with this weekend. A lot of mistakes that I have made kinda where used by the devil to really get me down and depressed. On thing that my Mom tlod me though really stuck in my head. It was Saturday night and I was crying and Mom and me where talking and she looked and me and said that the devil was laughing at me and was really rejoicing because he had me exactly where he wanted me.
I have come to a solid conclusion and here it is:
I am a christian... and I love the Lord Jesus Christ with all my heart and really am striving to be conformed to HIS image more and more as the days,weeks,months, and years go by... I am a sinful human being(DUH) and yet Jesus loves me and has forgiven me of my past regrets and has even gone so far as to "Remove them as far as the EAST is from the WEST" that is pretty cool! And the devil has nothin' on that! The battle is already won! PRAISE THE LORD!!!
Do you have regrets? Take them to Jesus... He loves you and He cares and will forgive you. He died for YOU! Do you know him?

A wonderful memory...

Hey fellow bloggers!!
You know how there are those days that are just memories to cherish? Well, I had one of those types of days this past Sunday (March 12) . I got to have the priviledge of seeing my 81 year old Grandmother baptized... now is that COOL or what! Another neat thing was that my Dad (after he had baptized her) has now had the priviledge of baptizing his wife and all four of his children! God is so good...how often do we thank him for it!?!?
I had an interesting week... we as a family have decided to really start making an effort to be kind to each other and not be so disrespectful and not have so many attitudes. The Lord really challenged me... I need to be an example to my family. I am the oldest and ... that carries alot of responsibility... I can't help but think of that quote from Spiderman 1 "With great power comes great responsibility..." You know, we laugh and everything BUT have we actually stopped and thought about what it actually involved? When you think about it it really becomes a challenge! It was kind of neat because last week for Sunday School our "assinment" was to study a character quality and I'm telling you!! Right from the get go the Lord was working on my heart! He impressed upon me to study the character quality of self-control... it seemed as though the whole week he was showing me my lack of it.:) After I had studied it I realized that I needed to lean on Jesus more to help me especially in regard to my family life. You know... it's so easy to be a wonderful,"perfect" person around your friends BUT have you realized that the REAL you is the person at home when no one else is around JUST your family? Scary thought huh? But! it can also be a challenge!! Take it and be the friend to your family that you are to everyone else.

"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it." (1 cor. 10:13)
Hey fellow bloggers!
Isn't that a PRECIOUS promise!?! Our God is such a loving, merciful Lord. Praise the name of Jesus!!
I was reading in my own personal devotions last night and came across the article. Its from the Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith by C.H. Spurgeon:

March 3
NOT LEFT TO PERISH
"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" #Ps 16:10
This word has its proper fulfillment in the Lord Jesus; but it applies also, with a variation, to all who are in Him. Our soul shall not be left in the separate state, and our body, though it see corruption, shall rise again. The general meaning, rather than the specific application, is that to which we would call our readers’ thoughts at this particular time.
We may descend in spirit very low till we seem to be plunged in the abyss of hell; but we shall not be left there. We may appear to be at death’s door in heart, and soul, and consciousness; but we cannot remain there. Our inward death as to joy and hope may proceed very far; but it cannot run on to its full consequences, so as to reach the utter corruption of black despair. We may go very low, but not lower than the Lord permits; we may stay in the lowest dungeon of doubt for a while, but we shall not perish there. The star of hope is still in the sky when the night is blackest. The Lord will not forget us and hand us over to the enemy. Let us rest in hope. We have to deal with One whose mercy endureth for ever. Surely, out of death, and darkness, and despair we shall yet arise to life, light, and liberty.

"We may descend in spirit very low till we seem to be plunged in the abyss of hell; but we shall not be left there. We may appear to be at death’s door in heart, and soul, and consciousness; but we cannot remain there. Our inward death as to joy and hope may proceed very far; but it cannot run on to its full consequences, so as to reach the utter corruption of black despair. We may go very low, but not lower than the Lord permits; we may stay in the lowest dungeon of doubt for a while, but we shall not perish there. The star of hope is still in the sky when the night is blackest. The Lord will not forget us and hand us over to the enemy. Let us rest in hope. We have to deal with One whose mercy endureth for ever. Surely, out of death, and darkness, and despair we shall yet arise to life, light, and liberty. "

What a precious promise! Truly what an awesome God we serve. It is such a comfort to know that no matter what "waves" the devil sends our way as christians we have a way of escape which is in the person and the finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will NEVER leave us or forsake us!

Hold on to that promise today and every other day when you feel like giving up. Remember, Jesus will still be there!!

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding..." (Proverbs 3:5)

Hey fellow bloggers!
Wow... how often as christians do we take that verse to heart? How often to we choose not to trust the Lord? How often do we (fallible, weak, specks compared to the universe human beings) think that we "KNOW" best and that "this time" we're "right". Have you ever stopped to think about that? I mean its sad and to think... we're doing it to GOD!!! How often we must hurt Him...
Anyway, the Lord has been teaching me so much lately... He's been teaching me to trust HIM! As I grow older I begin to see how I can get so comfy... with the way things are going, my little circle of friends, school life and lately He's been showing me how He is the only thing that I should be "comfy" with and rely on... So here's my little "tip" for the day...
TRUST HIM!!!! Don't get ensnared with thinking that everythings "ok" or on the other hand (I've been dealing with this this week) don't let circumstances get in the way and sway your focus on Christ... its the devil! Remember that story of Peter (Matthew 15:22-330 and how
he saw Jesus walking towards them on the water and told Jesus to command him to come to Him (walking on the Sea in a huge storm) and Jesus did? So Peter went to Him and was walking on the water BUT he took his eyes off Jesus and saw the huge waves and began to sink ?
Jesus saved him BUT think about it... we say "Oh that Peter... he didn't trust..." Yet, how often do we do the EXACT SAME THING and take our eyes off Jesus?
Really makes ya think huh!
TRUST HIM and Him alone... HE will NEVER leave you or forsake you.