Faith not Fear

First off, I Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I hope you all enjoyed time with your family and realize how blessed we are. :)




I have been reading Max Lucado's new book Fearless, (thats why I havent been blogging; I've been reading instead). Ok, so I wanted to share a little bit about the book and one of my favorite parts in the book. This book is about making decisions based on faith instead of fear. I didn't realize how much I did this. But what was a real eye-opener for me was this part in the book :

"The Gospels list some 125 Christ-issued imperatives. Of these, 21 urges us to "not be afraid," or "not fear" or "have courage" or "take heart" or "be of good cheer."

Jesus wants us to have faith in him, instead of fearing each decision we make. He will fix it, if we mess up. I think this is all something we need to take to heart. We have no control; God has it all. God has me in the palm of his hand and he cares for me. That is plenty for me; and something I am incredibly thankful for!

I love yall!

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God speaks to us everyday; we just have to choose whether or not we listen

So I have been really really really really down lately. Im struggling with a lot of things, but tonight I when I was reading my Bible I read this:

Psalms 13
5 But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
6 I will sing to the Lord
because he is good to me.

Lately I have been taking for granted all the good things in my life, and focusing on the negative and bad things happened to me. This week has been really rough, I LOATHE my new job, one of my best friends is deathly(and when I say deathly Im not joking) ill, my friend Luke got terminated from the program, I miss home with every ounce of being, and My "adopted" Granddaddy passed away. I have been focusing on these things, but God always speaks to us. He did save me and I have to realize that I need to turn these bad things into good things. I need to appreciate meeting new people at my job, pray for my friend, Luke got to go home and be with his family, I am blessed enough to get to talk to my family and have a family to love, and Granddaddy is where he wanted to be; with God. I need to focus on taking every blessing I have and counting it. Tomorrow is a new day, if God chooses to bless me with, and I wont waste it like I have been wasting my days lately. I am going to focus on the good things and try my hardest to enjoy every minute of every day. I love you all!!

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There will be plenty more to come

Ok, so I have had a really rough week which is why I havent been blogging. BUT this will lift your spirits....Welcome to the Castle at Christmas time. (yes, I know I know....its before Thanksgiving) but I dont want to be a scrooge for all of you.

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God Held Me and Smiled

God held me and smiled
As He wiped away tears.
He whispered that He loved me
And said, I know your fears.”


He rocked me and He sang
Songs of love and sweet rest.
He would lead me and guide me
In the way that was best.


His hand will not falter,
His voice will not fail.
I can trust Him completely
For His grace will prevail.


My hope is in Jesus,
My friend and my guide.
He has walked on before me
And in Him I’ll abide.

~Jessie Fowler

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