Living To Carry The Cross, Learning To Live The Hard Eucharisteo

sking you to join me today as we worship Him who paid your debt, my debt. The debt of the entire world. Would you slip your link in and worship with me today. Would you stop and be still and visit the link of another and worship him some more?                                                                                                            

s I continue counting my grace gifts daily, I have learned something. I have realized for the first time in my life, that I have finally woken up! Woken up to love, his love. His never stopping, never giving up,unbreaking, always and forever love! As I count each gift, the good ones, the not so good ones, the really messy ones, I realize that they are all good!! He is all good all of the time. There is never not one moment during my day the day that he has made that he doesn't love me. It's as if he whispers, " This is so you will look like my Son" Yes it hurts right now and yes I am with you carrying you through but It is because I want you to look like my Son. I love you so much that I want to bring you to perfection! Complete perfection will never take place this side of heaven. However, he will not stop the perfecting process. He will continue to do his good work in me until the day it is completed in heaven. Counting his love has woken me up to his beau...

he Christmas Tree has been taken down, to be stored for the following year. All other Christmas items are put into storage to wait again to be taken out and put away. I don't want to forget Christmas, my spirit shouts aloud! Just because itmes are put upto wait. I am not putting myself away to wait as well! I am going to go on and welcome each new day that He gives. I look forward to his coming differently today.                                                  Not in babe form today. Today he will come in the form of the Holy Spirit! He will come to fill me full. Full of Strength, Full of Grace, Full of mercy. Full of compassion, Full of every single fruit that he has to offer. It is mine for the taking but I must ask for this filling. He will gi...

he is old and still has lots of life in her. Her only problem is she sometimes goes on the floor. Today was one of those days. I woke up and got myself ready for the day. It's a day full of homeschooling and housework.Typical day to day things. Some things are piling up from the day before. I never feel like I really get caught up and can stay that way. Good and perfect gift awakens. He hears me fumbling around, me trying to finish up. As he rounds the corner to the stairs I hear him say."Oh Nooo!! Oh Bijou!!! Our grey and white cat has made a mess on the rug and good and perfect gift has stepped his little flesh pink toes into her mess! If it were not for her having so much life left in her, I would take her to the vet and have her put down. She is 17 years old and her eyesight is great no cataracts. She walks with a bounce to her step. Sometimes she bumbles up and down the steps faster than me! I think she has several years left. The vet tells me she has a heart murmor and t...

he plans that sweet Hubby and myself had for our family celebrating the Holy Babe  differed very much this year. This was the first time we were celebrating Christmas on a Sunday. We had discussed  what this day would look like for our family. He really wanted to stay home, read scripture, hang our last Jesse Tree ornament , open gifts, eat dinner and have birthday cake for Jesus' birthday. A quiet  day he  says. He really did not want to attend church at all. I was sad in my spirit. I wanted nothing more than to be in His house of worship on his birthday celebrating his coming to us to rescue us, Rescue Me! I have room for you in my inn! These words I wanted to scream! In not attending I would feel like I would be turning Him away just like so many people did long ago. I was heartsick, spiritsick, I hear His still small voice tell me to be quiet, to fast and to pray. I humbled myself and obeyed.  After dinner that night I went to our bedroom, on ...

W e meet at Starbucks. It has been a while since we last talked. She has walked my path. She has children who have some of the same gifts as good and perfect gift. She is older and wiser than I. I should have brought pen and notebook to take notes on the wisdom she would pass along for today.                                                  I'm not a coffee drinker so I just sit and soak up all of her godly wisdom. That will be my "caffeine" for the day. God will use this Christ sister to urge me on today as caffeine does for others. This, This wisdom will be what keeps me on the road to persevere in my life journey with Him who set me free. To press on as a Wife and Mother.             ...

T he day has worn long. We have had a full day of homeschooling, playing, and housework. Sweet Hubby has been down for several days now with an upper respiratory infection. He comes home weary and needing much rest from his day. He needs to heal and healing can only come when we can stop and rest this body. He lays down and sleeps into the evening hours allowing his body to be healed by the Creators hands. Tonights dinner shall be a quick and easy one. Chicken noodle for Sweet Hubby. Chicken rings and tater tots for good and perfect gift. A protein shake and some fruit for me. Not really much hungry.    We eat in the warmeth of candle light's glow some days. It helps to calm our family and eases us into the night hours. We enjoy each other's company around the table.                                 ...