I am getting tired of having myself the focus of attention so thought I would post some thoughts...

Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from flying

GOD is not merely the best version that we can think of, but HE is far more than that, above and beyond all that we can ask or think

Humans are not defined by their limitations but by the intentions that GOD has for them. Not by what they seem to be but by everything it means to be created in GOD'S image

The GOD who IS...the I AM who I AM....cannot act apart from love

When your heart is full of pain and anger and a lot of confusion, as much as you are able rest in what trust you have in GOD, no matter how small

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown

It is not GOD'S purpose to punish sin, it's HIS joy to cure it

Our choices are not stronger than GOD's purposes. HE will use every choice we make for the ultimate good and the most loving outcome

The underlying flaw in our lives is that we don't think GOD is good...if we knew GOD was good and that everything--the means, the ends and all the processess of individual lives--is all covered by HIS goodness, then while we might not always understand what HE is doing, we would trust HIM

Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which we know we are loved

Our relationship with GOD is not about performance or us having to please HIM. GOD is good and only desires what is best for us

We must give up our right to decide what is good and evil on our own terms. We must choose to only live in the HOLY SPIRIT. To do that we must know HIM enough to trust HIM and learn to rest in HIS inherent goodness

GOD talks to us all the time. Like little cracks in the wall, one at a time, but woven together they prepare us for today

When I start to sink, let JESUS rescue me

All JESUS wants from us is to trust HIM with what little we can and grow in loving people around us with the same love JESUS shares with us

Guilt will never help us find freedom in GOD

GOD's purposes are always and only an expression of love. GOD purposes to work life out of death, to bring freedom out of brokeness, and turn darkness into light

Mistakes are a part of life

GOD doesn't want a piece of me and a piece of my life. HE wants all of me and all of every part of me and my day

JESUS doesn't want to be first among a list of values. HE wants to be at the center of everything

When JESUS lives in me, then together we can live through everything that happens to me

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, it is about letting go of another person's throat

Forgiveness is first for me--the forgiver, to release me from something that will eat me alive, that will destroy my joy and my ability to love fully and openly

True forgiveness is only possible if GOD's presence is in us

There is power in what GOD's children declare

Tears can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal

Every time I forgive, the universe changes. Every time I reach out and touch a heart or life, the world changes. With every kindness and service, seen or unseen, GOD's purposes are accomplished and nothing will ever be the same again

Faith never knows where it is being led, but it know and loves the ONE who is leading

Blessings!

Wow! What is happening?? Two updates within a week....

  I do have some wonderful news! For those who remember my post about the three children we were planning on taking in this winter, well, we are getting them finally! We had given up on ever getting them but Lexie is now a permanent part of the family as of Thurs. evening and the boys will be here as soon as we give the word so our family is growing! There will now be 10 around the supper table! We don't know how long they'll stay but until the parents get their lives cleaned up and the state gives them custody again or an adoptive family is found they are ours!! I am really excited about having them....I finally have baby brothers and a sister that I can go shopping for and can actually enjoy their growing up.

So now the photos! Enjoy!

1. What's your Favorite Color?
          Green, blue, pink...

2.Favorite Place to Shop?
         probably goodwills as they are cheap and you can find bargains

3.If you were shopping which would you most likely buy?
a. Lotion
b. a book-definitely this one!
c. shoes
d. Picture Frame

4. What's your favorite animal? 
          a horse or sea animals

5. Tell us something that most people don't know, about you.
              I carry converstions with my self

6.Grab the closest book and read the last line on the 12th page what was it.
          tears glistened on his chiseled face (and no it's not a western)

7. What do you do in your spare time?
           what spare time??   Read, think, talk to myself....

8. What color is your room ?
        purple

9.What would be your dream job?
         I think I would like to be a designer.....designing what, I don't know 

10.Do you get scared easily?
            No...

11. Tag 7 people.

   I tag....Elizabet, Laticia, Jolene, Tonia, Susan, Sara, Bretta

Williamsburg

Scotland the Brave

The British Militia

The arrogant French lacemaker

George Washington

Dr. Balthasar's medicine show

The Trader

Robert Moore and his wife

Randy and Susan Shetler

Warriors

Weather

Have a blessed week! Shana