on good ground: DOOR

Two posts in one day, wow, you'd think I would have more important things to do with my time.

This is too good, I had to share.  Maybe it won't mean anything to you, but God gave it to me today, similar to Dana's 4 leaf 'promise' clover recently.

As I was cleaning out my home office, I found a whole notebook full of sermon notes from the Bible Conference 2007.  This message from Pastor Doug Fisher jumped off the page and smacked me in the face, I was blessed.  Again, sorry for the disconnected notes, I get so engrossed during church sometimes I forget to take good notes.  Kristy and I really enjoy Pastor Fisher's messages, they run very deep and get right to your heart.
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"DOOR"
Duet. 29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

Deu 29:3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Deu 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Acts 14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Acts 10:10- (Peter and the sheet of animals let down from heaven)
 
About Doors:

• The big doors get more people involved.
• You won't understand right away.
• Don't marry a guy that has it all figured out.  That puts a lid on your goals.
• Doubt is okay.

 
Doors that didn't look like doors in the Bible:

• Saul looking for lost donkeys, it led to the throne
• Joseph in the pit, saved a nation from starvation
• David taking food to his brothers, ended up killing a giant, hailed a hero

 
Ask God for a heart to perceive what's going on in your life.
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I needed this, I'm so glad God hid it in one of my junk piles for me to find today.

goodbye 18

I cleaned out my closet.
You know how you open a new chapter in life sometimes, and you feel the need to clean out a very old one?
Yep. I had to let go of the exciting year of 18. That was a different life than the one I'm living now. I was on top of the world and had the confidence of a queen. I was one of five state 4-H officers, which in my limited scope of reality meant I had arrived. I was a mentor, and a teacher, a motivational speaker, and a leader of teens statewide. I was popular and pretty, assertive and bubbly, concieted and proud. And God was nowhere to be found on my list of priorities. Thankfully He sought me out a short time later.

Anyways, if I could go back to 18 & smack myself upside the head for some of the clothes I wore, I'd do it.

• Goodbye shorty shorts from the dark depths of my bottom drawer.
• Goodbye big sweater with a cat's face on it (I don't like cats, but it was a gift from childhood so it took a long time to let go)
• Goodbye dark pinstriped power suits with big ol' shoulder pads and short skirts
• Goodbye sassy slogan shirts (most)
• Goodbye too-short summer dresses
• Goodbye... no wait. Stay a little longer REALLY CUTE SHOES
• Goodbye beautiful sparkly blue formal dress with scratchy poofy lining. I was a princess with your help. (however, I would NOT want my daughters playing dress-up in you. Modest you were not)
• Goodbye excessive copies of the basic dark blue shirt, because I have wayyyyyy too many.

Don't worry, I didn't get rid of ALL the princess dresses.
I kept a few formals after I wore them around the house for a bit. I hope I never get too old to like playing dress up. Nope, I'm keeping them. I'll find a reason to wear them for real again. The inaguaral ball for instance.
Kristy laughed at me. But I don't care. Its fun to feel young and pretty, even if its just for a minute in your own house.

Goodbye 18, hello 25.