Ready for whats next...

So I have been in this slump all week...no energy, extra tired, cranky at times for no reason, stressed, frustrated, and overwhelmed, feeling like I am at a road block in lots of areas. Wow after typing all that, I feel sorry for my family this past week.

As I logged in onto Facebook last night, Mrs. Karen says she can feel its going to be a great weekend(along with lots of others). Next was Creflo Dollar status, "God promises to come through in your life in a way that will work for you and satisfy you. When your path appears blocked, God sees a way." I've had moments this week when I have realized that God is up to something big because the enemy has been on my back, kinda like those nagging people on the back commercials. I have comlete faith in the Lord and I KNOW He has my every situation in His hand. Athough I hate times when I feel like this, I have a great anticipation and excitement with what the future holds. God's plan is always bigger and better than the enemy's and even with my uncertianty of how it will all work out, I know that it will. God can see ahead of me. So even with all this heaviness on me, I can see the beauty coming. I can feel it. I know there will be breakthrough. I just have to keep the praise coming and lifting up His name. In Acts 16, Paul and Silas were in jail, beaten and chained up, they still praised the name of the Lord. Around midnight, there was an earthquake and their chains were broken. Through their praise and faith, God made a way. And so I will know I just have to keep my head held high and know that He is God! (By the way, God is so funny. He knows what we need when we need it...this morning my devotion was "Praise your way to a Breakthrough!" Haha, I love how He works!
Sometimes the heaviness is there so that we can be truly grateful when its lifted. The gathering this weekend is going to be amazing. In my heart, I have been excited about it. Rick Pino is supposed to be here, on top of all the other great people who are with this ministry!

Jeremiah 29:11 " 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.' " So if today you are feeling the same thing or going through something that you just cant see the end of, remember that as long as God is in control, that it will only last for moment and that it will all work out. Because He has great plans for us. He knows the future and as long as we stay on His path, His will, and let Him guide us, Everything will be ok.

Have a great day and enjoy this beautiful picture God gave me yesterday after a hail storm here at the house. :)

What is your Birthright?

What is your Birthright?

What is a birthright? **(any right or privilege to which a person is entitled by birth)
it’s a position that holds rights and benefits. What are your benefits of being a child of God, what’s your birthright in Heaven? Eternity with the most High God, forever happiness and love!!! The most joy you could ever think you could have.

What about the birthright of Hell? Eternal burning in the lake of fire, misery, sadness, depression, feeling of loss!

Esau and Jacob *Genesis 25:27-34
Jacob always wanted what Esau had…from day one….

Genesis 25:27-34 (New International Version)
27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.-red )
31 Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."
32 "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?"
33 But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.
So Esau despised his birthright.

Esau sold his birthright in the moment, without thinking ahead to the future and the consequences of his actions. He took what he could feel and let it control the moment.

Are the actions in your life affecting your future: Are you thinking about the consequences of what your actions have on your future? Are you giving up your birthright for the moment, for the thrill, for the high, for selfishness?

What is your birthright? Each and everyone of us was and is born a child of God, his son or his daughter!!! Psalm 139:13-16 (13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.)….tells us that God knew us before we were even formed, before I was an I, He already knew me and the path He has for me. My birthright is that of-the child of the most high God, King of kings, and Lord of lords!!! I am an heir to God and his kingdom and all that is His. He has a place for me and for you in Heaven…our own little place! Just as a prince or princess, in-line to the throne, I have a path set before me. Ephesians 2:10 (For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.)…. tells me that “we should walk in them.” Its my choice to go after that path, to go after my birthright, to be proud of it. To be so proud of it that I don’t let foolish things get in my way of obtaining it. I am running a race to obtain the prize.

Esau gave his away for some stew!!! What is your stew? What are you willing to give it up for? …sex, lust of another person or thing, drugs/alcohol…just one more high/drunk, attitude(yes even our attitude can get in the way), anger, hatred, un-forgiveness, adultery, fornication with the enemy(giving yourself to the enemy), a job, money, a friend, a boy/girlfriend…? What is your stew? What is so important that you would be willing to give up your birthright, a seat in Heaven, Eternity with the most wonderful and loving father you could ever imagine…What would you give up for your birthright? Satan knows that by taking it from you, that you have lost the best thing ever given to you. Why do you think he fights so hard for it. Jacob knew the power of Esau’s birthright…why do you think he asked for it? He could have asked for anything else…but he knew how important the power and blessings were that came with that position.

So what is your birthright? Is it important to you and what’s it worth? Will you hold on to it, or give it up in the heat of the moment?

Jacob desired the birthright of Esau…always wanted what he had from the time they were conceived…

Do you have something in you that others desire, that others long for and want? Does your relationship with God show your birthright?

From my mind to my fingers...

My mind seems to be well not blank...I actually have a lot on it but when I sit down to actually type it out, I can't seem to get it out the way it is in my head. Crazy huh. Usually when I lay down at night, I can think of everything I need to write down or want to write down. But wow at midnight, I just don't wanna get up. :) So maybe its writers block??? I have lots on my mind like "what have I learned in the past year?" and the word God gave me "What is your birthright?" along with "What are you hiding in your tent?" (from the book of Joshua) and also "Compromise"... But its like my brain and my fingers can come together to get it all out. The word about birthright is already typed up and I am going to post it, but others are just stuck. So I haven't forgotten this blog thing...I just cant seem to get my thoughts together.

Life has been good. Jaxson is so funny these days. Everything he says is in sentence form now and its just too funny to listen to him talk. Brianna is about to turn 12 and that is so hard to believe. We are half way thru March with only 9 weeks of school left before summer! Cant believe Ethan is almost a first grader and Kara a 5th grader. It just doesn't seem possible. Where did the time go.I love this picture of Brianna and Kara. We went to Nanny's this weekend and I took this there. They are just so beautiful!!!

Ethan has really gotten into this Rock Star thing! He loves his guitar Mrs. Karen gave him. He wants to wear his blazer jacket with his rock shirts, new shades, and messy hair all the time. This week, he was MAJOR ROCKSTAR(think of Alvin and the Chipmunks). :) He really gets into character too. Too funny! But very handsome!

Jaxson, well he is just cute anyway you look at it. I took lots of pictures of him out in the yard(trying to learn my camera). He was a good sport and posed for most of them. He is just so much fun right now. He always wants to say the blessing at eating time, if you ask if he is done with something, his new response is "not yet." He loves to take a shower. He loves to play outside. He can also count to 5 in Spanish and to 8 in English. Yes Dora and Diego are working. haha. It was so funny the first time he counted in Spanish. He was playing cars and just started saying quartro and then cinco. So I said Uno, he said Dos and we finished them together. Now when you ask him, if he doesn't want to say them, he says "No Uno." Very funny. I love my kids and my life!

Stay posted...more blogs to come shortly because I have a feeling its all coming to me. :)
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

..::LOVE::..

So the #1 bible passage look up in 2009 was 1 Cor.13. This is the chapter defining love and what true love really is. But so often I think we use the "Love" out of context..."I love my car, I love you" Do we really know what true love is...

1 Cor.13 says its patient & kind, not jealous or boastful or proud or rude, does not demand its own way, is not irritable, & keeps no record of being wronged, does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins, never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.~maybe we enjoy things more than we love them...but for those that you LOVE, do you respond the way the word says we should, do we really show LOVE to one another? God spoke this to me one night and I want to make sure that I check every area in my life and I don't mis-use the word Love!

And the 2nd most searched bible passage...Psalm 23. This tells me that the world really is looking for Love and Comfort in something or someone! JESUS IS THE ANSWER!!!!

Isaiah 44:3

Is 44:3 "For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring, and My blessing upon your descendants" The 1st part of this is significant in that God will pour out His spirit on those who are thirsty, those who truly seek Him, those are so thirsty that... if they dont get a drink, they will die....and not only will He pour on you/me but it will flood the ground around me! As a result will pour all over my family and children! God I am so thirsty for you!!! POUR IT OUT!!!!!

50th Wedding Anniversary for Johnnie and Jr. Rhoades

We had a wonderful time at the party for Nona and Pawpaw! 50 years is so awesome and rare this day and age. It was awesome to see all they have done and been through...and are still in love and strong! The kids had the best time, dancing, making floats, and hanging out! They were all dressed up in 50's clothes! They were all so cute!

My little 50's children. The kids looked so cute and they had a blast!