Frequently frequenting his frequency

Today as I was sitting in church this mental picture was placed in my mind of what is going on around us in the world comparing life with radio frequencies all around us. At any given time there are so many radio frequencies all around us that we cannot see and don't even think about. Our lives are tuned into a channel whether we are conscious of it or not the struggle is truly not against flesh and blood but spiritual. God is saying remain on my channel its so easy to change it when a song comes on we don't like or annoying commercials pop up but God is saying remain tuned to me. Through the sad songs and hard commercials and when struggles pop up it is so easy and appealing to change the frequency we are on to the other channels that are constantly all around us, channels of bitterness, loneliness, remorse, anger, drunkenness, callousness, doubt, and discouragement. God is saying tune into my blood, tune into grace and don't change it during the sad hard songs you may not like that I am leading you through for my blood will carry you through those and cause you to dance with joy through the valleys leading you to the mountaintops of my grace. God is speaking over us my daughter who is wrestling with abandonment, my son who is contemplating taking their life stay tuned to me through the commercials and unpleasant songs of this life for songs of joy and peace are coming. Lay at my feet wipe your tears on my shirt release your fears to me and I will catch them unclasp the burdens you carry, above all remain faithful and tune into my channel rest in my love. Claim my blood over your life, wash your clothes in it, wear it as the most beautiful piece of clothing you have, wash your hair in it, adorn your ears with it, and tune into me the strongest most trustworthy, faithful, no static frequency there is. Don't change your tune my child just because its hard but rather continue to unrelentingly tune into me your savior, provider lover, heart healer, father, and loving shepherd. 

Dwelling places

As of recent I have been reading through the last half of Exodus and the first part of Leviticus. In times past reading these sections of scripture I can find myself just skimming them out of my desire to move past them (lets be honest here folks reading about levitical laws and preparation for the ark of the covenant can be well for lack of a better term a snooze fest). In fact I would probably rather go to the dentist than read through it while paying attention sometimes. This time as I knew I was approaching this part of the Bible I began to pray that God would reveal something that I had not seen or realized in these sections of scripture. God never fails to disappoint me 

I was reading in Exodus about Gods standards for the ark (after all it would be his dwelling place wouldn’t you want your house to be nice) I was reminded that in the old testament God dwelt among the people He is not a God far off but a God who is near and dwells among His people. Gods instructions of building, it inlaid with Gold building it with skill, instructing the people to take their time and do a good job using fine lining rare jewels things of value these were the kind of things God wanted to use to reflect his glory and fame. 

This past semester I was able to move off campus into my own apartment and I can understand wanting the place you live to be perfect and to be a healthy environment. As a girl I wanted to decorate my house nice and have it reflect who I was. I think God wants the same thing from us He lives in us and He wants to use us to reflect who He is to show the world who He is.

Reflecting on this I realized that through the blood of Christ we now have the privilege of Gods Spirit dwelling among us inside our soul - our being. Should we not also prepare and purify our souls as places suitable and set apart to God. I understand we no longer live under the law - Jesus Christ has set us free with His atoning work on the cross. Knowing that the Holy Spirit dwells among us I was convicted that just like in the old testament we should prepare our souls for the Lord. Keeping evil from entering our souls purifying them in the word and prayer inlaying our souls with things God finds lovely truth, love, joy, hope. And on those occasions we do fall into sin being sure we confess our sins grieving them and turning in repentance from them.

God has always been among His children but now he lives within us and we are to treat our inner souls and physical being as holy set apart for the Lord. Not satisfying the flesh but gratifying the spirit. I am a simple person and I know this is nothing profound - Just my simplistic thought of the day but I hope it can be an encouragement to somebody out there. 

Reach Out!

     Each day worldwide there are 3,000 suicides, and for every person who commits a suicide 20 or more people may attempt suicide (Information according to World Health Organization). Ages range anywhere between teen’s to the elderly and it impacts all races. This has devastating effects on loved ones whom are left behind to grieve and morn the loss of a child, sibling, spouse ext. In fact suicide is so common you probably know someone personally who has or has had a loved one take his or her life.
    Suicide has been on the rise worldwide. It is time to make it a priority to talk about this issue. Reach out to those around you, you may not even know someone is having suicidal thoughts. Most often those dealing with these thoughts do not make it obvious and when they take their life it is very abrupt and unexpected. Reach out and love people you have no clue what someone else is going though any given day. Don’t just assume. Let people know their life has value no matter what they are going through. Say an encouraging word, let people know you care about them. Love those who are mean and those who look like they have their life all together. You have no idea what could be encouragement in someones life and make a difference. Be a voice, be love, reach out, make a change.

Fruit Cake

Love is important to everyone 

but we need to redefine it because the world has a skewed image of what Love is  choosing the highest good for others, despite the negative emotions or effects it may have on us.

love is a matter of the mind instead of the heart not emotion. 

seek the best for others

The world will know you are my disciples by your love for one another. 

what distinguishes the church is that their love is different, what credit is it to you if you love those who love you.

joy - inter happiness that has nothing to do with our circumstances. 

joy come from whose you are joy in what was suffered for you.

there is no good thing withheld from me - my life is good.

I am in a relationship with God how can it get any better than that?!

it is as good as it gets if you are in a relationship with Jesus Christ, weather in India, weather graduated, weather in America, Weather in a ditch, weather sick or well.

peace- inner calm and rest God is watching over me protecting me and delivering me. No matter what situation you are inyou can handle it. 

long suffering/ patience - calm willingness to accept the hurt or irritations of people and this world .... suffering long in marriage, suffering long at work....

what if God was not patient with us? scary

the spirit can bear these things out in my life, I can not do it. 

examine yourself, be polite. 

goodness - the action of kindness doing kind things, show your love doing good things for people

faithfulness - being trustworthy in all matters, its the small things that set us apart from the rest

gentleness - meekness, a person who is willing to deny there rights me-ek coming to the understanding you are a sinner saved by grace, not thinking highly of yourself

God will give us a new heart...please Lord let your spirit take over my life make me meek = me-EK

Let love be Genuine

“Let love be genuine”

I am starting my blog post again, I stopped for a while after I returned from India but would like to start up again to sharpen my writing skills. 

Something I have been thinking about lately, we are loving others when we put their needs before our own and looking out for what is in their best interest. I really like this definition of love "unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another"

Serving others willingly not because we have to but because we love them serving with Joy. I made a list of ways I could love my roommate this semester and do it with sincerity of heart. Not because I have to but because I want to. 

1. Keep things clean (I know she does not like things to be cluttered so I hope in this way I can show her I love her)
2. Respect her, be willing to understand where she is coming from even when I disagree, be considerate.
3. Listen, Really listen.
4. Being willing to put her needs before my own
5. Be Honest
6. Be Humble

I hope this semester I can come up with new ways to show others I genuinely care about them and let Christ’s love flow through me in that way.

Unbound and Liberated

Hello Dear Friends and Family... I come home in less than 2 weeks 6 months goes by so fast...slow when you are in it but then looking back when its over it goes by so quickly. The Lord has really blessed my time here and I am looking forward to coming home but it is very bittersweet for me. Everyone here is like family to me so it will be very hard to say goodbye to all my new brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles. Please pray for grace for me in this I know i am going to cry but also know this is Gods timing and that gives me peace. I had a dream a few days ago and in the dream I was tied down with ropes and in a dark room and I felt like I just had this heaviness upon me like a heavy burden i was carrying and then someone came into the room and unlocked the door and cut of the ropes and brought me out into the sun. It just reminded me of how I was once a slave to sin I was a sinner and on the road to hell separated from God and Jesus Christ through the shedding of his blood on the cross has made me free! I think it was the His way of reminding me and making me once again thankful and grateful for my salvation because once you have been a slave to anything and then you have become free after a while you forget what it was like to be a slave in the first place and it can feel as if you have always been free. Christ has been reminding me of that and its really been making me think...I have been set free I am unbound and liberated through Christ. John 8:34-36

Please pray we are having a women's meeting in a tribal area this saturday Monika will be speaking

Pray Gods will for my last 2 weeks here will be accomplished

Pray for the hospital land pray that they would have favor with the government and that they would be able to start building soon

and the kids at the childrens home are having Exams this week (which is a big deal in India) and they are a little stressed out. 

Can’t wait to see all of you and hear about what has been going on in your lives these 6 months. Thank you guys so much for your prayers and your support it means a lot to me and makes a big difference. 

Valleys and Villages

Sorry it has been a while since I last wrote a blog post things have been very busy here we have been doing a lot of traveling. A week and a half ago we all traveled to Araku valley for the weekend just for some vacation time. It was beautiful and very fun it was a 3 1/2 hour car ride with 12 people we traveled with an Indian family. On the way up we stopped and went into a cave with monkeys everywhere. Later in the week we went to yesupadams village where he grew up as an untouchable in India. It was in Srikakulum the car ride took 11 1/2 hours. I was so blessed to see where he was born and where the Lord has taken him since then. It was such a testimony how If we honor the Lord with our lives He will honor us. He walked on streets that as a child he would have never been allowed to walk on just because of his caste. Tomorrow we will be going to Vijayawada for crusades at night that yesupadam will be speaking at, we will be there for 3 days. The Lord has been preparing my heart for coming home. I will be so happy to see all of you guys when i get back and share in detail what the Lord has been doing here in my life. Please pray that the Lord will give me grace saying goodbye to my new family here all of the kids and the people i have worked with it will be a bittersweet day for me. Please pray for direction as to what i should do this summer where i should live and that the Lord would provide me with a Job somewhere. I really just want to concentrate these next three weeks on seeking the Lord. I start online classes March 19th and need two more books that i do not have the money for right now so please pray for Gods provision I know He will He has before and will again. 

Once again sorry this has to be so brief there are so many things going on right now. Thank you everyone who is praying for me.