Struggles

Through God's prompting I'm here today to share my struggles over the past several months. It's been nearly six months since my accident.

I was on some pretty heavy pain medication. It has rendered my brain into what feels like mush. It's been a while sense I've had pain meds. However, the chemicals linger in the body long after the use has stopped.

After reading my friend Elaine's blog, Peace for the Journey, it seems as though God was speaking directly to me.

The words just aren't there. If they are, they're not getting through. A dry spell some call it, or writer's block. Some say, "It will come". I feel like I'm letting my readers down in some way. Please know that God is still working in my life. In fact, HE's really working at the moment. It feels as though HE's chipping away at a wall that's been left from some past stuff. I didn't realize it was still there. Eventually, it'll be like the Walls of Jericho. It'll come tumbling down.

Until such time as the words come back, I'm on a blog break, except for my new posts starting Saturday. I will begin my Christmas Carol Video Tour. Watch for Saturday's post. Each Saturday up to Christmas I will post a new video of a Christmas Carol. On Christmas day I'll post two videos.

My prayer is that God's blessings will burst forth to everyone and that the message of Jesus will reach each and every one. Praise the LORD!

Blessings in this season of life! Merry Christmas!

January 1, 2010

I was reading my bloggy friend Paula's post. As she talked about her goals she listed An Imperfect Perfection's post discussing a word list for 2010. I've decided to also adopt a word list. See mine below:

My word list for 2010
Using Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law."
I will add honor, obey and praise to make up 12. Each month I will focus on each word as a theme for that month.

2010 Monthly Word list
January: Joy
February: Love
March: Peace
April: Longsuffering (enduring persecution)
May: Kindness
June: Goodness
July: Faithfullness
August: Gentleness
September: Self-control
October: Honor
November: Obedience
December: Praise

These lines below are from "The Gate of the Year," a poem written in 1908 by Minnie Louise Haskins:
I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year
"Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown."
And he replied, "Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!"

Quote:
"God holds the future in His hands
With grace sufficient day by day;
Through good or ill He gently leads,
If we but let Him have His way." --Rohrs

My prayer is that each one of you will adopt something or create something for the coming year to grow your relationship with the LORD!

Happy New Year!

2010 Words of life

[Image was taken by my husband.
Please do NOT copy.]

Last December I posted: My 2009 Resolution. There were some of you who also did this. I challenge each of you to seek words from the Lord and use scripture as your 2010 life verse(s). We do this in an effort to strive to be more Christ like and grow more in our faith instead of making new year's resolutions that we end up failing at. God's word is more powerful and challenging in that we seek Him daily. New year's resolution or empty promises. God's Word if full of wonderful promises that never get broken.

My word(s) for 2010 is light and life. My scripture verses are:

Matthew 11:28-30
28 Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

John 8:12 Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

John 4:13-14
13 Jesus said, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

Go to prayer and seek your life word(s) for your 2010 life scripture and make a statement to the World for the Lord.

I've also put my life scripture at the foot of my blog to be visible by all who visit. Won't you join me and participate in life scripture?

The Word or A Resolution

I'm joining my bloggy friend Tiffany over at Tea with Tiffany as she makes a new year's resolution by using a word(s) instead of a list.

You can find out more detail by reading her specific post on this subject. Just click mr linky for her blog link.

If you feel inclined to also follow the lead please link your post to this one or Tiffany's original.

Lord Jesus, I pray that You would put in me a new word(s)/phrase that I could use for 2009. I pray that I be diligent and focused on You as I use it during the year to strengthen me. In Jesus' name, amen.

My word(s) will be:

Trust & obey keeps coming to mind. I feel the Holy Spirit moving on this. I believe I'll use it.

Here's my scripture:
Isaiah 50:9-10
9 Surely the Lord GOD will help Me;
Who is he who will condemn Me?
Indeed they will all grow old like a garment;
The moth will eat them up.
10 “ Who among you fears the LORD?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who walks in darkness
And has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the LORD
And rely upon his God.