Happy HOLYdays

November 30,2008 thought January 6, 2009.
Advent through 12 days of Christmas.

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Happy HOLYday...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Preparing

Advent season in coming.
I am taking time to spend time with the LORD.

Black Friday

No plans to shop today.
I gave up shopping on Black Friday.

It's been 15 years since my water baptism.
The old me has been died for 15 years.

I am being created new day by day.
God is so good.

Give Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for this day.

I can gather together with my family.
This Thanksgiving is special.

There are many things to be thankful for.
I am thankful that I have a place to stay.

I am thankful that I have food in the icebox.
I am thankful that I have clothes on my body.

I am thankful that I have life.
I am thankful that I exist.

I am thankful for another day.
I am thankful that I can be thankful.

I am glad in this day.
Blessings to all.

In A New Place

I am at a new place in the spirit.
I broke away from some things that I need to.

I took a while to see the new light of things.
I cannot see how it took me so long in getting here.

I guess it took a lot of rejection and no feed back to catch on.
It does hurt to see that it took this long to get here.

I can move on from the mistakes that I did.
I need to move on from the shame of what I have been witness.

It's as thought I don't exit anymore to some.
It appears that I am no here.

I know that God care more about me than I do myself.
He is the strength of my life.

I know that there will be always people who will disappoint me.
I have to get over that.

I can through forgiveness.
I believe that God will see me through,

Life has its turns.
I need to flow with the turns that come.

I believe that there will be some good coming out of what I have experienced.
God is a GOOD God.

I am thankful that Father God is my Heavenly Father.
I have no father on the earth.

I am thankful that God allows me to be one of His beloved daughters.
Thanks for being there for me always, Jesus.

New Journey

I am off to a new journey.
Things are much different now.

I have been reflecting on my journey of a lifetime.
I learned some things.

I have been thinking about my life.
Thing change from time to time.

There are seasons in life when things must end.
I believe that there are a few things in my life now that have ended.

I have to turn from what this was and move on.
Life has turns and challenges in the making.

I may think that things are right for me, but they are not.
I am thankful that God does not give me everything that I ask Him.

I am learning that I need to grow up.
I am changing in doing some matters in life.

There are things that I thought that I should pursue.
I think, I hit a dry spot.

Jesus is the only water that can quench my thirst.
I need to stop looking at others for only what Jesus can give me.

I repent of such wrong thinking.
I turn away from what I use to do.

Even if I have to leave some things that I love.
I cannot keep doing things that's not good for me.

I have to truly mean what I say.
No matter what the cost is, I need to be serious.

Life is to be lived.
I need to look at life in a new way.

A fresh new start begins at sundown.
The dawn of the new day has come.

I need to look for other things in life.
I need to stop wasting my life on things that don't matter.

The season has been completed.
I must move on with what's ahead.

Father God,
Forgive me of what wrong I have committed.
Grant me the grace to make things right.

Led me in the direction that I should go.
Help me to see the good of what You have for me.

Allow me to be that blessing You called me to be.
In Jesus' name Amen.

The Empty Tomb

It was 10 years ago today that I saw the place where they laid our LORD.
I got the honor of walking into the tomb.

I was thrill that I did.
I saw some of the places that's in the Bible.

The Bible came alive to me.
I can see more in how things could have been.

The places where Jesus was while He was here on the earth in the flesh.
It brings things in to perspective when things are in sight.

I still have memories of when I was in Israel.
It was a journey of a lifetime.

I have not desire to return to Israel.
I thank God for the time that I went.

Thank You, Jesus.

Thanksgiving Week

It's the LORD's Day!

I hope that you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving week.
We need to count our blessings.

There are many things to be thankful for.
I am thankful for my health, my family and friends.

I am thankful that God loves me.
I am thankful for salvation in Jesus Christ.

I am thankful that I am alive.
I am thankful that God has a plan and future of all of us.

I am thankful that I can blog.
I am thankful for ideas that come to me.

May God grants us more to be thankful for.
Thank You, Jesus for dying for the sins of the world.

Moving On Up

It has been a week.
I have learn some things that I need to move on from.

I am wasting time in some areas in my life.
I need to be more alert.

I hope that I can let go of those things that trip me up.
I don't need to allow this to continue to happen.

I see that there are times in life that I need to just let things go.
Move on and just let it be gone with.

I pray that God will grant me the grace to do so.
Or perhaps I have the grace, I just need to let go and move on.

I should feel guilty about what I choose to do.
I just should do it.

May the peace of God guide may steps.
I am moving on with what God has for me.

It's Friday

I am happy that it's FRIDAY!
I have been thinking about my journey to Israel.

Today is Sabbath.
I get to go to church.

Better yet, I get to the Upper Room.
I hope that I can get to the Upper Room before sundown.

I remember in Jerusalem, people running to get to the Wall.
The Western Wall where the Sabbath prayer and things are.

It's a place that I have never seen like this.
People running to get there.

Would that be something if we would run to church.
Going to church before the sun set.

That would be something to do.
What joy I have today.

God is in the midst of things.
I pray that we will go with Him.

Things Changing

I sense changes coming.
It's been coming.

I see new things.
There are more people making comments.

I don't know.
Is it of God?

Or people really wanting to communicate with me?
I am moving along.

I don't know what to think of this.
Should I reply?

Will this be the only time those who comment speak?
Is it a one deal thing?

I decided to let the comments stand.
I don't want to reply.

I don't know.
I don't want to be hurt by things again.

I have come a long way.
I want to move on.

I am thankful that people did see something in what I shared.
I need to be humble and move on.

God is so good.
He is good all the time.

The City Of Jerusalem

It's my 10th Anniversary of my journey to the Holy Land. It was on this day that I saw a dream come true. I love the city of Jerusalem.

The place where I read in Romans 15:25. "But now I am going to Jerusalem..."Those words hit my spirit as prophetic words. It took 18 months to see this come to pass.

As I was in the bus we were going up to Jerusalem. I cried all the way to the hotel. I was seeing my dream come to pass.

I enjoyed all the days in Jerusalem.The first and last nights were special. I cried the last and morning that I left. I knew that I would not return in this life time. I was so thrilled that I got to go. God mad a way for me to go.

I am thankful that my desires to go came to pass. All things are possible to them who believes. May God grant us our hearts desires. May we see them come to pass. Amen

Poems

I have been in a season of writing poems.
It's been about less than a month.

I seen to flow with a thought.
The thoughts leads to words.

I tend to sing the poems that I write.
I have about 15 or so.

I need to finish up on some.
I try to express my feels.

I have experienced things in life.
Joy, sorrow and shame is some things that I have in my poems.

I hope that the LORD will birth in my words of encouragement.
I try to describe things as I go about my writings.

May I write some insights in my poetry.
May the LORD speak through what I write.

May God receive all honor.
May God use what He planted in me.

Been Thinking

Life is not all what I thought it would be.
There are some in my life that I thought were my friends.

Will, they don't act like friends any more.
I guess that I am not one their people to talk to.

It's like they don't know me at times.
I don't exist.

What am I to do?
I tend to not let this bother me.

But, now I have to decide on what to do.
It seem to be a waste of time in trying to communicate with some friends.

There are no replies most of the time in emails or comment on their sites.
It seems to be a waste of time in the pursuit.

I don't want to continue on this road of disappointment.
There is no communication on the other side.

It feels so sad when there is no feedback.
It hurts.

I can pour out myself by communicating.
But not have what it takes to meet my friends' input.

I think that I should just cease in communication for a while.
The other parties have no interest in what I have to share.

I see this as a release from things that once was.
It's a falling away from what is not good for me.

It's not good to have a one way conversation.
Am I talking to myself?

Is what I share boring?
Can there be any connection in what is?

I feel like it not worth the time anymore.
I need to go on with my life.

If some how the friends come to ask how am I doing?
I wonder if they really mean it.

There are many who rarely speak to me.
I need to face it and move on beyond where I am.

I have decided to stop asking others to be friends on 4 my web sites.
On two of them, it like I'm just there as an added person to the most.

May the LORD guide my steps in the way that I am headed.
May I meet good friends that I can relate to.

May we communicate with one another.
Thank You, Jesus for being my friend.

On Another Adventure

It's my 10Th year anniversary of a trip of a lifetime.
I am reflecting back on the journey.

I still have good memories of the journey.
I have no desires to return to the Old Israel of today.

I will return after the 2ND coming and things have been completed.
I am rejoicing over the fact that I went on this side of time.

Hope that things are coming brighter for you.
May the joy of the LORD continue to be with you.

May you draw from within the joy of the LORD.
Peace and Grace to you.

Have A GOOD Week!

Thinking And Rethinking

What a week this has been. I have learn some more things about people. In the process... I learned a lot about myself. In all, it has been a great week. I still had the JOY of the LORD.

I have been thinking and rethinking some things that I need to change. I was aware of something that I tend to do. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I should be more respectful in this area.

Man, I have seen the light. I see that there are some things that I know that I should not share with people. There are some who would not understand. Some may even get the wrong impression.

There were some things I heard this week that I knew about. I kept quiet about it. I just let my friends tell me what I alright knew. In the process of listening, I got to hear a little more that I didn't know about. It brought joy to me.

I don't have a lot friends. I mean friends that I talk to on a regular basis. However, I see whenever my "circle of friends" grow, I need not to share things as I use to.

I have to get know the friends that are added in my "circle."There are some issues of life that I can be open to with a few friends. I am more comfortable with them. Besides we go back a long way. It's not just a Hello! How you doing conversation. Good friendships takes time to built.

Thinking and Rethinking...
When I don't understand things I tend to wonder.I should not question things I don't know but trust God

More Changes In Life

It's another weekend.
I sense a change in things.

Life has to change.
Our thinking need to readjust at times.

That's apart of life.
It was stay the same all the time things are boring.

May wisdom come as we go about our lives.
May God change us into what He wants us to become.

Blogging 2 Years Today

It's another mile marker today.
I have been blogging for 2 years.

I didn't know I have been blogging that long.
It seems much longer.

I have posted over 1150 blogs on my Xanga site.
There are some private and protected blogs not public.

I have left a trail of blogs over this journey.
I don't know what lays ahead for my in blogging.

I will continue to blog.
I love to record things in my life.

There are some things that I tend not to write about.
I am recording some of my life through blogging.

At least my trail of blogs will show a story of my life.
There is a life lived in my writing.

I look at others blogs.
Many don't share much about their lives.

We all have our opinions on what to share.
That's OK!

May God place it on our hearts what we should share.
May what we share be encouraging and uplifting.

Rethink Things

I have been thinking and rethinking some things.
There are things that I need to change.

I see a new season that we are in.
I need to rethink things.

It takes me awhile to see somethings.
I am aware of things that I should keep quiet about.

I have to have grace to know when to speak and not to speak.
I have seem the light in some areas of my life.

I pray that I will do the right things in those matters of life.
I have to have peace in doing what is needed.

May God guide my way.
Jesus is the way.

Happy Veterans Day

Honor to the men and women serving and retired from the military.
God Bless you.

Thanks for your sacrifice in serving in the military.
You are appreciated.

Happy Veterans Day!

Thought Of Last Week

Last week was an historic week.
Things changed in America.

We have a new President elect Barack Obama.

There is a lot of mix feelings.
I don't know how to explain it.

I see some people acting differently.
The true colors of what we are are coming out of us.

There is fear, anxiety, wonder excitement that we have a black President elect.
There is a lot of talk of morals as well.

I believe that God is there in the midst of what is going on.
God know who our next President would be.

We as the people and those who are of God have be who we are.
There are things that we don't know.

Things we disagree with.
Things that we can't do because of our belief.

There are times in our lives we have to rethink things.
We need to repent and change how we do things.

I know we can't have things that we want.
We have to keep moving on the best way we know how.

In the process we change and grow.
We have to put our hope in God.

We don't know what is going to happen with the world financial crisis.
The U.S. is in the transition time of changing power in the upcoming months.

I pray that things go as plan.
May God guide our newly elected President with wisdom.

May God protect The next President and his family.
May God Bless and protect the United States of America.

New Day Dawned

It's the first day of the week.
We got the opportunity to go to the house of the LORD.

It's another week ahead.
May we enjoy of day.

I see things change.
A New Day has dawned.

May we move in this time that we are in.
God is on the move.

May we move with what is.
God is with us.

My Day

It's been a good day.
A bit cold but good.

I have to catch up on some things.
I got behind on what I was going to do today.

We went looking for a dog house.
One of our dog has out ground his house.

We didn't find him a house.
But we will.

Life with dogs can be a joy.
I like dogs.

Grandma Mother

What I recall about my Grandma Mary I saw later after she passed on.
I did not get to know her will.
I was 13 when she passed away 33 years ago today.

As I look back on what I have discovered about her I see new things.
She was a woman who had a destiny.

She raised her children with her husband my Grandpa Leo.
They had 11 children.

She was half American Indian and part black.
She was the only child.

I am thankful that I got to met my Grandma Mary.
My other grandparents passed long before I was born.

I am thankful for my lineage.
I thank God that He created me.

Life Too short

I have been singing, singing new songs.
No matter what, what's going on.

Life is too short, short to waste away.
Keep on living living God's Holy way

The Wonderful Weather

I have been enjoying the beautiful weather.
It's have great.

In the 70's for the past 5 to 6 days.
The leaves are turning.

The farmers are gathering their harvest.
The season is changing.

Time has turn on a new path.
Life is to be live.

Election Day '08

This day has finally arrived.
And the winner is President Elect Obama.

I am glad that the election is over.
There were a lot of negative things spoken.

How do we get along as a society?
Back bitting and saying things about one another.

How do we move ahead?

Wonderful Light

I wrote this pulse on my Xanga site...

Susan is happy to see the wonderful Light.
It's so sad when we see those things that aren't right.

It is so wonderful to see the Light of God.
Those things that we know are of God.

Then the things that we see that appear not right.
Those things that don't go our way.

Those things that we question why.
It's so sad that things don't work out.

The wonderful thing about live is that there is a Wonderful Light.
There are things in our live that will not go our way.

God see the good in our lives.
We can choose things that are not good for us.

We go through the motions of what we do.
The cost of our choose bring the good or bad.

May we use our judgement in good manner.
May we over look what other does as a mistake.

May we have the mercy and grace of God to move on.
May God turn things in to the good.

27 Years WOLC

It's a new year.
27 years as a church at Word of Life Church.

I have been there only 15 of the 27 years.
I don't know all the history.

I was one of the 1000th person to join in 1993.
Now there over 4000 members.

I think God that I was lead to WOLC.
I have been growing while I have been there.