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I Have Been Slacking

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 I have been slacking in a relationship. I love my husband and am committed to him. I love my family and am committed to them. I love my puppies and am committed to them. I love my savior. He died for me so that I may live. I love my God because he created this world and gave me life. But am I committed? Today when I talked to my counselor I mentioned I do things even though I know I shouldn't. I do things I have prayed that God would remove the temptation. I hear God telling me to make a different choice, but I do it anyway. She asked me why. And my answer...because I want to.  It feels lame in a way. But it's the truth. I want to.  A couple of weeks ago I listened to Louie Giglio speak about heaven and it rocked me. I only listened to it once but I remember he spoke about what it will be like when we see Jesus. My synopsis is this. Think of a penpal you've had. You have been writing back and forth for decades building a relationship. Then you have an opportunity to meet
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Long Time no Blog!

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It's been a long time since I've blogged. I can feel it because it's been awhile since I've read my Bible too. It's amazing how that works, isn't it? It's been about 10-12 days since and I am finding myself falling "off the wagon". It's a little hard to hear God speaking, yet a little easier to hear the other voices. The Justification Voices. You know what I'm talking about. The voices that say, you can do "______" just this once, it won't matter. So then you do "______" and it doesn't really matter. You don't really feel any different. You go about your day and you think you're movin' right along and put off reading your Bible. Then you start feeling a little blue. Then you find yourself feeling a little tired. Then you find that you become a little frustrated over things that are not normally things that cause you frustration. You're feeling a little off. People start asking you how you're
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True love

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Deuteronomy 28:1 HCSB "Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth." Many of us know true unconditional love. Not the love between spouses but the love between child and parent. I believe it can be said that one or both of our parents have, at one point or another, shown love unconditionally- beyond our own understanding.   Remember a time that your parent acted unconditionally toward you. How did it make you feel? Did it humble you? Did it bring remorse to your heart? Did you ever make that mistake again? Did you ever sin against your parent again? What did they do? Forgiveness is an amazing thing. We are taught forgiveness at a very very early age. I believe forgiveness is the first step to unconditional love. After forgiveness is obedience. Once we have been forgiven of a mishap and truly repented of it we don't want to do it aga
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Worldly life.....

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Mark 8: 34- 38 HCSB "Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, "If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it. For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life? What can a man give in exchange for his life? For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." Let's talk about this passage for a second. First off, realize that Jesus is talking to his disciples and those surrounding him. This is what he spoke after rebuking Peter. Again, we find that in Jesus day it wasn't all that different than today. There was sin and skeptics. It was a struggle to follow him then just like now. However, today in America, you don'
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Amazing.....

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Some of you know I've been attending a different church these past several months. It's been an amazing experience! One of the things I love about this church is the community. Everyone is encouraged to do everything. I have been participating in a women's book club/ study. We're reading " You're Already Amazing: Embracing Who You Are, Becoming All God Created You to Be" by Holley Gerth. I recommend this book to every woman; young and not so young. Holley has a way of getting you to think about your life from a perspective that only you and God will understand. She helps you recognize your strengths, your weaknesses, your relationship with God and many other things. This book has helped me look at my life and see that I've been doing things not so bad but I've been human and slacking. You can purchase this book here and I'm sure any local book store. Please find $10 out of your budget to buy this book and commit to yours
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Next...................chapter

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It's been a good chapter, it's been an eventful chapter. There's been love, loss, tears, sorrow, happiness, gratefulness, appreciation, growth and now it's time to move on. I think it's super interesting to look back at my life and see all the changes and all the growth that has happened. I give God all the credit because I know with all my being that it's because of Him that I am sitting here today about to tell you that He provided for me once again! As most of you know I have had 2 jobs for the past almost 6 years. I have worked in the insurance industry at one job and with developmentally disabled adults at the 2nd. I have loved both jobs immensely! Well, about 3 months ago I learned of a position at an insurance company that I knew I would be perfect for! A trainer position at Pekin Insurance. During the phone interview I was feeling super hopeful. 3-4 wks later I had a face-to-face interview which I, again, felt hopeful. Then 2-3 wks later I had a 2n
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Seek Him

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Jeremiah 29: 11-14 "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 hope and a future.12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.14 I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile." We all know Jeremiah 29:11... or maybe I should say we recognize the scripture address... if you've been in any Christian bookstore it's plastered all over. If you've ever been anywhere that has a Christian something or other there's a good chance that you've seen this passage. You may not know what it says but you've seen it. 29:11 states that the Lord knows th
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