Aunt Pickle's Blog

Last night at Bible Study I asked to have our gov't put on our prayer list. When I said it I got scoffed at. It hurt me a little that my Bible Study Buddies do not think that the gov't is worth praying for. I'm not sure why the reaction but I know that we did pray for the leaders of our country. He prayed that God's will be done which reminded me that I really believe that God has His hand in the doings of our world. "For nation shall rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom, there shall be famine and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places; and these are the beginning of sorrows;" Matthew 24: 7&8 Has anyone ever thought that Obama is in office because he will help God's plan? Has anyone ever thought that this health care situation is to get us to be "nation against nation"? Has anyone ever thought that Jesus is coming in our generation? It's the most amazing thing to think that Jesus will return and I will get to witness...

Being a good steward is not really my strong suit. OK, it's not at all my strong suit, in fact, it's embarrassingly horrible.   My life is amazing and I wouldn't change it for the world. I love my jobs, family and I have amazing friends.  I love that I can go sing karaoke with my friends and get home late with no worries of children or husband.  It has taken me a very long time to realize that I'm blessed and God is consistently working within my life. You know when life throws challenges your way and you just don't know how you're going to pull through? Well, recently (about 6 months now) I've had these challenges which I haven't really shared with anyone because they're embarrassing. I'm not one to let embarrassment get me but in this case it prevailed.  Without going into the "hairy details", I've been putting on a front. Then the other day it hit me. I've been living a lie. I've been living as if God has been #1 in my...