IT’S UP TO YOU

It’s not what happens to you that can make your life or break it.
The thing that really matters is the way you choose to take it.

You can feel sad about what has happened and say life’s not worth the living,
Or find some place that needs the love and help you could be giving.

You can crawl into a shell, and reach a state of deep depression,
Or count the many blessings you still have in your possession.

You can say that life’s not fair, and that you simply cannot bear it,
Or seek what’s good in life, and find a way that you can share it.

No, it’s not what happens that decides the winning or the losing.
It’s how you take it -- and you’ll find it’s strictly your own choosing

Mary Jensen

Last Sunday in Sunday School, we talked about how we have been wonderfully created by God. No matter how fat, thin, beautiful or ordinary looking we are, all people are worth loving, and those who think they are worthless need to seek God's guidance to learn that there lives really matter! I used to think that way because of my weight, but I don't anymore.

The Top 10 Ways to Know If You're Obsessed with Prophecy
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1: You Always leave the top down on your ocnvertible in case the Rapture happens.

2: You never buy green bananas.

3: You talk your church into adapting the sixties pop song "Up, Up, And Away as a Christian Hymn.

4: Barcode Scanners make your nervous.

5: You refuse a tax refund check because the amount come to $666.

6: You can name more signs of the times than you can commandments.

7: You believe that there is an original Greek and Hebrew text with Scofields's notes.

8: You believe that the phrase "church fathers" refers to Hal Lindsey and Tim LaHaye.

9: You get goosbumps when you heara trumpet.

10: You use the Left Behind Books as devotional reading.

As this new year begins, Lord, I make my resolution to you to keep striving to be closer to you, and continue to seek your will in my life!

Here's My Church

After several years of pain, I have finally figured out why the Jesus said that you must forgive. Grudges, and the need for revenge do nothing except drag you down. For me, all the things that i've been through the past few years made me physically ill, but after plenty of prayer and thinking "the past is the past, nothing you can do about it, except get on with life" I have forgiven the kids that picked on me in school and the lady that got my Mom hurt, and I feel %100 better. I wish I could have done this a long time ago, because I can only imagine the life I've wasted feeling sorry for myself!

These past few weeks, I've learned a lot. First off, I've learned my own weaknesses. Yes, I do get down on myself a lot! I'm trying, with God's help, to have a more positive outlook. Second, just because someone criticizes you, it doesn't mean they're picking on you. And finally, but most importantly, When you're down and just about ready to give up, God will be there for you, even if no one else is!

How do you read your Bible? Everyone seems to have a different method. Me, I usually pick on book, and try to read 2 or 3 chapters a night till I finish the book.

Lord, I pray that you will help me be the person that you've designed me to be! I know you have something planned for me, but I need some direction.

After reading John's description of Heaven as recorded in Revelation, I can't wait to see it in person! It is going to be wonderful, being surrounded by all the believers that came before us, and finally seeing Jesus himself!

Please Pray for My Family, we're having financial trouble again, my Mom's lawsuit didn't pan out, and the money she did get is almost gone. I don't want to be out on the streets!

The members of my church are some of the most wonderful people in the world! I felt welcome there from the first time I ever stepped through the doors. I didn't think they'd talk to me much because of my weight any my shyness, but boy was I wrong! As much as I'd love to move back to my home state of Virginia, I don't know if I'd ever find a church as good. You can just feel the presence of God everytime you enter the doors, and I have a feeling that God is going to be using us for great things!

After seeing all the things my preacher does, I don't know if I could ever be one! Dan always seems to be on the go, helping someone or doing something for the Church. I honestly don't know how he finds any amount of time when he isnt't tired to spend with his family! But, when God calls you to do something....

Heavenly Father, now that you have helped me forgive all of the people who were involved in Mom's injury, please help me get over what they did to me in school. Even though it's been over 2o years, it still hurts, and has really kept me from being the person I can be! I know that they are adults now, and probably have forgotten about me.

Ya know, I wish I could go back in time and live during the time of the Bible. I'd love to meet Jesus, the Disciples, the Apostles, and all the other Heroes and Bad Guys in the Bible. It's one thing to read about a person, but meeting them in person, wow!

I don't know if this post really belongs on here, but I think that worrying is the most wasteful activity a person can participate in. Worrying serves no purpose except frazzling your nerves, and taking a huge physical toll on you. Most of my readers know about the various things going on in my life, but since I've stopped worrying and leaving things in God's hands, I feel %100 better!

Lord, the biggest thing I love about you is that you are everywhere! No matter what I'm doing or where I am, you're watching over me and can hear my prayers even if I'm far away from home!

Lord, PLEASE help me get over my shyness! It has cost me so much over the years!

Lord, Once again I thank you for giving me peace when it comes to dealing with what happened to Mom. I know it took 6 years to many, but right now, I feel %100 better when it comes to it! Lord, it's like I huge weight has been lifted from me, and I will forever be greatful to you for it!

You know, God really does have a method in his actions! He doesn't allow things to happen in your life just to see you struggle. If life was easy with no obsticles, we'd never learn how to handle things in life, never learn how to grow, and most importantly, we'd never learn how to depend on God! I wish I would have come to this conclusion years ago, it would have saved me lots of grief!