Today's Verse is:

"This is the day that the Lord has made, We will rejoice and be glad in it" Psalm 118:24

Lord, I thank you for the wonderful day we had today! Everyday you give us in our lives is a blessing, and we should always be thankful!

I can remember the first time I was ever in a church. I was about 4 or 5 maybe and Me and my Mom went with my Aunt to her church. Well, the choir started singing, and it just scared the heck outta me, and out the door I went! It took me 20 years before I ever stepped foot into another church!

"Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in. Aim at Earth and you get neither." C.S. Lewis

In Bible Study yesterday, my Preacher made a good point. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in asking God for things we want, that we don't thank him for what we have! So, Lord, here are the things I'm thankful for!

A wonderful family
Wonderful Friends
A Home
A beautiful lot of land that I live on
The chance to worship without being persecuted
The chance to live in the greatest country in the world
My health
A wonderful Church
And there are a lot of other things, thank you Lord!

Lord, please help me not have such a quick temper and lost my cool everytime someone says something about my weight. I felt so stupid today after what happened in the store!

Today's verse is:

For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things,as silver and gold,from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot 1st Peter 1:18-19


Lord, I thank you for loving me, dying for my sins, and saving me, YOU are the ONLY way to Heaven! Money won't get you there, fancy possesions won't either. The only thing that does is faith in you!

Lord, I am yours, use me however you will!

This week, I have totally felt at peace with all the things that have happened to me in my life. I have finally forgiven that lady that got my Mom hurt, and I am almost at the point were I can forgive all those people that picked on me in school. Maybe now I can get on with my life and be the person that God wants me to be!

Why is it that a lot of people only call on God when bad things happen? While I do believe that God will help you when there's trouuble, God also likes you to thank him for the good things that happen in your life every day! Here's an example: even though the weather's been really crappy around here the past week, I thank God for the rain, since our flowers and garden really need it!

Friends may come and go in your life, but God is always there for you!

I am totally amazed at how my Mom has handled her injury. You all know how I used to feel about the situation. I wish I could have handled it better, because the attitude I had cost me the respect of a lot of people. Lord, I pray that somehow, things can me repaired between the people who my rantings offended and myself!

As some of you may know, I'm a shy person. Even though I find it an inconvienience at times, it's not as bad as I think it is sometimes. Moses was a shy person and not a good speaker, and look how God used him!

It's not easy being a Christian, especially in my Family. Both of my Sisters are not Christians and have very hostile opinions about them, mot of which are not repeatable on here. A few year ago, while travelling with my Sister Julie to Maryland to go shopping, and I asked her if she'd like to go to Church with my parents and me. From the look on her face, you'd think I'd called her every name in the book or something! Seriously, I thought she was gonna make me get outta the car and walk all the way home! Anyway, I keep praying that she'll come to God before it's too late, and will keep praying for her for as long as it takes!

Lord, I pray that you would give me the discipline to keep up a diet. I know that being fat is bad for me, and over the past couple of days I've heard of 2 large people who have suffered strokes because of their weight. So please Lord, Help me!

Right now, I'm trying to make more time for just sitting down, reading my Bible, reviewing what I've just read, and really digesting it. I used to read every night, but such is the hectic life I lead....even though I know that's no excuse!

Another person in the Bible I admire is Caleb. Even when he was 85 years old, he was ready and rearing to claim his land that had been promised to him 45 years earlier, and to take on the Giants there. It goes to show you that God keeps his promises, even though it might take years for that promise to be fulfilled!

Lord, Once again, I pray that you would guide the woman you have for me and myself together. I know that it will only happen in Your time, but I pray that it's soon, because I am sooooo lonely!

Tonight, I had a little tussle in Chat, and It was nice to see my friends stick up for me. Jesus was right. No greater love hath a man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13) Lord, once again, I thank you for all my friends. I know I don't have a many as I should, but the ones I have, I love them all and would do anything for them, and I know they would do the same for me!

Prayer is a 2 way street. When we pray, we expect God to hear us, but when he answers us, are WE listening?

Lord, once again I ask you to show me your will for my life, and what you want me to do to serve you.