August 2015

As you noticed the date is for 2015 and if you are wondering why, well in August of next year will be exactly 6 Years since I started this blog and exactly 6 years since I felt lead of the Lord to have a blog that is scriptural based.

Some of my material comes from others who write.
Some of my material comes from Pastors.
Some of my material is Just simply from my Heart.

I'm sure what I'm about to share I've shared somewhere along the way over the last 5-1/2 years -- I believe the Lord would have me share this today.

See back when I was oh, 6 or 7 years old I went forward in a Chapel service with probably 30 other children to ask Jesus into my heart. No one talked to me personally, we were talked to as group and then a prayer was said. Now, I very well may have been saved at that time. As I got older I went soul- winning, I worked on a bus route, I was faithful to church (not because my parents made me but because I wanted to go) I was always in Christian School. I even went on a Missions Trip to Mexico where we saw 100's saved as a group of teens. After having gone to Mexico I surrendered to be a Pastor/Missionaries Wife.

I graduated from High School and went off to Bible College where I studied and starting preparing for what the Lord would have me do. Then Summer of 1988 I transferred colleges and it was then I heard Dr Jack Hyles preach on Hell. I sat there in the deaf section of his church listening and finding myself fearing death. That Sunday in May I asked a friend to go forward with me and I know without a doubt that I accepted the Lord as my Saviour that Sunday Morning!

Then in the Spring of 1990 I met the man I was to marry. In August of 91 William P Seavey III an I were married. When we married we were headed to Poland as Missionaries. We had a number of things that happened good and bad but the Lord was always with us. Between 2003 when my husband graduated from College to now we've seen so many answers to prayers, blessings, trials, heartaches, and times when all we could say was, "that was God."

I'll not prolong on the last  20 months, many have no idea what we've been through, but again the Lord has been there even when it seemed he wasn't. May I say, if you've been called or lady if you surrendered to do something for the Lord. Do NOT give up. I have felt like quitting, throwing in the towel, saying no more, since Nov 23, 2014 but I have some very dear friends who have been right there for me, my husband has been right there, God has not left us or forsaken us.

I know this isn't full of scripture, but this is my heart, my testimony that no matter what comes our way we CAN and we SHOULD continue on for the Lord. We are in limbo right now, so to speak, we don't know what the Lord has in store for us. BUT no matter how rough, or how hard the road may be, we have a Pastor and his wife who will be there for us. They are there to help us heal, grow, get back on our feet and Yes get right back out there serving the Lord.

So back to August 2015 - I thank the Lord he's allowed me to author this blog and to share the Bible with you, share my heart with you.

So as you enter 2015 it doesn't matter what your situation know that the Lord is with you and that He'll NEVER leave you nor forsake you.

My prayer is that in 2015 this blog will be a blessing to all who read it.

2014 - What is a blessing you recieved?

Good Morning! What blessing(s) did you receive this year?

I'm going to list a few:

1. Our car accident in Feb wasn't as bad as it could have been. God protected us from serious even long term injuries.

2. We moved into our own place in July!

3. He's provided our needs both physically and financially all year.

4. Gave my husband a job!

God truly is good to us.

"Ask and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find...." Matthew 7:7

Just a few thoughts as we come to end of 2014.....

 

Emotional Roller Coaster

Psalms 56:8 - 13
"Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I ma walk before God I the light of the living?"

The main verse here that I've thought about is verse 8 "...put thou my tears into thy bottle...."

As I go through a very emotional time, and mixed emotions on a few things it's a comfort to know that the Lord knows my every tear and what that tear is for. He loves me so much that he keeps them in the bottle. The most amazing thing is that as I go through these things the book of Psalms is full of answers, encouragement and peace! When the Lord put Psalms in the Bible he knew that in 2014 I would need a great part of what is in this book.

As I heard this morning in the sermon, 2015 is a clean slate and we start afresh and no need to look back at past heartaches, hurts, wrong doing, because we have a future. So as I approach 2015 my plan and my goals are to be in the Bible and Prayer More and to serve the Lord.

Just a little of my heart and knowing that in some way this may help another.  The purpose of my blog is to be a blessing or help in anyway that I can.

What is Your Gravitational Pull?

Funny title right? Especially since I'm NOT a Science person :) :) But from what I do understand Gravitation is what keeps our feet on the ground and it's the pull of the Gravity that helps us stay firm but yet move around with ease. Interesting isn't it? (Now if you are knowledgeable Science person, please forgive me if I miss use a term or something *smiling)

So to my question: What is your gravitational pull? Lets start with a few things: Is it TV, cars, money, Facebook etc.

OR

is it: The Bible, Church, Prayer, Ministry, seeing people saved, helping others, being the best Christian you can be?

Now I realize some of the first you can "maybe" do and still be ok. BUT what is your Main pull??
Matthew 6:19-21  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

 

This passage is GREAT if we are always in hurry to do earthly things such as TV, Facebook, our phones what good is that going to do us. Now I realize Facebook and maybe even the phone can be good but not if it takes the First minutes of your day! Or time away from your day that you are suppose to be doing other things such as church, Reading your Bible prayer time just to name a few.

 

Recently I've had to really guard myself against this, after one goes through a major trial in their life as I learned it's easy to look at the Bible and the computer, then question which one am I going to do first. Should it ever be a question NO. Does it become a choice if I allow it, yes it does. That's why when I sat down this morning I was thinking, "What is my gravitational pull?" What do I really want to do with my life? Do I really want to let the Lord have control of life? Do I really want to serve him to be hurt by those I grow to love and by those who say their behind you and then turn against you?  I must say, "Yes" that is what I want. If you are unsaved you may not understand this, but as teen girl I didn't tell the Lord I would serve him to back out now!

 

One  of the ways I,we, can serve our Lord is by allowing our Gravitational pull be towards that which will lay treasures where moth not dust doth corrupt and where thieves do not steal. So where is my hearts gravity being pulled to? That which is Christ honoring. This is why you don't always see post from me on my blog. This is why I've started not being on Facebook as much, this is why even though I, my family, are healing from a very hard thing, we are still looking to serve God, to be in HIS will NOT ours. This is why, we, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."  II Timothy 2:15

 

So I ask you one last time, "What is your Gravitational Pull?"

Earthly things?  OR Heavenly Things?

Things that won't matter years down the road? OR Things that are laying up treasures in Heaven?

Things to please self? OR Things that please your Heavenly Father.

 

Just something for us to think about during this Christmas Season.

Friends

Proverbs 18: 24  "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."

"...there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." I believe that God has given me that friend right here in Maine! She is one I've gone to over the past 2-1/2 yrs and she's been there, to listen, to help if she could, she's even told me if I need to scream she would be there, she's shown me that she loves me. Do we always agree, no but then we are all human but she is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

This really is just a thought that's been on my mind today. No long exhortation, no amazing story of how this or that happened, just a thought that has been on mind today. Friends are so important and having a friend who stands with you through the good and the bad is one of the best friends one can have!!

Have a good night, all.
 

Hurting? Heart Broken? Discouraged?

Psalms 91

¹ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

³ Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

⁴ He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

⁶ Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

⁷ A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

⁸ Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

⁹ Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

¹⁰ There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

¹¹ For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

¹² They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

¹³ Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

¹⁵ He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

 

The passage of scripture that you just read is a passage that a very dear friend recommend I read. I have been through this passage 2 sometimes 3 times a day for the past 10 days and plan to cont reading daily for the rest of December.

 

The reason is if you are facing, in or coming out of a trial this passage is beyond amazing, it's beyond helpful, it's just PERFECT!

 

If you read through it and really read it not just skim it or read it like a speed reader, but really sit down asking the Lord to show you something, reading it. You will see so much in how no matter what the attack, no matter what the situation, God is ALWAYS there for you! He's your refuge, he gives the angels charge over you, he sets his love upon you, He'll deliver you from trouble. Plus so much more!!

 

Friend in my last blog post I said I wasn't posting because I couldn't be an encouragement. Well, let me encourage you now....

 

1. If people turn against you, which they will. God WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU!

2. If people spread false accusation against you, which they sometimes do. GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART AND HE KNOWS YOU!!!

3. If people break your heart, and they will. GOD IS THERE TO MEND IT!

4. If people are human like we are and do that which is hurtful, painful, sometimes destroying or placing a stumbling block in front you. GOD WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH WHATEVER HE HAS BROUGHT YOU THROUGH!!!

 

So friend, I'm writing this even though I'm sitting here with a broken heart and hurting I have read this passage often in the last 10 days and yes I'm not healed yet but I know the Lord is healing me through his word and through friends who care and love us.

 

If you are going through anything and would like me to pray for you don't hesitate to comment and I WILL pray for you!