My walk with the Lord!

When I started this blog I really had no idea that I had friends that were bloggers and I really let it get me away from why I was going to blog, it was not to keep up with friends that just ended up being a bonus, it was to keep a log of my daily walk with the lord. So here it goes, to start I have been saved since I was 8 years old. My walk with the lord started then, we had just moved here from Ohio and it was awkward when I moved here because I talked different, dressed different, and was from a different culture. Some were so kind, others were just plain mean, but I made it and ended up so grateful for going through what I went through because I don't think that I would have made the same choices I made if I had grown up in Ohio. One of the main reasons we left Ohio was because my brother and I walked to and from school it was just about six blocks away, and on our way home one day we walked up on a dead body burning at the end of our street in an ally. Mom then agreed to move here were my dad was from. And I know God had his hand on me even then. It was very hard to leave I had a friend that I just did not want to leave. We lived on a neat street with a great house. It was on a dead end street and the street was made of bricks. It was a quiet neighborhood and it was a shock when we found that body. Anyways we ended up in Falkville, Alabama and I am so grateful we did.

So that is just a fraction of my story and I will tell more of my story as I blog, but it might be a little overwhelming to do it all at once. Last week not this past Sunday, but the Sunday before our pastor couldn't make it, he lives 2 hours away and that is another story anyways he didn't come that night and we ended up just testifying and if anyone had anything to add the floor was open. If you know me I usually have something to say about anything and this night the Lord gave me a scripture.

Proverb 1:24-33 this is from NIV " But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out m hand, since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you- when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me. Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord, since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke, they will eat the fruit of their schemes. For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

Friends I really feel like the Lord is trying to get us to realize what we can have if we just trust and have complete faith in Him. 1 Kings 8:61 says But your hearts must be fully committed to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands. We have to commit to the Lord with our whole hearts and I know it is not easy, we guard our hearts, but if you will put your hearts in His hands the possibilities are endless. Jeremiah 31:33 says: " I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." You know some people feel like why would the Lord do anything for me I'm not anyone special, but we are all special to Him, he made us in His image. Some people look at me and say she is crazy, why talk about the Lord all the time, well I walk with the Lord all the time, He is my best friend I talk to him constantly and he talks back. I know you're saying he can't talk back, but if you listen and spend enough time with him he will guide you in every choice you make, from the smallest of things to the biggest. Luke 16:15 says "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight." We cannot hide anything from the Lord, we all have things we try to hide from people but God knows everything, he is all knowing, all seeing, he is everywhere that we are. He will help us through any situation if we will let him, that is the thing we have the choice, he doesn't force us to choose him, he wants to fellowship with each of us. I thank the Lord for all he does for me he has truly blessed Shannon and I. We have a wonderful support system with our family and friends. It is nice to know that you have someone you can talk to and my family and friends are wonderful and listen when I need to vent, but if you would just talk to God like a friend I believe that you will find that you have never had a friend like Him! Sometimes i feel like the devil is waring against me and the first thing that comes to my mind is to tell the devil to get under my feet, he is not in control of me or my thoughts, but it easy to fall for his tricks he trys to make us think that we cannot tell him what to do. The truth is that he is not all seeing and all knowing and if we stay in a walk with God he cannot harm us, oh he will try by making us think things that aren't true about ourselves like we are not worth it, no one cares, your not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, thin enough.etc. Those are the things that I am talking about, if we would come to the place that we would tell the devil to get under our feet as soon as they come into our minds, and not go through what he is trying to put us through,( eventually it will be like a person who annoys you and you try to ignore so they will leave you alone,) They will eventually get the hint and leave you alone, yes it might take a long time, but if you are persistent they do finally get the hint. So have faith that you have the power to overcome the devil or any adversity that comes against you, its all about where you mind is. If you haven't read Joyce Meyer's book The Battlefield of the Mind do so it is a very helpful book to help you do just what I am saying. Take control of your thoughts and you take control of your life! I will end on that today, hopefully I will be more obedient in my thoughts that I have and share with you more often, because I truly feel like the Lord is doing an awesome work in his people. GOD BLESS!!!!!