It is better farther on...

We often grow weary in life. Storms knock us down sometimes,but it's good to know that one day it will all be over. When we are finally at home in Heaven! I love this song. It keeps me remembering to just keep going farther.

As we travel through this desert 
Storms beset us all the way, 
But beyond the river Jordon 
Lies a land of endless day 

Farther on, still go farther 
Count the milestones one by one 
Jesus will forsake you never 
It is better, farther on 

Oh my brother are you weary 
Of the roughness of the way 
Does your strength begin to fail you 
Let the Savior lead the way 

Farther on, still go farther 
Count the milestones one by one 
Jesus will forsake you never 
It is better, farther on 

At my grave oh still be singing 
Do not weep for one that's gone 
Sing it as we once did sing it 
"It is better, Farther on!" 

Farther on, still go farther 
Count the milestones one by one 
Jesus will forsake you never 
It is better, farther on

Climbing the Rock

I rode by a large pile of rocks the other day,it was grounded into the side of a hill. I thought man I bet that would be tough to climb to the top. Then the thought came to me. It reminded me of our Christian walk. If you tried to walk up the rocks you may have easy steps and keep going for awhile. Then you might stumble or have a hard time climbing at some point. It can be a long and hard hike up sometimes,but in the end it's wonderful when you finally reach the top. Just like in our Christian walk sometimes it will be hard and sometimes it will go along smoothly,a perfect pain free journey was not promised. You may mess up,fall down and have hard times,but in the end you always have the Lord's hand guiding you the whole time and pretty soon you will see you made through.

When I can't...he can

Hi all,well to whoever reads my ramblings:) I am just in a blah kind of mood. You know the moods where you just really don't know what you feel and if somebody ask you how are you feeling,well you just don't really know what to say because you don't know yourself. Ok if your still with me and not reading the past lines again confused at what I just said=) yay for you. I try so hard to be content in life and for the most part I am totally content. I don't sit around and pine on getting married or having a family. I really am at peace where I am with all that stuff in life. I content at where we are living for the most part because I know this where we are supposed to be at the moment. So really I don't really know how I am feeling. I think it's mainly just getting tired of waking up everyday with the OCD and feelings of depression some days. I never know when a major panic OCD could happen and I think I live in fear because of it. Well I don't think it ,I know I live in fear over it. I fear where I am going in life and how the illness sets me back in so many ways. I never know if it will be a good day or bad day,sometimes I feel such despair that I feel the Lord has left me. Even though I know that is not true at all,like my mom tells me sometimes when we are down and low and feel that way and can't even bring the words out in prayer,that is when he is carrying us through. He knows our pain and like the poem says,when you seen only one set of footprints,it was then that I was carrying you. I have not been able to even find the words to pray about the feelings I have,but yes indeed the Lord knows and that is when he is carrying me. So even though I don't really know a word for how I feel,I do know the Lord knows and yes he is carrying me even when I don't feel it and when I can't...he can!!

Nick Vujicic

Ever since I read his book he has inspired me so much. I just love this video he made:)

Good Morning God...

Good Morning God

By Helen Steiner Rice

You are ushering in another day

untouched and freshly new.

So here I come to ask You God

if You’ll renew me too?

Forgive the many errors, that

I made yesterday, and let me try

again dear God

to walk closer in Thy way.

But Father I am well aware

I can’t make it on my own.

So take my hand and hold it tight.

for I can’t walk alone.

Just one day Closer...

Hey my bloggy friends!!

Hope all is well in your corners of the world. So I decided to take a break from facebook for awhile. I just get tired of it sometimes of it..lol. Plus I just want to focus more on other things and writing more on this blog. I get so tired sometimes and I am wore out here lately. Mentally I am just wore out from the OCD. I am on 3 different meds right now and I feel no change. I know there is no cure for ocd,but you would think the meds would take some of it away and give me some rest from it. It just really wears me out to go through each and every day I wake up. I am not trying to grumble or complain. I try to smile in spite of the trials I face,but it just gets hard sometimes. I still though praise the Lord for his many blessings and getting me through the days. I have no answers for why I go through what I go through. I pray for a healing and miracle everyday. You know what though. I just keep telling myself that if I don't get healed on this side. I'm one day closer to heaven and oh will I find my healing and perfect peace there. So my friend if your going through something. Just tell yourself "I'm one day closer to Heaven" where this will pass over in glory:) God bless you all.

Climb til your dreams come true

Climb 'Til Your Dream Comes True

 Helen Steiner Rice

Often your tasks will be many,

And more than you think you can do.

Often the road will be rugged

And the hills insurmountable, too.

But always remember,

The hills ahead

Are never as steep as they seem,

And with Faith in your heart

Start upward

And climb 'til you reach your dream.

For nothing in life that is worthy

Is ever too hard to achieve

If you have the courage to try it,

And you have the faith to believe.

For faith is a force that is greater

Than knowledge or power or skill,

And many defeats turn to triumph

If you trust in God's wisdom and will.

For faith is a mover of mountains,

There's nothing that God cannot do,

So, start out today with faith in your heart,

And climb 'til your dream comes true!

Just the Way you are!

Do you ever feel like you just don't fit in anywhere? I do so many times!! I sometimes feel like I don't do things right or say the right things. I wonder what my life calling and purpose sometimes in life is. It really gets me down sometimes. It's just really hard when you don't feel like you fit in anywhere. I'm just saying all this to say it's an issue that even Christian people face. There is one thing that keeps me going and that is knowing that I am accepted anyway,anytime by my Lord!! We don't need to fear of what people think of us. Just care what the Lord thinks about you! Cause in the end that is the only thing that is going to matter. He made you and created you and he is proud of you just the way you are!

Through it all

Sometimes I get sad. I see all the people I grew up with or went to school with all getting married,already married or have children or having children. All those life moments I want to experience. I look at pictures and wish it were me that it was happening too. I am 27 and never really dated anybody. I wonder sometimes if my time will ever come. I try not to question God why though because it's not my plan it is his. My life belongs to God so I try to never question why I do not get to experience these life experiences but it does slip through my mind why once in awhile. I just want people to know that even though I am a Christian I sometimes question why things do or do not happen. All I know is God is in control and whatever he lays before me I truly know that through all the questions I might have,he truly has the best plan laid out before me and I just have to keep trusting in him through it all


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Encouragement for the Single Woman

The other week,I was feeling kinda of down. I know several who have entered into courtships,relationships,marriage and had children. I got to wondering just when or if I will get the chance to be a bride and have children. When will I get the chance to be a keeper at home and raise a family to serve God? I received a Christian magazine in the mail one day and I kept forgetting to read it. So finally I got to reading it one day and one article in it felt like it was speaking directly to me. It was from a woman who had gone through the same extact feelings I was feeling. The article really blessed my heart and gave me such encouragement. She too wondered if and when all these things would come to pass. Then as she was reading her bible one day it hit her she was married to the Lord!! She could be of so much help and encouragement to people and go about the Lord's work while being single. It really brought me up. To think the Lord is letting me stay single to minister and be of service for him. There are so many things I can do now for the Lord!! If I stay single for the rest of my days,I have accepted it because I am not alone,I am married to the Lord!! What an honor that is!! If the Lord sees fit to send me a spouse and family down the road that is great,but if not I will be content because I will be married to the Lord and serving him. What a grand thing and how delightful that is!

Here is a link to the article I read! I just get the magazine for the wonderful devotion and encouraging stories they have!!

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