Glass Half Full

I love blue. Enjoy the color today. Oh, just a thought, but I always tell my kids God's favorite color is green and His next favorite is blue. When you go outside later today, look around...and you will understand why.


Last night my family and I were eating dinner and discussing optimist versus pessimism. I am very glass half full. I see all the possibilities. If you tell me why you can't do something, I will find a way you can. That is just how I roll.
I accused my hubby of being the glass half empty. He corrected me. He maintains he just "sees it for how it really is"...he deems himself a realist, while I deem myself as the dreamer. Funny how God puts us together to balance us out. I tell others my husband keeps me grounded, while I help him see the stars.

I am not trying to put him down. No!!! I respect him very much. He is very smart and, like it or not, I learn a lot from him.

I heard a quote somewhere (from a song...big surprise) that says "Impossible is not a word. It is an excuse for some people not to try." I LOVE this. How true is it? How many times have you tried to help someone only for them to list all the reasons WHY it can't work?

Personally, that ticks me off. Once I even told someone to quit telling my why they couldn't, and start figuring out how they could. I even raised my voice to them. (sorry Mom)..yes, it was to my Mom. I felt the Holy Spirit rise up and it came out.

God made us different yes. God gave us each special abilities. His plan for each of us is a little different...well, the destination is the same, but the route we take is different. (I will expand on that more later. Think Lord of the Rings.)

The Bible says nothing is impossible with God. Nothing. Nada. So to me, when we say we can't or try to find a way to excuse why we can't, then it is like a slap in the face of God....now, go think about that.

Why are you mean???

I was having a before bed Bible reading devotion time with my 9 year old son last week, when he said to me, " Mom, I pray and read the Bible, and I am still mean!"

Now, of course I laughed out loud. This was funny to me. He was realizing that our walk with God is a daily ongoing all the time thing. We don't pray once and it is over. Well, not when it concerns our flesh. We battle with our flesh all day, every day...and he was just beginning to "get it".

In Romans 7: 15-17, Paul says: I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

I had to explain to my son about sin, and regularly seeking God's forgiveness...that he had to keep his own line of love open with God and not let sin block his direct uplink.

We all deal with flesh every day. We all have different areas of trouble too. Some it is offense, some it is our thought life, others it is our mouth. It doesn't matter what it is, we have to get a hold of it.

Pray that this year, 2010, that it will be the year you "conquor" this area so you can move on to another. Don't waste another year 'wallowing' in the same old junk.

Think about that.............

Happy 2010!!!
Already this has been a fantastic year!! God is moving in might ways and I am ready for what He has planned for me!!


The last time I made a new year resolution, it was defaulted on in three days. So, I am not doing that this time.




This time, I am simply going to point my feet in the direction God wants me to go, and move. He cannot steer a parked car. I am going to begin learning ASL (the actual language, I already know signs), I am going to stay more organized and on top of my tasks, and I am going to focus on getting the sign choir out in front of more people. I am going to choose more edgy songs so we can get more attention when we are at public events. There are other things I am working on that I am not at liberty yet to divulge. Suffice it to say, those will be nice surprises when God works them out.

One of my best buddies said she was on the right road, but God was just widening it. That is exactly how I feel. God is widening my road. Maybe that should be my motto of 2010. I don't really have one, so if you come up with one, shoot me an email or comment.

Take an inventory of your life and areas God wants you to work on, and make a plan. Don't be flip about it, be serious and step out of the box. God is very out of the box...think about that.