Listening to Jeremy Camp

My iPod has been playing Jeremy Camp non stop lately.
His songs just speak to me.  As I listen they act as prayers to God .

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Just Thinking....

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

I saw this quote on a calender today.  It's got me thinking about life.  What I think is I can't really do anything about what happened in all my yesterdays and tomorrow... well I worry about tomorrow.  I tried not to but I do.  I worry about will I have a job next year... If I really what to be a writer, in the hopefully near future, why don't I write more?

But what I really got out of this quote is yesterday and tomorrow are not really all that important.  Yesterday has happened and tomorrow has yet to come.  So Today is what is important.  My pastor this past Sunday said something a long the lines of there will never be another 2011, there will never be another today.  So make the best of today. 

I have decide to make 2011 a excellence year!

My New Year's Resolutions

"Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’  The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:29-31

and

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."  Matthew 6:25-34
So there are my New Year's Resolutions

How Do You Know

Well I went to see the movie How Do You Know with Reese Witherspoon.  This is an ok movie.  Wait until it arrive on DVD to see. Not Reese's best.

But it does bring up the question - How do you know?
How do you know you found the right guy?
or have the right job?
How do you know you are on the right path with God? (Yes, I'm wondering [and yes I'm turning this into a post about God])

I wonder about a good bit of stuff.
Like why do I have a crush on the latest guy I have a crush on?
Does God have a hand in everything in my life?
I am one of those girls who believe God does in fact know how many hairs is on top of each person's head.  So did he give me my latest crush? not sure on that one.  I have been told the more we devote to God the more he has a hand in our lives.  I really hope He created this crush otherwise it doesn't make any sense....
So what do you wonder about? or think God busy creating in your life?

Chirstmas - Healing and Salvation

I'm reading a book titled Surprised by Healing, it's written by Delores Winder with Bill Keith

It this book Delores is healed from a life threatening illness and Jesus heal her.  Later in the book after her healing she said
"Many people want to see miracles; they get all excited, but soon forget that Jesus' first priority is to bring to people into the Kingdom - not miracles, not healing, not deliverance, but salvation.

I know I get caught up in looking for the miracles, sign and wonder of God, I forget it's all about the Blood of Jesus and the salvation that come from His Blood.

Jesus Christ died for us, to rid us of our sins and the hold the world has on us.
We're in the Christmas Season, the baby Jesus is born! Our Savior is Born!  Love made flesh!  Rejoice! Rejoice with angels and heaven above!  Rejoice and spread the good news!

Merry Christmas!
Annie Laurie

"But First Seek"

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”  Matthew 6:33 NIV

Have you ever walked into a place, your church? A place where a revival is taking place?  And in that place you felt the presence of God?

I have.

A few times.

When I do feel the presence of God, usually, not always, I see angels.

Like this morning, I walked into our church’s fellowship hall and the presence of God overcome me.  I feel dizzy and a little off.  No longer part of this world, but still in the world. I look up at the lights hanging from the ceiling, where I have seen angels before, and they are there, sitting on top of the light shades.  By the way, I see angels like they are ghosts, I see their form but I still see through them.

            I once read in a book, (sorry can’t remember what book) that angels are the only one of God’s creation who can move from God’s throne room to earth, so when they show up on earth they bring with them the presence of God.  I believe this.

            I have watched angels come into a room, and the presence of God grow stronger.

            Also where there are angels there is Jesus.

            And let’s not forgot Jesus is the reason for the season.

            First seek the King, Jesus and then His blessings will follow.  In the verse from Matthew Jesus is talking about food and clothing.  If we first seek Jesus we will have food and clothing.  We need to trust Our Lord to provide our basic needs and then we will see supernatural blessing as well. 

Now keep this in mind I see angels every once in a while but I’m still learning to trust Jesus with my basic needs.

God Bless you!

Jesus love you!

Merry Christmas!

~Annie Laurie

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