The title says it all. It is not supposed to be this way. Some things happen in our life that we did not planned, that were not supposed to happen. Yet they did and there is nothing no matter how hard we try, there is nothing we can do to change that. What this book has taught me is that it’s not about the news we hear, but the truth that we find in the news. God’s truth. God’s truth is in all of our circumstances, even when it gets so hard and we feel so broken and we want to give up. God will pick up our broken pieces, even the pieces that have turned into dust and he will recreate us. Even in some of our toughest times, where things just continue to get worse and worse and we feel as if God does not care. He does but he won’t fix our problems on our time, but on his time, and he is never late with his timing. He has a plan for us and a process to get through but he does not want us to just “get through” the hard times but to get something out of it. To make a difference. To tell someone they are not alone. They are not the only ones hurting, share your tears with them. For tears are the strongest human connection, and trust is the strongest connection with God. So share your tears and have trust in the Lord. This book has helped me to really begin my grieving process. To stop asking the why questions, and just simply say “okay God, I am putting my trust in you”.
Continue reading “It’s not supposed to be this way By: Lysa Terkeurst”Last night Kate and I decided it was time to make a fancy dinner again, it had been years since we last did. This time the food was a little bit different no PB&J’s on the menu. Instead we made cabbage salad (moms recipe) homemade Alfredo sauce and noodles. Still not fancy but to us, it was.
Continue reading ““Fancy” dinner”During this time of many different emotions trying to wrap our head around what is going on in today’s world with sickness spreading, schools closing we decided to run to the store and grab as much toilet paper as we can. I do not think this is because we are worried about running out of toilet paper but because it gives us something to do with all of the spare time we have. We fill our lives up with school, work, sports, random events and leave little to no time to rest and recharge. I’m sure you too have been so overwhelmed with everything you signed yourself up with that you were running on empty and sometimes even wishing you had more time to rest. Well God is now providing us with time, you can either take it as a burden or see it as a gift.
Continue reading “The gift of time”Life is full of unwanted events, circumstances we cannot control and hard times we must get through. But through the hard times God is with us and he has a plan for us and a process to get to the bigger picture.
We live in a broken world, the “life between two gardens” but God will help us get through. God created us with dust and when we are facing problems that turn into dust with no pieces big enough to be glued back together he will help recreate us once more.
Continue reading “God’s process”Now that Valentine’s Day has come to an end, we can talk about what the true meaning of love really is. Most of us think of love as your relationship status and yes that may be one type of love, that’s not the love I’m referring to. I mean love love. The most important love of all. God’s love. God created us with his love. In return all he is asking for is for us to love him back. To love each and every person the way God loves them and how he loves us.
“You shall love the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-39).
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Worship music is my all time favorite type of music to listen to. I love doing this in church, at home, or driving in the car. Sometimes it is hard to find worship songs that speak to you. These are a couple of my favorites and why. (Not in any specific order)
It’s totally okay to be angry. It’s the way we treat our anger, that’s important. We as humans get angry so easily, sometimes over nothing and other times there really is something to be mad about. All of us handle this feeling differently. For me I normally stay quiet and pretend I’m not mad. Others may lash out, play the silent treatment or talk behind the person’s back. How do you react to anger?
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Each one of us has a group of people we call “family”. Most refer to them as the name Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister, Grandma, Grandpa ‘ect’. Not all family is biological, there is no law telling you who is or who is not apart of your family.
Family is a group of people who have never left your side. The people who have been there for you through thick and thin. The people who don’t leave when things get rough. Family are the people that are there for you when things happen in your life when no one knows the answer. Family helps you find the answer. This past year I had questions no one, not even google, had the answers on what to do next. I still don’t know what the answer is but I have a family by my side helping me figure out the answers and I’m helping them find theirs too.
Continue reading ““Ohana means family””All of us have struggles, of course some days are easier than others. We still need shelter, someone to fall back, your shelter is the lord. He will help you on your hardest days, as well as your best days.
In the chapter Acts verses 3:6-10 it talks about a man named Peter and how he has nothing to provide, he can’t even walk. Jesus provided for him and made his ankles and legs strong again so he could walk again! Jesus provided for him, and he will provide for you too.
Continue reading “God will provide”In the world we live in today, so many of us grow up without a dad. We spend our whole lives wondering what we did wrong, wondering why they left. We put all of our time and energy into the person who didn’t care enough about us in the first place to even stay in our lives. They didn’t care enough to even send us a birthday card. We spend nights crying ourselves to sleep wishing “daddy” was there to tuck us in. We get jealous of all the girls going to the daddy daughter dances. We are letting someone who doesn’t care about us one bit control our lives when they aren’t even in them. All because we thirst for their love and acceptance.
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