Prayer

This might be a silly question...but I'm just a babe in my faith...and still have so much to learn...
I would like to ask for some feedback about prayer...

1. How do you handle the abundance of prayer requests that you get... along with the things that you pray about on a regular basis....... and how do you find the time to lift up each and every one of those requests...and not forget anyone. It can get overwhelming ...but my heart wants to be obedient and pray for the ones I love and even the ones I don't know...

2. How do you find the time to have a daily - lenghty alone time with the Lord. I find that I'm so busy that I don't get much of that... and it's a two fold reason...the busy life I seem to create as well as being lazy at the end of a very busy day....

3. Is it terrible that most of my 'talking' to God is either in the car ... in the morning as I'm getting ready for work... or just little chats through out my day... as I remember someone or something...I just lift it up to the Lord...

I appreciate your honesty and any guidance you can offer... and light you can shed...

PIWC Women's Breakfast

Yesterday I had the awesome opportunity to share at a women's breakfast at my church. I am not a public speaker...and wasn't even sure if I could actually do it...but I did...The Lord in all his wisdom gave me the words to speak...the scriptures to reference... and the strength to get up in front of a fairly large crowd and talk about His love and how He shows me that love in my life every day. It was scary...I had to fight back tears a few times...(I'm pretty emotional and sappy)... but God covered me and gave me exactly what I needed...when I needed it.... I love the Lord... He is my rock, my safe place, my strength, my saviour, my mercy, my wisdom, my grace, my forgiveness and my Abba!!! I am awestruck and humbled by the outpouring of love and support I have recieved from many brothers and sisters since yesterday's ...(for lack of a better word) speach. It's hard to be obedient sometimes whent he Lord is calling or asking you to do something that is very uncomfortable... and boy, painful !!!! But the blessings are worth the effort!!!! God is good! Thank you Lord for calling me to step out of my comfort zone and give you the glory you deserve.....

Car Vs. Car

I am quite sure that after my fender bender yesterday on the way to work...my new nickname will be 'crash'... I was rear-ended yesterday while stopped for a school bus, waiting for children to board... The guy that hit me said he was distracted by the lights on the bus and didn't see me in time to stop..he slid right into me.... Thank God for insurance!!!! A very close friend of mine said that God put me there to protect the kids, and I think he might be right... I'll be God's bumper... anytime!!!! I am thanking him once again for taking care of the smallest details of my little accident... after the Car Vs. Moose a couple of months ago, when I totaled my car...I've been pretty scared of driving... funny thing is now...after my Car Vs. Car...I feel a little stronger and braver... maybe that was God's way of reminding me ... he's always in control...no matter what situation...or what the outcome... and I'm ok with that!!!

Uncle Mac's!!!

As a tradition explodes to encircle more and more friends...I feel so blessed by the brothers and sisters that the Lord has placed in my life... Every Sat. night after church,... a few of us...(around 6 adults and a couple of kids...) would hit McDonalds for a burger and let the little ones play for a bit... this tradition has now expanded to more than a dozen adults... and more kids than you can count...we just totally invade that Play Place at Uncle Mac's...and it's awesome!!!! Last night we had so many in our troop, that we all couldn't fit in the play place and some of the adults had to sit...seperately, on the 'big kid' side of McDonalds...... some might look at this as a negative.. I look at this with warmth in my heart and an over-joyed spirit... We are so blessed by a loving and caring group that wants to continue in fellowship with one another after 'church' is over....that we just take it to our local " hot spot "... the adults get caught up on the goings on in their lives... there is ministry, guidance, love, care, supportand much laughter...(sometimes tears...from the kids!!!) and a presence of the Lord in our midst.... God's glory, mercy and grace is ever present... and this is one of the highlights in my week... so to those of you that are in this circle...I just want you to know that I love you all and I look forward to those crowded, noisey, nutty cheeseburger nights!!!! To those friends that have not expierenced this crazy and fun filled outting...... it's an open invitation...anytime... every Sat. night!!!!

No Accident

I have had many times in my life when I was so low and spirialing downward that I felt like I was a mistake..my life was a mistake..... that God somehow 'screwed up'... don't we all have that moment in life... I'm just playing on the computer and drinking coffee in the quiet of the morning....I look over and my calendar reminded me that I'm not an accident... even if my parents didn't plan me... God did.

Psalm 139:15 (The Message)
You know me inside and out...how I was sculpted from nothing into something.

Thank You Lord for giving me breath...