Trust

Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and lean (trust not) on your own understanding . . .

Don’t believe what your carnal mind is telling you. Trust God and believe in His word, even if your circumstances are telling you different. If there is no evidence of what He has told you, don’t worry, just trust . . . .

The things we try to desperately hold on to in our life, are often the things that get us into the most trouble, and hold us back from reaching our goals!

Sometimes we need to give the things up that we want, to reach our goals.

If you aim for nothing, you’ll reach it every time.

In order for there to be LIFE, there must be DEATH.

Keep open hands before the Lord. Forgetting the good things and the bad things; leaving them behind - let the past go!

Let the past be the past . . . .

I am a new woman

(Me n’ my bestie, Tracey!)

I am so happy to step out into a new adventure with just my children and I. I am finally able to support them on my own, and make a great life and living for the four of us!! I am proud, strong and happy to be on my own for the first time in my life, and to have a fulfilling and rewarding career! I am actually happy too, believe it or not just being single, and focusing on my beautiful and amazing children, my relationship with the Lord and my career. I have amazing friends that live where I am moving to, and I am so grateful and honored to call them my friends; they are my new family! I am destined for success and I know that God has BIG plans for my family . . .

(My three beautiful children, Christopher, Joshie and Allie with their friends,

Justin and Jordan)

Good times, good friends . . .

This weekend was fabulous!! I headed off to Roseville, which is soon to be my new place to call home. I currently go every weekend to work and spend time with my very best friends, Doug, Tracey, their son Justin, Matt n’ Lisa and their two kids Grace and Jordan, and my good friend Matt, and his four year old son, Mattie. I arrived on Friday evening as usual, and met up with the gang at our good buddy Jeremy’s restaurant, A Taste of Tuscany. After dinner, I hung out with Matt and Mattie for a while and then headed to Doug n’ Tracey’s house for the evening.

Waaay too early on Saturday morning, I awoke to Doug tapping my forehead, informing me that he was hijacking my presence for the next 2 hours, to go shopping for Tracey n’ little Mattie’s birthday party, which was that evening. So I had to quickly get dressed and did some grocery shopping and a Starbucks run. (Cause Doug loves coffee soooo much ;) ) I got my usual Soy, Caramel Macchiatto and Doug picked up a Hot Chocolate to bring home to the Trace-ster!!

We headed off to open up the shop at 9:30am and my very first appt. was a 90 minute massage; ugh!! From there I had back to back appointments (no pun intended) until my last one at 5:30pm. I had a very hard-working, yet extremely rewarding day. We closed up the shop early and headed home for Tracey n’ Mattie’s party.

Matt n’ Lisa were already there along with Doug’s mom, brother Anthony and his wife and kids, Dylan and Melissa and of course Matt n’ little Mattie! We had a fab-U-lous time enjoying good

company, food and laughter! At about 10pm we all got hungry though, so Matt and I hopped in his super cool truck, and escaped for a bit to bring back In-n-out burger for everyone! Despite Matt’s GPS, affectionately named “Lola”, we still got a little turned around on our way home!! Getting to know the Sacramento area IS tough!! Anyways we made it home before Melissa’s chocolate shake totally melted, and all was good!

On Sunday morning, we were all going to get up and go to Tracey’s dad’s church, but we found out that he wasn’t going to be preaching that day, so we decided to stay home and do breakfast.

Well, except for the fact that Doug hired two new employees to come and work for him at the shop, and so he wanted to go get them settled in there before taking us all out to breakfast. I called it as he left, telling him that we would be waiting until LUNCH! He promised he would quickly return. Sooooo, Tracey, Justin, Matt, Mattie and I all hung out at the house all morning, and yep, you guessed it, he came home at about 11:45am!! Just in time for lunch.

Oh well, he made up for it and took us all to our favorite “Benihana’s” type Japanese restaurant called Kokyo, where they cook the food on a grill in the middle of your table, and do fancy, funny tricks with the food! We all had a good time eating and watching little Mattie’s face as the chef did circus acts with eggs, utensils and lit things on fire. After lunch, we went back to Doug’s house and hung out till I had to leave. Upon my departure, I sadly hugged my lovely friends goodbye, and kissed their beautiful faces, until we see one another again next weekend . . .

As in the days of Noah . . . .

Matthew 24:36-44

36: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels in heaven , but my Father only.
37: But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38: For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39: And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40: Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41: Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42: Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43: But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44: Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

If ever there was a simple way to explain what is about to happen on the earth this is it...

Many people know the story of Noah and the ark. There is a reason he is mentioned in Matthew by our Lord Jesus. There is another cleansing process going to take place on this earth but it is only through the blood of Jesus that we can now be cleansed. It is only through faith in Jesus Christ that we can escape the devastation that is going to fall upon the wicked. It is only through Jesus Christ that we can come into a right relationship with the TRUE AND LIVING GOD OF THE UNIVERSE. There are many false gods out there beckoning the unsuspecting, beckoning them, beguiling them, tricking and deceiving them. These false gods offer a supernatural experience but it is a counterfeit. Only once the unsuspecting innocent has been stripped of their dignity and all they hold dear, will these false gods show their ugly faces. We are the Noahs of our day. We are the ones who are supposed to be crying out in the wilderness. We are the ones who are supposed to be making sure these innocents are not deceived. Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE, there is no way unto the FATHER, but by him. We know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH has set us free, it is our responsibility to share the TRUTH so that others will be set free also. Jesus said follow me and I will make you fishers of men. Are we fishing? Or just enjoying the feast?

Father,

Forgive us for forgetting the great commission that Jesus set before us. Forgive us for our indifference towards those around us. Forgive us for allowing the flame of our first love to wax cold. Father fan the flame again. Father fill our hearts with a burning fire. Consume us with your fire Father. Redirect our steps. Redirect our agendas. Redirect our time. Redirect our lives towards being a living sacrifice to you, in Jesus' name. Amen