Deuteronomy 5:7 (NKJV) “You shall have no other gods before me.

 When it comes to the Lord, we should serve Him with all our hearts.  You might ask "What other gods could I possibility have?"  Well it could be anyone or anything that takes your time away from God.  Are we allowing these others gods to take His place...is it our money, sports teams, our friends, our house, our cars, our jobs, our status, or our extracurricular activities, the music that we listen to or the TV?  You may have all of these things but remember who gave you these.  Having all these things are not bad but if you let that be your focus in life then these are things that have taken God's place in your life.  Think about it...how much time do you spend on these other gods and how much time have you given to God?

I know I have been guilty of this but God is so good that He help me to put things into prospective.  I found out that without Him I would not have what I have.  Would I be like the rich man and have trouble giving up everything to follow Christ, last year I would have said yes but since then God has shown me that I can walk away from these things because my faith is in Him and not my possessions.  

I pray that if you are reading this that you allow God to speak to you, ask Him to show you if you have other gods and then ask him to forgive you and to help you to walk closer with Him.

Romans 12:2-3 (NIV)

² Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Humble Service in the Body of Christ

 ³ For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

Catching up!

Psalms 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Where do I begin?  Michael and I attend a marriage seminar with Pastor Jimmy Evan and his wife Karen!  If you ever get an opportunity to attend one of their seminars you will be bless beyond measures.  We even renew our vows...it was very special!  God is So Good to have Bless my life with my husband!!

In March both my girls had birthdays, my Baby Girl Sarah turn 18 years old! I pray that the Word will be a lamp unto her feet as she continues her walk with the Lord.  Rachel the baby turn 12, I am so bless that the Lord listen to Sarah and Christian's prayer for the Lord to add one more to our family.

April 18th was the anniversary of my father's death, he has been gone for 41 years!  Even though he's been gone for a VERY long time, I still find myself thinking about him and how his life was taken and how he was taken from us when we were so very young.  I thank God for being there for me...even though sometimes I didn't know it. His word says He would never leave us or forsake us and that is so true.

Mother's day was great and as I often say "the Lord has bless me with amazing children!!"  We also took my mother in law to visit her mothers grave in Bridgeport.  I love to hear her talk about her momma and her life growing up. I also turn 49 and I thank God for every day that He has given me.  But even in my joyfulness, I still miss my mom, she was an amazing women and I know one day I will see her again.

Psalm 104  ³³ I will sing to the LORD all my life;
   I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
   as I rejoice in the LORD.

During this month we loss my brother in law David, my sister Lola's husband.  I was honor that my sister ask me to speak on her behalf at his visitation service/Rosary.  I can only pray that what I said touch and minister to the many family and friends.  Even though David loss his battle with the deadly decease he actually won the bigger price...eternity in heaven.

Now we're in June!!  My Sarah graduated on June 5th and we are so proud of her.  The thing I am most proud of Sarah is that she shares her faith with her friends.  I like to tell the story of a young man that was her classmate and band member.  Starting in the 9th grade Sarah would often talk about the Lord and how she loved God.  This young man would always tell her that he did not believe in God and Sarah would tell him "I'm going to pray for you" and he would say "you don't have to do that because I don't believe in any God."  Sarah was faithful and obedient to God and she continue to pray for him.  Well as you know Our God is an AWESOME GOD!!  This young man came to know and accept Jesus as his Savior and even attended church with Sarah!!

Father's Day!  This day was great!  We started by going to church and hearing Pastor John Spurling speak about the wilderness!  I thank God that Michael is such a good and wonderful dad,  I love him so much!  I am bone of his bone.   My sister Lola also attended church with us and I pray that the Lord will fill the void she has for David.  Later we took Michael out to lunch at the Olive Garden Restaurant and then later in the day we went to the cemetery to visit my father in law.  It was wonderful, we held hands and sang Amazing Grace and One Day at a Time and we sung it in Spanish!  We really miss him so much and often find ourselves talking and remembering him!

Today, was another wonderful day, even though the first part was doing house chores.  My son who has a big heart for Israel talk to me about one of the lost tribes of Israel and he spoken with such passion, I know that God is going to do great things with him. 

Looking back I can only be amazed of how Good God is!  He is so faithful and He loves me unconditionally. I pray that I am instilling in my children Godly values and they in turn will do the same with their children.  I thank God for ending the curse in my life.

Lamentations 3

 ²² Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
   for his compassions never fail.
²³ They are new every morning;
   great is your faithfulness.
²⁴ I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
   therefore I will wait for him.”

It's been awhile

So it's been awhile since my last writing and you might wonder what happen...well after my first writing...literally right after-wards I had insomnia.  I couldn't sleep, I kept thinking of all the things I could write about.  Even the next day, I kept thinking about what I wanted to say to you and how I would say it but then I realized that I was thinking too much and it was taking my time away from the Lord...so I decided to just wait and I would wait on the Lord to direct my timing and my writing.

So much has happen since my last writing so I will start with January 27th, I attended Marriage 101 - A Pink Night at Gateway.  Attending with me was 2 of my nieces, with their Sisters...that is sister by blood and sisters in the Lord.  The meeting was amazing I loved that Pastor Debbie spoke as if it was just me and her having a talk but in reality there were so many women there that night.  She covered things from Submission, Honor, Unconditional Love, and even Sex.   Here are some of the things I came away with.


Submission - does not mean to be a slave.  Submitting provides leadership in the home because it builds up our husbands.  When we submit to our husbands, we are also submitting to God.  The more we submit the more he will love us the way Christ loves the church. When we submit you will find that he will do things for you without you expecting him to do so and making your life a little easier.

Ephesians 5:22 (NIV)
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:25 (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Honor -  This is a mans number one need. We should praise him and cover him with our love, we should never tear him down not even in joking.  When we cover our husbands in love we are protecting him and in turn he as the leader will protect you and cover you with love.

Unconditional Love - is to live without BUTS.

Sex - God created it so we could enjoy it and so we could have pleasure.  We should never look at it as an act of work but instead as a way for us to show our love to one another.  If you find yourself tired or just not interested ask the Lord to put the desire back in your heart and He will do it, all you have to do is ask.  There are a few boundaries, NO 3rd party, NO porn and NO ex-fantasy. 

So my sisters Love your husband like the first day you fall in Love with him and then give God the Glory!

"Under Construction"

While thinking of what title to use for my first blog I came up with "Under Construction" mainly because I was trying to figure how to design it.  When I began to type it...I thought "Wow that's exactly what I am!"  God still has me under construction and I am so blessed that He hasn't finish with me yet. Today I give Him so much praise for the work that He is doing in my life.

Just to share a few things about me.

I am so blessed beyond measures...I have a wonderful family, my husband Michael who is the love of my life, my son Christian who is sometimes wiser then his 20 years and my beautiful daughters Sarah & Rachel who love without boundaries and I won't forget to mention my mother in law, Josie whom I love with all my heart and of course all my relatives whom hold a special place in my heart!  Oh but wait, I almost forgot my babies...that is canine babies.  Charlee Mae who is the sweetest MaltePoo ever and Brodee Jae my little YorkiePoo, who loves us unconditionally.

We attend Gateway Church in Southlake, TX with Pastor Robert Morris.  Gateway's vision is to see people saved, healed, set free, disciples, equipped, empowered and serving.

The the BEST thing that is happening right now is that God is training me in the way I should go!  How amazing is that!!

There is so much I want to write about but I will let the Lord direct me in the way that it is pleasing to God.

Oh one last thing...don't grade my grammar...remember I'm still under construction!

I will end my blogging today with the following from "Hushed Was the Evening Hymn" http://www.hymnlyrics.org/newlyrics_h/hushed_was_the_evening_hymn.php

Hushed was the evening hymn,
The temple courts were dark;
The lamp was burning dim
Before the sacred ark;
When suddenly a voice divine
Rang through the silence of the shrine.

The old man, meek and mild,
The priest of Israel, slept;
His watch the temple child,
The little Levite, kept;
And what from Eli’s sense was sealed
The Lord to Hannah’s son revealed.

O give me Samuel’s ear,
The open ear, O Lord,
Alive and quick to hear
Each whisper of Thy Word,
Like him to answer at Thy call,
And to obey Thee first of all.

O give me Samuel’s heart,
A lowly heart, that waits
Where in Thy house Thou art,
Or watches at Thy gates;
By day and night, a heart that still
Moves at the breathing of Thy will.

O give me Samuel’s mind,
A sweet unmurm’ring faith,
Obedient and resigned
To Thee in life and death,
That I may read with child like eyes
Truths that are hidden from the wise.