No pain no Gain?

                                                           

 Pain in us sometimes reminds us that change or growth in us spiritually is the same way,I was thinking about the removal of something like my broke tooth was necessary to be removed ,it is not easy to release things familiar or things we have had all our lives ,then for it to be gone ,may hurt for the time being but in the long run is best for us -so with spiritual & physical growth,in us need to get rid of old to make way for new ( maybe dentures?) lol .Spiritual same ,pride things we want to hold on to ? maybe God is trying to show us or me 
"deep rooted " issues ,even the dentist had" to drill " the roots out,may we be pliable in spirit to have God remove our deep rooted un Godly spirits that have been there so long we seem ok with them till pain shows up . I was thinking of my little mama I used to get irritated at her because she never argued with anyone (usually my dad) ,she would keep a quiet spirit & prayed & I would take that as a weakness , but God has showed me she was powerful really ,may I be powerful in prayer even more like her, God is working His will in me I pray & pray I be willing to let Him.

Words

                                                            Your Words Frame your world

                                                       Use them as a tool to build and not destroy,
                                                             once spoken,can't be taken back,
                                                                                  that is a fact
                                                                       Use words to heal,not to kill
                                                                  This can be done,as it is God's will

                                                             With help from God's own Son,speak
                                                               love ,joy,peace,this is from above.
                                                              If we be still and listen from Him we will hear
                                                                              and speakonly love for ,
                                                                                 He is always near
                                                                     
                                                                                Sharon Ann Logsdon
           
                                      copyright 2008

Lessons I learned from cleaning the refrigerator

Well I have had the two grand kids aged 5&3 for 4 days I love them but was glad when mama came to pick them up .Tired and wanting to do the nothing ,list a little on ebay,then looking around the house I find little stickers Emily had posted for me to find,made me smile .So I told God this is a beautiful  day you have made God,what do I do today?I wanted to have a pity party and say well I have no place to go or job to go to now,but God reminded me the kids were sent by me,It was a job well done,as they went to church with us ,they love to go to church.Seeds were sown,,then God in His own way reminded me "you were going to clean out the refrigerator days ago"...I replied "Oh God that is such a job ."Well you know when God tells you something it is for your own good or a lesson to be learned .So I rolled up my sleeves and got after it .Now my refrigerator is not that big but it took me forever to get done with it .First of all I removed all the glass shelves and bins(it was like places in my heart I may not want to go into,but God  said do it )Where does all this stuff come from?There was stick on cardboard,dried blood from meats,dried milk,hard stuff I had no idea what it was.I was washing ,changing water often,scrubbing ,it was like a lesson I needed to be taught ,you do not see the stuff until you remove the other stuff blocking it and  empty it out. like our lives we have rooms we  don't want to  enter  because to much to get rid of,but it is for our own good deep cleaning and scrubbing.As I was washing it ,it started to become white and sparkling,it made me think of Jesus washing us in His blood ,then I thought of the dried milk& thought I do not want the milk of the word to dry up in my life.Gosh I even found a dead fly!!!Where did that come from?Oh my isn't there something about a fly in the ointment ruins it ?? I thought God what are you telling me?He was just a grinning ,I am sure ,I kept working,the light in there kept flickering on and off.I screwed it in tighter ,it flashed again I remembered Oh God you are the light of the world .I breathed a prayer let my light not flicker or burn out .Well I got the vegetable bins washed out  and can you imagine what I found in there? Onions and apples together ,they didn't seems to mind being in there  together  .God reminded me some veggies ,some fruits all make up the garden.Like His garden we are all good produce,The onion spoke to me as to say we all have lots of layers to be peeled off by God little at a time.Then the job was done all clean & white .I stepped back and smiled and said thank you God for washing us white as snow & reminding me to clean out the refrigerator ..( a cute thing my son said after he read this ,he said  now the freezer Mom? )

KINGDOM FIRST

Matthew 6:33    But seek ye first the kingdom of God ,and His righteousness;and all these things shall be added to you.
What do I or you do to put kingdom first? Is time I spend, investing in the kingdom? This must be important because Jesus said to seek it first then everything else would be added to you,I take this as fall into place .If I took some scales & put seeking the kingdom time ,on one side and put the other things I do on the other side ,would my kingdom side go up or down?Is my life balanced or better yet do cares of this life weigh more? seeking something is looking for it ,when I spend all my time looking elsewhere,kingdom first is just not first.If I spend as much time praying (in spirit) and reading His  Holy  word as I do other things ,I would say all these other things (which I seek after anyway) would be added to me plus the time I spend in prayer and reading the word,worship ,,it would make me less tired ,sick,worried about all things I am doing, instead of seeking Kingdom.The only thing that matters in this life is what we invest into the next life -the kingdom.So if we are seeking the kingdom now,it will come now to us ...  these all things, Matthew 6:32 ,says our heavenly father knows that we have need of all these things  v 31  says don't even take thought saying what shall we eat, or drink, or wear ..God knows our needs so I suggest lets seek kingdom first to avoid the worrying .

Harvey's first Christmas tree decorating

ok have to give him credit for trying ,I was gone awhile the other evening,Harvey called & said I have a surprise for you when you get home,knowing I have had a real hard time getting into the spirit for Christmas,he had decorated the tree,he said this is my first tree to decorate by myself,well the more I got to looking at it the more I checked into it ,lol, he had put some mardi gras beads on it, they were just hanging down like ,was funny but had to hold back on laughing ,might hurt his feelings also the lights were up and down not around the tree, lol ,oh well bless his heart he tried,Icould not figure out why he kept calling it his "New Orleans mardi gras tree" ,well I figured it out ,,,I still laugh & turn my face & he will say you don't like it ? lol ,had no ornaments on it I am adding some now .Got me in the mood..:-)  hu?

Take This Time

This is my first blog ,thought  I write alot so need to share some ,can't let my grandson & sister in law get ahead of me , ha ha ,like I don't have enought  to do selling on Ebay all the time, like a full time job but blessed anyway this is a book mark poem I wrote years ago will try to post it now
                                                                 Take this time
                                              Take this time to be still and know I am God
                                                           I haven't taken you this far
                                                             To let you fail or fall.
                                                     My ways are so different than yours-
                                                        I don't set on a throne watching-
                                                   I'm action,doing through you my works,
                                                                         LOVE
                                                                Birds need listening to-
                                                                 Flowers need smelling-
                                                                       Pets need petting-
                                                                      People need people-
                                                                     Allow me through you
                                                                   to reach out to everthing
                                                                  you come in contact with
                                                                           "  God "
                                                                                               by Sharon Logsdon