Boaz

I had been babysitting for my niece so my husband and I decided to buy a brand new car with the income I was making. Right after the decision to do that the babysitting job ended. Oh well my God supplies my every need.

I ran a add to find another child to sit for. Meanwhile we went and brought ourselves a 1989 Pontiac Grand Am. That was an exciting moment in our life. The car was great and the first time either one of us had a brand new vehicle. When no calls came on the babysitting ad I wasn’t discouraged about it.

Standing on faith isn’t always easy but it will always work. When waiting on God for anything be careful because the thief may interfere with thoughts of doubt. The Lord always provides. Remember doubt comes but just keep speaking faith words. Whatever is in your heart will come out your mouth.

 Ruth chapter 2 says that Ruth went to the fields to glean among the ears of grain and the owner of the field Boaz saw her and asked who she was. They told him and Boaz told his servants to make sure that it wasn’t hard for her to find food but to leave it right out there so she could easily find it. God has given all of us a Boaz and maybe more than one. You just have to pray for God to send yours. Little did I know mine was on the way.

 Since know calls came in on the babysitting ad I decided to go another route I ran an ad to do housecleaning. Since we were enrolling Kim into a Christian school the following year they let me run the ad in there school paper. It wasn’t long and I received a call from a builder that had some new apartment buildings that he needed to have the hallways cleaned once a week. I took the job and went to work for him but I did it self employed. God sent my Boaz. While looking for domestic cleaning God gave me commercial cleaning which makes more money.

Kim my daughter went with me to work and we met this young woman that lived there that took care of Kim while I was cleaning and they did all kinds of fun things together. Holly enjoyed having somebody to visit with and Kim enjoyed doing things with her. She was a blessing to both of us.

When I started cleaning there was only three apartment buildings that needed to be cleaned. I got paid by the month so on payday I would pay our tithe and car payment. The builder was still building and every time a building was completed I would clean it so when Kim started Christian school I paid tithe, car payment and school payment. Soon there was enough cleaning that once tithe, car payment and schooling was paid for I could do whatever I wanted to with the rest of the money.

Owning your own time by owning your own business is a good way to go when you have young children because you set your schedule to the school schedule. I was able to do field trips, have lunch with the kids or whatever came up. In the end the builder had twelve apartment buildings in all. He also built new homes and duplexes which I cleaned with the help of my wonderful husband. Those apartments are still there and when I see them since now I am older all I can say is Lord how did we ever clean all those buildings? I believe that that builder taking me under his wing and giving me all that work is how God opened the door to real prosperity in our life. Increase and blessings just kept coming.

God is so good and so providing that I received a call on that old ad that I had run for the babysitting long after I ran the ad. The woman was looking for a babysitter for her child that was the same age as Kim and lived right in our neighborhood. My God had it so she still had the newspaper with my ad in it. God will move heaven and earth for you if that’s what you believe.

Since I love to clean and my daughter needed a playmate none of this was really work yet I got paid. Praise my God! I worked in the morning cleaning hallways and was home in the afternoon with the children. This is one of my many testimonies from my journal. My prayer for you is that you know God loves us all the same. What He does for me He will do for you.

Prayer

Do you know how to pray? Are you hard on yourself when you think that you aren't praying enough? God's grace and mercy is new every morning so stop being so hard on yourself.

I was watching one of my favorite Christian speakers the other morning on TV. He is a man of integrity and I believe and respect what he has to say. He said that he doesn't pray very often. He just talks to the Lord. That took a load off of my shoulders because I don't always pray as I should and then I condemn myself about it. I do however talk to the Lord all day long. God is a fellow shipping God, He longs to talk with us. He is the only one that you can count on all the time. Just reach out and talk with Him like you would talk to a friend that you can see. God is unseen but always there. He loves our fellowship and you will feel better when your done.

I had somebody tell me in my own home that she didn't think we should talk about religion. First off when she said that to me I hadn't been talking about religion I had been talking about Christianity. There is a big difference between the two. I might be stepping on toes now but I need to. Religion is mans way and Christianity is God's way.

My prayer for you today is that you just let go and just talk to God about everything. Cry if you need to but just let go. He wants all your burdens, wants and desires. He is waiting on you.

What is a Friend

Proverbs 17:17 says that A friend loves at all times. The Bible also says that a friend sticks closer than glue.(Not sure where that one is found)

 Recently I had asked our best friends to write a forward for a book I am writing. What is a friend? A friend is someone that thinks more highly of you than you do. I know that I don't always live up to what they had to say about me. That's OK though it gives me a goal to work towards. They have been such a good influence on my husband and I. We learn so much from both of them.

When we get together we know that Jesus is present because it says where two or more are gathered He is in the midst. Friends will be with you for your ups as well as your downs. Where one is weak the other is strong. God has seasons for everything and through the years I have called others friends.

Others we call friends that come and go are put in our path for a season they either need what we can offer them or we may need what they can offer us. Never underestimate what you can offer the world. The bible also says that we are a friend of God. The God of the universe calls us His friend.

You wonder can it get any better than that. Yes it can because not only does the God of the universe know your name He loves you so much He sent Jesus to die on the cross. Jesus didn't just take our sins to the cross He took everything we will ever need in this lifetime. Our sins are forgiven but He didn't stop there. Jesus died for everything, our sickness, proverty, our fear, whatever is not good in this world Jesus took it to the cross for us. Now He sits at the right hand of God making intercesion for us. He is praying for you. Aren't you glad you know Him?

My prayer for you is that in your lifetime in this world that you would have wonderful best friends like my husband and I are blessed with. Ask God to send you a friend that sticks closer than glue if you need one. Ask Him for whatever you need.

Babes in Christ

1Peter 2:2 like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation. As babes in Christ we desire milk since we are babes. As time goes on we must move on to solid food.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Ephesians 4:11-12 - He gave us some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; As Christians we have so much out there that we are without excuse to learn. To me it is just overwhelming how many ministries are out there.

We are told to be ministers if we are born again. We should be walking bibles to this world. We must love unbelievers with God's love and not act like we are better than they are. I remember when I first got saved I just figured that if I told people what the bible says about being born again people would listen. Nope. 

 Life is always going to have lessons to learn. Some good and some bad. In Christ everything is made easier because we can trust He will always figure it out. My prayer for you today is that you tune into the Word as well as what God gave us in Eph. the five fold ministries. There is so much to learn from all of them as well.

Baby Faith

Ever wonder what that means baby faith? Baby faith is taking God at His word, believing what He says. Back when I first got saved and started reading the bible I jumped in with both feet.

One of my first Scriptures that really came to life is Romans 4:17. Abraham called into being that which did not exist. The home we lived in at the time had a one stall garage and my husband wanted to build a bigger one. The only way to do that at the time was to take out a loan. A neighbor at the time was getting ready to build a new garage and had all the lumber sitting in his yard. I prayed a prayer based on Romans 4:17 and believed God for our own pile of wood to build our garage. Everyday when I pulled in and out of my driveway and passed that neighbor's pile of wood I thanked the Lord for our pile.

God does work in mysterious ways. My husband had taken out a life insurance policy when he was younger and the Rep called and wanted to get together with us. I put him off because I assumed he just wanted to sell us more. I think after the third time I gave in and let him come over. He sat at our table and said that the policy was overpaid by Two Thousand Dollars.

I did what any other woman would have done at that time I put out my hand and said give it to me. He went on to tell me it wasn't that easy but I knew it was because God was behind it. That night we took out a family life insurance policy and canceled the other one and received the check for the money. We built our new garage 24X32, it was huge.

 There is many more things that I believed God for and that Scripture became quite popular with me. I will continue to write more about it.

Our garage right now isn't so huge and it is attached so there is no room to add on to so we built a shed for the overflow.

  My prayer for you is that you reach out with baby faith if you have to and just let go and know that God wants to bless you.

Mother Nature

For this time of the year we are having more rain than normal. The weather people call it mother nature. I know that they are refering to God execpt I don't believe for one moment that it is God.

The bible clearly states in John 10:10 that the thief comes to kill, steal and destroy. The thief is the devil. Kill, steal and destroy God isn't behind it. Read it for yourself. God is a good God and very loving. He loves everyone of us even in our sin.

God wants us all to have a personal relationship with Him and trust Him in times like this. Times are going to get worse according to the bible before the second coming of Jesus. Reach out to Him because He is there if you just invite Him. I watch God work in my life everyday. If you woke up with breath this morning God gave it to you.

Life has it's ups and downs but with the Lord you can handle them all. I pray that everybody comes to the knowledge of knowing Jesus died on the cross for everybody. Ask Him into your heart today and trust Him with the rest of your life.

Past Memories

I went to the eye doctor today and he is located in one of our old neighborhoods. I love to go back in time sometimes because it shows me again all the blessings that my wonderful God has bestowed on me.

I saw the park that our family went biking to, the Hansens Dairy that is now closed down and some of the homes of old friends.

This was the first home that we had purchased so my kids were younger, my oldest around 11 and my youngest just 2. I would take that time back in a hearbeat. I loved being a stay at home mom with the kids. If you are a mom and you want to stay at home with your children and think that you can't afford it just do it. The stuff that you think you need in this life will come and come right when you need it. That is how it happen for us.

I am older now and realize the more you have the more you have to take care of. This home had a three season's porch and the kids loved it. The two windows on the porch side didn't have screens on them so the kids could crawl in and out from there room to the porch. They made tents and what not out there. I loved to sit out there and read.

I remember a time on a Saturday a neighbor watched our youngest daughter Kim walk down the driveway and turn the corner to go down the block. He called us so we were able to go right after her and we asked her where she was going and she said to meet her sister at school. That could of been a close call except the Lord always has His angels watching over us. Psalm 91 has always been a comfort to me in this day and age that we live. If you haven't read it you should. I read it everyday over my family. It is God's promise to us if we believe that.

We watched our Jodi go from Elementary school to Middle school to graduating from high school. My children are both long time out of high school and I am very proud of the young women that they have become. It won't be long and they will have there own husbands, children and memories.

I pray that as you read this today that your life is as blessed as mine.