- Relaxing at home... reading a good book. I read the WHOLE book of Genesis today.. what an amazing story! loved it ;) Go
- Is at Panera... eating a bagel, drinking coffee, studying my first course from Moody! Reading alot of the WORD ... Go
- Going to bed... it's been a good day. Go
Ok, I was just reading my dear Brother Kyle’s blog the other day and noticed his post about this book. I had to go out and get it. Of course, in my stop at the Christian Bookstore I found so many books I wanted. One of which I did purchase and I will also post here later … very good book. But this one….. Crazy Love, was the reason for my going. This book is by Francis Chan. I have enjoyed Francis’ videos online. You should look them up if you haven’t seen them.
This book gives you a fresh new look at what our relationship with God should really be like. I love books about loving God. Ever since I was young (younger than I am now) I have realized the most important thing I can ever do is love God. As that is what God said Himself. This is one book that takes me farther along in that pursuit. I want to love Him so much more than I do. I want to have a CRAZY love for Him…One thing Francis said I wanted to share here… “He doesn’t need us at all…. yet he loves us and doesn’t stop wanting a relationship…. we DESPERATELY need Him yet we act like we can take Him or leave Him”. Wow. He points out that our relationship with Christ needs help. We need to really awaken to a deeper love for our First Love, Jesus, once again.
Go to his website… www.crazylovebook.com and watch the videos there. I watched one last night I think it was called “awesome factor” about how small we really are! I was speechless when I got done watching it…. speechless. Which, I think, was the point.
May we all enjoy the deepest love in the world with the only one worth giving our all for…
Tomorrow night will be the start of the young ladies bible/book study I have wanted to start for a while with some girls in the church. We will be going through the book by Nancy DeMoss “Lies Young Women Believe” I have looked over this book and have really liked it. I think it really speaks truth. Some things that the Lord has been showing me lately is that there are so many lies/half truths/junk that we allow into our minds throughout the day. We need to return to the Truth. We need God’s truth daily. I know if I need that others would as well. So I am excited about starting this tomorrow night!
Today my first courses from Moody Bible Institute should be coming. I am enrolled in the Independent Studies program. I am so excited about this and it’s been something I have wanted to do for a long time. I am so glad that I can start this and be learning about God’s Word. That’s my main goal. I was reading today in the Word in Psalms 77 I believe. About teaching the next generations about God. Telling our children the stories about how great our God is. I believe that learning the Word is so important for so many reasons. One of which is the most sweet to think about for me. One day gathering my children around me to teach them about God’s Word. Speaking the truth into their hearts and lives. Right now it will be a big help to me to know the Word and to be able to speak and teach it more clearly as I have a better understanding of it. I am excited.
Today, I am working at Lowes hardware store. I am thankful for this job that God has given me. Though I would never have thought that I would go from working in a nail spa to a hardware store… it’s been something that God has opened up and I am grateful for the lessons I continue to learn from working there. I only work part time or a little less than part time and I am so glad for the hours. I still have a life! Speaking of which I need to get ready to go to work….
Here is a touching movie I just saw recently. It’s one of those popular movies going around God Tube you might have seen it. It touched my heart. It’s a father and son team. The son always wanted to do a marathon. The father made it possible.
I realized while watching it that this was what Jesus did for me. When I was born I had and have a horrible defect - sin. I can’t do anything. I am helpless and I am crippled by sin. That’s when God stepped in. He knew I had to run a race. And He did it for me. This movie reminded me of what He does for me everyday. I live with sin… yet everyday I look to Him and He brings me through this race we call life. Watch this.
"I love You Lord!!!! With everything in me I want to raise my weak, and helpless person up to give You all I have for all You have done. I will live my life to glorify You. I love You. Yet I long, long to love You more. My heart is full. Let me always bring you glory. Thank You for all you went through and for all You have done for me. I will always love You Father… Amen”
Here is a song we sang in church today. I love the verses of this song. They seem to have real meaning. I sing this song with all my heart to the Lord tonight. I am so glad I have Him to rely on and depend on. I will have Him for all of life and into eternity!
Today was a beautiful day for me.
A few weeks ago, maybe a month ago, I was talking to the Lord about wanting to tell more people about him. I felt like all the people I know well are Christains and I have a burden to win people to Jesus and know His love like I do. I know this doesn’t mean I need to go hang out in bars sooo…. I told the Lord this desire of my heart. I asked Him to bring the ones that He wanted to me. I told Him that I would be open to sharing the gospel with them. I didn’t remember this prayer until today.
Today Dad preached a great sermon on young people following the Lord. After the service mom called me to come with her. There was a young girl at the front of the church who was ready to be saved. She just came to our church to visit. After sharing with her the plan of salvation again in a clear way for her I made sure she understood… Mom asked her if she would like to pray and ask the Lord into her heart. She said she would. Mom looked at me and told me to lead her in a prayer to receive Jesus into her heart. I did. It was a beautiful thing. After I got done praying and she repeated after me she looked up at me with a bright smile I looked back at her… and we both laughed in a happy light hearted way. I hugged her. We now had a connection. She was a child of God. She was my sister.
I am so thankful to the Lord for giving me the desires of my heart. I know that He brought her to our church because He has a beautiful plan for her life and I “just happened” to be in the right spot to be able to lead her to the Lord because of my prayer to be used of Him. I want to pray that prayer more often. I want to be a vessel He can use. I believe He whispered to my heart today... “Holly I want to use you… just be willing to be used of Me.” I am thankful that His promises are forever true… wherever your at, whatever your doing..I believe He will use us if that is the truest desire of our hearts. It’s been a happy day! All glory to His Name today. I love Him so much….
Today I found a spot on the back porch with my Bible, a few of my encouraging devotional books and my iced coffee. The family is all gone today so it was quiet…( I miss you family) As I poured my heart out to the Lord it seemed like there was a back up! I had SO much to tell Him. Sometimes we slip into the “business” of life or even unintentionally just don’t take the time we need with our Savior, it isn’t our priority, so it slips by. How sad. I feel like I have been guilty. He reminds us we need Him. So, as I was pouring my heart out to the Lord bubbling over really with things to tell Him…. I realized again and anew. He is everything that we need…. if we need a friend, He is Friendship. If we need a shoulder to cry on… He is Comfort. If we need someone to talk to…He is The Listening Heart. If we need something constant and faithful in our lives He is Faithfulness in its entirety. If we need to share joys He is the Sunshine of Happiness and Joy, He is our Song. If we are unclear and don’t know where to go He is Direction and Guidance. If we need love He has shown us He is Love. If we struggle for health, He is Health in its completeness. If we have the desire for more knowledge and wisdom He Himself is Wisdom. If we need something powerful and strong (girls need this) He is Strength and Power. If we need protection He is our Shield (and He will fight ) If we desire to be beautiful, He is True Beauty… See He just doesn’t know about these characteristics He is the manifestation of them!
What an awesome thought that I have Him! If we know we have this Awesome God who IS, why don’t we run to Him more with every need, every thought, every hope, every dream, every joy, every struggle… instead we try to do it alone. What a crazy thought!
I love Him so much. I am so thankful today, I am so happy, because I have Him who IS! He has spoken to my heart in the clearest ways… spend time with Him today. Pour out your heart to him… you will find He is There.
From the Psalm I read today -
50:1 The Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth. (ESV)
Well Folks, we have reached the end of our Tour in Kentucky. We ended it with one of the most beautiful places we have been to.
We went to Williamsburg Kentucky. Williamsburg is close to the Tennessee border. In the morning we went to Calvary Missionary Baptist. We met our friends the Veenstra’s there! It was so good to see them. They took us out to a beautiful meal for lunch and then we went to Cumberland Falls. That was a beautiful place. The falls were so pretty against the rocks and mountains. Truly a beautiful place.
The morning service went great. It was a bigger church then we were used to but the people were so friendly and nice. The evening singing was at a beautiful church way back in the hills. We drove past some rolling hills and beautiful scenery. There were beautiful mountain lakes…
We got to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for the singing and it was a beautiful little church on the hill by a cemetary. We pulled in and there were quite a few cars the lined the driveway and yard by the church. Horses grazed on the hillside by the church.
We went into the church and there was a wonderful, awesome bluegrass band. They were great. I loved listening to them. Then we sang. They all were so nice and listened to close to us. Afterward they had a carry-in dinner.
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The guys are here! Dad, Dan and Wes drove into Campton yesterday. We are so glad to be all together again! Now I miss the rest of the fam. Life is so good and it’s a beautiful day here in Campton KY. We will be driving home on the 4th as Heidi and I will be going back to work at good ole Lowes Hardware.
We thank the Lord for what He has done in our hearts and in the hearts of others while we have been here. God is so good. We thank Him for going before us and working out all the details of this trip. He really has blessed us and we are thankful for such an amazing trip!
Well, we have been around since I last wrote. It’s been and it will be a full week… pretty much until we leave for home now. It’s been such a good time of ministry.
Saturday we sang at a benefit. That was probably one of the hardest places I have tried to sing because of the sound system and all. We were getting a TON of feedback on ourselves and it was deafening loud for us but it was just right for the people so… we just had to sing through it. I had a ton of fun. Something about being up singing about Jesus I love. That went well and I think we were able to minister to people’s hearts there. It was a neat thing.
And then we beat it over to Hoedown Island. I was still in my high heels from singing… So I went out and did a little ten step IN my heels. I had so much fun. Erma and Evelyn all the way from Michigan our home church was there! It was so fun to have them. They even came to church with us on Sunday.
Sunday morning we drove out to Lee City Church of God. It was a beautiful little church in the country. The Pastor was so kind. And when we sang as a congregation it was a group came up and all sang in different parts and we all joined in. I loved it. It sounded so pretty. While we were singing I looked out the church window and you could see the corn field growing right outside the church window.
Sunday night we were at Rogers Church of God. It was neat to be there. We had a really good group I thought. They were so kind and we all told our testimonies and sang out hearts out. The preachers in both services gave the gospel so clear and really preached it. It was a good service.
Tonight we will be at the nursing home here in town and singing for the sweet people there. I hear we have a few relatives there. We are looking forward to that.
It’s a beautiful day here in Kentucky the sun is shining bright. It’s been so neat to see this dream of mine really fulfilled. To be able to minster to the hearts of people. By God’s grace I believe we have been able to see that happen. God is so good. When Hope gave her testimony of salvation she had the whole church in tears… I guy came up to me later and said you just don’t see little kids like that talk about Jesus. You really never know what kind of influence you can have on someone just by being a testimony to the Lord. 
Yesterday we drove home from North Carolina. It was a long drive. We had scheduled a revival service we were to sing at in the evening but because of a few wrong turns it didn’t work out and we had to cancel. We would have loved to make it out there and we hope we can in the future.
Today is a beautiful day here and we have mainly relaxed from our traveling yesterday. It was a long drive and since we got off the beaten path a little we once again curved and wound around the mountains in West Virginia. Now West Virginia has mountains! It’s amazingly beautiful there….
Tonight I am hoping we can have Macaroni and tomato juice for supper and fried corn bread. If you have not had this meal you need to. Simple go to the store and get macaroni and tomato juice and Martha White Corn bread mix. It is the best!
We have a little friend who has been hanging out with us today. He acted like he was hungry so, Hope being the little mercy that she is, wanted to feed him. He might be hanging around for a while now… He is so cute he just plops down in the front yard and listens to us chat. It’s really kinda cute. Here Hope is sitting with him. I took it just a couple of minutes ago. I think she is eating a pop ice. 
This morning I had my devotions out on the porch. I was reading in the book of John. I was reading of the acts of Jesus and his healings. I am also trying to study up for when I speak to the girls here at the Bethany home. I am thinking that the Lord would have me speak on His Love for them. I want them to realixe and know how much we are worth to Him. Therefore we don’t need to run to other things…. such as relationships, friends, drugs, and all the other empty things. We don’t need them at all for happiness. All we need to is to fall more deeply in love with Jesus. It’s a life long source that we will always drink from if we invest in. Jesus says, and I know this is true, that if we drink of Him we won’t thirst anymore for anything but more of Him. Oh that I would drink more deeply of Him day-by-day….
This is a cute church in the middle of the mountains on the border West Virginia and Kentucky. I thought you would like it Dad.
I hope that you all are enjoying this beautiful summer God has given us and counting your blessings on the front porch….
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June 6th we will be really close to Butcher Holler. We will be recording for a TV program there at a church way out in the country. I tried to get directions and I think I will have to call back again and get them a second time. I think right now I have… “Go left after you go through the holler, then turn back right just after you pass the fence post, on down through the wooded area and so on…” I love it.
If you don’t know about Butcher Holler, you should. It’s the home-place of Loretta Lynn, known as the first lady of country music. I hear that it is beautiful back there and I am looking forward to maybe visiting. The girls went last summer when I couldn’t go.
Things are coming together for our trip. I still have a lot to do and I am feeling the pressure… I still need to print out our info on each of the churches and make sure I have things organized (NOT my thing) but I am excited and happy about this ministry. We pack up the van take off for Portersville, Ohio in one more day after this. I feel the distractions looming and the pressures that are sure to come… but I know I need to face them with a lot of sweet prayer… what would we do without it.
Blessings to you all we thank you for your prayers….
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- Holly
